Nightmare Apostle

Chapter 1131: Chapter 769: Tai Wenqin

Lying in bed, Yang Xiao’s mind involuntarily conjured up a face, it was Sui. Ever since they parted ways last in Rongcheng, they hadn’t met again.

You could say that Yang Xiao being able to sit in the position of Pingxi Marquis in Xiang Ma Town, Sui also had a share in that success.

According to the hotel’s intelligence analysis, Sui should have escaped to the territory of the Yin Temple, but his current situation is unknown.

And the alien girl from the secret room, who knows some of the artifact casting techniques of the Second Demon Uncle of the Yin Temple...

Although Yang Xiao was domestically, unknowingly, he had already formed countless ties with this gigantic force known as the Yin Temple.

The night was deep, and the once bustling border town had quieted down, with most people already drifting into sleep.

At this moment, Yang Xiao and his group had quietly set off, guided by the alien man Tai Wenqin, they left Mituo without a sound, arriving near a dense forest ten miles from the town. ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com

The group abandoned the car and walked, carrying two large boxes, delving into the forest. After nearly an hour of trekking, they finally emerged from the woods, where the rushing sound of water could be heard.

A vast river blocked their path, its dark waters frothing with white waves.

Tai Wenqin instructed everyone to turn off their lighting equipment, then used his flashlight to send a signal of two short flashes and one long.

The next second, the opposite bank of the river lit up, first with one short and one long flash, then flickered irregularly a few times.

"The boat captain says the water is too rough now, their small boat can’t handle it, so we are to wait here," Tai Wenqin explained to Professor Cui in Mandarin with a Myanmar-Thailand accent.

"How long do we have to wait?" Professor Cui asked.

"Uncertain, it depends on the water conditions."

Upon hearing this, Professor Cui glanced at the time and frowned. It was already close to 1 a.m. in the morning, in just over three hours it would start to get light, and since this is a border area, the Patrol Defense Office’s border inspection department is very strict. Every minute they delay here, they risk exposure.

Professor Cui decided on the spot; wait no more than another hour. When time’s up, cancel the operation, return to Mituo and plan further.

He calculated the time, waiting an hour meant it would be 2 a.m. They had taken an hour to cross the forest downhill on their way, considering the uphill return and physical exertion, the same route back would take at least 2 hours.

Including the driving time back to Mituo, only with this arrangement could they ensure a quiet return under the cover of night, back to the small courtyard to continue their concealment.

As time ticked by, Yang Xiao secretly took out the Human Bone Staff and held it in his hand. His experiences over the past few years had made him extremely vigilant with strangers.

He didn’t know the background of this Tai Wenqin and feared it might be a trap. The boxes contained high-level Resentful Eyes, items of immeasurable value.

This guy was definitely a Ghost Level Apostle, setting the stage, he may not be an easy opponent for Yang Xiao, who decided to strike first.

As soon as the other party showed any signs of odd behavior, he would make the first move, subduing him before anything else.

Soon, the hour passed, and Professor Cui hesitated not a moment before calling everyone to grab their stuff and retreat.

Just as they were about to enter the forest, suddenly, someone in the group inadvertently noticed a flashing light across the river.

"Boss Zhou, the boat captain has started the boat." Tai Wenqin visibly breathed a sigh of relief on his face.

The river appeared almost entirely black except for the occasional wave. No lights were on the smuggler’s boat, not until it was very close did Yang Xiao spot the outline of the boat on the river.

It was a small iron-hulled boat, quite rusty along the rails and deck. If not for the sound of the engine, in Yang Xiao’s subconscious, such an old thing should have long since been scrapped.

Receiving the rope thrown from the boat, Tai Wenqin skillfully tied one end to a nearby tree.

Once the boat docked, several men also in dark attire jumped ashore, the leader immediately directing the others to help with the boxes, but was refused by Professor Cui, as these items were to be handled only by their own people.

Seeing this, the leader simply laughed heartily, warmly inviting Professor Cui and his group aboard, then immediately setting sail, heading towards the opposite bank.

Through conversation, Yang Xiao found out this boat captain, seemingly in his fifties, was also a Hua Country person. He recounted arriving alone in the Myanmar-Tai Black Triangle twenty years ago for a living and felt a kinship upon seeing Professor Cui’s group. He even pounded his chest, promising to ensure their safety on this journey, "our own kind doesn’t harm our own kind."

"Damn..." Yang Xiao’s vigilance immediately spiked.

Seeing the Myanmar-Thailand dressed boat captain with a cigar trying to get chummy with them while subtly probing what kind of business they were in, Yang Xiao realized they had boarded a pirate ship.

The other crew members didn’t seem like decent folk either, with brutish faces and rare upward white sclera in their eyes, their glances occasionally skimming towards the two boxes on board.

Using the Human Bone Staff, Yang Xiao roughly judged these guys’ caliber, finding the boat captain to be quite competent, a Fierce Level Apostle, with two of the crew members being Resentment Level Apostles, while the rest were just strapping ordinary men.

The trickiest one was this Tai Wenqin, a tough adversary. Although he seemed not very familiar with the boat captain, he was nevertheless the one who led them onto the pirate ship, so Yang Xiao decided he would kill him first.

The boat was too small to withstand much turmoil, so Yang Xiao resolved to use the Human Bone Staff to strike first. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com

Just a second before Yang Xiao decided to act, Tai Wenqin, who had been leaning against him, suddenly turned around and asked, "Got a smoke?"