I've Led The Villain Astray, How Do I Fix It?

Chapter 41

Xiahou Lian speechlessly stared at the green jade pendant in her hand. This senior-apprentice brother was truly straightforward, ah.

(The black-clothed man was extremely angry. If he wasn’t straightforward, what else could he do? Had he not lost enough face?)

In the forest, hunting and being hunted could happen anywhere. At the same time, the relationship between a hunter and prey could quickly change.

Between candidates and between a candidate and a black-clothed cultivator, at every moment in time, there were people who lost their jade pendants. In addition, there were people who, after losing their pendants, refused to give up. Thus, they would make plans to steal the jade pendants of other people.

For example——

A sneaky man very carefully pressed himself to the side of the mountain as he followed the path and used the mountain to cover his own figure. He was precisely that poor chump who had gotten robbed by Wei Qing when he was halfway to Liu Guang Sect. Although he had lost four jade pendants, including his own, this sneaky man hadn’t become discouraged. Instead, he patiently concealed himself in the forest and waited for an opportunity to strike.

Perhaps the Heavens really rewarded the diligent. Unexpectedly, at midnight, the sneaky man found two candidates that had knocked each other out at the same time. When he saw the two candidates who had fainted, the sneaky man felt extremely happy. After he carefully confirmed that they hadn’t set any traps, he took away their jade pendants with no trace of politeness.

A similar situation happened again. In the end, the sneaky man took advantage of his agility and managed to scrape together six red jade pendants.

As he stared at the jade pendants in his hand, the sneaky man——who was precisely the man named Yu Hao who would be known as ‘rat’ in the future, looked at his palm with a gloomy face. In normal circumstances, if someone had collected enough jade pendants to pass, they ought to be very happy. Yet, when Yu Hao remembered the deity guarding the river valley, he only felt a terrible headache.

His concealing technique was very good. However, he really wasn’t sure that he could make his way through the river valley under Wei Qing’s nose. In addition, if he was blocked by Wei Qing again, he would lose all of his jade pendants. But if he continued to hide in the forest, he wouldn’t be able to make it to Liu Guang Sect within three days. In that case, the result would be the same as getting caught again.

The miserable-looking Yu Hao was practically anxious enough to scratch the wall. With Wei Qing guarding the river valley, he really couldn’t think of anyone who could successfully make their way through…… Oh, perhaps Xiahou Lian could. Hu TianYu ought to be able to find an opportunity to make it across as well. Ah, right, that person with the surname Xu… Xu something probably had a chance too. However, if Wei Qing wasn’t intent on fighting to the death with those stronger people, and instead wanted to just intercept the ‘weak and puny’ candidates like him, that would be very troublesome.

Hm?

Just as Yu Hao was fretting over his choices, his ears suddenly perked up. Then, he immediately climbed onto a tall tree using a few moves before concealing himself. One couldn’t help but say that his skill at concealing was extremely good. If the cheating Xu ZiRong wasn’t here, Xu ZiYan wouldn’t have been able to discover him no matter what.

“Big brother,” Xu ZiRong abruptly spoke up. Xu ZiYan turned his head to look at him when he suddenly felt his little brother lightly stroke his palm a few times.

Xu ZiYan immediately understood. His finger also lightly scratched the hollow of Xu ZiRong’s palm a few times to tell him that he understood. However, he still asked him, “What’s the matter, ZiRong? Are you tired?”