Free Web NovelChapter 67: Chapter 65: The Heart’s Cinnabar Mole
By evening, news of Lan Ling’s jailbreak had spread throughout the Dragon Clan Tribe.
It was said he had escaped with Ah Yun.
Everyone in the tribe was filled with righteous indignation, saying their former Commander couldn’t tell right from wrong!
Lan Ling’s former subordinates were the most furious. It was unimaginable to them that the Commander they had once sworn to follow to the death could be so muddle-headed.
To do something so treacherous for a mere Female.
They all secretly swore that if they ran into their former Commander, they would uphold justice even if it meant turning on their own!
When Lan Ling broke Ah Yun out, she was still in disbelief.
It wasn’t until she heard the man’s deeply affectionate confession that she completely let her guard down.
She immediately burst into tears, repenting for her past mistakes and vowing to never again do anything to wrong Lan Ling in this life.
The old Lan Ling would have believed her wholeheartedly, but now, he felt nothing but disgust and impatience.
After leaving the prison, they encountered three waves of pursuers. To make it all more convincing, he had even injured himself.
Before he left, he had specifically gone to the Think Tank for some pointers. The Think Tank didn’t say a word and just shoved two playbooks at him, telling him to follow their scripts.
Lan Ling studied them for an entire afternoon and managed to get the hang of it.
It wasn’t actually that difficult—he just had to use her old tricks against her.
Right now, blood was gushing from his left shoulder. Combined with the poison from two days ago that hadn’t fully cleared, he looked extremely weak.
He grasped Ah Yun’s hand. "If I die, you have to escape on your own. In the future... find someone who loves you and live a good life."
Ah Yun looked at him, her vision blurred with tears. "Lan Ling, you can’t die! Let’s escape, get out of the Dragon Clan Tribe and start over, okay?"
Lan Ling used his Inner Strength to force a trickle of blood from the corner of his mouth.
"My life force is severely damaged. If I leave, I’ll only drag you down! You—you escape on your own. At least then, my death won’t be in vain..."
"No! You can’t die! I’m taking you with me. Once it’s dark, I’ll find a way to get you out! We just have to hold on until nightfall!"
Ah Yun was now completely convinced that Lan Ling had broken her out of jail because he was deeply in love with her.
Otherwise, given his temperament and his loyalty to the Lord Major General, he would never have done something like this.
’It’s time to use that last bit of my life force!’
Now that Lan Ling had become a traitor to the entire tribe for her sake, she didn’t doubt his intentions in the slightest.
Seeing that the first part of his plan was a success, Lan Ling breathed a small sigh of relief internally, though he didn’t dare let a trace of it show on his face.
He just asked weakly, "Are you sure... you still want to take me with you, in my current state?"
Ah Yun hugged him and nodded. "I will definitely get you out of here!"
’A girl can have many Beast Husbands,’ she thought, ’but it’s rare to find one as easy to manipulate as Lan Ling, who also has such superb Combat Power.’
Ah Yun had it all figured out. Once they were out of this tribe, Lan Ling would be a traitor to the Dragon Clan, just like her. At that point, he would have no choice but to depend on her.
They would be two grasshoppers tied to the same string.
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Soon, the news about Lan Ling had spread through the entire tribe.
Su Mo and the others received the news as well.
Yue Ying and the others had already pieced most of it together. They also understood that Su Mo hadn’t been joking when she said to prepare to return to the North Wing.
If things were resolved smoothly, they might be able to set off tomorrow.
Before that, however, Su Mo had instructed them to take care of two matters.
Mo Xiao, being a "suspect," didn’t participate. This worked out well, as he could stay by Su Mo’s side to ensure her safety.
Just as it got dark, Yue Ying, Cang Lan, and Fei Yan headed out.
The Dragon Clan Tribe was in chaos at the moment, so no one paid any attention to their movements.
Meanwhile, the old Think Tank was in Long Yan’s study. Both men wore grave expressions as they considered what was about to happen.
By now, the sky had turned completely dark, and the world outside had descended into utter chaos.
Ah Yun said to the weakened Lan Ling, "Wait for me here. I’ll be back soon to get you out of the tribe."
Lan Ling reached out and grabbed her wrist, instructing weakly, "Be careful with everything."
"Don’t worry. Once we’re out of the tribe, we’ll be completely free!"
Lan Ling watched her and nodded heavily.
’Looking at the person before me,’ he thought, ’I suddenly feel like I never really knew her at all.’
’How absurd, and how pathetic.’
Ah Yun quickly disappeared into the night. At the same time, Lan Ling gave a signal to the attendants who had been tailing them from a distance.
Long Yan’s side quickly received the message.
He took the Think Tank, went to get Su Mo and Mo Xiao, and they all headed to the destination together.
By the time they arrived, Ah Yun and the person she had contacted had already been successfully captured.
After a round of torture, the Male Beastman confessed on the spot that he was the one who had poisoned the water source that day.
But he mumbled and couldn’t clearly say who had ordered him to do it.
At almost the same moment, the man in black, realizing his informant had been exposed, also arrived on the scene.
He wasn’t here to save those two idiots, however. He was here... to watch the show.
’I’m not scared at all. Very few people in this world have ever seen my true face. So what if they’ve caught these two? What can they do to me?’
Ah Yun watched Lan Ling emerge from the shadows, looking like a demon from hell. Only then did she realize that the look in his eyes was no longer blazing with the passion of before, but was filled with a bone-chilling coldness.
He had tricked her.
’I never imagined that the man I always had wrapped around my little finger would actually turn the tables and deceive me!’
Ah Yun’s gaze toward Lan Ling shifted from fury to indifference, and finally, a sliver of regret sprouted in her heart.
She shouted at the man standing motionless in the night, "Just kill me! It’s come to this, so why haven’t you done it yet?! What are you waiting for? For me to beg you? Dream on! Even in death, I will be the cinnabar mole on your heart!" ƒreewebɳovel.com
The hand hanging at Lan Ling’s side tightened into a fist.
Suddenly, a cold, mocking voice cut through the night. "A cinnabar mole? That is formed from the purest blood of the heart. A backstabbing traitor like you... you think you’re worthy?!"
Ah Yun looked at Su Mo in the distance, and a strange hatred instantly welled up in her eyes.
’It’s all this Female named Su Mo’s fault! If she hadn’t come to the Dragon Clan Tribe, none of this would have happened!’
She gritted her teeth and glared at Su Mo, shrieking, "You deserve to die! You’re the one who deserves to die most of all! Hahaha! Looking as if you’re sick and about to die, you can’t have much longer to live either! I’ll be waiting for you on the Yellow Springs Road..."
Before she could finish, Yue Ying, his face dark, flicked out two silver needles.
THUD! Ah Yun dropped to her knees.
She looked unwillingly in Su Mo’s direction, struggling to get up, but it was futile.
Lan Ling suddenly drew the longsword from his waist and pointed it at her. "Speak," he said in an icy tone, "who are your accomplices besides him?"
A flash of surprise crossed Ah Yun’s eyes, but it was quickly replaced by numbness.
"My accomplices? Who else could there be but you! I’m a traitor who betrayed my people, but how much cleaner are you, Lan Ling!"
"You’re utterly unrepentant!" Lan Ling tightened his grip on his sword and took a step closer to her.
Ah Yun tilted her neck, a look of someone ready to meet her death.
’I’m definitely going to die today. But it’s better to die by his hands than by anyone else’s!’
Lan Ling hesitated before speaking. "If you confess, I will do everything in my power to find your younger brother and ensure he lives a life free of worry."
Ah Yun opened her eyes and spoke slowly. "It’s not that I don’t want to tell you, it’s that I really don’t know who he is. I only know that he’s..."
SWISH! A sharp arrow flew through the air at lightning speed, striking Ah Yun squarely in the throat.
She didn’t even have time to show a hint of pain before she collapsed.
Everyone on the scene immediately looked in the direction the arrow had come from.
They only saw a dark shadow disappear into the night like a gust of wind.
Lan Ling was about to give chase when Cang Lan and Yue Ying, who were by Su Mo’s side, quickly took off in pursuit.
Su Mo narrowed her eyes slightly. For a brief moment, she had locked gazes with the man in black.
She had clearly seen his pupils change color!
She had even seen the undisguised provocation in his eyes.
