Old Man Mu?
A figure flickered at the street corner, and Gu Shenwei recognized him at once. The result didn't surprise him. When he'd examined the scene of Chu Nanping's attempted assassination last night, he'd already been seventy or eighty percent certain the assassin was Old Man Mu. But what completely stunned him was this: when had Old Man Mu learned the complete Death Sutra?
He Nu recognized Old Man Mu too. She exchanged a glance with Gu Shenwei, and the two of them simultaneously felt a surge of suspicion and hostility. By the simplest deduction, they both concluded that the other was an assassin, and that tonight's operation was a trap.
At that very instant, they both resolved to strike first. He could feel the vast killing intent rolling off her; from his eyes, she saw a cold, merciless resolve.
They had been enemies many times, but this was the first time either had truly wanted the other dead.
A clamor of hurried footsteps broke their standoff and suddenly made them realize one thing: Old Man Mu was hiding and sneaking about, which precisely showed that this wasn't a trap.
Gu Shenwei and He Nu leaped onto nearby rooftops at the same time and pursued Old Man Mu in the direction he'd vanished. They kept a dozen paces between them, cautiously maintaining a safe distance. The trust between them was now thinner than a sheet of paper.
Behind him, someone from the Central Plains cried out in astonishment, "Luo Qikang! How could it be Luo Qikang?"
That instant of murderous intent had cost them Old Man Mu's trail.
Gu Shenwei jumped into an unoccupied residence. He knew no one was here because Little Xu Yi had bought the property for emergencies. Similar safe houses were scattered throughout Jade City,