The small restaurant is always packed during meal times, but given its remote location, the roof is not overcrowded. Among the various diners, two girls finished eating their dumplings, put the money on the table, and stood up at the same moment.
Their movements and steps are so consistent that one can't help but wonder if they are controlled by one person. But there were a lot of people, and no one paid any attention to them. The two people passed him side by side, and without looking at the other, they walked out the door.
Within ten steps, the two of them looked at each other at the same time, communicating silently in the blink of an eye.
The man in black...he had a violent streak in him, and he had killed many people.
That's right. There is still the aura of the previous target on him.
The smell may have come from the blood. Although his coat had been washed, there was a drop of dried blood on the cuff of his inner coat.
It must be him, I saw his knife, it was the person Tang Sect was looking for.
Maybe the higher ups will send someone again. That's fine, let's focus on the half-demon thing.
Let him run away today. It’s really bad luck, there’s always impermanence to get in our way.
No problem.
The Zuojinmen's creed is that even if they kill ghosts and gods, they will not hesitate to do so even if they never stand up again.
"You really haven't been here?"
When Aoki served the hot tea, he shook his head at Hazuki-kun's question. It shouldn't be tea time though...it's too late. The moon was hidden in the thick clouds, out of reach of the lights, and the night was so dark that I couldn't see my fingers.
Ye Yuejun took the tea and frowned.
Lord Jiyue has never been here? So where will he be? Or where did he go and what happened? Could it be that the good-for-nothing happened to meet that half-demon when she was not around?
"I sent people to look around all night, but there was no man wearing a goggle."
This was what they had agreed upon, and there should be no need for him to take it off. So, where did he go?
Qinggui returned to sit by the window. She continued to look downstairs, where some people came in angrily and some people went out drunkenly. Ye Yuejun is worried and doesn't know what to do. At this time, Qinggui noticed that two girls she was familiar with were standing downstairs, looking in her direction. She still had only one candle lit here, and it looked dark from the outside. But she waved her hand and beckoned them to come forward. The two girls seemed to have seen each other, looked at each other, and then stepped into the store.
"The two girls who came up later are my friends..." Qing Gui said slowly, "But they are from Zuo Renmen. You and Zuo Renmen have nothing to do with each other, right?"
"Ah, there shouldn't be any." Ye Yuejun recalled, "I only know of a pair of disciples from the Tang Sect."
"They are not from the Tang Sect, they are locals... But it turns out that you also know each other from the Zuojin Sect."
"It's not really an acquaintance, I just know that there are people like this. To be honest, I don't have a good impression of the Tang family. Maybe that's a bit of an overstatement..." Ye Yuejun held the tea cup and looked at himself in the cup with a troubled expression, " Although, that big trouble is not considered a member of the Tang family now."
"Living in the world, no one has many enemies." She smiled, "By the way, I asked you to find the benefactor who saved me back then. Is there any news about him?"
"Well……"
Ye Yuejun tightened his grip on the tea cup, and before he could say a word, the door was pushed open. They both stood up and Aoki went to greet them. Ye Yuejun looked over and realized that they not only looked alike, but also looked alike in spirit. They were exactly the same in every move and gesture. Moreover, the way the fronts of those two people overlapped made it obvious at a glance that they were from Zuo Renmen. Qingzhan and Qingxian were startled almost at the same time when they saw her.
"Don't be nervous, this Six Paths Impermanence is my friend - Mu Ranyanlai Hazuki-kun."
"I've met Ye Yue-kun." Qingxian said as they bowed stiffly. She couldn't hear it, but just by looking at the opening and closing of Qing Gui's lips, she could tell what the words were without even asking Qing Zhan for help. What's more, they could vaguely see the three-sun moon in her eyes.
Qing Gui brought two more cups of tea and said without hesitation: "What's wrong? It's like you've seen a ghost. What a beautiful girl."
"No disrespect intended," Qingxian continued, "In recent days, the missions we have been engaged in have been blocked twice by the Six Paths of Impermanence, and we are a little frightened. We came to see Miss Qinggui just for a casual chat. I don't know if there is anything. The guests are here.”
"Are there other impermanent ghosts nearby?" Ye Yuejun looked at them, "I know there are indeed two other people in Wule City besides me."
Sister Yun didn't speak, she just looked at her. That look in Ye Yuejun's eyes made him indescribable. First of all, he had no awe at the impermanence of the Six Paths. In addition, there was a feeling of... emptiness that she couldn't describe.
She couldn't tell what the two little girls were thinking.
Qinggui looked at the two of them, then at Ye Yuejun, and asked, "If it's convenient, why don't you tell me and listen."
Qingzhan and Qingxian did not speak, as if they were deep in thought at the same time. The candle on the table shook, causing the shadows of the four people to distort instantly.
"In the beginning there is impermanence that summons fire."
"..."
Hazuki-kun guessed it, but it wasn't what she wanted to hear. No matter who it is, it is much better than that trouble. She glanced at Qing Gui. He didn't seem bored, but he wasn't very interested either. Then, Hazuki-kun said to them:
"That's Hongxuan Changye, a... a monster. Has he ever made things difficult for you?"
"According to the rules, no matter who is blocking the road, we will not stop there. But we also know that in terms of strength, we are inferior to that person. But he didn't want to kill us, so he let us go. Our target. I don’t know what he wants to do.”
"...That's good. The other one you mentioned is..."
"The person I met today" Qingxian looked at her, "is impermanent that cannot be seen."
"What..." Ye Yuejun stood up, "Where is he now? Are you..."
She stopped talking, because she obviously noticed that the two girls had some kind of... not hostility towards her. They looked at her strangely, as if they were worried, wary, or something else. It seemed that she had been judged by the two to be on the same team as Ji Yuejun. Although this judgment is not wrong.
"You two girls, have you met..."
"We didn't fight him," Qingxian interrupted her. "He had a goal and disappeared without a trace before our eyes."
Qinggui is not slow, so she can certainly smell some gunpowder in this conversation. As if to lighten the mood, she asked:
"You have a new mission?"
"We never made a mistake. Because we were intercepted by an assassin surnamed Tang last time, we were criticized, but not punished. This mission was done in conjunction with the Death Shadow Pavilion. It was Miss Jie Yan's subordinates. Passing on the mission seals the seal of our door."
Ye Yuejun said nothing. She knew that for most people, the Death Shadow Pavilion had little connection with the Six Paths of Impermanence. They all thought that the owner of the pavilion was a snake demon named She Ji. But she knew that this must be Lord Gaoyue's instruction. The person who caught her attention the most in the whole paragraph was the person mentioned to Aoki earlier.
"Tang He?"
"Hazuki-kun knows again."
Qingxian's tone was very soft and indifferent. There was no mocking tone in it, but it was enough to make people uncomfortable. Qingzhan's expression was exactly the same as hers, and 80% of her thoughts were exactly the same. Ye Yuejun's face didn't look good either.
"Girls, don't get me wrong, my relationship with this young master is not friendly."
The two of them did not let down their guard because of these words. They no longer looked at her, but neatly picked up the teacups, sipping the tea carefully, and said nothing. Qinggui sighed, lying on the table with some boredom, looking at the two people.
"The person you are talking about, Ye Yuejun is indeed looking for him. It seems that unfortunately, your target has been intercepted again. If this continues, it may be difficult for the Zuojimen to give you important tasks... Ye Yuejun, do you have anything? How can I intercede with them?"
The cruelty of this sentence is much more serious than what it conveys on the surface. An assassin group will not raise idlers, and idlers need to be more careful than useless ones. You don't know if it's because he doesn't have enough money or for other reasons - but if a better price appears, will you, an idler, jump back and take away a bunch of internal information? This is the most abominable thing. Therefore, if they are not reused, their fate will be more miserable than that of a concubine in the harem who is relegated to the cold palace.
Although the indifference of the two people has shown that they will never seek help from the Six Paths Impermanence for this kind of thing, Ye Yuejun is well aware of its importance. She is not a soft-hearted person, but she is definitely not a hard-hearted person, and they know where Jiyue Lord last appeared - and he was with the half-demon, so she naturally needs to find out.
She thought of the conversation between Shanhai and the others and Lord Jiyue.
"What you want is actually not a human being, but the blood of a half-demon, right?"
"We don't know. Whatever the order requires, we will catch it."
Ye Yuejun noticed that they used the word "catch" instead of "kill". She guessed that Zuo Jinmen also wanted to detain Long Miao in order to profit from it. In fact, what she and Jiyue Jun want to do is not to bring him to justice and bring him to justice. Quite the opposite...
They have to protect him.
"Can you two tell me where you last saw that Impermanence? I know that your employer wants his blood, not himself. Within three days, I will find a way to bring it to you, so that you don't Will be punished. As long as..."
"We want people."
The eyes of the two girls were so clear and determined. Ye Yuejun felt the spiritual power beyond ordinary people from them, and the pipa and harp they brought also had an indescribable viciousness. She guessed that their extraordinary strength must be the most important reason why they were selected by Zuo Zhenmen.
"So, let's put it another way. Your superiors should still be looking for the killer named Tang, right?"
They said nothing, waiting for her to continue.
"Coincidentally, I also have some issues with him. I can tell you some things about him, and you can pass them on to the superiors - I guarantee, it's something that even Zuo Jinmen doesn't know about. In this way, they will I will not hold you accountable for your dereliction of duty.”
"The superiors will let us take his life," Qingxian said calmly, "Even so, will you tell us?"
"..."
For a moment, Ye Yuejun hesitated. She didn't know the strength of these two girls, maybe they could be evenly matched against Tang He together. But the problem is that she already knows that there is a bigger trouble around this person. It seems that the two girls don't know about the affairs between Lord Xueyue and Tang He. If they get involved, they may be killed.
She won't stop people from dying, but she doesn't want to hide them from others either.
"I'm not afraid to tell you...but are you afraid of knowing?"
