C38 Night Counterattack

"Spirit of Water."

It was just two simple words. Jiang Xia's expression was extremely funny as he mumbled the words "Spirit of Water".

"Gone? Just three words? " Perplexed, Jiang Xia felt like swearing out loud. He originally thought it was some treasure, but the message that appeared in his mind only contained three words, "Spirit of Water".

"What lousy thing is this?" I wonder where he's hiding? " Jiang Xia cursed angrily and started to search for the blue ball all over again, even the Storage Ring s were not spared. In the end, the blue ball seemed to play hide and seek with Jiang Xia, and disappeared without a trace.

After a moment, Jiang Xia finally lost his patience. He looked downcast, "Forget it, I don't expect to find any heaven defying treasures in the lake. If I don't see them, I'll just disappear!"

Jiang Xia grumbled a little, then he leaned his body against the wall of the cave and took out a Jade Slip from among the Storage Ring. His clear eyes became a little fanatical, and in the dim light of the cave, he could vaguely make out a line of words carved on the Jade Slip.

"Dragon Seizing Hand!"

= = =.

It had to be said that this place was indeed hidden enough. For the past seven days, Situ Qi hadn't come looking for him. Jiang Xia didn't know if it was because of Lan Meng helping him, but he had a strong feeling that he couldn't stay here any longer.

After seven days of recuperation, Jiang Xia's body had recovered pretty well. Other than the slight pain in his chest, there was no other problem.

"It's time to leave." Jiang Xia made up his mind. He looked back at the dark cave and walked outside. The bright light rushed towards Jiang Xia along with the fresh air. Jiang Xia couldn't help but be startled and deeply exhaled as he sighed, "It's great to be alive."

The next question came again, "Where am I now?" Jiang Xia looked at the dense forest in front of him in shock and shook his head helplessly. He was brought here after being drugged by the Situ Family people and then fled here with Lan Meng. Not to mention where the road was, he couldn't even tell east, south, west, and north.

"Forget it, I'll just take it one step at a time."

Walking in the tranquil forest, Jiang Xia couldn't help but think back to the scene of White Willow Village hunting with his father, Xie Xuan. With his outstanding hearing, he knew every tree had something hidden.

"It's the same for now, Jiang Xia can clearly hear the grass rustling not far away." Someone spoke up? " Jiang Xia was shocked. He calmed down and listened to the source of the sound carefully.

"Mister Situ, we've already searched for so long. Has that kid left already?" The person who spoke was a middle-aged man in his thirties. He looked somewhat exhausted, clearly having not rested for many days. Behind him stood a dozen similarly exhausted people.

Situ Qi frowned and scanned the crowd with a gloomy gaze, "Humph, it's impossible for him to leave. I'm sure that kid is nearby."

"Sir Situ, I feel that this matter isn't as simple as it seems." The middle-aged man said.

"Oh?" Situ Qi was surprised. He asked with great interest, "Black Eagle, what do you want to say?"

The man called Black Eagle paused for a moment, then continued, "Sir Situ, we've been following the traces left behind by that brat. However, if we think about it carefully, we seem to have been led astray by the nose but were unable to find our target. We didn't even see that kid's figure."

"What do you mean?"

"I believe that someone is definitely secretly helping that boy and intentionally giving us false clues. His goal is naturally to stall for time and give the real target a chance to escape." When Black Eagle voiced out his thoughts, everyone behind him revealed an expression of realization.

Situ Qi's eyes narrowed, as if he was thinking about something. After a few breaths, he nodded and said in a deep voice, "From now on, we don't have to follow the traces. We will scan the areas one by one, and I don't believe that we won't be able to find that stinking brat."

"Yes, Sir Situ." Everyone answered in unison, but their tone were clearly lacking strength.

Black Eagle looked troubled. He thought for a while and said, "Sir Situ, you see that our brothers haven't slept for days. It's almost night time. What do you think?"

A trace of unhappiness flashed across Situ Qi's face. Looking at the listless crowd, he nodded slightly, "Okay, let's rest for the night! Black Eagle, arrange for people to take turns keeping watch. "

Everyone was immediately overjoyed. Black Eagle quickly cupped his hands and replied, "Yes, Sir Situ."

Black Eagle started to distribute tasks. Little did he know that in a dark corner, Jiang Xia had already heard every word that Situ Qi and his companion had said.

"Looks like Lan Meng is really helping me." After talking to Xia Angang, a trace of coldness appeared in her clear eyes. Through the deep forest, her killing intent spread out from the bottom of her heart, "Hehe, I, I will first collect some interest for grandfather and father."

= = =.

"Goo, goo." The night in the forest was quiet and long. The cries of unknown birds and beasts could be heard from all directions. The sounds of birds could be heard from all directions. In this quiet and peaceful night, all sorts of unknown dangers were hidden.

Situ Qi's group built a fire on the open ground. The branches of the dry firewood crackled, and from time to time, a few moths would fall in and turn into charred, dead things.

After a few days of fatigue, Situ Qi was also drowsy. More than a dozen of his men found a place to snore. At a distance of 100 meters and in four directions, Black Eagle had assigned one person to watch the night watch.

The air was hot and dry from the heat. Situ Qi squinted his eyes as his fatigue passed through his body to his nerves. The last eyelid slit closed tightly and he fell asleep against the tree trunk.

At this moment, a crisis quietly arrived. The Situ Family disciple who was keeping watch closed his eyes, and couldn't help but shiver when a gust of cold wind blew by. He yawned deeply and could not help but want to pee. The distant flame faintly shot out. The night watchman walked up to a tree and unbuckled his belt.

A scorching heat wave flashed past. "Chi!" With a sound, the man fell to the ground without any warning, and a red line appeared on his neck. The line became thicker and thicker, and finally turned into dark red blood that flowed in the soil. Until he died, he still did not understand how he died.

Jiang Xia's expression was calm as he looked at the Situ Family disciples who died with grievances, and muttered: "If you want to blame someone, then blame yourself for being someone from the Situ Family!" His silhouette flickered, and the skinny young master then flew in another direction.

The silent slaughter was about to take place, and in the blink of an eye, the disciples guarding the four directions had all turned into ice-cold corpses. Perhaps it was because Situ Qi had personally come out, but the four people that were killed were not very powerful. Coupled with the sneak attack, Jiang Xia didn't disturb anyone.

= = =.

Of course, he and Situ Qi didn't need to go. After four hours, the previous round's disciples would come back to wake up their replacement disciples and then they could rest. They all knew about this arrangement, but there was someone else who knew.

The sound of steady footsteps slowly approached the bonfire. Situ Qi and Black Eagle's eyelids slightly twitched, but they did not open their eyes. In their eyes, it was nothing more than a disciple on night duty changing. As for the other disciples, they were still sleeping soundly, and didn't even notice that someone was approaching.

"Cough cough, the sentry post has been changed." The voice was low, as if someone had deliberately lowered it, but no one doubted it. The skinny figure lightly walked among the sleeping disciples. His pair of clear eyes were fixed on Situ Qi and Black Eagle, who were about 30 to 40 meters away from him. With their strength, perhaps someone would notice them the moment they got close.

"Hey hey, the sentry post has been changed." The sound this time was clearly louder than the previous one. At the same time, a cold light flashed past the throat of a sleeping disciple. Fresh blood silently sprayed out and his body twitched on the ground. Situ Qi and Black Eagle's eyelids fluttered but they did not open. Who would think that the person approaching was not one of them?

The low voice then changed to one filled with dissatisfaction and complaint, "Get up, it's your turn." "Chi!" Another sleeping disciple had his life taken away. Every time that voice sounded, another disciple would die. This was not for changing the sentry, but to cover up the sound of the skin and flesh of everyone being cut open.

In the blink of an eye, he had urged them on several times, but no one replied, "Sigh, forget it, I'm really unlucky. I'll go back to work for another four hours!" With a helpless tone, the sounds of footsteps really gradually drifted further and further away, before disappearing into the distance.

The night was still quiet, the bonfire was already crackling and the air was filled with a thick smell of blood. Situ Qi frowned and suddenly felt that something was wrong. The ground was covered with fresh blood, which was greedily being absorbed by the mud.

"Black Eagle!" Situ Qi roared angrily, scaring Black Eagle, who was still sleeping soundly, into sitting up.

"Lord Situ, why," Black Eagle was stunned by the scene before him before he could finish his words. His mind was blank, no wonder he could smell a pungent smell. It turned out that the people "sleeping" beside them were all dead.

"It's him. It must be him." Black Eagle's face turned pale as he remembered the grumbling sound he heard when he was sleeping.

Situ Qi's face was terrifyingly gloomy and his eyes were filled with anger and hatred. Two words came out of his throat, "Jiang Xia."

= = =.

It couldn't be said that they were too stupid, but Jiang Xia had done it too beautifully and successfully tricked Situ Qi. Who would have thought that Jiang Xia would suddenly launch a counterattack and pass off as a disciple of the night watch to get close to everyone.

Situ Qi and Black Eagle had indeed heard the commotion, but the two of them did not expect Jiang Xia to be so daring. This was a gamble, and it was obvious that Jiang Xia had won. If Situ Qi had opened his eyes to take a look, the outcome would have been hard to predict. Without absolute confidence, Jiang Xia didn't attack Situ Qi, but this time, it was enough for Situ Qi and Black Eagle to remember for the rest of their lives.

It was also because of this that Situ Qi became even more determined to get rid of Jiang Xia. Whether it was the other party's potential or strategy, they could not be underestimated.

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