TAP! TAP!

Su Xuan's footsteps echoed softly in the room.

He searched the living room and the master bedroom but couldn't find any sign of Qi Li. At last, his gaze fell upon the bathroom door, and he quietly walked over.

CREAK!

He gently pushed the bathroom door open.

In that instant, a blade flashed like lightning, sweeping toward his throat!

"It's me!" Su Xuan said in a low voice, not bothering to dodge.

The blade halted abruptly.

A deathly pale, beautiful face panted heavily before Su Xuan, her expression extremely tense, but filled more with astonishment than fear.

"Su Xuan, what are you doing here?" The person was indeed Qi Li. Seeing that the intruder was Su Xuan, her small mouth fell open. "I thought Yan Xiaosong had come for me. He's from the Spirit-Taming Sect, here to avenge Jiang Guinong. They..."

Before she could finish, a finger pressed against her lips.

Su Xuan, who already knew everything, whispered, "I know. You don't have to explain. They're outside right now. They sent me to find you, but I'm actually an undercover agent here to rescue you..."

This simple sentence left Qi Li utterly bewildered. She didn't understand why Su Xuan was an undercover agent, but that didn't matter. The important thing was that he had come to save her!

Su Xuan then pulled out a medicinal pill and brought it to Qi Li's lips. "Are you injured? Swallow this!"

This was the very same healing pill Qi Li had given him as a thank-you gift.

Qi Li hesitated for a moment before opening her mouth and swallowing the pill. She was indeed injured. During her escape last night, she had been struck by Qiao Yongshou's palm. Fortunately, she had used the force of that blow to get far away; otherwise, she would have had no hope of survival.

Her beautiful eyes filled with endless gratitude for Su Xuan.

"I'll get you out of here now. Let's slip away quietly. No guns," Su Xuan instructed, grabbing her slender wrist and leading her toward the living room.

Qi Li's body trembled slightly. This was the first time a man had ever touched her, and he was… so handsome…

She completely agreed with his plan to leave quietly. Yan Xiaosong and his group were all mountain people, so Su Xuan had no chance of dealing with them single-handedly. As for shooting... that definitely wasn't an option. There were no guns to shoot!

Holding Qi Li's hand, Su Xuan walked straight to the living room balcony. The balcony door, having been smashed open by Jiang Guinong earlier, offered a perfect escape route.

"What are you doing?!"

Just then, a figure dashed in, shouting at them. Su Xuan turned to see Qiao Yongshou had entered the room.

"Get down!" Su Xuan told Qi Li, then flicked his wrist, flinging the dagger Yan Xiaosong had given him.

Qiao Yongshou scoffed and reached out to catch the dagger. He never expected the astonishing force wrapped around the blade!

SHINK!

After catching the dagger, Qiao Yongshou was forced back several steps by the powerful momentum. When he looked toward the balcony again, Su Xuan and Qi Li had already disappeared.

"Damn it!" Qiao Yongshou roared angrily, rushing to the edge of the balcony to look down.

At the same time, Yan Xiaosong and the others rushed in and stood beside him. They saw Su Xuan leading Qi Li into the Koenigsegg and speeding away.

Qiao Yongshou handed the dagger back to Yan Xiaosong and said hatefully, "That kid is clearly with Qi Li, and he's no ordinary person. He's probably a mountain person, too."

Yan Xiaosong stroked his chin, not as furious as Qiao Yongshou. He just smacked his lips and said, "Interesting..."

He then took out a metal ball. Black smoke emerged from it and drifted in the direction Su Xuan had left.

Yan Xiaosong waved his hand. "Let's go. They won't get away."

One after another, they jumped down from the balcony.

…

"Su Xuan, what on earth is going on?" Qi Li asked, glancing behind her as she sat in the Koenigsegg.

Su Xuan explained the situation to her, then added, "The reason they could find you is because they have a treasure that can track your aura. We probably can't shake them; they'll catch up to us soon."

"Then why did you still dare to save me?" Qi Li blinked her beautiful eyes.

"Your senior brother said I was his friend," Su Xuan said with a grin. "So, of course, I have to save his junior sister. The wine from your mountain must be pretty good, right?"

Qi Li was silent for a moment, then said, "It is."

"Then where are you planning to go now?" she asked, worried. She surmised that Su Xuan was probably going to find Zhong Huilan and use her power to scare off Yan Xiaosong's group.

"Although Sister Zhong has decent equipment, if we really get into a life-or-death fight with Yan Xiaosong and his group, there will definitely be losses," Su Xuan said, as if he had read her mind. "So, we're going home. If they dare to come to my house, I'll make sure they never leave."

Before the words had even left his mouth, Su Xuan suddenly slapped his forehead, hurriedly taking out his phone to make a call. "Sister Zhong, don't make a move!"

Zhong Huilan's voice came from the phone. "This is a good opportunity. My people are already prepared to act."

"Go to my house," Su Xuan said.

…

"This is getting more and more interesting!"

A while later, using the Soul-Seeking Incense, Yan Xiaosong found his way to the main entrance of Su Xuan's estate. The sight of the opulent gates stunned him. He was also extremely puzzled. Why did Su Xuan betray me? He wasn't someone deliberately placed by my side. He was just a random DiDi driver I summoned with my phone. How could he turn traitor at a critical moment? And Su Xuan wasn't an ordinary person, either...

"Junior Brother, shall we go in?" Qiao Yongshou asked, also eyeing the large gates.

"Protector Qiao, what do you think of that kid's skills?" Yan Xiaosong asked, looking away from the gate.

"It's hard to say," Qiao Yongshou said thoughtfully. "His dagger-throwing technique is very skilled, but it's clearly a mundane technique. However, the force behind it isn't something a normal mundane practitioner could produce, which makes me suspect he's a mountain person. But he doesn't seem to know how to channel his internal qi. Otherwise, I would have had a hard time catching your dagger."

"So, he can't beat you?" Yan Xiaosong asked.

"He's no match for me," Qiao Yongshou confirmed with a firm nod.

"You two!" Yan Xiaosong pointed at two of his men. "Go in and scout ahead!"

"Understood!"

The two men immediately accepted the order. They glanced at the high courtyard wall and leaped over it in a single bound.

Yan Xiaosong frowned, waiting outside.

TICK!

TOCK!

Time passed, second by second.

Two minutes later, the two men had not returned.

A sense of unease welled up inside him.

"Junior Brother, you wait here. I'll personally lead some men inside to check," Qiao Yongshou said. He gestured to the remaining people and led them over the wall.

Yan Xiaosong glanced at the empty space beside him and then at the darkness of the night. After a moment's hesitation, he climbed over the wall as well.

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