After infiltrating the main characters' group, I became the most beautiful woman in the world.

Although the two had been eating together every day for the past few days, Su Ning still didn't know what the other person was thinking.

Just as Su Ning thought he was going out to run errands again, he suddenly sat down. "Do you know why I felt comfortable leaving you here alone?"

"Because I can't run away."

Su Ning answered calmly that ever since that time she was lost in the woods, she knew why Yu Xinglai had always been elusive and no one could find him.

"Yes, everyone knows I am skilled in lightness skills and disguise, but they don't know that I also have a smattering of knowledge in this strange art." The young man nodded slightly, seemingly quite proud of himself.

"That's why I could hear the sound of flowing water but couldn't get out of the woods." Su Ning didn't know about the art of divination, but she did know why she couldn't escape.

She didn't know why the other person would tell her such a thing, but before she could think about it, a veil was suddenly placed on her head, and the white gauze curtain covered her face for a moment.

She looked up at him, but could only see his serious expression, his thin lips pursed, and his amber eyes focused on the person in front of him, which made her forget to push him away.

The man's cool fingers lingered on her face, and she felt a thin layer of skin covering her face. However, in the blink of an eye, he obediently stepped back and closed her curtain, so that no one else could see them. This created distance between the two of them.

Su Ning touched her face in surprise and doubt. "What did you do to me?"

But the other person kept talking to himself, and now he actually took the girl's hand and led her outside, saying, "You always want to go out, don't you? Today you can have your wish."

Su Ning tried to break free from his grasp, but he was extremely strong and held on tightly, refusing to let go. In just a few steps, she was out of the courtyard.

Looking at the person standing in front of the door, Su Ning was momentarily amazed. Then she looked up at the profile of the boy beside her. Oh dear, she'd been discovered.

The bad news was that she didn't recognize the person who came.

"My life is truly precious; it's such a waste that the Shadow Pavilion Master has had to make this trip in person."

Upon hearing that the black-robed man before her was the Shadow Pavilion Master, Su Ning finally understood. Yesterday, she smelled the blood on him and guessed that he must have killed many people from the Shadow Pavilion, which was why he was being chased here.

"The affairs of this world are none of my concern, but you have chosen to displease the Bell Master, so don't blame me for being ruthless."

As they spoke, several masked assassins appeared in the surrounding woods, eyeing the two men with predatory intent.

Su Ning desperately wanted to say that she wasn't on his side, but now that her hand was being held tightly, she couldn't clear her name even if she jumped into the Yellow River.

"Is the trouble Young Master Yu caused going to drag me into this too?"

But then Su Ning saw that Yu Xinglai had changed back to his original, unremarkable face. She whispered to him, wishing she could bite him to death.

Yu Xinglai simply smiled and said, "Miss Su, you'd better hold me tight later."

Before Su Ning could react to what those words meant, she saw the other person grab her waist and leap into the air.

Su Ning: "!"

The sound of arrows whistling through the air was incessant, and one could almost hear the sound of arrows grazing their ears and embedding themselves in tree stumps.

Yu Xinglai held the girl's waist tightly with his left arm, and with his right hand, he threw out some kind of hidden weapon, killing the pursuers instantly. He lightly touched the ground with his toes, and his figure flew into the depths of the dense forest like a startled swan.

Su Ning was pressed against his chest, her hair brushing against his chin. Her startled breaths were broken by the wind. She could only clutch his clothes and bury her face in his clothes, which smelled faintly of pine smoke.

Apart from the masked leader, very few of the other assassins were able to catch him.

The sound of something cutting through the air behind him grew closer and closer. It was a poisoned crossbow bolt that grazed his hair and embedded itself in a tree trunk with a muffled "thud," the arrow's fletching still vibrating.

Being carried away by someone is not a pleasant experience. Su Ning's face turned pale, her heart pounded, and she wished she could stab the person beneath her to death with a hairpin.

Seeing that the other party was hot on his heels, Yu Xinglai kicked off a thick ancient tree with his toes, using the force to spin around. He then used his left hand to pull the girl closer to him, dodging a ghost-headed saber that slashed from the side. The sharp sound of the blade cutting through the air grazed his ear. He flicked his wrist, and his right hand clashed the ghost-headed saber with his short sword, producing a crisp "clang" and sparks flying.

The two of them crunched the dead branches and leaves in the forest. Yu Xinglai had to take care of Su Ning, so he felt a little more sluggish when he stepped on the fallen leaves. He gritted his teeth and cursed inwardly for being so troublesome. His eyes swept over a patch of low bushes entwined with vines in front of him. He used a protruding rock for leverage and suddenly dropped down, rolling into the bushes with the girl in his arms.

Suddenly, the view opened up, and the sound of the waterfall seemed to be right next to our ears. Beyond the vines lay cliffs, with a waterfall cascading down from the mountainside, its sound of crashing against the rocks never ceasing.

Before Su Ning could even catch her breath, the other person tightened their grip on her again, as if trying to crush her bones and etch them into her very being. Su Ning winced in pain, and involuntarily cried out, "Yu Xinglai, let go!"

Surrounded by cliffs and precipices, with no way to retreat, Yu Xinglai carried Su Ning to the edge of the cliff, where the two of them had just been. The area where they had been was now completely surrounded by the black-clad assassins.

"Miss Su, I'm afraid we'll be buried here together today."

Although he said this, there was not a trace of panic in his tone. Even though there was no way out, he still maintained his casual and relaxed demeanor.

"Stop talking nonsense, I don't want to die with you."

Su Ning made no attempt to hide her disdain, but over the past few days, without needing to understand, she knew that he must have a backup plan.

"Sigh, Miss Su is really not lovable these days." Yu Xinglai sighed, feigning disappointment.

Seeing that the other party didn't care at all, Ying Shi on the other side also ordered not to make any rash moves. He wanted to see what kind of skills Yu Xinglai, who was as slippery as an eel, still had.

As for Su Ning, if Yu Xinglai really manages to kill her, he will return her to You Xunchun, which would be doing him a favor.

"Miss Su, I apologize for the offense." A gentle voice came from beside her ear.

Su Ning was still waiting for Yu Xinglai's next move, but the next second she felt a soreness in the back of her neck and her vision went black. It turned out that his next move was to knock her unconscious first, so she had no idea what happened afterward.

But after he had Su Ning in his arms, he smiled at Ying Shiyi and said, "Farewell, Pavilion Master Ying." Then he leaped backward in an instant.

Shadow Ten drew his sword as soon as he realized the other's move, but he could only manage to cut the corner of the other's clothes. Looking at the torn fabric in the Pavilion Master's hand, no one around dared to speak.

Below the cliff, clouds and mist swirled, obscuring the situation. Since Yu Xinglai dared to jump, he must have been well-prepared. Ying Shi waved his hand, his ghostly face contorted with ferocity and majesty, "Enough. Today was merely a test. If you let him escape again tomorrow, you need not return to Shadow Pavilion."

Without the meaning of Huiying Pavilion, it means that everyone today must die, and everyone should keep their heads bowed.

For a moment, only the rustling of the wind blowing along the cliff edge could be heard.