"Hehe, just as I suspected!"
At midnight, Ye Haochuan discovered through the Heavenly Eye that Le Yao indeed quietly left her room.
Ye Haochuan was curious in his heart; this Le Yao was truly mysterious, and he didn’t know what she was up to.
Finally, he decided to quietly follow her and see what secrets this woman held.
After his cultivation reached Nascent Soul Peak, the power of the Great Yan Step was significantly enhanced, allowing Ye Haochuan to barely keep pace with Le Yao.
Perhaps Le Yao hadn’t anticipated anyone would follow her, or maybe she was completely focused on what she was about to do, so she never looked back, greatly facilitating Ye Haochuan’s tracking.
Taking advantage of the night, Le Yao quietly advanced and quickly infiltrated outside a large courtyard.
"Gu Residence?" Ye Haochuan frowned at the large plaque outside the courtyard.
Thinking back, Le Yao had been acting unusually ever since she heard that the eldest young master of the Gu Family, Gu Tian, ca for inspection.
"Could it be that Le Yao has so grudge against Gu Tian?" Ye Haochuan pondered.
"No way, she just ca from the Lower Realm, how could she have a grudge with forces from above?" Ye Haochuan speculated, "Could it be that everything she said before was false, and she’s actually a native of this world?"
Ye Haochuan wasn’t too convinced that Le Yao ca from the Lower Realm, and this scene further solidified his suspicions.
If she truly had a grudge with Gu Tian, then sneaking in was surely to kill.
With that thought, cold sweat broke out on Ye Haochuan’s forehead.
In the afternoon, he saw Gu Tian’s entourage, comprised of several Immortal Transformation Early Stage masters, with the most formidable being an Immortal Transformation Mid-Stage existence.
With Le Yao’s strength, if she sneaked in to kill, it would certainly result in certain death.
No way, he had to stop her!
Ye Haochuan resolved firmly.
Over their journey, they had developed so rapport, and Ye Haochuan didn’t want Le Yao to engage in such a foolhardy act.
Moreover, with the Gu Family’s influence, if an assassination attempt were to occur, it would undoubtedly cause a great uproar. If Le Yao led them to him, he wouldn’t be able to escape responsibility.
Both for public and personal reasons, Ye Haochuan had no choice but to act.
Thinking this, Ye Haochuan hesitated no longer, following Le Yao’s trail into the courtyard.
This estate was vast, with nurous courtyards, countless servants and guards. This alone was enough to assert the Gu Family’s great power.
Within the courtyard, Le Yao had already quietly injured a maid and put on the maid’s clothes. Taking advantage of the night, she swiftly moved toward the most affluent courtyard.
This courtyard was situated at the center of the entire estate, brightly lit, making it seem like dayti.
At the entrance of the courtyard, an Immortal Transformation Early Stage master, accompanied by a team of Nascent Soul Peak guards, stood guard without moving an inch. Even the entering servants were thoroughly searched.
Seeing this, Le Yao frowned slightly. Although her servant disguise could deceive ordinary eyes, sneaking in like this was clearly impossible.
After pondering briefly, she quietly vanished into the darkness.
When she appeared again, she was already inside the courtyard.
Just as she breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to act, a voice suddenly rang out from behind her: "Did you really think that such a heavily guarded courtyard could have such a glaring gap?"
"Who?" Le Yao nearly jumped in fright, quickly turning her head to ask.
"Shh! Keep your voice down, it’s enemies everywhere here, do you want to die?" the voice said urgently.
"Ye Haochuan? Why are you here? Did you follow ?" Le Yao asked in surprise upon seeing Ye Haochuan.
"I didn’t want to get implicated by you!" Ye Haochuan retorted with a pout.
"I’m implicating you? I think you’re implicating by coming in like this, aren’t you afraid..." Le Yao seed to suddenly realize sothing, "Wait, you don’t have any aura on you, do you also know a technique to conceal aura?"
"Now’s not the ti for this nonsense, let’s leave quickly while we haven’t been detected!" Ye Haochuan grabbed Le Yao’s hand, intending to pull her away.
"What are you doing? I haven’t finished my business yet!" Le Yao struggled.
"What could be more important than your life? You’ve seen the guards here; with only you at Immortal Transformation Early Stage, going further ans certain death!"
"I’m not foolishly barging in to kill soone; I’ve already sneaked in here. I can accomplish my task without a trace and retreat safely!"
"I can assure you, if you take another step forward, you’ll instantly beco a corpse!" Ye Haochuan said very seriously.
Le Yao heard this but wasn’t swayed: "You think you can convince with that? You haven’t been here before; how could you know what’s inside?"
"Calling you foolish, you truly are! Didn’t I just say the gap itself is a clue?" Ye Haochuan said earnestly.
Turns out, the reason Le Yao and Ye Haochuan could so easily enter was because there was a hidden small hole around the courtyard.
The walls surrounding the courtyard were very high and had many thorny traps, making it difficult for cultivators who can’t fly to silently cross them.
But this hole perfectly bypassed this situation, and after entering, it was conveniently located in an obscure corner, appearing highly concealed. No matter how you look at it, this seed like the best choice for entering the courtyard.
"A clue? You’re the one who’s a clue, surely this hole was left by soone who snuck in earlier..." Le Yao’s voice trailed off, becoming quieter and quieter until it was softer than a mosquito.
She wasn’t foolish, on the contrary, she was intelligent. With the number of servants the Gu Family had, how could they not have detected this gap?
If it were a new hole, that might make sense, but the key is, judging by its age, it had been there for quite so ti; not being discovered in such circumstances was indeed very strange.
"This is not good, we must leave!" Realizing this, Le Yao’s face changed dramatically and she hurriedly pulled Ye Haochuan to crawl out through the hole, planning to escape as quickly as possible.
"Why run? Doing so would just alert others that you’re suspicious, wouldn’t it?" Ye Haochuan quickly pulled Le Yao back.
Le Yao with an anxious expression said, "You just said there’s a trap; they must have discovered us. If we don’t run now, should we just wait to be caught?"
"There is indeed a trap, but it’s set five ters outside the hole; you’re lucky you haven’t triggered it yet!" Ye Haochuan replied.
"Five ters outside?" Le Yao asked confusedly, "How do you know?"
"That’s a secret!" Ye Haochuan pouted, not answering.
Actually, he’d already used the Heavenly Eye to investigate, ensuring Le Yao hadn’t triggered the trap before following her inside; otherwise, he would have fled long ago.
Given his current relationship with Le Yao, it hadn’t reached the point of risking his life to save her.
Suspicion lingered in Le Yao’s eyes, but ultimately, she chose to trust him. To Ye Haochuan, she was highly mysterious, and to her, Ye Haochuan was the sa.
Who else but Ye Haochuan could, at Nascent Soul Mid-Stage, ambush and control an Immortal Transformation Early Stage master?
Following Ye Haochuan’s lead, they exited through the "gap" in the wall.
"Who goes there?"
Just as they moved slightly away from the gap, a Gu Family servant looked in their direction and shouted forcefully.
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