Wan Yunting turned back, looking at Ma Sai who was lying prone on the ground, his eyes filled with cold ruthlessness.
Towards his enemies, he could absolutely not show any mercy. Moreover, the other party was from the Tianyan Sect, a group that wanted to kill him. For such vicious criminals who committed all sorts of evil, even if Wan Yunting killed them, he would never feel the slightest bit of guilt or self-blame.
Wan Yunting walked over and looked at Ma Sai, who had stopped twitching and had completely breathed his last. He cut off a corner of the man's outer coat, picked it up with his sword tip, caught it, and wiped the blood off his Junzi sword. Only then did he look up at Zhou Ruoxi, who was standing by the side, her pretty face a little pale, her autumn eyes showing fear…
Wan Yunting sheathed his Junzi sword and walked over, reaching out his right hand to stroke her fair cheek, gently comforting her, "Don't be afraid. They were all evil people. Even if we killed them, we wouldn't feel guilty."
"Mhm…"
Zhou Ruoxi nodded, feeling less scared.
Wan Yunting gazed towards the opposite side of the hot spring pool and said, "It seems someone has discovered this valley. We can't let outsiders find the caves left by Senior Kang and Senior Li."
Zhou Ruoxi looked at him with curious autumn eyes and asked, "Then what should we do?"
Wan Yunting turned back and looked at the cave entrance on the stone wall behind him. He then walked over with his Junzi sword, looking at the many stones of various sizes and strange shapes beside it…
*Bang!*
The indestructible Junzi sword was used by Wan Yunting as a chopping knife. He channeled his vital energy into the sword and split a large stone in half with a single strike. He then held one half, weighing over three hundred pounds, and easily placed it at the cave entrance on the stone wall, blocking half of the opening.
However, the upper half was still exposed. Wan Yunting looked around for more stones. Zhou Ruoxi, who had come to help, pointed to a stone, "This one should work."
Wan Yunting grunted in agreement and went to pick up another large stone weighing five to six hundred pounds. He walked back to the cave entrance with steady steps and stacked this large stone on top of the two lower stones, blocking the upper part of the opening.
The entire cave entrance was blocked by these three large stones. Wan Yunting and Zhou Ruoxi stepped back to examine it. Seeing that it wasn't quite enough, they went to move more stones and piled them around the cave entrance until it looked as if the stones had been naturally placed there.
"Alright."
Wan Yunting clapped his hands, picked up his Junzi sword, and returned to the edge of the hot spring pool with Zhou Ruoxi. He looked at the body of Ma Sai lying on the ground and Liu Hongwei, who had died in the water, his corpse now floating to the surface. Zhou Ruoxi frowned, her pretty face showing discomfort.
"We can't let his body pollute the hot spring water. I'll go and retrieve him to bury him…"
As he spoke, Wan Yunting handed his Junzi sword to Zhou Ruoxi. Looking at Liu Hongwei's body in the water, he quickly took off his clothes and went into the water to pull the body out. He dragged it over to Ma Sai's body. Zhou Ruoxi, holding his clothes, asked, "Where should we bury them?"
"Hmm, over there."
Wan Yunting put on his clothes, ran his hand through his wet hair, and flicked the water off, pointing in a direction ahead…
Just then, Zhou Ruoxi saw something and patted Wan Yunting's arm, saying nervously, "Yunting, someone is coming!"
Wan Yunting was startled and turned to look at Zhou Ruoxi. Following her gaze, he looked across the hot spring pool behind them, where Lu Feiyue, wearing a police trench coat, was descending with Tan Tiancheng and others.
"Don't worry, it's the police."
Seeing that they were all police officers, Wan Yunting and Zhou Ruoxi breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Feiyue and Tan Tiancheng were also surprised to see Wan Yunting and Zhou Ruoxi. They had seen their photos before, but they still asked, "Are you Wan Yunting and Zhou Ruoxi?"
"Yes."
Wan Yunting and Zhou Ruoxi nodded in response.
"It's them, put your guns down."
After confirming their identities, Lu Feiyue told the officers to lower their handguns. He also saw the two bodies lying on the ground. Lu Feiyue and Tan Tiancheng walked around the pool to Wan Yunting and Zhou Ruoxi's side. Looking at the bodies of Ma Sai and Liu Hongwei, Wan Yunting said, "Comrades police, I killed these two!"
Beside him, Zhou Ruoxi immediately grabbed Wan Yunting's arm nervously, her autumn eyes filled with worry. But Wan Yunting turned to give her a comforting smile, signaling that it was alright.
Lu Feiyue nodded, observed the two of them, and asked, "How did you get down into the valley?"
"We jumped."
Facing Lu Feiyue's questions, Wan Yunting's expression was very calm and composed, as he was too familiar with dealing with the police. He pointed to the two bodies on the ground and chuckled, "They were chasing us, forcing us to the edge of the cliff in the valley. In the end, we had no choice. We didn't want to die at their hands, so we jumped down from above the valley ourselves…"
"Mm, that's where we jumped from. Unexpectedly, there was a hot spring pool at the bottom of the valley, and the depth was just right. When we jumped, there were many branches to break our fall, absorbing much of the impact. That's why we fell into the hot spring pool and miraculously survived. It's all thanks to heaven's blessing."
Listening to his account, Lu Feiyue and Tan Tiancheng also looked up at the valley. The stone walls were surrounded by lush trees, their canopies shading the sky. However, they could vaguely see the branches and leaves that had been broken, revealing two very obvious holes, precisely where Wan Yunting and Zhou Ruoxi had jumped through.
"You are truly lucky to survive such a fall from such a height, with a hot spring pool to cushion your landing."
Tan Tiancheng looked back at Wan Yunting and Zhou Ruoxi, truly marveling at how heaven had blessed them to survive so fortunately.
"Alas, yes…"
Wan Yunting sighed in agreement, with a wry smile, "Consider it great fortune."
Lu Feiyue was looking at the bodies of Ma Sai and Liu Hongwei on the ground, and he raised an eyebrow, asking, "Can you tell us in detail what happened these past few days?"
Wan Yunting and Zhou Ruoxi exchanged a glance, then turned back to Lu Feiyue and the others, nodding and smiling, "We can."
So, the two of them began to recount their experiences, starting from the night they were pursued by Ma Sai and Liu Hongwei, then jumping into the valley, and their life here. However, when they were blocking the cave entrance earlier, Wan Yunting and Zhou Ruoxi had already discussed concealing the discovery of the caves left by Senior Kang and Senior Li.
Therefore, the two of them were in agreement and fabricated another story, saying that they had fallen into the valley and struggled to survive, only to discover that two ancient people had once lived in this valley!
"Ancient people?"
Tan Tiancheng's interest was piqued when he heard their account. Wan Yunting nodded and took the Junzi sword from Zhou Ruoxi, saying, "That's right, this Junzi sword and the Lady Sword were left by those two seniors. We found these two swords buried in the ground here, so we suspect that peerless masters from ancient times had been here before!"
Looking at Wan Yunting and Zhou Ruoxi each holding a sword, Tan Tiancheng said, "Can I have a look?"
"Of course."
Wan Yunting handed the Junzi sword to him directly. Tan Tiancheng took it, and his hand immediately felt heavy. The long sword slammed onto the ground, astonishing him, "This sword is so heavy! It must be at least fifty to sixty catties?"
"Yes, it's sixty catties."
Wan Yunting nodded with a smile. After all, the Junzi sword and the Lady Sword were forged from cold iron. The Junzi sword was twenty catties heavier than the Lady Sword because its blade was wider and thicker than ordinary steel swords. Therefore, the overall weight of the sword was also very substantial.
For an ordinary policeman like Tan Tiancheng, who had not practiced martial arts for more than a few days, wielding a sixty-catty sword would be absolutely impossible. Even if he tried to lift it with both hands, he couldn't hold it for long before having to put it down.
Hearing that the sword weighed sixty catties, Lu Feiyue and the other officers exclaimed in surprise. They all examined the sword and managed to draw it with difficulty. The blade flashed with a cold glint, making the completely uninitiated Tan Tiancheng's eyes widen. He couldn't help but praise, "This is definitely a good sword…"
"Yes, it's obvious it's not comparable to those trash iron swords from outside…" the other officers chimed in.
Lu Feiyue raised an eyebrow and questioned Wan Yunting, "You said these two swords were buried in the ground, so why isn't there a single trace of rust on the blades?"
Wan Yunting chuckled and replied, "Because these two swords were cast with cold iron and were also wrapped in waterproof oiled cloth, so they wouldn't rot or rust when buried in the earth."
"And the oiled cloth?" Lu Feiyue asked.
Wan Yunting smiled sheepishly, "Last night, when we were making a fire to roast rabbits, the oiled cloth was placed nearby, and it accidentally got burned."
Lu Feiyue's eyes narrowed, and he looked at him with great suspicion. Although Wan Yunting maintained a calm and composed demeanor when speaking, and his words were highly credible, Lu Feiyue still felt that there were many suspicious points in his account.
"Then tell us, how did you kill those two?"
Lu Feiyue pointed to the bodies of Ma Sai and Liu Hongwei on the ground and said to Wan Yunting and Zhou Ruoxi, "You said earlier that you were no match for these two and were chased down, forcing you to jump into this valley from above.
"But now, how did you suddenly gain the ability to kill them? Could it be that you discovered some powerful martial arts manuals in this valley, like in those wuxia dramas, and after learning them, you counter-attacked your enemies?"