Pursuit

Military Advisor Ji had been sitting quietly in his room ever since returning from the Marshal's Residence, but today he felt a sense of unease, as if something was about to happen.

Cultivators often experience strange sensations; advanced cultivators can even sense glimpses of the future.

However, he couldn't pinpoint what was about to happen. Li Yan and Chen An had gone into the city, as they often did recently, so he didn't consider that. He simply felt a disturbance in his mind. Just as he was feeling uneasy, he suddenly sensed something and extended his Divine Sense outward, discovering that it was Chen An and Li Yin rushing in. He only glanced at them and didn't pay much attention.

Although this hadn't happened before, Li Yan had recently been ordering Chen An and Li Yin to bring things into the valley whenever he returned from outside. He assumed Chen An and Li Yin were being rushed by Li Yan to do something in the valley. But soon after, he stood up. The two of them went into the house for a while and then came out, not saying a word, their expressions extremely anxious. And even then, Li Yan wasn't following behind them, which had never happened before.

Military Advisor Ji's heart sank. He stood up and instantly arrived at the Valley Entrance. He looked around but couldn't see Li Yan's figure. Uncertain, he scanned again with his Divine Sense, but still couldn't find him. The feeling of unease intensified, and he silently arrived in front of Li Yan's house.

Chen An and Li Yin suddenly heard someone asking a question, and the voice was extremely familiar. Their bodies trembled, and they turned around with unsightly expressions, seeing Military Advisor Ji staring at them with a gloomy face. The two quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

"I'm asking you a question, where is Li Yan?" Military Advisor Ji's voice was icy cold, devoid of any emotion, making people feel cold all over on this early summer evening.

"L-Lord, Young Master... he... he's lost," Li Yin simply lay on the ground, biting his lip tightly. Chen An had to stammer.

"Lost?" Military Advisor Ji said slowly, emphasizing each word.

"Yes, yes, Young Master left when we were in the military camp," Chen An lay on the ground, not daring to raise his head.

"Oh, in the military camp? What did you go there to do? Drink with Liu Chengyong? Tell me in detail what happened today." Military Advisor Ji's voice became even colder. Chen An and Li Yin felt as if they were in freezing weather.

After a long while, Military Advisor Ji, dressed in a Black Robe, stood outside the stone house as night was about to fall. Chen An had finished explaining in detail, and the two were still lying on the ground, not daring to speak.

After standing for a while longer, the two suddenly felt the pressure lessen. When they looked up again, Military Advisor Ji's figure had disappeared.

Military Advisor Ji was rapidly moving through the forest, his mind racing. He didn't know what suspicious points Li Yan had discovered that led him to decide to escape from here. He reviewed everything that had happened since Li Yan entered the valley, but couldn't find any oversights on his part. After thinking for a while, he still had no clue, but he was certain that today's matter must be related to Hong Linying. Otherwise, Li Yan wouldn't have conveniently chosen to shake off Chen and Li in the military camp. Furthermore, he had coincidentally been called away by Hong Linying today. All these things were definitely not coincidences, but a planned action.

And this shows that Li Yan had discovered something was wrong for some time, otherwise, how could he have these plans in such a hurry? He really is good at scheming.

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Even I didn't notice anything.

As for why Hong Linying would be willing to help Li Yan, he didn't even need to think about it. That martial arts fanatic must want to obtain the so-called "Martial Arts Manual" from Li Yan. As he ran rapidly, he thought, and in a short while, he had roughly figured out the cause of the matter.

After a while, he saw the North City Gate in the distance. He didn't choose to enter through the city gate, but instead, he disappeared into the forest on the west side as he approached the North City Gate. After entering the forest, he nimbly scurried towards the ridge connecting to the west side of the city wall, intending to cross the city wall from the ridge. This was impossible in today's secular martial arts world, not because one couldn't go up the mountain, but because how could one descend such a steep mountain wall without making a sound? At that time, rows of powerful crossbows would be facing them.

However, Military Advisor Ji's figure flickered unpredictably in the mountains like a ghost. In just a dozen breaths, he had risen to the ridge. Without stopping, he instantly and lightly descended along the other side of the ridge. Only a barely visible black pellet was seen bouncing between the treetops and the rock walls, not causing any stones or soil to roll down, as if it had no weight at all.

After several breaths, he had arrived above the city wall, which was tens of feet high. He disappeared above the city wall in a flash, while the patrolling soldiers on the city wall were completely unaware.

Military Advisor Ji was rushing between the houses in the city. His target was the Marshal's Residence. He believed that since Hong Linying had done this, then Li Yan must be in his control. Therefore, Chen An's words about Li Yan leaving the city at the North City Gate might not be credible. With Hong Linying's methods and power, what would it matter to have the gatekeeper tell a lie? In this way, Hong Linying must have hidden Li Yan in a safe place, and there should only be two safe places: one was the Marshal's Residence in Green Mountain Pass City, and the other was the garrison camp dozens of miles away.

Hong Linying should still keep Li Yan in his hands, under his nose, so the probability of hiding him in the Marshal's Residence in the city was greater than in the garrison camp. Therefore, his primary target was the Marshal's Residence.

These thoughts were completed from the time he heard Chen An's words to the time he left the valley. It could be said that this Military Advisor Ji was extremely meticulous in his thinking and terribly frightening. He had considered the cause and effect of the matter, and in this short period of time, it could be said that he had considered it basically close to the truth, but he had still focused on the wrong object. He had overlooked Li Yan's dominance in this matter. In his mind, it must be that Li Yan had discovered something wrong, but with his ability, he was unable to escape. However, Hong Linying had been looking for an opportunity to obtain the "Martial Arts Manual." Under what circumstances did the two of them agree on some plans, and Hong Linying took the opportunity to control Li Yan?

His idea was not wrong. Anyone would ignore the possibility that a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child, without power, influence, or strength, could take the initiative.

Soon, Military Advisor Ji arrived at the back door of the Marshal's Residence. It was already dark. He didn't stop, but his figure disappeared into it, as if he had returned to his own home.

Soon, he quietly wandered around the Marshal's Residence for a

circle. He had explored all the houses and found nothing unusual, which was also within his expectations. If he could find someone so easily, then Hong Linying would be too stupid.

It's just that he didn't want to make mistakes that he shouldn't have made due to his carelessness. Moreover, after this circle, he also determined several suspicious places. The remaining thing was to carefully investigate these places. After all, he was only at the third level of the Qi Condensation Stage, and his Divine Sense could not detect more than ten feet, so he could not scan a large area.

There were three suspicious places: one was a Secret Chamber behind the main hall; the second was a secret passage in the back garden leading to the back door; and the third was a Secret Chamber under the east wing of the backyard. With a definite range, he went to find them one by one.

Soon, he flashed out from the main hall. There was no one in the Secret Chamber behind the main hall. After detecting that there was no one with his Divine Sense, he even went in and searched around, but found no clues.

After a few breaths, he had arrived outside the east wing of the backyard, hiding in the shadows of the corridor. After concentrating and holding his breath, he released his Divine Sense to scan the house. In this Green Mountain Pass, he was unscrupulous. For so many years, he had never discovered a cultivator, so no one could recognize his Divine Sense. After scanning around, there was no one in the house. He walked out of the shadows and slowly pushed the door open and entered.

After entering the house, he quickly found the entrance to the Secret Chamber. He sat cross-legged on the spot and released his Divine Sense again to explore the entrance.

His Divine Sense range was too small. When he was outside the house, he could only detect that there was a Secret Chamber underground in this house, but he could not see the whole picture. Therefore, he had to make sure that there was no one in the house before approaching and investigating again.

Soon, his face moved, and his eyebrows jumped, with a hint of a smile. The Secret Chamber was not big. He detected that there were indeed two people in the Secret Chamber. However, his face quickly darkened. Li Yan was not there. It was Hong Linying and another person. However, he knew that person. He often pretended to be mysterious and hid in the Secret Chamber in the back hall. The aura on his body was not weaker than Hong Linying. He was also a top Jianghu expert. He just pretended not to know. He didn't care about a few more people like this.

However, at this time, the two of them were just sitting on a futon in this Secret Chamber, seemingly cultivating.

In this way, he couldn't help but feel a little confused. Hong Linying didn't bring Li Yan with him, or did he put Li Yan somewhere else under someone's care? He didn't delay, put away his Divine Sense, got up, and went to the back garden. ????

After he left, after a long time, Hong Linying on the futon in the Secret Chamber suddenly opened his eyes. The hand placed on his knee, half clenched into a fist, slowly loosened, and it was actually that small porcelain bottle. At this time, there was a faint sound of collision from the bottle. After looking at the small bottle, he said, "He's gone far."

The big man also opened his eyes at this time, and also glanced at the porcelain bottle, "Senior Brother, Ji Wenhe came at this time, could it be for that kid?"

Hong Linying pondered for a while and said, "At this time, it should be."

Then the big man opened his mouth, "Fortunately, there is this thing, otherwise Ji Wenhe's lightness skill is too powerful, neither of us would have noticed anything. I really don't know how that kid put this thing on Ji Wenhe, and yet he was not

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discovered."

Hong Linying also had a solemn expression. He didn't answer after hearing this, and after a long while, he said, "Ji Wenhe's martial arts have reached the Transformation Realm. He was able to finally find this place in the huge Marshal's Residence. He's really amazing. We can only judge his arrival and distance from the intensity of the reaction of this thing. The initial fluctuations were very small, and the later fluctuations became larger and larger, indicating that Ji Wenhe was using internal force to explore, pushing forward bit by bit, and finally exploring here. This skill is really admirable. And the reason why he didn't come down later may also be because he didn't detect Li Yan here; at the same time, he thought we didn't know yet, so he could do things quietly."

After hearing this, the big man said with some skepticism, "Senior Brother, if you say that his internal force can detect the general situation through objects, that is still possible, but if you say that he can also detect who is in this Secret Chamber, that is impossible."

Hong Linying had a thoughtful look on his face, and after a while, he said, "It's still possible. When internal force reaches a certain level, although detecting through objects cannot detect who the other party is specifically, it can still infer the other party's situation by detecting the other party's breathing, aura, and so on."

The big man nodded silently after hearing this, "Speaking of which, fortunately Senior Brother saw the opportunity early and took this bottle in his hand, using his power to isolate the sound, otherwise he would have heard the sound of this thing colliding, then it is very likely that he would have discovered his own impropriety. However, today's matter, just his tracking ability alone, the application of this skill is really wonderful."

Hong Linying also nodded after hearing this, "Just now we also tried to run this skill, although there was no reaction, but we can be sure that it is a mental cultivation method that senses the vitality of heaven and earth. The method here is extremely ingenious, incomparable to any mental cultivation method I have seen, I think it should be a real mental cultivation method, but it is best to get the complete version, so that we can really compare it."

"Since this is the case, then shall we go to that place at the agreed time?" The big man also said with a look of anticipation. He had seen the wonderfulness of Military Advisor Ji's skills again tonight, and he couldn't help but be eager to try.

Hong Linying was still a little hesitant. He took out a piece of paper from his arms, which was one of the letters Li Yan gave him. He looked at it back and forth for a while, and finally slowly folded it, treasured it, and put it in his arms. He looked up at the big man and slowly said, "Then let's go according to the agreement. This is a good opportunity after all. As for that kid, after this matter, I will slowly deal with him."

After hearing this, the big man said with a solemn face, "Senior Brother, with our current martial arts, we are still not very confident in dealing with Ji Wenhe."

He swept away his previous views on Ji Wenhe. He had only come here a few years ago, so he had never seen Ji Wenhe show his martial arts, he had only heard about it. He used to think that his Senior Brother and many soldiers in the army had exaggerated Ji Wenhe's martial arts, and he was still unconvinced in his heart, but today he was approached by someone without knowing it. If he hadn't happened to have done something to the other party, he wouldn't have known how he died.

After hearing this, Hong Linying smiled, only to see his lips move slightly, but no sound came out. He used the "Secret Sound Transmission" method to tell him something.

After dozens of breaths, the big man also had a happy expression on his face, "Senior Brother, your method is really feasible."