When Lin Zhiyan brought the little girl and others to rendezvous, she saw Fujiwara Keiaki standing not far beside Xiao Feng with a livid face, while Xiao Feng sat on the ground, looking pensive.

"Did something happen?"

Lin Zhiyan stepped forward to ask, only to feel that the atmosphere in the field was very strange and oppressive at the same time.

The four women all looked at Fujiwara Keiaki. Just now, the four joined forces to successfully intercept a ninja and killed him after a fight, so naturally, they didn't know what happened here.

Fujiwara Keiaki opened his mouth, but could not say anything, just pointed his finger at the mountain wall not far away.

The four women exchanged glances, feeling a bit baffled, but still looked in the direction pointed by the other party.

However, at this sight, everyone's faces froze simultaneously!

The blood-stained mountain wall, and not far from it, the corpse of the ninja... or should it be called a corpse.

If it weren't for the outfit, no one would think that was a body, because it looked more like a lump of rotten flesh.

"Hiss..."

Lin Zhiyan took a deep breath, her eyes suddenly turning to Xiao Feng.

The expressions of the other three also became unnatural, such a gruesome death was truly unprecedented.

After a moment, Xiao Feng stood up, took a deep breath, walked over to Lin Zhiyan and the others, and apologized with a smile: "Sorry, if it weren't for my mistake at the critical moment, not everyone would have been injured."

"No need to be so polite!" Lin Zhiyan managed to return a smile: "We are a group, after all, if an apology is necessary, it should be me. I decided on my own to lead the charge to help."

"Sis, why are you apologizing to him, he should be thanking you!" Lin Jiaxuan said unhappily, "If it weren't for you bringing us down from the mountain, he was just standing there like a sitting duck, he would have been killed hundreds of times."

"Don't speak carelessly!" Lin Zhiyan scolded with a frown.

Xiao Feng chuckled: "She's right, I should indeed thank you, but given our relationship, a thank you seems too insincere. I'll remember this favor, and repay it when I get the chance."

Lin Zhiyan's face instantly turned scarlet, internally grumbling, what does he mean by our relationship, what relationship do I have with you?

But on second thought, at the very least we're friends and partners, so why does it always feel like the relationship he's referring to isn't just this ordinary friendship and partnership?

As she was caught up in her thoughts, Xiao Feng said: "Let's head up the mountain first, those who need to heal should heal, and those who need to eat should eat, let's get ourselves sorted first."

Everyone nodded in agreement, and the group began to walk up the mountain.

On the way up, everyone took turns explaining to Xiao Feng what happened while he was under the illusion.

After listening, Xiao Feng frowned immediately.

Although things didn't seem too bad on the surface, after all, Uesugi Yumi came with many people and left with only three, whereas on their side, only injuries were sustained.

However, in Xiao Feng's view, he was not satisfied, as luck played too big a part, and having been caught in an illusion once, Xiao Feng had gained a deeper understanding of Uesugi Yumi, or rather the prowess of ninjas.

With that, they reached halfway up the mountain, and Xiao Feng pushed a huge rock off the path.

"Boom!"

The boulder fell, coincidentally crushing the ninja's corpse beneath, sinking three feet into the earth, but no one cared to look.

No one would care about a dead person, especially if that person was an enemy.

When reaching the cave entrance, Xiao Feng and the others saw Zhao Guo'an squatting on the ground in a very peculiar posture, staring at the drifting clouds in the distance with an exceptionally sorrowful look in his eyes.

Su Yuzhuo was not far from him, and seeing Xiao Feng and the others return, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Old Zhao, what's going on?" Xiao Feng asked.

Zhao Guo'an heard this and began to get up, but as soon as he moved, he showed a pained expression and replied through clenched teeth: "It's nothing, just tripped and fell."

"Tripped and fell?" Xiao Feng was puzzled: "Take a few steps, let me see."

The current situation was perplexing no matter how one looked at it, and Zhao Guo'an's state especially was making people suspicious.

At this moment, Sun Shijie walked out of the cave with a flushed face: "You're all back, dinner's ready, should we eat first or treat injuries first?"

Xiao Feng frowned, and Lin Zhiyan and the others also looked at Sun Shijie with strange expressions, feeling that he, like Zhao Guo'an, was acting very abnormally.

After such a battle, isn't the first thing to care about everyone's injuries upon returning?

Even making a pretense would be better than acting as if nothing happened, right?

"What's going on exactly?" Xiao Feng drew near Zhao Guo'an and asked in a low voice.

Zhao Guo'an replied impatiently, "I said it's nothing, you guys better deal with your injuries first."

With that said, he walked into the cave first, leaving Xiao Feng and the others bewildered, with expressions of utter shock!

Because Zhao Guo'an was holding his backside while walking, his posture slightly hunched, resembling someone suffering from hemorrhoids.

Instantly, the air froze, and everyone was speechless.

Xiao Feng looked at Su Yuzhuo in confusion; if anyone could explain Zhao Guo'an's oddity, it would be her.

Su Yuzhuo managed a bitter smile and said: "After Lu Yao and the others went down, Elder Sun found Zhao Guo'an and said they were going to discuss academic matters. When he came out, he was already walking as you saw just now.

I asked him what happened, his explanation was the same as the one you heard — he just tripped. Then he squatted there without saying a word, as if he had something on his mind."

"Discussing academics?" Xiao Feng's expression became quite interesting.

Lin Zhiyan and the others were entangled with embarrassment, because thanks to Xiao Feng's guidance, the words 'discussing academics' now had an unspeakable meaning.

After a long silence, Xiao Feng couldn't help but say: "Old Zhao didn't really, uh, you know..."

All the women present immediately blushed with anger, clearly understanding what Xiao Feng meant by "you know."

This damn!

It was simply unbearable to even think about, making one feel as if their entire worldview had been shattered!

Fortunately, Xiao Feng quickly got back to being serious, shook his head, and forcibly cleared his mind of the inappropriate thoughts, lowering his voice to say: "Something's not right, there's definitely a problem here!"

"Are you suspecting Sun Shijie..." Lin Zhiyan frowned and said.

But before she could finish, Xiao Feng made a gesture to silence her, shook his head, and walked towards the cave.

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