drift
"Who are you? A musician?" Ye Qingzhu gripped the silver whip tightly, as if she was about to attack him at any moment. Ji Yinglei noticed this, of course, and waved his hand to signal her not to attack first. After all, even if they were to break the rules, the other side should go first, so that they would have room to maneuver.
The boy with the zither seemed to have the same idea, and the three of them remained deadlocked. Seeing this, Ji Yinglei said, "Martial arts are forbidden in Tingyu Tower. Even if you find us, there's nothing you can do. It's better to tell your alliance leader that we're here than to stay here any longer."
"What?!" Ye Qingzhu couldn't believe what she was hearing. Wasn't Ji Yinglei blatantly trying to expose their location? If that happened, Bai Yu would definitely guard the gate to the death. "Are you crazy?"
However, Ji Yinglei did not respond to Ye Qingzhu again, nor did the boy. Seeing that his expression did not change at all, and that he was just holding his zither and watching them, Ji Yinglei seemed to have guessed something: "Can you... hear me?"
The boy still didn't react. Just then, Little White appeared from the pile of debris next to him. It knocked over a candlestick on the table, but the boy wasn't attracted by the noise at all.
Ye Qingzhu understood; the man couldn't hear her at all, and it seemed that only force remained as their choice. Ji Yinglei was also at a loss for what to do. Just then, Xiaobai sat down beside them, which gave Ye Qingzhu a sudden inspiration.
"Miss Ji, now that he's seen us, he'll definitely try to go downstairs to find Jiang Yingyue," Ye Qingzhu whispered to Ji Yinglei.
What's your plan?
“Now that Xiaobai is sitting here, we can’t touch it, or it will complain.” At this point, Ye Qingzhu suddenly smiled: “Since it can’t hear, that means it can only get all information through its eyes, so…”
As she spoke, Ye Qingzhu suddenly brandished the silver whip in her hand and lashed it forward at lightning speed, startling the young man into dodging. He even plucked the pipa to create a sound wave, but Ye Qingzhu's whip firmly wrapped around the wine cup on the cabinet behind him.
"I think the cup behind him is quite nice, what do you think, Miss Ji?"
Seeing the boy's flustered appearance, Ji Yinglei immediately understood. In this way, the two were just admiring the items in the building and had no intention of fighting. However, in the eyes of the musician, the two had already broken the rules of Tingyu Tower. That's why he would take action.
"The wine cup is indeed quite nice." Ji Yinglei, holding the Tingyuan Sword, flashed to the young man's side. She swiftly thrust her sword forward, forcing him back a few steps. However, she only intended to lift the wine pot above. "A fine cup deserves a fine pot. It's clear that the host is also a connoisseur of wine."
Seeing that Ji Yinglei was willing to cooperate, Ye Qingzhu swung her whip again, heading towards the young man, forcing him to dodge once more. Her whip just barely touched the wall: "Not only does he understand wine, but he also understands painting."
"This must be an authentic work by the Tang Dynasty." Ji Yinglei approached the painting with his sword raised. Under the onslaught of the two, the musician could not withstand it for long. He rang out his zither, which made the two of them unsteady. Then he jumped off the building.
Ye Qingzhu and Ji Yinglei quickly regained their composure and watched the Qin Envoy leap down.
"Chase."
The two jumped down together, blocking the musician just a second before he could break down the door. Remembering that the two had already launched an attack, the musician no longer hesitated and directly plucked the pipa to break down the door. The sound wave was like an invisible giant hand, directly shattering the door of the room.
Clearly, this situation was unexpected for Ye Qingzhu, as were Jiang Yingyue and Jiang Shiyi inside the room. Ji Yinglei quickly turned around: "Master! Are there any other exits here? We..."
"Go underground, quick." Jiang Shiyi quickly pulled the mechanism on the table, and a passage suddenly opened up in the floor of the room. "After going down, follow the secret passage, and the road to the port will lead you out."
Without a moment's hesitation, the three of them immediately went down the stairs. As Ye Qingzhu left, she specifically said to Jiang Shiyi, "Xiaobai was watching the whole time, so we didn't break any rules." Then she left with Jiang Yingyue and the others.
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