After killing the mechanical man, the five of them saw a wooden house.
When they went inside, they found it completely empty. The owner had taken everything he could, quite leisurely.
Le Wuyi, having failed to find his idol Grandpa Xie again, lowered his head in slight disappointment. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed a letter on the table. He quickly went over and picked it up, discovering that it was left by Xie Yi, with clues pointing to Xie Yi's current presence in Langde.
Several young people were unfamiliar with the place name Langde and scratched their heads. Shao Gong said gently, "Langde Village is a village in the Miao region. I once stopped there to rest when I was practicing medicine, so I know the way."
"Haha! Really? Shao Gong, you're really something! Now we can find Grandpa Xie as soon as possible!" Yue Wuyi said happily.
After exchanging a few words, everyone felt that Xie Yi seemed to be avoiding something, so they split up to check each room for any other clues.
When Yue Wuyi saw the room where Xie Yi used to build the mechanical armor, his eyes widened, and he absolutely refused to leave. Wenren Yu had no choice but to let him look around, but when he turned around, he found that Xia Yize, who had been with them, was nowhere to be seen, and a sense of unease arose in his heart.
Wenren Yu walked out of the puppet house and saw Shao Gong sitting on a chair in the hall, resting. Shao Gong was already tired from his journey, so he didn't wander around. He just gently massaged the acupoints on his legs to relieve his fatigue.
Long Xun was sitting in the chair next to him, and Wenren Yu couldn't figure out what the mysterious and taciturn Senior Long was thinking.
"Senior Long, Mr. Long, have you seen where Young Master Xia went?" Wenren Yu asked.
Shao Gong stopped massaging his legs, stood up, and asked in confusion, "Didn't Young Master Xia just leave with you?"
Wenren Yu shook her head: "In the blink of an eye, Young Master Xia disappeared... He probably went to another room."
Long Xun's cold, deep voice slowly rang out: "What are you thinking?"
"Senior Long? I was just thinking that there are many traps here, and if something happens to Young Master Xia alone..." Wenren Yu seemed surprised that Long Xun would suddenly speak to her.
Shao Gong's ears suddenly twitched slightly, and he glanced subtly behind the wooden door, where a vague figure was projected onto the paper window.
Xia Yize originally wanted to have a clear talk with Wenren Yu, but he didn't expect to hear the faint conversation of Senior Long and others through the room. He couldn't help but move closer and heard Senior Long standing up for him.
Long Xun slightly raised his head, and under the shadow of the hood, the smooth and beautiful lines of his chin and lips were slightly revealed.
"Be on guard." Long Xun ignored her explanation and said slowly, "You have some doubts about him... Do you think he harbors ill intentions?"
“That’s not the case!” Wenren Yu paused for a moment, then shook his head and said, “I’m sorry, Senior Long, I do have some doubts about Young Master Xia. Just now on the mountain path, those people who were vaguely following us were clearly after Young Master Xia… I believe that Young Master Xia harbors no ill will towards us, and before understanding the truth, I don’t want to make any guesses…”
Long Xun said, "He considers you all as friends."
“I also consider Young Master Xia a friend. I suppose he is too,” Wenren Yu said.
Long Xun nodded slightly: "I hope you will remember what I said today."
Wenren Yu was slightly surprised, but still clasped his hands and said, "Yes... Senior."
Seeing this, Shao Gong smiled and smoothed things over, saying, "Please forgive me, Miss Wenren. My godfather has always been quite fond of Young Master Xia, and this protection is not directed at you."
“I understand. Mr. Long, judging from what you two are saying, could it be that... Young Master Xia has some hidden secret that you know about?” Wenren Yu inquired.
"Well... I'm not comfortable with that. If there's an opportunity, it would be best if Young Master Xia told you the whole story himself." Shao Gong smiled and shook his head. After a pause, he added, "Young Master Le, you've been listening for quite a while now, haven't you?"
Xia Yize raised his eyes and saw Le Wuyi smiling smirk as he emerged from behind the screen through the paper window. He couldn't help but take a step back, moving himself a little further away from the window.
Shao Gong was far too perceptive; he didn't even know if they had noticed him earlier.
As Xia Yize was thinking this, he saw Long Xun turn around. Although there was a wooden wall between them, for some reason, Xia Yize had the feeling that they were looking at each other.
Xia Yize's heart skipped a beat. He hurriedly lowered his head, turned around, and left.
"Godfather?" Shao Gong called out with a light laugh. Long Xun shook his head slightly and did not speak.
Just then, the ground of the wooden house suddenly trembled slightly, and the faint sound of mechanisms turning could be heard.
Le Wuyi was momentarily stunned, then suddenly exclaimed in alarm, "Oh no! It seems Yize has triggered some kind of mechanism! We must go over there quickly!"
Before he could finish speaking, Long Xun had already vanished.
When Xia Yize hurriedly ran away, he didn't pay attention to his footing. When he kicked something and made a slight cracking sound, he realized what was happening and looked down to see that he had stepped on a small bump that was slightly protruding from the ground.
A sudden sense of alarm struck Xia Yize. When he turned around, he saw a giant mechanical puppet, three meters tall, wielding a massive axe and cleaving down at him!
In the rush, Xia Yize only had time to raise his sword to block, but the mechanical puppet was incredibly strong. His block only caused the axe to deflect slightly, and the sharp blade sliced across his front, tearing a large gash in his rather thick gray-white robe, from which blood immediately gushed out.
"Ugh..." Xia Yize groaned, clutching his wound and kneeling down, but the mechanical man's axe fell on his head again!
Xia Yize looked up at the falling axe, but it was too late to block or dodge.
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