The Villain Saint is my secondary account

As Ye Xiao listened to the conversation between the elderly businesswoman and the soldier captain in front of him, his peripheral vision couldn't help but drift to another table in the corner of the hall.

There sat a few guests dressed in a rather local style, wearing white robes and headscarves commonly worn by residents of Western Xinjiang. However, their expressions seemed somewhat unusual. Although their movements were not large, their eyes were constantly looking around, which Ye Xiao keenly noticed.

Just as the soldiers who were separately checking that area were about to reach the table, Ye Xiao noticed that two of them, who were near the corner, reached their hands under the table and flicked out a faint glint of cold light from their sleeves.

He frowned, quickly realizing that these guys probably wanted to make a move.

From an undercover agent's perspective, Ye Xiao should ignore everything at this moment and let those people suddenly attack, drawing the soldiers' attention away from him. This would be most advantageous for him and would not arouse Miss Mo Feng's suspicion.

But this also means that the young soldiers who are about to be investigated at that table may lose their lives as a result.

Fortunately, this wasn't the first time he'd faced this kind of multiple-choice question. Without much hesitation, he calmly took the iron dinner knife from the table into his palm.

Since they're applying to be secret agents, it's normal for them to have some skills. As for their motives, they can figure out how to make them up later.

With his weapon in hand, Ye Xiao watched as the soldiers approached the table, ready to strike the moment the white-robed man launched his attack.

Just as the opportunity was about to arrive, a fair hand suddenly reached out from the side and pressed down on the back of his hand.

Chapter Seventy-Four: Emergency Mission

Ye Xiao turned his head and saw that the girl with orange-red hair leaned over and grabbed his hand, while shaking her head at him.

What do you mean?

He was immediately surprised, but the next moment he saw Miss Mo Feng place her other palm up to her lips and blow a breath.

Then, a subtle magical fluctuation, like an invisible wind, swept from one end of the hall to the opposite corner.

As the soldiers conducting the inspection approached their table, the men in white robes, their eyes gleaming with malice, suddenly rose to prepare to launch an attack, only to have a magical breeze brush against their faces.

In an instant, the five people gathered around the table seemed to be blown off balance. They staggered and staggered a few steps, and the short knife hidden in their sleeves could no longer be held and clattered to the ground.

The crisp sound of metal hitting the ground echoed in the hall. The five men in white robes quickly came to their senses, but they were all stunned when they saw the weapons lying on the ground.

The soldiers in charge of the search were stunned when they saw this scene. After thinking for a long time about what was going on with these people, they finally realized that something was wrong and immediately shouted, "Grab them!"

In an instant, all the soldiers in the tavern turned their attention to that direction. The group of white-robed men were quite decisive; they didn't even bother to pick up their knives and ran away.

"stop!!"

The captain of the soldiers had no time to pay attention to Ye Xiao and his group's table anymore. He drew his sword and led his men to rush over.

The scene immediately descended into chaos. The tavern's main hall was not very spacious to begin with, and with so many people and tables and chairs packed tightly together, a group of soldiers pushed through the crowd to surround and capture them, while the group of white-robed men scurried around like rats, causing a group of patrons to fall over, tables and chairs to tip over, and plates and wine glasses to spill all over the floor.

Ye Xiao and the caravan consciously moved closer to the wall, away from the center of the chaos. They watched as two men in white robes were pinned to the ground by soldiers, while two others fled in their direction.

Ye Xiao and Miss Mo Feng exchanged a glance. The latter smiled and manipulated her fingers behind her back like puppeteers. Soon after, the hands and feet of the two panicked white-robed men seemed to turn in opposite directions on their own.

"Why!?"

The man in the white robe was still facing forward, but his body twisted back uncontrollably, pulling his neck back as well. He fell to the ground like a puppet with its strings cut.

The two white-robed figures were no pushovers either; they quickly realized who was behind it. Raising their heads, they glared fiercely at Ye Xiao and Miss Mo Feng, shouting angrily, "Damn it!! How dare you!? Do you know who we are? I'll remember you..."

Before the threat could be finished, the soldiers swarmed forward, piling the two men on top of each other like a human pyramid.

Even so, one person managed to slip through the crowd, smash open a window, and escape from the tavern.

Sweating profusely, the captain ordered his men to send a signal outside the door to call for reinforcements, and then he led several soldiers out to chase after them.

The remaining soldiers tied up the suspicious white-robed men they had arrested with ropes, nodded and apologized to the tavern patrons, and then dragged them all out.

Seeing that the situation had eased, Miss Mofeng hurriedly and mysteriously pulled Ye Xiao aside.

Ye Xiao followed, thinking the girl wanted to explain what had just happened, but instead she simply raised her chin and patted Ye Xiao's shoulder affectionately: "See? I told you I'd protect you!"

Looking at that baby face that didn't match the tone and content of his words, Ye Xiao could only nod helplessly.

"Impressive, impressive. You truly deserve to be called the boss. If it weren't for you, I would have at least gotten a scrape."

Miss Mo Feng seemed not to understand the meaning behind Ye Xiao's words. She crossed her arms, proudly twitched the tip of her nose, and then her eyes revealed a clear gaze. "By the way, do you know what those people were doing?"

"Well, you say."

Ye Xiao thought it was a rhetorical question.

"What are you talking about? I don't know. Aren't I asking you?"

The girl tilted her head.

Ye Xiao was taken aback by these words, and after a moment she reacted, "Huh?"

"What's wrong? Can't I even ask?"

Miss Mofeng frowned.

"No... wait a minute."

Ye Xiao rubbed his temples. "So you don't know who they are?"

"I do not know."

"...Then why are you targeting them?"

"I thought you knew you were going to make a move, but it looks like you were about to.

"I just……"

Ye Xiao didn't know how to explain for a moment, "Okay, I don't know either."

The two stared at each other in silence for a long time.

"Well, how about we just pretend nothing happened?"

Ye Xiao coughed lightly, feeling somewhat embarrassed.

"Oh wait, I received a message."

Miss Mofeng raised her palm and focused her gaze on what was in front of her.

Ye Xiao knew that the other party was browsing the system page belonging to the players, but he didn't point it out.

However, logically speaking, this town is not part of the main city, so the other party should not be able to receive player information. Could it be an encrypted post published on the forum, similar to a secret message machine?

After a brief moment of thought, Miss Mofeng had already finished looking at the panel and said to Ye Xiao with some excitement, "Hey, little brother, we've received an urgent mission!"

"Oh."

Ye Xiao scratched his head. He had no interest in the tasks assigned by the company; he just wanted to sneak into the enemy's headquarters and do something bad.

Seeing that the other party seemed quite happy, Ye Xiao didn't want to dampen their enthusiasm, so he feigned curiosity and asked, "What mission?"

"The higher-ups said that a key scout team from our partner has been captured by enemy spies, and we need to cooperate with other spy teams to rescue them."

Miss Mofeng said cheerfully, "Hey, you've only just joined and you're already involved in an official mission. You should be happy, little brother. It means the higher-ups value us a lot!"

"Really? That's wonderful."

Ye Xiao said in an extremely calm tone.

"And the location is right here in Shabu Town. Other teams have to rush over, but we're right at the mission point. We're really lucky."

Ye Xiao nodded in agreement, but then seemed to realize something, turning his head to look at the white-robed man being dragged away by the soldiers with his hands tied up outside the window. His originally lazy gaze suddenly became complicated.

"Um, Boss Feng... does it have a detailed description of the targets we need to rescue, such as their number, clothing, and appearance?"

"Let me see……"

Miss Mofeng then turned her gaze to the system panel, "There should be five people, wearing white robes, with dark skin..."

Halfway through her sentence, she seemed to suddenly realize something, her voice stopped, she looked up, and stared at the silent Ye Xiao again.

"Oh ho."

The girl playfully stuck out her tongue. "That seems like something bad is going to happen."

Ye Xiao covered his forehead, somewhat speechless. "In the end... it'll be up to you to apologize to them."

"Hey! Aren't we a team? Can't you be a little more united?!"

"I don't know anything about Tim or anything, all I know is that you're my boss and you have to protect me."

"But now they're all very respectful!"

Miss Mofeng said indignantly, then she seemed to have received some news and looked at the panel again, "Oh, there's another mission to assassinate enemy spies. Maybe we should just do this one instead."

"...Was the enemy spy a man and a woman, with the man being tall and thin, and the woman short with orange-red curly hair?"

"Wow... Hey! How did you know!?"

Miss Mofeng opened her eyes wide.

Ye Xiao covered her face with her hands and sighed.

Chapter Seventy-Five: The Master of Illusion

That night.

Ye Xiao and Miss Mo Feng left the tavern and climbed onto the roof of a tulou (earthen building) along the street next to them.

They watched as Loren soldiers led the captured white-robed men into the prison next to the town hall on the south side of the town.

That was also a temporary military encampment, and as you could see, you could see many soldiers on guard duty.

After observing the situation from the rooftop, Miss Mofeng said to Ye Xiao, "We haven't found any particularly strong enemies. Let's finish this quickly. As long as we rescue the person before the other teams, we should be fine."

"You just mentioned other spy teams. Are they also in this town?"

Ye Xiao was a little curious.

“I’m not entirely sure either, but besides me, there were two other teams responding to the mission, so I’m guessing there are probably two more teams around here.”

Miss Mofeng explained.

"How could such a remote town possibly gather three secret agent teams?"

"Who knows? Maybe they're thinking of going around the border from here, just like us."

Miss Mo Feng casually said, "It's alright, don't worry about them. Once we rescue the person, things will naturally become clear."

Ye Xiao shrugged, "Then I'll do whatever you say, Boss Feng."

"See those two guards standing watch on the west roof? Let's take care of them first, change out of their clothes, and then disguise ourselves as Imperial soldiers at the prison gate. I can use illusion magic to trick the guards at the gate into letting us in."

"Ah."

Ye Xiao nodded, sounding surprisingly reliable. "I'll take care of the two guards on the roof."

"I have a sleeping spell, so let me do it."

Unexpectedly, Miss Mofeng took the initiative to do the work, and while speaking, she took out two thin gloves engraved with magic circuits from her pocket and put them on, saying, "You can keep an eye on the surroundings for me here."

Since the sleeping spell wouldn't kill the two soldiers, Ye Xiao didn't insist.

Although her personality was a bit eccentric, Miss Mofeng's agility was quite impressive. The girl nimbly leaped off the roof like a rabbit, using the cover of night to cross the street, and quickly arrived beneath the house.

She glanced at Ye Xiao from a distance, and Ye Xiao gave her an "OK" sign. This wasn't because Ye Xiao unintentionally revealed his player identity, but rather a signal agreed upon by the other party before they set off, used to inform her that the surrounding situation was safe.

Upon receiving the signal, the girl pulled out a handful of what appeared to be crystal powder from her bosom and scattered it into the air.

The powder was scattered and turned into wisps of blue smoke, but instead of dissipating, it twisted into a semi-transparent, pale white rope-like phantom that floated into the sky and hung on the edge of the roof.

Ye Xiao had never seen this illusion before. Just as he was wondering why Miss Mo Feng had created an illusion of a rope, he saw her grab the rope phantom with one hand. Then the rope suddenly contracted rapidly, like a lifting cable, and in the blink of an eye, it lifted the girl to a platform about sixteen or seventeen meters above the ground.

Ye Xiao, who was observing, was first stunned, and then his eyes widened in surprise—this illusion actually had a physical form.

After reaching the rooftop, the illusory image of the rope vanished, turning into wisps of white smoke that disappeared into the night.

The small commotion attracted the attention of the two guards on the rooftop. They turned their heads at the same time and saw two butterflies emitting a faint pink glow flying across the night sky.

The butterfly fluttered its wings and landed on their shoulders. Instantly, the two soldiers felt a strong wave of drowsiness wash over them, and they involuntarily closed their eyes.

A cloud of white powder spread out along the ground and transformed into two soft clouds that caught a soldier who had fallen to the ground.

"There are quite a few fancy tricks."

After witnessing all of this, Ye Xiao murmured to himself. Then, Miss Mo Feng on the distant rooftop waved to him and scattered a cloud of powder.

Glistening white smoke drifted down, creating a phantom bridge connecting the rooftops of the two buildings in mid-air.

Ye Xiao stared in surprise at the semi-transparent phantom of the bridge, and tentatively lifted his foot to step on it. It was indeed a solid object, and if you didn't look at it with your eyes, it would feel quite sturdy.

This made him even more curious about what kind of material it was.