Xie Zhou tucked his hands into his chest, playing with the mud on the wall with his fingertips. He couldn't help but wonder why the Forgotten Spirit Palace had gone to such lengths to come here, determined to kill him. It seemed that things wouldn't be easy to accomplish.
Based solely on this, they probably wouldn't send too many people over, but considering the current number of people inside the cave, it should be quite a few.
Therefore, they most likely have another purpose for coming here, and what they ultimately want to obtain is very likely something that poses a threat to them.
Otherwise, why would the Forgotten Spirit Palace suddenly become so temperamental and send people to constantly provoke him? They even wanted to travel with him to gain his trust.
It seems they're so worried that what they want will fall into my hands that they're using it to threaten them.
However, after thinking it over carefully, she realized that she didn't have anything that was worth all the trouble they had to go to such lengths to obtain. It seemed that this motivation must contain something that all of them wanted.
"What a bunch of persistent ghosts! They just wanted to live a peaceful and comfortable life, but they had to come and provoke me. What can I do about it?"
After speaking, Xie Zhou turned his head and looked at the water surface in the distance, which rippled slightly.
These words seemed to be spoken to himself, yet also to others as a warning. Their meaning was difficult for anyone to grasp easily, including those who were currently avoiding Xie Zhou's gaze.
She then lowered her head to clean the dirt from between her fingers, muttering to herself, "Looks like bigger trouble is yet to come. What I've dealt with so far is just a piece of trash. Forgetful Spirit Palace, you really are willing to get entangled with me. I really don't know what you'll gain from this."
Then, brandishing his dagger, he walked towards the entrance of a cave deep in the side. He then took the opportunity to avoid everyone, found a hanging beam, and jumped over it to hide inside.
The person following behind wore a mask and kept searching back and forth in the direction where he disappeared. He couldn't figure out where he had gone, so he simply chose a random road to follow.
Xie Zhou stuck out the tip of his tongue and lightly licked his lips, his charming aura no longer able to be suppressed, as if he were looking at a flock of lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
The butcher could no longer contain himself as he rubbed the blade against the wall, trying to kill the few weak sheep in front of him.
Xie Zhou let go of the wall and fell down. He jumped lightly, but suddenly found himself standing in front of a masked man.
Isn't this the guy I just tricked? He seems smarter than the one lying on the ground, otherwise how could he react so quickly? He realized that I hadn't actually left, but instead used a diversionary tactic to lure him out.
If it were anyone else, they would probably have already rushed in that direction and wouldn't waste time here.
"Looks like you do have some ability; you almost fooled me." The man in black couldn't help but chuckle, his deep voice coming through the mask.
Based on his life experience, Xie Zhou could roughly guess that the person in front of him was at least five to ten years older than him, so in the end, if he tried to fight back, it would be difficult to escape.
Rather than risk getting hurt, it's better to play a roundabout game with him. This will buy time for others to find me, and it will also give me temporary safety. "We're in the same boat."
"This is the first time I've seen such a clever and quick-witted girl. I really can't bring myself to hurt her. Why did you have to provoke me into taking action?"
"If you're not going to take it now, then just let me leave. Anyway, what you want when you go back won't be me."
"Hey," the man couldn't help but laugh after hearing this. "I can get what I want, and I can also get your head. Doesn't that give me a chance to show my loyalty? Why should I let you leave? Do you want you to find that thing before me?"
Xie Zhou was now even more suspicious that the person in front of him might be looking for the same thing as him, so he decided to take a gamble and risk everything. "How do you know what you want isn't in my hands? When we went to Medicine Ghost Valley to look for clues, I didn't bring Song Wu with me..."
She deliberately left things unsaid and piqued the other person's curiosity, so that she would mistakenly believe that the item was already in her hands and surrender as soon as possible, otherwise they would both perish and neither of them would get anything.
But the man clearly wasn't buying it. He took a few steps forward, pulled a piece of paper from his pocket, and threw it at Xie Zhou. "Look carefully. Since you came to Medicine Ghost Valley, all your movements have been within our expectations. So there's no way you could get what we want. Do you think I'm a fool? That I would believe you and send you away?"
Xie Zhou couldn't help but be taken aback. This person in front of him was indeed not easy to deal with. He seemed to possess an air of superiority, as if he had everything under control, but what was the truth behind it all? Who could really know?
Seeing all his plans on the verge of collapse, Xie Zhou calmly sat on the ground and began the final round of entanglement.
The man opposite her had expected her to start a fight with him because of this, but to his surprise, she calmly sat on the ground and chatted with him.
After a while, the man couldn't hold back any longer and waved his hand towards a dark place to the side.
Xie Zhou then saw the spirit insect being escorted and thrown to the ground. The man arrogantly pulled out a dagger and kept rubbing it back and forth against the spirit insect's neck.
“I don’t want to waste any more words with you. This bug must be quite important to you. You didn’t even let her in before we went into the cave. If you hadn’t done this, I might have spared her life. But now it seems she’s more useful than anyone else.”
He then continued to let the blade wander back and forth across the spirit insect's body, as if at any moment, if the other party uttered a word he didn't want to hear, the dagger would plunge into the insect's body.
Seeing this, Xie Zhou couldn't help but feel conflicted. Had he made the wrong choice from the start? But no matter what, the situation was now settled, and he absolutely couldn't reveal too many clues, lest the other side become even more convinced of his decision.
You have to make them doubt themselves, worry that they don't care about the spirit insects that much, but you can't act too deliberately, as if you're doing it on purpose.
"I left her outside simply so she wouldn't be a burden to me. I never expected that you would see so many unbelievable things about her. It's truly an eye-opener."
Although the spirit insect heard all this, it still believed that its master would not easily forgive this beast.
In any case, we must not give in easily; what we need to do now is cooperate with her.
"You're very cunning, don't trust you, give up on that idea as soon as possible!"
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