Qiuyue Betrays the Manor, Madam's Big Secret

The moonlight was as dark as ink.

The tall and short figures entered the mountain path. After traveling several miles, they turned onto a narrow trail. They turned left and right, winding this way and that, looping around in wide circles. Using the trees and grass to obscure their figures, they made themselves difficult to track.

They were a real nuisance.

Lin Aoshang was anxious. The two figures had already vanished from sight. Li Xian, relying on his keen eyesight, remained calm and in control.

The Flower Cage Sect was an unorthodox faction of the Jianghu, and its members behaved strangely. They had their own way of surviving. The method they were using to run through the mountains was called the Intestinal Coiling Step. It was especially formidable in places with lush vegetation and complicated terrain.

It could leave a person's Five Senses completely disoriented, making them faint. Li Xian was some distance away, with an unobstructed view. Whenever the two figures looped around and turned, he stopped to observe instead of blindly following them.

That allowed him to avoid the effects of the Intestinal Coiling Step and keep a clear head. The two figures made progress even as they circled around, gradually venturing deeper into the mountains until they reached an open area.

There stood an abandoned residence. Its signboards had rotted away, and the ground was overgrown with weeds taller than a person. The two entered the abandoned residence, and a faint firelight flickered from deep within.

Having tracked them this far, Lin Aoshang no longer dared to follow recklessly. She looked at Li Xian. He said, "Go back first and notify Luo Xia. Have her lead the constables and lie in wait outside the mountain."

Lin Aoshang had already found Li Xian clever and decisive, and she