Chapter 139
At a secret village of Nan Zhao, Han Ming Xi lay weakly on the ground . Tied up, he couldn’t move a finger . Not far away, the Sick Scholar was in a worse state, bruised and chained up by iron shackles as he kept coughing as if he had only half a life left .
Ignoring what a difficult position he was in, Han Ming Xi grinned at the Sick Scholar and said: “How are you feeling? Still holding on?”
“Are you sure they are going to come to our rescue?” The Sick Scholar coughed slightly as he looked up and asked .
Han Ming Xi answered with smiles: “I believe Jun Wei won’t leave me behind . ”
The Sick Scholar snorted slightly and said: “I’d rather believe he will save you because of Tianyi Pavilion . ”
Han Ming Xi wasn't irritated . He said with a smile: “So what? He won't be rescuing you because you are the Third Master of the Hall of Darkness . Besides, we can only count on Jun Wei now . As for you, Third Master, can you find anyone to rescue us?” Looking up at the Sick Scholar who was hung up there, Han Ming Xi was filled with bitterness . If it wasn't the Sick Scholar that threatened them to look for some Green Void Flower, he wouldn’t have ended up in this sorry state . Though he hadn’t seen a Green Void Flower, he might be heading for Yellow Springs which echoed with Jun Wei’s “Above, he searched the Green Void, below, the Yellow Springs” .
The Sick Scholar coughed hard and said: “If you have such a strong faith in Chu Jun Wei, why won’t you shut up?”
Han Ming Xi paused then said below his breath: “You saw what it was like at the exit . Jun Wei doesn’t have the medicine for snake poison like you do . Who knows whether they can make it out there? They might pass out as soon as they come out . Besides . . . those poisonous snakes . . . ”
The Sick Scholar was silent for a moment then he said indifferently: “Zhuo Jing took some medicine from me when we went down the cliff . ” Seeing Han Ming Xi’s stare, he curled his lips as he said: “Don’t look at me like that . I only realized that after we separated . He took pallets that work on knockout drugs and soft tendon powder, the kind I gave you . ”
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Han Ming Xi rolled his eyes . “That’s why you only gave me another kind of medicine later . It stinks!”
“You can rest assured that they are fine . ” The Sick Scholar stifled his cough and said in a serious tone .
Casting him a glance, Han Ming Xi asked: “How do you know?”
“That man, Liang, would love to kill us as soon as possible . However, Le Jiang hasn’t done it, I think, to wait for them . ”
“They want to kill all four of us?” Han Ming Xi said with a frown .
The Sick Scholar said: “Don't forget that Chu Jun Wei has been following us . However, when we were out, they didn’t catch up . It must have been something they did after we left that makes those men want them so bad . Do you think those men didn’t see your marks?”
Han Ming Xi said angrily: “Why didn’t you tell me, knowing they used us as a bait to get Jun Wei?”
The Sick Scholar sneered with disdain: “Why would I? At least now Chu Jun Wei has a chance to rescue us . If he doesn’t come, we are doomed . ”
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“If he comes, he might die as well!”
“So what?”
Pow, pow . . .
The window frame gave two clear sounds . The two of them looked over at the same time . A swift figure came inside through the window that gave them a smile . “Brother Han, don’t worry . I won’t die with you guys . ”
“Jun Wei!” Han Ming Xi called in surprise .
“Shush . . . ” Putting a finger over her lips, she blinked at him .
Han Ming Xi hurriedly lowered his voice: “How do you manage to come here? There are guards everywhere . ”
Ye Li smiled: “There’s no perfect defense in this world as long as you find a break through . Well . . . Brother Han, Third Master, now you both owe me one . ”
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The Sick Scholar snorted slightly as he said: “It only counts when we are out of danger . ” Chu Jun Wei must have heard what he said to Han Ming Xi . However, looking at the bright smile of this young man, he wasn't sure whether he would bear any grudge against him at the moment .
“Well, right . ” Ye Li said, resigned . Taking out a dagger and cutting the rope around Han Ming Xi quickly, she threw a sword at him as she said: “Hard to find a suitable weapon here . Make do with what you have . ”
Catching the sword, Han Ming Xi said with a smile: “Thank you very much, Jun Wei . ”
It was easy to get rid of Han Ming Xi’s ropes . However, it wasn’t the same with the Sick Scholar's iron chains . It took her some time to pull the chain off .
The Sick Scholar stretched out before he asked: “Where’s that guard of yours?”
Ye Li smiled: “He is preparing a big present for Luoyi Clan . ” Walking to the window, she made several different chirps like a bird . Shortly afterwards, sounds went up somewhere in the village, then more places . In no time, the whole village bustled with noise . Smiling happily, she said: “It’s time . Let’s go . ”
As soon as the Sick Scholar pushed the door open, several arrows went his way fast . Han Ming Xi hurriedly grabbed him back from behind and Ye Li kicked the door shut . Those arrows hit the door instead . The Sick Scholar glared at Ye Li who smiled kindly at him as she said: “That was to thank you for inviting me to die with you, Third Master . ”
Knowing that he was in the wrong, the Sick Scholar snorted but didn't say anything .
Archers outside were gazing at the door vigilantly . Pow! The door opened and a dark figure flew out . Whoosh whoosh . . . a bunch of arrows were released .
Pow pow! Two people flew out through two windows on both sides of the lodge . With a few whoosh sounds, those archers only felt a piercing pain and fell . Walking out of the door and looking at the hedgehog-like cloth bags shot by arrows and bodies lying all around, Ye Li’s eyes turned a bit dark . “Hurry up . Let’s go . Zhuo Jing might not be able to hold up if we spend more time here . ”
Right now, the village descended into chaos with fire at several places . It seemed Zhuo Jing set up quite a few at some important locations . Not far away, a few strange chirps rose . Ye Li took Han Ming Xi and the Sick Scholar to that direction .
As they passed a spring, the Sick Scholar sneered and threw something from his pocket into it . Han Ming Xi saw that . His expression changed for a second however he didn’t say anything and caught up with Ye Li . When they reached the destination, Secret Guard No . 3 was surrounded, clearly in a difficult situation . Looking over, Ye Li found all important people of the village there . No wonder there were only a dozen guards back at the lodge . Ye Li recalled that thing she took from the underground palace . Clearly, Le Jiang attached more value to it than he did Han Ming Xi and the Sick Scholar’s lives .
“A bad deal rescuing two and losing one . ” Said Ye Li, frowning . “Brother Han, can you seize that old man?” Pointing at Mr . Liang who was standing among heavy guards, she said in a small voice .
Han Ming Xi answered with a frown: “There are too many guards around him . Besides . . . he’s too heavy . ”
The Sick Scholar offered him two things . “Scatter this in the air and put this into Liang’s mouth . ”
“That I can . ” Taking what the Sick Scholar passed him, Han Ming Xi weighed them and nodded as he said .