Clouds light, rain urgent, the great bed rocked; beneath warm hibiscus curtains lay half a spring night...
Ji Qianling blew aside a stray lock of hair and glanced at the fish-belly white dawning in the east. At last, her heart truly settled back into place.
The Great Moon Phase Technique used the moon as its medium.
Killing on the night of the fifteenth was customary, precisely because only beneath the full moon could the power of slaughter be brought to its utmost limit.
Last night had been dangerous.
But the next month would be a safe period.
Little Scamp was right. Now I can sleep without worry!
She fell asleep, full and fulfilled.
Lin Su did not sleep. He quietly watched the sun rise...
He and Ji Qianling had basically analyzed last night's events thoroughly.
Basically, that was.
In truth, there was still one matter Lin Su had no way to analyze with her...
The person who had laid out the entire scheme.
The four Heavenly Talents of the Literary Way from the Violet Qi Literary Dynasty had appeared out of nowhere, and their appearance had been followed by an assassination using the Great Moon Phase Technique.
At first glance, it seemed aimed at the Magpie Bridge Gathering. Only upon careful analysis did one realize that its true target was him.
This was a scheme.
Lin Su had already said that it was an exquisite scheme.
Then who had set it up?
That person had to know Lin Su's trump cards.
He could guess that Lin Su would appear at the Magpie Bridge Gathering.
He could anticipate that Lin Su would be able to withstand the vicious moves those four Violet Qi talents had improvised.
This person knew Immortal by the River, knew Jade Cup, knew pi was 3.14, and