The next day.
After Ye Cangtian got up and tidied himself, he went to the front hall.
As soon as he arrived at the front hall, before he could enter, he heard a murmuring sound from inside.
"Lord Gu Hai, we just received news that the Bright Hall crossed the river by boat and headed towards the eastern region. It is said that there were many red-robed bishops on the boat..."
Seeing that Po Xiao was not there, Xuan Si Jiu quickly relayed the news.
After all, Kong Ling was in charge of the Dark Association, so in his heart, he was more willing to please Gu Hai.
"Good! Well done!"
"Go prepare a boat, we're setting off now!"
Hearing Xuan Si Jiu's words, Gu Hai's eyes lit up. With so many red-robed bishops, they must be the main force of the Bright Team. If they were eliminated, the merit would be his.
Most importantly, Po Xiao did not know about this.
"Heh heh, where are you going?"
"Do you need my help?"
As soon as Gu Hai's voice fell, a light, smiling voice came. Gu Hai's face immediately darkened.
Sure enough, he turned his head and saw the figure he least wanted to see walk in.
Watching Po Xiao walk in with a playful smile, Gu Hai gritted his teeth and said, "Po Xiao, why are you everywhere!"
"Heh heh, Gu Hai, you won't forget what happened yesterday, right?"
"I have the right to participate in matters concerning the Bright Hall team!"
"Or are you planning to fight another round? No problem, if I lose, I'll withdraw!"
"You..."
Hearing Po Xiao's words, Gu Hai's face instantly turned red.
He thought, if he could defeat the other party, why would he let the other party be so arrogant in front of him?
But now he couldn't defeat the other party, and from the other party's words, it was clear that the other party had already heard what was said. What should he do?
"My lords, I don't think now is the time for arguments. We should catch up with the Bright Hall as quickly as possible."
"After all, beyond the great river, it's all unexplored territory. Once the other party gets out of sight, it won't be so easy to find them, and it's extremely dangerous!"
Xuan Si Jiu, seeing Gu Hai in a difficult situation, said quickly.
"Hmph! You're right."
Ye Cangtian nodded and continued, "Xuan Si Jiu, go prepare a boat. I need to cross the river."
"Prepare one for me too!"
Gu Hai said without showing weakness.
"Both of you, yes!"
Xuan Si Jiu quickly responded, signaling for them to wait a moment, and then left the hall.
Not long after, Xuan Si Jiu ran back and told them that the boats were ready. He then led the two of them to the pier.
The few of them arrived at the East City pier. As expected, a red and a blue small boat were docked by the shore, with more than a dozen subordinates on each boat.
"My lords, the boats are ready, two in total, you each take one."
"I'm very sorry, but as my subordinates are guarding East River City, I cannot accompany you..."
As he spoke, Xuan Si Jiu turned his back to Ye Cangtian and looked at Gu Hai, winking at him.
Seeing Xuan Si Jiu's wink, Gu Hai's face immediately showed a satisfied smile.
He then looked at Ye Cangtian and said, "Po Xiao, you're already involved in this. I can pick the boat first, right?"
"Please go ahead!"
Ye Cangtian raised an eyebrow and then smiled, making a gesture to invite him.
As soon as he finished speaking, Lan Yue, who was behind him, tugged at Ye Cangtian's sleeve.
She was worried that the other party had tampered with the boat.
If the other party picked first, how could they cross the river?
Feeling Lan Yue's small movement, Ye Cangtian turned his head and smiled slightly, as if telling her, don't worry, everything is under control.
Seeing Ye Cangtian's confident demeanor, Lan Yue finally sighed and said no more.
On the other side, Gu Hai was impolite and directly pointed to the red boat, saying, "I'll take this one. Red is festive!"
"Okay."
Ye Cangtian nodded immediately.
Seeing this, Gu Hai directly boarded the red boat, and then without another word, he ordered the sailors to set sail, as if he was afraid Po Xiao would go back on his word.
"Let's go, let's get on the boat too."
Ye Cangtian said with a faint smile and then boarded the boat.
"..."
Lan Yue was completely stunned by Ye Cangtian's actions.
This blue boat clearly had problems, and she had already reminded Ye Cangtian, so why did he still board it?
Although puzzled, Lan Yue still gritted her teeth and followed. She believed that Ye Cangtian must have had his reasons for doing this.
Thus, the blue and red small boats departed from the shore separately.
The distance between the two sides was not far, but not too close, about fifty meters apart.
This was specifically requested by Gu Hai. He was worried that Po Xiao's boat would have an accident and he would have to switch to their boat.
Now that they were farther apart, if an accident occurred, the other party could only swim back to the pier.
"It's not good, the boat is leaking..."
Before the small boat reached the middle of the great river, the crew on the blue boat shouted.
Then, they ignored Po Xiao and the others on the boat and directly chose to abandon the boat and swim towards the pier.
All of this was, of course, arranged by Xuan Si Jiu.
As for Ye Cangtian on the boat, looking at the leaky hole in the bottom of the boat, a disdainful smile appeared on his face.
He thought, if they wanted to scheme against him, they should at least be serious!
The edges of the leaking hole were perfectly neat, clearly man-made.
"Big Brother, you still have the mood to smile!"
"The boat is leaking, are you planning to have the three of us swim across?"
"I really don't know what you're thinking. I told you this boat had problems, why didn't you listen!"
Seeing Ye Cangtian's smiling face, Lan Yue became angry and complained.
"This is just a show to let Gu Hai be smug!"
"This way, we can legitimately stay, otherwise, the other party will become suspicious!"
Ye Cangtian glanced at Lan Yue and said with a playful smile.
"What do you mean?"
Lan Yue's eyes widened. From Ye Cangtian's words, it seemed that they were not going to chase the Bright Hall team, but to return, and all of this was just an act?
She wondered why.
Didn't their purpose here was to eliminate the Bright Hall team?
If Gu Hai got there first, wouldn't the credit be snatched away by him too?
Plop!
However, before Lan Yue could ask, Ye Cangtian had already jumped into the rushing river and swam towards the shore.
Seeing this, Lan Yue gritted her teeth, and then jumped in with Man Tuo Luo and Fei Yan.
"Hahaha..."
"Yo! Po Xiao, what's going on! Why did you fall into the water?"
"Is it too heavy and the boat broke?"
Watching the four of them jump into the great river one by one, Gu Hai on the other boat burst into loud laughter.
While laughing, he muttered to himself that Xuan Si Jiu really knew how to handle things, and he would definitely put in a good word for him when he got back.
...
Dark Association Branch.
After sending off Gu Hai and Po Xiao, Xuan Si Jiu returned to the branch.
At this moment, he was sitting in the main hall, his expression changing unpredictably, becoming more and more gloomy.
It was true that he had helped Gu Hai, but this matter was a double-edged sword for him.
The benefit was that Gu Hai would definitely be grateful to him and take care of him more in the future.
The disadvantage was that Po Xiao's boat was broken, and Po Xiao would most likely return to the branch and settle accounts with him.
Therefore, his mind was filled with how to explain to Po Xiao.
Ding ding ding...
Just then, the sound of weapons clashing came, waking Xuan Si Jiu from his thoughts.
In an instant, he saw a guard rushing in, "My lord, it's not good, the Xue family and the Shadow Tower are attacking!"
What!
With that sentence, Xuan Si Jiu's eyes widened instantly.
As soon as Po Xiao and Gu Hai left, and he had taken away more than twenty of his private troops, now that the enemy was attacking, what could he use to resist!
He wondered why the enemy was so timely!
Thinking about it, Xuan Si Jiu gritted his teeth and rushed out.
It was too late to escape now. Since the enemy was attacking, they must have cut off all his retreat. The only way was to fight his way out.
The next moment, Xuan Si Jiu arrived in the courtyard, his gaze locking onto two figures, one white and one black.
"Hei Ying, Xue Changjiang, I didn't expect you to dare to come!"
Xuan Si Jiu shouted coldly. In the enemy's formation, there were only two Earth-level experts, which somewhat relieved him.
If it were like last time, with six Earth-level experts coming at once, he would have been sure to die.
As it is now, he had some chance of winning. At the very least, as long as he focused on escaping, he might still be able to get away.