During the Qin Dynasty, he was in charge of the net.

"Li Ji, what happened to you? What happened?"

Ling Ji's question interrupted Li Ji's thoughts. She got off the bed wearing a plain silk dress and reached out to brush the mud off Li Ji's hair, but he dodged her.

The fear between life and death is immense. Having faced death several times, Li Ji became indifferent to many things.

For example, he should treat this woman in front of him as a pawn that can be discarded at any time; otherwise, he wouldn't be so passive in many situations.

Li Ji looked at Ling Ji with cold eyes and said, "Should I say you're bold, or that you're so confident you figured I wouldn't come back?"

Ling Ji was initially delighted to see Li Ji, but when he spoke to her in an extremely unfamiliar tone, she suddenly felt very uncomfortable.

"What do you mean?"

Li Ji smiled coldly and said, "I thought you should know that you revealed my whereabouts to Wang Ma, and she in turn told your Baiyue Holy Maiden."

Ling Ji's face paled upon hearing this, and she suddenly understood why the Queen Mother had spoken to her that day.

She never expected that Wang Ma would have a secret connection with the Holy Maiden. At this moment, Ling Ji suddenly felt somewhat unfamiliar with Baiyue, whom she thought she knew.

"So you suspect I betrayed you?" Ling Ji stared intently at Li Ji. She could offer many explanations, but she knew it would be difficult for the man in front of her to believe them.

"To me, suspicion is enough to kill."

Li Ji coldly scrutinized Ling Ji; her value lay in what could have been a useful piece of information.

But now this news has almost killed him and nearly caused his mission to fail. So does she still have any value?

"Do you suspect... that you've already killed Wang Ma?"

"She should be thankful that she didn't die in pain."

"So, you've come back to kill me?"

Ling Ji stared blankly at Li Ji. She had imagined many scenes of Li Ji's return, but she had never thought of this one.

Li Ji slowly brought his blood-stained longsword to Ling Ji's neck.

Ling Ji understood Li Ji's meaning. She gave a sad smile and closed her eyes.

The sharp longsword lightly touched Ling Ji's neck, leaving a thin bloodstain. The blood droplets seeped into the black spider on her neck, making her look both tragic and eerie.

Seeing the spider he had drawn himself, Li Ji's eyes flickered slightly; he hadn't expected the spider to still be there.

The spider reminded him that this woman had paid for other things besides that message.

"Your previous innocence saved your life, so I can spare your life. However, our agreement is null and void." Li Ji sheathed his sword, his words indicating that the two would have nothing to do with each other again.

After saying that, Li Ji turned to leave.

"Wait, where are you going?" Ling Ji asked, her face pale and biting her lip.

"You wouldn't want to know." In fact, under the threat of death, Wang Ma said a lot before she died, including how to find the Baiyue Saintess Yan Lingji.

Besides collaborating, he also knew a better way to ask questions.

The sword in his hand will give him the answer he seeks.

"Wherever you go, can you take me with you? Maybe I can help you."

A clear, melodious voice came from behind him. Li Ji paused, turned around, and asked:

"For your brother?"

Ling Ji bit her lip and nodded.

To be honest, Li Ji was quite impressed with the Baiyue woman in front of him.

For her brother's sake, she was willing to entrust her innocence to someone of unknown origin, a complete stranger she had just met.

Now, she's even helping someone who just tried to kill her, all for the sake of her brother.

"Your brother really has a good older sister," Li Ji said jokingly.

He realized that the woman in front of him didn't understand herself at all, and thought that she and her brother could change their fate by relying on others.

Can she help her brother once, and keep helping him forever?

She puts the initiative to save her brother in someone else's hands, so that person can abandon her and her brother at any time.

But it's fine, it's just a transaction between them. It was a transaction before, and it can be a transaction now.

"I can give you another chance to help me lure out your Baiyue Holy Maiden."

"What should I do?"

"You disguise yourself as Wang Ma and say that I have returned but am seriously injured."

Hearing this, Ling Ji hesitated and asked, "Will she believe it?"

Li Ji's eyes instantly turned cold, and he said:

"You shouldn't ask so many questions. Your chance lies in how much the Holy Maiden of Baiyue trusts Wang Ma, and the possible revenge the Holy Maiden of Baiyue might take against you after you're exposed. It's up to you whether you do it or not."

"I'll do it." Ling Ji nodded without further hesitation.

"Alright, things might change if we delay, so let's do it tomorrow night then."

After saying that, Li Ji left the room.

He went to the backyard of Jinyunfang, fetched a bucket of water, sat in the bucket, and the filth on his body quickly turned the water black.

Li Ji changed the water four times before he could remove most of the bloodstains from his body.

Leaning against the barrel, Li Ji thought that although he had handled the bodies of the three suspects, including Wang Ma, very well, sooner or later Jin Yun Fang would discover that several living people had disappeared, and thus report it to the authorities.

This process can take anywhere from one or two days to three to five days.

This period is precisely the buffer time to prevent the Holy Maiden of Baiyue from discovering her. If this time is exceeded, the possibility of Ling Ji being exposed will greatly increase.

While thinking, Li Ji had completely washed away the bloodstains and dirt from his body.

He discovered that his body underwent some changes after eating the ginseng root that Lian Po had eaten.

The most obvious change is that the hair has grown longer and the recovery speed of the injury has accelerated, but there are not many other changes.

Time flew by and it was already evening of the second day.

During the day, Li Ji had already taught Ling Ji how to disguise herself as Wang Ma, as well as how she could contact the Baiyue Saintess Yan Ling Ji.

During this time, Ling Ji may have thought that the two had returned to how they were before, and tried to please Li Ji with her body.

However, Li Ji's attitude made Ling Ji realize that her efforts were in vain, because Li Ji simply looked at her naked body with indifference.

There was no lust in his gaze, only a faint hint of mockery.

Li Ji mocked the woman for not seeing the situation clearly and for not understanding him.

They mocked her for thinking she could gain more through her body, not realizing that this made her cheap.

How can someone who doesn't respect themselves expect to earn the respect of others?

However, everyone has their own way of living, and Li Ji had no intention of interfering.

Unbeknownst to him, a strange figure caught Li Ji's attention.

The person was wearing a large cloak, but it still couldn't hide the alluring and slender figure beneath it.

Under Li Ji's watchful gaze, the woman in the cloak met Ling Ji, who was disguised as Wang Ma.

The two entered the same incense and paper shop.

But not long after the two went inside, something unexpected happened.

Suddenly, the candle and paper shop burst into flames!