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Chap 756

Chapter 756: Her life is very valuable

About 50 or so shadow guards surrounded the simple horse carriage in a perimeter three figures thick. All of them were wielding swords and on high alert. Xu Donglin couldn’t console Han Yunxi this time because his own face was ashen from fright.

The entire Carefree City had turned up here! Too unexpected!

The shadow guards formed a tight circle of protection around them while the Carefree City mercenaries stood before them in three rows. At the head was its elders and a few eldest sons with the strongest martial arts. Xu Donglin recognized them from the last scuffle at the City of Daughters, but one of them was unfamiliar to him. He was a bearded man about fifty years old, holding a double-edged blade in his hands. His gaze was cold and authoritative. Standing there, he resembled a demon with killing intent so potent that even Han Yunxi sensed it.

“Mistress, he...is he…” Xu Donglin stuttered, but Han Yunxi was calm enough to reply.

“He should be Carefree City’s city lord, Qi Zonglin,[1] the fourth-ranked martial arts expert in all of Cloud Realm Continent right after Tang Zijin.” She couldn’t help but mutter to herself. “I didn’t think he’d come. This wangfei’s life is certainly valuable.”

“Mistress, we can’t defeat them!” Xu Donglin wasn’t belittling their forces or overestimating their enemies. This was the truth!

“Indeed, we can’t…” Han Yunxi sounded calm, but her back had long turned cold. Even Qi Zonglin himself was enough to take on all 50 of her shadow guards. Just how much did people want to kill her to send out an entire mercenary city?!

“Mistress, could Medical City have hired them?” Xu Donglin guessed.

Han Yunxi rejected that idea. Both the City of Daughters and Carefree City had terrible reputations. The medical academy wouldn’t be stupid enough to publicly hire assassins to kill her because it’d only make them the subject of wagging tongues. Moreover, Long Feiye’s slaughter of Lady Leng Yue was enough to frightened Carefree City. Qi Zonglin couldn’t have brought the whole city to kill her just to get paid. Without ample guarantee, Qi Zonglin would never risk coming out personally. He couldn’t afford to offend Long Feiye, much less all of Celestial Mountain.

There was something fishy about all this!

“If he doesn’t have a motive, he must have gotten some intel,” Han Yunxi guessed.

“Mistress, no matter what their motives are, let’s figure out how to save our lives first! When we start fighting, I’ll help you escape. There’s a fork in the road about one li ahead. We can go our separate ways then.” Xu Donglin said seriously. “Mistress, remember this: you go right while I go left. I’ll find a way to lure them after me. You just keep running forward until you find a place to hide.”

Han Yunxi smiled helplessly. “Xu Donglin, do you think we have any chance of escaping in this situation?” 

Xu Donglin stared into her eyes before he said, both sincere and persistent, “Mistress, we have to flee even if we can’t! Even if everyone gives up their lives, they’ll find way to buy time for you. Please believe in us!”

Han Yunxi’s usual care for these shadow guards were worth it! Her gaze grew complicated before she spoke. “I don’t want to run, much less die. I’ll try my best to stall for time while you find a way to get in touch with Celestial Mountain. Have them send over reinforcements.”

They had already entered Western Zhou territory. Here, the country had yet to declare its stance on her status as a Poison Sect descendant. However, it’d be impossible for the imperial family to help her. Most of Long Feiye’s hidden forces in this country were concentrated in the imperial capital which was over 10 days’ worth of travel away. Thus, her only choice was to send back for help from Celestial Mountain. That was only five days again, so Xu Donglin’s lightness techniques could get him there faster. He could travel the distance of two days in only half a day and didn’t need to reach the peak. As long as he sent out an SOS signal flare, someone would deliver help.