"Hu said she has fallen asleep." Yu Shiqi said to Zhong Linqi who was trying to call him away from the bonfire. He meant that there was no need to hide what he said.

Seeing Zhong Linqi standing there motionless, Yu Shiqi couldn't help but add: "Hu Yan is Miss Baili..."

"I know this, come here." Zhong Linqi ran out of patience and personally dragged Yu Shiqi aside.

Yu Shiqi looked at Zhong Linqi with sleepy eyes. He also wanted to sleep. After all, he had tried his best on the boat today.

"You have been in Yunzhongjian, do you know this?" Zhong Linqi asked in a low voice, while spreading out his left hand that he had been holding tightly before.

Yu Shiqi looked down and saw that what was in Zhong Linqi's palm was a strange round token with a vermilion word "fire" in the middle.

"I don't know..." He shook his head blankly, "Did you get this from those attackers?"

"I found it from the 'Fire Elder'." Zhong Linqi said and took out a few more tokens. The carvings on the tokens include fire characters and wood characters, but these tokens are all silver-plated.

Yes, only the fire token at the beginning is gold-plated.

Yu Shiqi recalled that the red-haired witch seemed to be "Elder Mu", and the remaining silver medals were probably collected from those minions. If the other party is a strict organization, then based on this reasoning, there are at least five corresponding ones.

Among the elders of the Five Elements, there may be other masters above the elders. I really don’t know why these people would target Baili Xuan...

Zhong Linqi was slightly regretful. He thought that Yu Shiqi must have been in Yunzhongjian and must be familiar with the identification tokens of various organizations in the world. He also expected to directly ask where the other party came from. He did not expect Yu Shiqi to answer like this.

simply.

"I have never seen this token before. It has been two years since I left Yunzhongjian. If it is some organization that has emerged in the past two years... maybe Xiaoci and the others will know about it." Speaking of Yu Youci and others, Yu Shiqi

I couldn't help showing a worried look. During the day, I used my courage to jump off the ship to save Bai Lixuan, but I was separated from Yu Youci and the others. I don't know how the three of them are doing now or whether their injuries are serious...

Zhong Linqi seemed to have read through his mind and comforted him: "I think those three young people are quite smart and capable. There shouldn't be any big problems."

"I hope so." Yu Shiqi nodded, suddenly feeling a little directionless, and asked Zhong Linqi: "Then what should we do next?"

After repelling the incoming enemy during the day, Zhong Linqi docked the opponent's speedboat and took them off the boat to walk ashore. Because he was worried about exposing his whereabouts and being attacked by subsequent attacks, he avoided the villages and towns along the way and stayed there.

Action in the mountains and forests along the river.

On the way, Zhong Linqi also asked Baili Xuan about the origin of the other party, but the result was that he had no idea. Considering that he could not guarantee her safety if this continued, Yu Shiqi retreated, and in the evening he tentatively consulted Baili Xuan.

Li Xuan asked her if she would like to return to Jingrong Bailihou Mansion, but Baili Xuan firmly refused.

"Give her freedom or give her death." Bai Lixuan held a strong belief in this and refused to turn back no matter what she said. Yu Shiqi later did not dare to mention the matter again. In fact, it would not be a bad idea to send her back to Jingrong.

In fact, they had already arrived at the border of Suzhou by boating down the river, and it would not be possible to go back by land in a day or two.

Zhong Linqi held his chin and looked thoughtful. After a while, he observed Yu Shiqi's expression and asked softly: "Do you care about her life or death?"

"What's the meaning?"

"When you don't even know who your opponent is, taking her on the road is like turning yourself into an eye-catching target."

"The implication is to leave her alone?" Yu Shiqi looked angry.

"If you want to mind your own business, you must be tough enough." Zhong Linqi looked at him with a mocking look, "If I were not on the opposite ship today, do you think you would still be alive now?"

"I..." Yu Shiqi had nothing to say, lowered his head and admitted defeat: "You are right, if you were not here today, I would not be able to save Hu Yan, and I would be dead."

"It's good that you understand." Zhong Linqi's tone softened slightly, and then he scratched his hair in annoyance: "Maybe you think I am very powerful now, but I am not the best in the world, and I am even far from it."

Yu Shiqi was silent for a moment and asked: "So you don't want to continue to be involved in this matter, right?"

"No matter how powerful your parents are, they can't protect you forever." Zhong Linqi sighed quietly, "Could it be that you and she will always follow me from now on? You probably don't think so."

"You're right." Yu Shiqi accepted this teaching calmly, and at the same time, his heart suddenly became clear - it turned out that during this period, he had been subconsciously wanting to rely on Zhong Linqi to solve problems, and he had the confidence to face difficulties and obstacles.

All of this comes from having a master around to protect you.

"But what I just said is not to tell you to give up on her directly." Zhong Linqi continued, "I am confirming whether you really want to save her, or whether you are just driven by a temporary sense of justice in your heart."

Yu Shiqi looked at him in surprise, not understanding what he meant by "a momentary sense of justice." Even though it was no longer Yunzhong Sword, Yu Shiqi still used the moral standards of Yunzhong Sword to restrain himself in his heart.

, be an upright, kind and responsible person.

"How determined are you?" Zhong Linqi asked, "The opponent may be a huge force beyond your imagination, more terrifying than any enemy you encountered during the mission performed by Yunzhongjian that year, and they

Against all odds, can you still be an ordinary painter?"

"Even so I still..."

"Even so, you still want to keep that Miss Baili, okay, this is your determination." Zhong Linqi interrupted Yu Shiqi's answer, because the answer was just what he expected.

"Then our trip to Wuyue can only be put on hold temporarily."

Are you not going to Wuyue anymore? Yu Shiqi was a little surprised, but after thinking about it, it was reasonable. Now they were intercepted on the waterway, and they were still in the northwest of the empire, far away from Wuyue in the south of the Yangtze River.

A Thousand Miles of Road.

If the other party still plans to continue to organize attacks against Baili Xuan, then this journey will be too hard. As Zhong Linqi said, he is not the best in the world. Even if he is the best in the world, he will always have to rest and slack off.

when……

The enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. This is the biggest dilemma they face. Judging from the opponent's determination to kill himself by biting the poison when he misses, it is unlikely that they will catch him alive and ask for any useful information.

Yu Shiqi said nothing, waiting for Zhong Linqi's next words.

"Come with me to Jincheng first and look for Wangchuan's branch in Jincheng. It will be easier to handle things if we have more manpower."

"This..." Yu Shiqi still has some concerns about this proposal. After all, his impression of Wangchuan still remains on the cunning, ferocious and capricious people brought by Lu Xingchao, Xuantie Erqi and Jin Yidusi.

superior.

"If you don't want to find Wangchuan, then you can only find Yunzhongjian, but do you know how to contact them?" Zhong Linqi asked sideways.

Yu Shiqi was hesitant. He still knew how to find Cloud Sword or Desolation Ranger, but whether this method could let Zhong Linqi know is still open to question...

After all, not all members of Yunzhongjian wear white robes to show their identity like Yu Youci and others. There are also some special members who need to hide their identities. To find their way, they can only use the inside of Yunzhongjian.

No matter how close Zhong Linqi is to him, he will always be an outsider to Yun Zhongjian, and he may even be a potential enemy. When he first joined Yun Zhongjian, he promised to keep the organization's secrets, even if he leaves the team now.

The oath will not change.
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