After returning from the Marshal's Mansion, Division Ji has been sitting quietly in the house. Today he always feels a little uneasy, as if something is about to happen.
Cultivators of immortality often have some inexplicable feelings happening to them. If they are advanced cultivators, they can even sense some things in the future.
But he didn't know what would happen. Li Yan, Chen An and others went to the city, which was a common thing recently, so he didn't think about it, but just felt emotional.
Just when he was feeling uneasy, he suddenly found someone entering the inner valley. Then he realized that it was Chen An and Li Yin who rushed in. He just glanced at them and didn't take it to heart.
Recently, when Li Yan came back from outside, he often ordered Chen An and Li Yin to bring things into the valley. He thought that Chen An and Li Yin were forced by Li Yan to rush into the valley to do something.
But later, Division Master Ji stood up. The two men went into Li Yan's room and came out after a while without saying a word. They looked extremely anxious. Until this time, Li Yan had not followed in. This phenomenon had never happened before.
Strategist Ji's heart sank, and in a flash he arrived at the valley entrance. He looked around but could not see Li Yan. Uncertainly, he scanned again with his spiritual sense, but still did not see him.
At this moment, the feeling of uneasiness became even stronger. His figure flashed again and he arrived in front of Li Yan's house silently.
Chen An and Li Yin suddenly heard someone asking a question, and the voice sounded very familiar. They trembled immediately and turned around with a grim look. They saw Military Advisor Ji looking at them with a gloomy face. They quickly knelt down and kowtowed.
"I'm asking you a question, where's Li Yan?"
Strategist Ji's voice came out cold, without a trace of emotion, yet it made people feel chilled to the bone in this early summer evening.
"Master, the young master is lost!"
Li Yin just lay on the ground, biting his lips and not daring to speak. Chen An could only stammer.
"Lost?"
After hearing this, Division Master Ji spoke word by word, almost gritting his teeth.
"Yes, yes. The young master came out when we were in the military camp."
Chen An lay on the ground, not daring to raise his head.
"Oh, in the military camp? What were you doing there? Going to have a drink with Liu Chengyong? Tell me in detail what happened today."
Strategist Ji's voice became even colder, and Chen An and Li Yinru felt as if they were freezing from the cold weather.
After a while, Advisor Ji, dressed in a black robe, stood outside the stone house as night was about to fall. Chen An had finished his explanation in detail by then, but the two were still lying on the ground, shivering.
Division III also remained silent and stood there indifferently...
After a while, the two suddenly felt the pressure relieved. When they looked up again, the figure of Strategist Ji had disappeared from their sight.
Division Master Ji was running through the dense forest at high speed, thinking rapidly in his mind. He didn't know what suspicious points Li Yan had found, which was why he finally decided to escape from here.
He reviewed everything that had happened to Li Yan from the time he entered the valley to the present, but he couldn't find any omissions and was at a loss for a moment.
But he was sure that today's incident must be related to Hong Linying, otherwise Li Yan would not have chosen to get rid of Chen and Li in the military camp by chance.
And he happened to be called away by Hong Linying today for something, and all these things happened at the same time. It was definitely not a coincidence, but was done with the cooperation of Hong Linying.
Everything that happened today shows one thing, that is, Li Yan has discovered that something is wrong for some time, otherwise how could he have come up with these plans in such a hurry.
"What a good plan! I was totally clueless about it."
As for why Hong Linying was willing to help Li Yan, he didn't even need to think about it. That martial arts fanatic must want to get the so-called "martial arts secrets" from Li Yan.
Strategist Ji was running quickly while speculating on various possibilities. In just a short while, he had figured out the general cause of the matter.
After a while, he saw the north gate in the distance. He did not choose to enter through the gate, but when he was approaching the north gate, he went into the forest on the west side.
After entering the forest, Division Ji flexibly rushed to the ridge connected to the west side of the city wall, intending to climb over the city wall from the ridge.
No one in the secular martial arts world today can do this. Not only is it impossible to climb up the mountain, but how can one go down the mountain without making any sound due to such a steep cliff? At that time, rows of powerful crossbows will shoot towards them.
Strategist Ji's figure floated in the mountains like a ghost, and in just a dozen breaths he had risen to the top of the mountain ridge.
Without stopping, he slid down the other side of the ridge lightly in an instant. On the mountain wall, an almost invisible black bullet was seen bouncing between the treetops and the rock wall.
During this process, there were no stones or soil rolling down, as if he had no weight at all.
After a few breaths, Division Master Ji had arrived on the top of a city wall that was dozens of feet high. He disappeared on the wall in a flash, but the patrolling soldiers on the city were completely unaware of it.
Military Advisor Ji rushed between the houses in the city. His target was the Marshal's Mansion. He believed that since Hong Linying had done this, Li Yan must be under his control.
Therefore, what Chen An heard at the north gate about Li Yan leaving the city might not be credible. With Hong Linying's means and power, what would it matter if he asked the gatekeeper to tell a lie
In this case, Hong Linying must hide Li Yan in a safe place, and there should be only two safe places, one is the Marshal's Mansion in Qingshanai City, and the other is the garrison camp dozens of miles away.
Hong Linying would probably still keep Li Yan in his hands and under his nose, so the chance of him being in the Marshal's Mansion in Tibetan City was higher than that in the garrison camp. Therefore, his primary target was the Marshal's Mansion.
He had already thought of all these things by the time he left the valley after listening to Chen An's words. It can be said that Military Advisor Ji was very meticulous. He was able to deduce the cause and effect of the matter in a short period of time and was basically not far from the truth.
But his focus was on the wrong object, and he didn't expect that Li Yan had already taken the dominant position.
In his opinion, Li Yan must have discovered something wrong, but he still doesn't know the specific situation.
But with Li Yan's abilities, he certainly couldn't escape his control, and Hong Linying had been looking for an opportunity to obtain the "martial arts secrets". Under some unknown circumstances, the two of them agreed on certain plans, and Hong Linying took the opportunity to control Li Yan.
Division Master Ji's idea is actually the most likely inference. Anyone would ignore the possibility that a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child, who has no power, no influence and no strength, could still take the initiative.
Soon, Advisor Ji arrived at the back door of the Marshal's Mansion. It was already dark at this time. He did not stop, but his figure flashed and he disappeared into the mansion, as if he had returned to his home.
Soon, he arrived at the Marshal's Mansion and walked around quietly without anyone noticing.
After searching all the houses, Division Ji did not find anything unusual. This was within his expectations. If he could find someone so easily, then Hong Linying would be too stupid. However, he still had to search it himself.
And after walking around, he also identified several suspicious places. What remained was to carefully explore these places. After all, he was only at the third level of the Qi Condensation Stage, and his spiritual sense could not detect more than ten feet, so he could not scan a large area.
There are three suspicious places: one is a dark room behind the lobby; two is a secret passage in the back garden leading to the back door; three is a secret room under the wing on the east side of the backyard.
After determining the range, Division Master Ji searched one place at a time. Soon he flashed out from the lobby. There was no one in the dark room behind the lobby. After detecting that there was no one with his spiritual sense, he went in and searched around, but found no clues.
After a few breaths, he had arrived outside the wing on the east side of the backyard, hid in the shadow of the corridor, and immediately released his spiritual sense to scan the house. He had nothing to worry about in this Qingshan Pass.
In all these years, he has never discovered a cultivator, so no one can recognize his spiritual consciousness.
After looking around and finding no one in the house, he walked out from the shadows and slowly pushed the door open.
After entering the house, he quickly found the entrance to the secret room. He sat cross-legged on the spot and released his spiritual sense to explore the entrance again.
The range of his spiritual awareness was too small. When he was outside the house, he could only detect that there was a secret room in the basement of the house, but he could not get a full picture.
Soon, his expression changed, his eyebrows twitched, and he smiled. The secret room was not big, and he found that there were indeed two people in the secret room.
However, soon Ji Junshi's face turned gloomy. Li Yan was not there. It was Hong Linying and another person. However, he knew that person. He often pretended to be mysterious and hid in the dark room in the lobby of the back mansion.
The aura on his body is not weaker than Hong Linying, and he is also a top master in the martial arts world. He just pretends not to know. He doesn't care even if there are more people like him.
At this time, the two of them were sitting on a cushion in the secret room, looking like they were practicing martial arts.
At this point, he couldn't help but feel a little confused. Did Hong Linying not bring Li Yan with her, or did she leave Li Yan somewhere else under someone's care? Without wasting any time, he retracted his spiritual sense, stood up and went to the back garden.
After he left, after a long while, Hong Linying, who was lying on the mat in the secret room, suddenly opened her eyes, and slowly loosened her half-clenched fist on her knees, revealing a small porcelain bottle inside.
At this time, a faint collision sound came from the bottle. After taking a look at the small bottle, Hong Linying said.
"He's gone far away."
The big man also opened his eyes at this time and looked at the porcelain bottle.
"Brother, Ji Wenhe is here at this time, could it be because of that kid?"
Hong Linying pondered for a moment and said.
"It's already this late, and that kid has indeed escaped from his clutches!"
Then the big man spoke again.
"Luckily we have this thing, otherwise Ji Wenhe's Qinggong is too powerful, and neither you nor I would have noticed it. I really don't know how that guy put this thing on Ji Wenhe without him noticing."
Hong Linying also had a serious expression. She did not respond after hearing this. It was only after a long while that she spoke.
"Ji Wenhe's martial arts skills have reached the highest level. He was able to find this place in such a huge Marshal's Mansion. It's really amazing.
We can only judge his arrival and distance by the intensity of his reaction.
The fluctuation was very small at the beginning, but it became bigger and bigger at the end. This shows that Ji Wenhe was using his internal force to explore and advance bit by bit. His kung fu is really admirable.
The reason why he didn't come down later was that he didn't find out that Li Yan was here. This secret room is extremely solid, and we can't find out anything about the situation inside from outside.
Not only was he able to find out who was among them, he was also able to determine their identities. This can only be described as terrifying."
After hearing this, the big man was somewhat skeptical.
"Brother, is it possible that he only vaguely found out that there are people here, but he didn't dare to come down rashly?"
Hong Linying looked thoughtful and spoke after a while.
"Given his skills, I still think he has found out the situation here, so he didn't take action."
After a long time, the big man nodded silently.
"Fortunately, Senior Brother saw the opportunity early, took the bottle in his hand, and used his internal energy to block out the sound. Otherwise, he would have heard the sound of the object hitting the target, and would have most likely realized that something was wrong with him.
However, today's incident, just his ability to track, the use of this technique is amazing."
After hearing this, Hong Linying smiled.
“We also tried to perform this technique just now. Although there was no response, we have confirmed that it is a mental method for sensing the vital energy between heaven and earth.
The methods here are extremely clever, and are incomparable to any other mental methods I have seen. It would be best if I could get the full version so that I can truly compare them."
"In that case, shall we go there at the agreed time?"
The big man also said with anticipation that he had witnessed the magic of Master Ji's martial arts again tonight and could no longer suppress his strong desire to obtain the "secret book".
Hong Linying was still a little hesitant. He took out a piece of paper from his arms and unfolded it. It was a piece of paper that Li Yan had given him. He read it over and over again for a while.
Finally, after slowly refolding it, he carefully put it in his arms and looked up at the big man.
"Then let's go as agreed. This is a good opportunity after all, and it may be the last chance! As for that kid, I will slowly deal with him after this happens."
After hearing this, the big man said with a solemn expression.
"Brother, with our current martial arts skills, we are not very confident of dealing with Ji Wenhe."
He completely changed his previous opinion of Ji Wenhe. He had only come here a few years ago, so he had never seen Ji Wenhe demonstrate his martial arts. He had only heard about it.
In the past, he thought that his senior brother and many other soldiers exaggerated Ji Wenhe's martial arts, and he was very dissatisfied. But today, he let others get close to him without realizing it.
If he hadn't happened to do something to the other person, he wouldn't even know how he died.
After listening to it, Hong Linying chuckled, and his lips moved slightly, but no sound came out. Then he told him something using the method of "transmitting sound into the secret".
After dozens of breaths, the big man also showed a happy expression.
"Brother, your method really works!"