Jiaohua

Chapter 1681 Two Top Experts Were Terrified by Shen Lie

Lu Wuwei was in so much pain that he was covered in cold sweat and could barely speak.

The girl smiled and tightened her grip: "How can you fight a war without strength?"

Lu Wuwei frowned, then suddenly stretched out his other hand, curled his fingers into a claw, and tried to poke her eyes.

It was naturally impossible for them to succeed.

Before he could even extend his finger, Xia Zhaoyi kicked him in the stomach with great force, sending him flying.

After falling to the ground, Lü Wuwei quickly leaped up and drew his sword from his back. This time, the sword was only halfway out when the dagger that his opponent had taken from him shot towards him and pierced his throat in an instant.

Lu Wuwei's not-so-large eyes widened as he stared at Xia Zhaoyi in horror.

He wasn't afraid of death, but he really didn't want to die here—

Having followed Tang Xiangsi for so many years and witnessed all sorts of strange and bizarre things, he was deeply afraid that if he died here, he would be trapped here forever.

Lu Wuwei fell to the ground, struggling in agony, but ultimately breathed his last.

Xia Zhaoyi found a lot of things on him.

Lu Wuwei had hidden many concealed weapons, and the silver notes and cash on him totaled more than three hundred taels. Xia Zhaoyi also found a small purse, and upon closer inspection of the embroidery in the corner, she discovered that it was sewn by Lin Wuniang.

Xia Zhaoyi didn't believe that Lü Wuwei was a sentimental person. She opened the purse and, sure enough, found it filled with small notes, all of which were vicious curses against Lin Wuniang.

After searching around, all I found were four letters and a topographic map.

The topographical map and the one drawn by Wei Xingchuan's men were completely different in style, but the routes were similar.

Xia Zhaoyi glanced at these letters and found them to be somewhat valuable.

So she put away the letters and the topographic map.

She took the silver notes and cash without hesitation. War is expensive, and three hundred taels of silver could buy so many things.

Finally, Xia Zhaoyi burned the small purse filled with curses to ashes next to Lü Wuwei, glanced at Lü Wuwei, and left.

Xie Huaichu had no idea where he was, so he just rushed around aimlessly, going wherever there was a road.

Tracking someone in such an environment greatly increases the difficulty for Shen Lie.

For Xia Zhaoyi, who was separated from Shen Lie by a huge spatial and temporal distance, finding them would be even more difficult.

Xie Huaichu walked briskly for a long time, and unknowingly walked out of this complicated passageway and arrived at the very center of the underground palace, which was also the altar of the underground palace.

To the due north, there is a huge gate to the cold palace, the gate is half open, and a chilling aura emanates from it.

Xie Huaichu dared not go in and ran wildly across the empty altar square.

The more he ran, the more he cursed his father; this place was incredibly big.

Suddenly, he tripped over a protruding paving stone. Even with his excellent skills, he was slowed down by his own running speed and fell backward, crashing into the stone steps of the altar.

Xie Huaichu quickly got up and immediately realized that there were other people in the darkness.

"Who!?" Xie Huaichu whispered.

Fang Xiyu, who was hiding on the other side of the stone platform, frowned. He had just been wondering who the person was, and it turned out to be his old rival again.

Normally, Fang Xiyu would definitely strike first.

However, Xie Huaichu's panicked state also made Fang Xiyu uneasy.

“Xie Huaichu,” Fang Xiyu said in a deep voice.

When his name was called out, Xie Huaichu was startled at first. After a pause, he said, "...Fang Xiyu?!"

“It’s me,” Fang Xiyu said sarcastically. “You’re running so fast, are you being haunted by an evil spirit?”

Unable to bear the humiliation, Xie Huaichu shouted, "I just wanted to distract him! What are you doing here?"

Whom should we distract?

"Shen Lie".

Fang Xiyu angrily rebuked, "You actually brought him here!" "You haven't answered my question yet, what are you doing here?"

Fang Xiyu has already run away.

Xie Huaichu immediately gave chase, running at full speed to keep up with Fang Xiyu's movements.

"Get out of my way!" Fang Xiyu shouted in his aged voice.

Xie Huaichu said, "Do you think the two of us combined can fight Shen Lie?"

Fang Xiyu had no intention of answering this question at all: "Get lost! Go run away!"

"Then I'll take you down with me! With you here, I might still have a chance to survive!"

Fang Xiyu angrily shouted: "You beast!"

No sooner had they finished speaking than the voices of Yan soldiers came from in front of them: "General?!"

The Yan army soldiers, who had been waiting for a long time without seeing Shen Lie return, could no longer sit still. Ye Zheng brought fifty men down with him.

The commotion of fifty people in the long and complex underground palace was almost as powerful as that of a thousand troops.

Fang Xiyu paused, then turned to another road.

As a result, Xie Huaichu was like a persistent leech, following him relentlessly.

Fang Xiyu cursed inwardly that he was going to be killed by this guy today. In a fit of rage, he drew his short sword.

Xie Huaichu had sharp ears, and upon hearing the sound, he immediately drew his sword.

Before they could even exchange blows, a flash of light appeared in the direction they had almost passed.

The dim orange light brightened and increased in a very short time, indicating that the Yan army soldiers were almost there.

Ignoring the entanglement, Xie Huaichu and Fang Xiyu ran away at full speed.

Suddenly, Xie Huaichu stopped, as if he had discovered something, and looked eastward in alarm.

The instant he stopped, a tall figure twenty paces away, like a black tiger, suddenly sprang up and pounced on them with lightning speed.

Xie Huaichu exclaimed in surprise, "Shen Lie!"

He quickly raised his sword to retaliate.

Fang Xiyu glanced back, but didn't stop, running with all her might.

Shen Lie's weapon was a short sword that he carried with him, which was actually three feet long.

He hadn't expected that there was another person besides Xie Huaichu in the darkness.

He didn't linger on Xie Huaichu; he pursued that other person first.

Upon seeing this, Xie Huaichu was overjoyed. He quickly glanced at the direction of the torches of the Yan army soldiers and then ran towards the secret passage where he and Shen Lie had come from.

Fang Xiyu was shocked and raised his hand to throw a hidden weapon.

Shen Lie's adaptability to darkness was not developed through leading troops on night raids after the establishment of the Yan Army, but rather through his early childhood experiences as a child, when he was summoned by Shen An to go to various tombs and abysses and to navigate various traps and dangerous passages.

He had an exceptional ability to pinpoint locations by sound, and none of the hidden weapons hit him. In the next instant, his blade was already close to Fang Xiyu.

Fang Xiyu immediately countered, yelling at Xie Huaichu, "Why are you running! Come and deal with him together!"

The two were enemies from the start, mortal adversaries with no understanding or trust whatsoever.

Xie Huaichu ran away very fast without looking back.

Fang Xiyu and Fang Ziqian are the most skilled people in the living generation of the Fang family.

When Guo Shu was around ten years old, he befriended Tang Xiangsi, who was using the alias Zhang Tengfei. He even funded Tang Xiangsi to buy a perilla dye shop and supported her in running it.

As she grew older, Tang Xiangsi could no longer keep up the act, so she faked her death and assumed a new identity as her son, Zhang He, the son of Zhang Tengfei.

However, he was unlucky this time. He was exposed not long after and was chased by Wei Xingchuan's men, so he once again escaped death.

However, Guo Shu, who was far away in Zuilu, was unaware of all this. Upon hearing that his old friend's only son was in trouble, Guo Shu immediately led a group of people to rescue him. As a result, Guo Shu ended up in prison.