Zhu Mingyu said nothing and pulled Hu Hui deeper into the woods.
As they walked, Amber asked, "Where are we going? It's not dark yet."
"The hiding place has been discovered and is no longer safe. If we go back like this, we will be scolded by your young lady. Look for it more, in case we find it."
"Actually, I think..." Amber rarely spoke seriously, "Since Ye Yu Xiaozhu can't find Senior Lin, and we won't look for him, will he be safer?"
"That's true, but no matter how big Shilishan is, you will find it if you spend some time. It's better for us to find it first than for the killers to find it first."
Amber stopped talking and concentrated on following Zhu Mingyu to search for traces of human habitation in the mountains. Unfortunately, God was not kind to us. Less than half an hour later, it started to rain heavily.
It rained hard, and the two of them found a shelter from the rain. But the rain has been falling for an hour and shows no sign of stopping.
"It's not good," Zhu Mingyu murmured, "With this rain, the mountain roads will become muddy, making it difficult for us to go out."
Just as Amber was about to say something, a muffled thunder sounded in the sky. This muffled thunder made Amber, who was originally listless, suddenly concentrate. With this moment of concentration, she saw a light spot in the rain curtain, quickly streaking across countless raindrops, and shot towards the two of them.
"Be careful!" Amber pushed Zhu Mingyu, and a three-inch long steel needle had already been pierced into the stone wall where Zhu Mingyu was standing.
As the steel needle shot, a dozen men in black shot out of the dark woods in front of them. As a last resort, Amber and Zhu Mingyu had to defend themselves against the enemy in a hurry. Deep in the woods, a pair of fierce eyes were staring at them viciously.
…
It has been almost a day since Li Fenglan and his party arrived at Shili Mountain. They searched the mountain for most of the day and found no trace of anyone. They only found some sporadic traces of fighting on some tree trunks. It seems that Amber and Zhu Mingyu were also ambushed, but there was no blood at the scene and no one was injured.
At sunset, heavy rain suddenly fell, and the four people were drowned before they could take shelter.
"There are obviously trees everywhere, but none of them can block the rain." Li Fenglan muttered. At this time, the four of them were standing under a large tree with a relatively lush canopy to take shelter from the rain.
Bai Shuyu said: "Shan knows it is in Shili Mountain, but I don't know where it is."
Mu Yun's ears suddenly moved and said, "Did you hear it?"
Li Fenglan heard nothing, but the other three seemed to hear the faint sound of fighting.
Jade pointed behind her: "That direction."
The four of them didn't think much and hurried in that direction, ignoring their horses.
If it were just these ten or so high-ranking assassins, Amber and Zhu Mingyu would be more than enough to deal with them. Thinking that they all had food with them, Amber became particularly energetic in beating people up. But these killers seemed to have used some kind of formation to suppress the two of them.
"It's weird," Zhu Mingyu said while fighting, "There's something wrong! Amber! Don't be obsessed with fighting!"
The two of them retreated deeper into the woods as they spoke. The rain does not mean that it is light, but is getting heavier and heavier. The night clothes of those killers were tighter and more close-fitting, so moving in the heavy rain consumed less energy than the two of them, and shivering for a long time was extremely detrimental to the two of them. Zhu Mingyu discovered this keenly.
As sharp as Zhu Mingyu was, he still made a mistake: in a dense forest, although he could rely on trees to escape better, it was also easier to ambush.
Soon, Zhu Mingyu realized that retreating deep into the jungle was not a good choice because the killers did not pursue him.
Zhu Mingyu grabbed Hu Hua and whispered, "Don't move!"
"What's wrong?"
Zhu Mingyu's hearing was very good. He closed his eyes and listened quietly to the sounds in the woods. Although the rain was loud, you could still hear the small sound of wood rubbing against each other. It's not between trees. Maybe, there are hidden weapons all over the dense forest now.
"There is an agency," Zhu Mingyu whispered, "Cheer up."
Amber suddenly narrowed her eyes and whispered, "Look in that direction."
Zhu Mingyu followed Hu Hu's hand and looked forward, only to see
Between two trees not far away, the falling raindrops actually formed irregular quadrilateral shapes. It was as if someone had painted a picture with rainwater. Zhu Mingyu looked carefully for a long time before discovering that a few thin threads had been pulled between the two trees. The raindrops hit the thin threads and the shape was revealed.
Zhu Mingyu picked a leaf and flicked it towards the thin line. The leaf split into two soon after passing through the thin line. He secretly thought that it was a dangerous situation. If the two of them had rushed towards each other just now, they would have been cut into several sections by the sharp thin line.
"Stay clear of these thin lines."
Amber nodded.
The two slowed down, carefully avoiding the thin line. In the meantime, Amber touched the thin thread out of curiosity, but her finger was cut, and the sharpness can be imagined.
The two of them were so focused on the thin line that they forgot that there were other hidden weapons in the woods. Just as Amber bent down and passed under a thin line, her right foot seemed to have stepped on some square object. In a blink of an eye, several steel needles were shot at her. Amber reacted quickly and dodged. However, the person who placed these hidden weapons was smarter. He guessed which direction the person who stepped on the spring would hide.
Sure enough, just as Amber dodged two steel needles, two more were shot at him from another direction.
Zhu Mingyu heard the sound of the steel needle breaking the wind, and without any time to think about it, she took Amber into her arms. Amber was safe. Zhu Mingyu felt a sharp pain in her back and hurriedly squatted down.
"Taoist Priest Mingyu!" Amber saw the change in Zhu Mingyu's expression and knew that he had been tricked.
"I've been hit in the back, help me pull it out."
Amber quickly looked at Zhu Mingyu's back. Two steel needles pierced his back, but they were not deep, just skin injuries.
"Are you okay?" Amber asked with concern.
"It's okay, let's leave quickly."
Although the two walked slowly, they had experienced the dangerous scene just now and couldn't help but be very energetic. Until they walked out of the dense forest, neither of them had been hit by a hidden weapon again.
The rain was getting heavier at this time, and there were thunder and lightning in the sky, sometimes illuminating the entire Shili Mountain like daylight.
Before the two people could breathe a sigh of relief after just leaving the dense forest, Zhu Mingyu's ears moved and he heard the sound of water... the sound of a rushing river. It shouldn't be. There are a few small streams in Shili Mountain, but I haven't heard of any big rivers. Zhu Mingyu thought so, and the two of them had already walked to the mountain road. There should usually be a lot of pedestrians on this mountain road. It is paved with stone slabs, which makes it much easier than walking in the mud.
After another flash, Hu Hui faintly saw a person on the mountain road not far away.
Amber whispered: "There is someone."
Zhu Mingyu looked over and saw that the man was tall and seemed to be wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat. He was standing on the mountain road not far away, with his arms folded in front of his chest, as if he had been waiting for a long time.
"They are enemies, not friends," Zhu Mingyu said, "It's better not to have any contact with them."
The sound was not loud, but the mysterious man in the distance seemed to hear it. He suddenly said: "You two, when you are here, don't leave."
The mysterious man seemed to be speaking without much energy, but his voice penetrated the sound of rain and reached the ears of the two people clearly.
