jdhmnovel Chapter 142 Three-person standoff
Chapter 142 Three-person standoff
"My lord, Chen Wan'er's cultivation level seems to be the same as before, only her aura is slightly weaker."
Ma Qi opened her mouth, letting Chen Wan'er control her to say those words.
She secretly groaned in despair, and gritted her teeth in hatred for Chen Wan'er.
If that's the case, doesn't it mean that my cultivation level is dissipating even more tonight?
She was filled with suspicion and couldn't understand the man in front of her at all.
Why didn't they notice the sudden drop in her cultivation level, and instead believed their own words without question?
Upon hearing this, the man in black frowned slightly, then pressed on with another question:
"She didn't suspect anything, did she?"
"Don't worry, sir. She was just muttering a few words, complaining that she was a little tired."
"Sir, if there's nothing else, I'll take my leave now."
Ma Qi's voice trembled slightly, revealing a hint of barely perceptible tension.
Upon hearing this, the man in black hesitated for a moment, as if weighing something, before finally nodding slightly.
Ma Qi's heart was filled with fear at this moment, and it seemed that Chen Wan'er's prediction was indeed correct.
This adult truly intended to take her life, but for some reason, he changed his mind at the last minute.
She secretly rejoiced that she had the puppet talisman stuck to her body.
Otherwise, given how weak and trembling his legs were right now, he wouldn't have been able to walk back at all.
When Ma Qi finally managed to get back to her residence, she found that Chen Wan'er was not there.
He immediately tried his best to break free from the control of the puppet talisman.
On the other side, after Ma Qi left, the man in black robes deliberately took a long detour before carefully returning to the Thousand Illusions Sect.
But after only a few steps into the sect, as if suddenly remembering something important, he abruptly turned around and hurriedly walked out.
Chen Wan'er, who had been hiding in the shadows and quietly following behind.
Just as the true identity of the man in the black robe was about to be revealed, he decided to make a hasty escape.
Chen Wan'er was filled with resentment, so she quickly changed to an invisibility talisman and cautiously followed the man in black robes again.
The man in black robes weaved and twisted through the winding paths.
Chen Wan'er followed closely, not daring to slack off in the slightest.
Before long, they arrived at an empty courtyard.
Chen Wan'er watched as the man in black robes walked straight into the house, and soon there was no more movement inside.
She was about to approach quietly, just as she was about to take action.
But then the black-robed man inside the house suddenly rushed out like a startled bird, and unleashed a burst of spiritual energy into the seemingly empty void before him.
Oh no! It looks like they've noticed they're being followed.
Chen Wan'er felt a sense of foreboding and quickly dodged into the shadows.
It seems that rushing in now would be a very unwise move.
The man in black robes in the courtyard observed the surroundings warily for a moment, and seeing that there was nothing unusual, he realized that the man was not in the courtyard.
Only then did he relax his guard slightly and re-enter the house.
Before long, he walked easily into the underground chamber.
Upon entering the dark room, the man in black robes respectfully bowed to the four people inside.
However, the atmosphere in the dark room was unusually tense. Three of them glared angrily at the person opposite them, their eyes full of disdain and contempt.
"Nothing unusual was found outside. It's probably some stray cat or something that accidentally triggered the array set up outside."
The man in black robes quickly explained.
The man opposite spoke coldly, asking, "What about Ma Qi? Have you dealt with her?"
The man in black hesitated for a moment before speaking in a low voice:
"I think she might still be of some use, so I haven't taken any action yet."
As soon as he finished speaking, a sharp burst of spiritual energy shot towards the man in black robes like lightning.
The man in black robes was unable to dodge in time and was hit directly, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
"Hmph, how dare you act on your own! If there's a next time, it won't be as simple as just spitting out blood."
The man glared at him, his tone full of intimidation.
"I dare not do it again, I will never do it again." The man in black robes knelt down in fear and begged for mercy.
"Find an opportunity tonight to retrieve those spirit stones and deliver them to the second target."
"Yes!" the man in black robes replied hastily, his voice trembling slightly.
When the man in black finally reappeared, Chen Wan'er was already getting impatient.
Thankfully, the person finally came out, and she quickly put on an invisibility talisman and continued to follow silently.
Who could have predicted that after taking off his black robe, this man would walk straight towards the courtyard where Chen Wan'er was?
However, Chen Wan'er had just arrived and didn't recognize who this person was.
However, judging from their appearance, they should be cultivators from the Thousand Illusions Sect.
As soon as the man in black robes stepped into the room, a surge of spiritual energy rushed towards him like a sudden storm.
He reacted extremely quickly, swiftly raising his sword to defend himself.
But then, another hidden weapon came hurtling toward his face.
Although Chen Wan'er was outside and hadn't gone in, she could roughly guess what was going on inside just by listening to the noise.
It seems that Ma Qi successfully broke through the puppet talisman and mistakenly thought that she had returned, which is why she attacked.
The two inside the room exchanged blows for several rounds.
Gradually, the man in black robes gained the upper hand thanks to his profound skills.
While defending against Ma Qi's fierce attacks, he shouted loudly at Ma Qi:
"Ma Qi, are you crazy? How dare you lay a hand on me?"
Upon hearing this voice, Ma Qi's face was full of confusion, but her attacks did not stop at all.
He shouted sternly, "Who are you? I don't know you at all. What right do you have to trespass on my property?"
"What about this?"
The man in black robes subtly changed his tone, and Ma Qi instantly understood.
"Sir? What brings you here?"
Ma Qi looked wary and subconsciously took a few steps back, fully convinced that this person was there to take her life.
"I'm here to retrieve that packet of spirit stones. Do you know where Chen Wan'er put it?"
The man in black robes asked directly.
"She naturally carries the spirit stones with her at all times, so why would she leave them in the house?"
Maqi replied irritably.
The man in black robes thought Ma Qi's words made sense.
Left with no other option, they could only think of waiting until Chen Wan'er fell asleep at night before coming to collect the spirit stones.
Just then, with a "whoosh," an object flew in from outside.
It was the same storage bag that had been given to Chen Wan'er to hold spirit stones.
"Isn't this what you were looking for? Here it is, brought to you."
With these words, Chen Wan'er gracefully pushed open the door and entered.
A mocking smile played on his lips as he looked at the two people inside the room with a playful gaze.
"Hey, isn't this your old flame?"
Why didn't they catch up first after meeting, but instead started fighting?
Upon hearing this, Ma Qi's face flushed red.
To be honest, she had never actually seen the person she had been intimate with before; this was the first time she had seen his face clearly.
But the moment she thought about how this person had actually considered killing her, her anger flared up instantly.
"Why did you kill me?" Ma Qi asked the man in black robes, her eyes wide with anger.
Chen Wan'er was determined to turn the two into complete enemies, and she spoke without any mercy:
"Hmph, that's because you're no longer of any use to me."
Do you really think he'll be with you forever, a lifelong, monogamous couple?
"Chen Wan'er, shut up! If he hadn't come in first, you would already be a corpse."
In Ma Qi's opinion, Chen Wan'er's cultivation speed is so fast, her practical combat experience must be lacking.
If she had been the one to come in, she would have been dead by her sword long ago.