BOOK 9. Zhao Yunlan is a private investigator who will accept almost any case as long as it pays, and when he finds a client's lost cat, they ask him to look into their friend's memory loss but he refuses. Shen Wei is an architect and after he mee...
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The sound of battle filled the inner square, and as Yunlan watched from where he had fallen, he saw Yezun raise his sword to stab Ying and he instantly launched the whip backwards, curling it around the hilt of his lost butterfly blade, releasing it from the wall. He accurately aimed at his target, slicing Yezun's wrist and forcing him to drop his weapon, giving Ying time to turn and face him. Most of the army were dead, killed by their own mistake of underestimating the strength of the guards, fortunately a few had surrendered and were in the cells but Yezun fought on. He had injured several with dark energy including Yunlan who could only watch what was happening. He couldn't move after he'd been hit in his chest which had caused some broken ribs, and defending Ying was his last act before he began to lose consciousness.
Earlier that morning when they realised where Yezun was staying, they had changed their plans. Shen Wei would still dress as a guard and travel to the area near the gateway with Daqing in cat form searching for Black Robe while everyone else would attack the castle. He would need a guard to take him because he couldn't teleport and then leave him with the cat.
Shen Wei was concerned about several things. Even though Yezun was becoming progressively weaker, he was still stronger than the guards. They were depending on him finding Black Robe to be able to save them from defeat. The other worry was, what condition the spirit would be in when he was found. He had been apart from his host for too long.
Daqing scurried around looking for a familiar scent, not that he would be able to track Black Robe , but he would recognise anything out of the ordinary that shouldn't be here, while Shen Wei studied the ground, patterns, footprints, flattened plants and overgrown areas that were left untouched. It was simple to figure out where the gateway had appeared by following the fresh tracks and he knew that Black Robe would not be in this immediate area and moved further away to where the grass was green and lush. He found signs of two sets of footprints forming an uneven circular pattern and a couple of drops of blood, and called Daqing.
The cat could smell something that did not belong to this area, an electrical odour, burning wires, plastic smell and he felt hopeful as he followed the odour. Shen Wei looked at the ground ahead of them and not too far away, he could see a shape which moved slightly and he hurried, but was disappointed when he found one of Yezun's injured soldiers who gripped his ankle when he was too close. The dying man was not a threat and Wei bent down to talk to him when he saw the injuries to his chest, knowing that he would not last long.
"It's good to see you My Lord, forgive me for not rising, but we're a bit tired," he said as Wei looked at the hand around his ankle and watched as Kunlun revealed himself.
"How bad is the damage? Is the Spirit still alive?" Wei asked now that he understood who Black Robe had been able to use without harming him.
"Yes My Lord, he's resting in the watch while I keep guard, take it with you and we'll both be saved. Yezun still thinks that the orb is real, he hasn't tried to use it yet. I have to return to the basement and repair myself, be careful when you face him, My Lord, he is nothing like his brother and won't hesitate to kill."
