Before her lay a sheer cliff; one more step and she would fall to her death.

Where did this cliff come from when I was clearly at Yunquan Villa?

Is it another Bagua Illusion Formation?

But she had already checked the room and its surroundings and found no formation at all.

What happened?!

Su Ruojin turned around, but the room had disappeared, leaving only a forest.

Hehehe!

The man in blood suddenly emerged from the woods, hovering in mid-air, and pounced on her again.

wrong!

This must be a hallucination!

Su Ruojin bit her tongue hard, the pain forcing her to calm down.

Since the cliff and the man in blood shouldn't exist, then everything before us must be an illusion.

The best way to dispel illusions is not to look at them.

As the blood-clad man drew ever closer, Su Ruojin closed her eyes and relied on her ears and body to sense everything around her.

There was no sound at all, only complete silence.

No, there's a sound!

Just then, Su Ruojin heard the chirping of a night insect. She had heard this sound before falling asleep; it must have been the chirping of a night insect in the courtyard.

I'm still at Yunquan Villa!

He suddenly opened his eyes, and the man in blood was already in front of him. He didn't know when he had put a dagger in his hand, and it was attacking his chest.

A master can deploy an array without prior planning, and can also achieve the effect of combining the real and the fake. Su Ruojin could not determine whether the dagger was real or fake.

But since we're at the resort...

She closed her eyes, turned around, and took a step toward the cliff.

The next second!

A feeling of weightlessness washed over me; my body was really falling!

Is it really a cliff?!

However, Su Ruojin landed quickly, feeling pain from the fall, but otherwise suffered no serious injuries.

It's not a cliff!

If it were truly the cliff you just saw, anything falling from it would only shatter into pieces.

She slowly opened her eyes and was greeted by a dark room with nothing but torches.

Su Ruojin tried to stand up, only to find that she had no strength at all, and couldn't even move her hands, let alone stand up.

Boom~

The door to the secret room opened, and several masked men dressed in black entered.

Before Su Ruojin could say anything, the man in black grabbed her and dragged her out of the dark room.

After passing through several winding passages, Su Ruojin was led to a spacious cave.

In the middle of the cave, a huge brazier burned, and to the east was a high platform where a man wearing a silver mask sat, his voice deep.

"Miss Su, if you hand over the Zhao family's jade pendant, I will spare your life."

Su Ruojin looked at the man and said, "Butler Zhu, we're all so familiar with each other now, there's no need to wear masks anymore, right?"

Zhu Chao burst into laughter: "Miss Su, you are indeed very observant. Where is the jade pendant?"

Su Ruojin smiled slightly: "These past few days, while I was treating my grandmother, Butler Zhu had people sneak into my room several times to search. What, you still haven't found it?"

Zhu Chao did not deny it: "My men searched very carefully, but I didn't expect Miss Su to find out. I must admit that Miss Su hid it very well. Now, can you tell me where the jade pendant is?"

"What if I don't hand it in?" Su Ruojin looked at Zhu Chao calmly, without the slightest panic in her eyes.

"Miss Su has such delicate skin, I really can't bear to torture a young girl like you. Why don't you hand her over sooner rather than later? It would be better for both of us, don't you think?"

"Butler Zhu, didn't you investigate me before you arrested me?"

Zhu Chao sneered, "Miss Su, I know that you are the granddaughter of the Zhao family matriarch in the Great Chu, skilled in medicine, and highly regarded by the Regent of the Great Chu. Otherwise, why would I go to such lengths to capture you?"