Secret Room and Falling into the Water

Lin Yu admitted that knocking Chen Yongde down had involved a gamble.

But judging by the result, he had bet correctly.

At least attacking these villagers from Chen Family Fortress would not trigger any chain reaction—the villagers were not important to the mastermind behind the scenes.

If they had been important enough, that mastermind probably would not have made Chen Yongde come chat with them while he was practically dying from the midday heat.

However...

Although knocking Chen Yongde down had not triggered anything abnormal, that did not mean they could rest easy.

"Let's go. Since this old man appeared here, it means the mastermind has already noticed what we're doing."

"And... he doesn't seem to want us entering this room. That also suggests we may have come to the right place."

After saying this, Lin Yu left Chen Yongde where he was and walked to the front of the house.

The door was barred from the inside. Lin Yu pushed at it from outside, but it did not budge.

Lin Yu frowned slightly.

That was strange...

If no one had lived in this house for a long time, why was it barred from the inside?

"It's a door bar. Heroine, use my saber to pry it open through the crack."

Yue Zhenqiao seemed to have misunderstood the reason for Lin Yu's frown. He hurriedly spoke and handed over his saber.

Lin Yu shook his head.

"No need."

Then he took a step back and drove a vicious spinning side kick into the main door.

"Bang!"

"Crack!"

The door bar snapped, and Lin Yu kicked the main door open, revealing the inside of the stone house.

Lin Yu then strode inside.

"Let's go."

He said it calmly.

Yue Zhenqiao watched from behind and gave a wry smile, utterly unsurprised.

"Right...