Free Web NovelIt was as if her entire arm had been twisted seventeen or eighteen times with great force, with almost every inch of muscle screaming in tearing pain...
A moment later, the pain in her arm gradually subsided, and her blurry vision slowly cleared. Nanling Yaohua finally saw the scene in the “illusion” again.
“This is...” Nanling Yaohua’s lips trembled slightly.
The sunlight was fierce, casting a dazzling glare on the faded stone ❖ Nоvеl𝚒ght ❖ (Exclusive on Nоvеl𝚒ght) path.
The street, wide enough for several horses to walk abreast, stretched forward. As far as the eye could see, amidst the ubiquitous stone walls and green tiles, eaves jutted out, with high-hanging shop banners fluttering in the hot breeze.
On the street, carriages and horses bustled, and pedestrians flowed endlessly.
If the previous scene that appeared in her mind could still be suspected of being a meticulously produced film or TV show, then the moment this scene appeared in her mind, her last remaining doubts vanished into thin air.
This absolutely could not be a film or TV show scene!
Just this single, vast, seemingly endless street market, few film and TV productions would create such a large-scale real scene, not to mention the pedestrians and merchants on the street.
With a little careful observation, one could see that they were living, breathing people, with their own lives, diverse and varied, certainly not extras who were hastily put to work with only a line or two of script, or even just a few verbal descriptions.
Each of them was like a “protagonist,” the protagonist of the grand drama of their own lives.
Nanling Yaohua felt almost certain that this was a real illusion, similar to Dream City. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom
But precisely because of this, she was so captivated that she didn't find Lu Yibei in the crowd at first glance.
For a moment, she even wondered if she had skipped too much “plot” and missed Lu Yibei’s “part,” until she caught a glimpse of Xia Lianqing’s figure, and her gaze followed backward, finally catching sight of the petite, somewhat sneaky Lu Yibei trailing behind Xia Lianqing.
At this moment, Lu Yibei had changed into a simple coarse cloth dress, her long hair hidden within a yellowed headscarf, and she had deliberately smeared some dust and dirt on her face to conceal her stunning beauty, making her look no different from a young laborer wandering the streets.
Nanling Yaohua, “......”
No wonder she couldn't find this fellow just now; it turns out she had successfully infiltrated...
But where are they going in those outfits?
Nanling Yaohua thought, and after trying to call out to Lu Yibei several times without success, she simply calmed down and secretly observed the movements of Lu Yibei and the unknown woman.
Including Lu Yibei, there were exactly twenty of them. Besides Lu Yibei and the woman, there were eighteen burly men with a hint of murderous aura.
Although these burly men were different from the pedestrians on the street.
It was like a pack of wolves mixed in with huskies.
Nanling Yaohua had noticed their presence from the very beginning.
But it wasn't until the group left the bustling market via a fork in the road and headed towards a relatively secluded side street selling paper and pens that she was able to distinguish each of the burly men.
The group followed the relatively deserted side street all the way to the end, entered a somewhat dilapidated, deserted old bookstore, gave a string of copper coins to send away the Old man watching the shop, then searched for a while as if looking for something, and quickly left.
After leaving the old bookstore, the group did not stop and immediately rushed to an abandoned temple, an old ancestral hall, a chaotic earthen-walled residential area... all remote places, almost all distributed in various corners of the Yumen Pass, and most of them contained secret rooms.
It looked like secret strongholds specially prepared by someone.
During this process, Nanling Yaohua vaguely realized that the places they had passed through were indeed Yumen Pass, and she also realized that they seemed to be looking for someone, and as time passed, their search yielded no results, and everyone’s face grew a bit more anxious and solemn.
But what she couldn't understand was why Lu Yibei remained silent the whole time, following behind the woman like air, with no presence whatsoever, even though there were factors of others deliberately ignoring her. But...
This is not like her at all!
It was already strange that BB Ji wasn't speaking, but to not speak and also do nothing was even stranger.
Normally, even if Lu Yibei was an outsider at first, she would find a way to stir up the situation, then create her own situation, and become the core insider...
And now, this BB Ji seems to be broken.
Could it be that she was influenced by the illusion, gained some messy memories, and her temperament changed drastically? Nanling Yaohua thought.
Just then, she finally heard Lu Yibei speak her first sentence.
“Sister, we’ve almost explored the entire Yumen Pass, and we haven’t found the person you’re looking for. I’m a bit tired, how about we go back first?”
“I don’t know. Sister hasn’t heard of ‘nothing is difficult in the world if you’re willing to give up’? Perhaps the person Sister is looking for isn’t even in the Yumen Pass, or they came in before but have already left?”
“Instead of continuing to waste time like this, we might as well go back and wait. When that person makes a move, we can go out and find her, taking advantage of our rest... Sister, you need to know that when you learn to throw caution to the wind, you’ll find that the world suddenly opens up, clinking and clanking, as exciting as a remixed DJ version.”
As she spoke, her tone was drawn out, with a hint of laziness; even without listening to the content, it couldn't help but make one feel an urge to give up and lie down.
Upon hearing this, Nanling Yaohua’s eyes lit up, and a faint, relieved smile appeared on her lips.
That's more like it!
Such a high-density output of negativity from the first word, Lu Yibei was still Lu Yibei...
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Listening to Lu Yibei’s continuous output in her ear, Xia Lianqing, whose face was already darkening from having searched all of her sister’s usual hiding places without seeing a single enemy shadow, finally couldn’t help but let out a low growl, “Shut up!”
As her words fell, she suddenly recalled the chilling demeanor “Shen Baiwei” had displayed at Daimu Courtyard, and her body stiffened slightly, momentarily speechless.
After what just happened, she completely couldn’t see through Shen Baiwei anymore, and a hint of apprehension couldn’t help but grow in her heart.
Just as she fell silent, a group of Longxiang Army Armored Soldiers began to whisper among themselves.
“What do children know? How can we let the enemy run wild in the city?”
“Speaking of which, whose child is this anyway?”
“Never seen her. Don’t know why Miss Xia insists on bringing her out...”
Xia Lianqing, “......”
I beg you all to shut up!
If this Shen Baiwei really is some old hag, wouldn’t accidentally angering her make an already difficult situation even more severe?
However, the words were already out; eighteen Longxiang Army Armored Soldiers, thirty-five eyes were all watching. How could she salvage the situation?
Xia Lianqing thought with some trepidation, stealing a glance at Shen Baiwei, but was surprised to find that she didn’t seem to mind her rude behavior, as if she had experienced it many times and was already used to it.
After a brief moment of contemplation, she looked left and right at the Longxiang Army Armored Soldiers, reached out, pulled at Shen Baiwei’s sleeve, led her aside, and asked in a low voice, “You insisted on coming along just now, and now you want to persuade us to go back. It can’t be just to take a walk, can it? What exactly are your plans?”
Although she brought Shen Baiwei out because she was threatened by her and worried about Shen Baiwei causing trouble in Daimu Courtyard, and she knew Shen Baiwei definitely had some purpose and had been on guard the whole way, she now inexplicably hoped that Shen Baiwei harbored good intentions.
Lu Yibei glanced sideways at Xia Lianqing, pouted, and said nothing.
Of course she had her own plans; her plan was to do nothing and let Xia Lianqing find her foolish sister herself... If nothing unexpected happened, Xia Lianqing definitely wouldn’t find her, and then she could persuade Xia Lianqing to return to Daimu Courtyard.
As long as Xia Lianqing returned to Daimu Courtyard, she would most likely not be caught and tortured to death by the enemy forces who had infiltrated the Yumen Pass, and then her mission would be completed.
Speaking of which, if she changed Xia Lianqing’s fate and fulfilled their request, she should be able to go back, right?
Isn’t that how many transmigration stories are written? Lu Yibei thought to herself.
Of course, besides these reasons, she had remained silent because on the way, she had vaguely heard the voice that exposed her alias before, appearing in her ear.
Scary, don't dare to move!
“...” Seeing Lu Yibei remain silent for a long time, Xia Lianqing bit her lip lightly, then said defiantly, “If you won’t speak, then keep following! Anyway, I won’t go back until I find the enemy.”
“Oh.” Lu Yibei nodded expressionlessly, “Then I estimate there won’t be any results until you start your operation tomorrow.”
Start operating tomorrow... Xia Lianqing’s heart suddenly thumped when she heard this, and she blurted out, “You, how do you know...”
“What don’t I know?” Lu Yibei rolled her eyes. “All your messy affairs, I know everything!”
Although part of it was overheard, and the other part was deduced from the dilapidated state of Yumen Pass... Lu Yibei added in her mind. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
Xia Lianqing scrutinized “Shen Baiwei” with surprise and uncertainty for a long time, then took a deep breath and bowed deeply, saying, “Please help me, Senior! Even for the sake of those innocent people, we must find those enemy forces, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable.”
Lu Yibei, “......”
What kind of moral blackmail is this?
Isn’t all this just so you don’t die?
Besides, when did I become a Senior?
As she grumbled inwardly, a gentle voice suddenly sounded in her ear, as if she were hallucinating.
“Help her...”
Upon hearing this, Lu Yibei was slightly startled. Her first reaction was the strange voice that exposed her alias, but then she quickly realized that the voice was very similar to Chatterbox Girl.
However, it was only the voice that was similar; the feeling it gave was completely different...
When Chatterbox Girl spoke, she always felt a sense of loneliness and detachment, but the voice she just heard had a very special feeling...
It could probably be called tenderness.
Even more bizarrely, the source of that voice seemed to come from the core of her urban legend Main unit.
