"What's wrong, Ting Xia?"
Hearing the commotion outside, Zhou Ruoxi opened the door and came out to ask.
"Senior Sister, quickly look, this is the drone monitoring us. I don't know if it's that old woman Jun Xuan spying on you..." Jiang Ting Xia held the broken drone and showed it to Zhou Ruoxi.
But Wan Yun Ting descended from the southern courtyard wall. Without a word, he quickly ran into the western garden, trampling many flowers. Jiang Ting Xia shrieked, "Wan Yun Ting, what are you doing?"
Zhou Ruoxi's brows furrowed. She saw Wan Yun Ting, with no time to explain to them, leap over the western courtyard wall. Jiang Ting Xia turned to Zhou Ruoxi in confusion and asked, "Senior Sister, where is he going?"
"How should I know."
Zhou Ruoxi snorted and turned back into her room, but she understood it all too well...
In the southern forest, the youth holding the binoculars continued to stare at the entrance of the courtyard where Zhou Ruoxi resided. He completely failed to see Wan Yun Ting emerge from the western courtyard wall and quickly approach him along the forest path...
"How is it, has Wan Yun Ting come out?"
The youth who had gone back to retrieve the drone returned. The youth with the binoculars continued to stare and said, "I haven't seen him come out. He's probably still in the courtyard, having a lovey-dovey time with that Zhou Ruoxi."
The youth holding the drone began reconnecting the equipment and chuckled, "Young Master and the others went to great lengths to set up this trap, all to wait for Wan Yun Ting to walk into the net!"
The youth with the binoculars asked doubtfully, "Why are Young Master and the others doing this?"
The youth fiddling with the drone said, "How would I know why Young Master is doing this? Anyway, we just do what he tells us to."
The youth with the binoculars nodded, "That's true..."
However, the two of them didn't know that ten meters away in the dark forest, Wan Yun Ting was standing behind a tree, listening to their conversation clearly. This made him raise an eyebrow. So this was targeting him from behind!
This caused a fierce glint to appear in Wan Yun Ting's eyes, and he didn't know who this "Young Master" they were referring to was!
"Fly it up quickly and see if that Wan Yun Ting is still there."
Seeing his companion had fixed the drone, the youth with the binoculars urged him to launch it quickly and continue monitoring Zhou Ruoxi's residence...
The youth holding the remote control began to operate the new drone to take off. But as soon as it flew halfway into the air, with a crack, it was hit by something and crashed into the grass not far away...
"Who?"
The two youths frantically looked around at the dark forest. But they dared not turn on their lights, relying only on the dim light of the sky to see a figure gradually appearing before them in the pitch-black forest. Wan Yun Ting's voice was slow as he said, "Weren't you spying on me?"
Seeing Wan Yun Ting appear in their sight, the two youths were greatly surprised: "Wan... Wan Yun Ting..."
In the dark night, Wan Yun Ting's eyes flashed with two faint green lights, sharply locking onto the two youths before him. They also hadn't expected Wan Yun Ting to appear so stealthily, causing them to glance at each other and immediately turn to run...
"Ah..."
One of them screamed as his left leg was hit by a stone, causing him to fall to the ground. The other was swiftly dealt with by Wan Yun Ting, who pinned him to the ground and sealed his acupoints, rendering him unable to move.
The youth hit by the stone struggled to get up and tried to run. Wan Yun Ting calmly walked over, drew a silver needle from his sleeve with his left hand, and flicked it out. It struck an acupoint on the youth's body, causing him to stiffen and fall to the ground with a thud. His eyes were wide, his mouth trembling, "You..."
Wan Yun Ting walked over and squatted down, grabbing the youth's hair and asking, "Who is Young Master? If you tell me, I won't kill you!"
Facing Wan Yun Ting, who exuded an overwhelming aura like a flood or a fierce beast that impacted his heart, and those sinister eyes devoid of any mercy—the killing intent of someone who had undoubtedly killed countless people—the youth trembled all over. But he still braced himself and said with a tremor, "You... you won't get a single word from me... Ah..."
But in the next second, Wan Yun Ting broke his arm without hesitation. He even sealed his mute acupoint, preventing the youth from screaming. He could only open his mouth and let out a dry wail, the excruciating pain from his broken arm causing tears to stream down his face, his body shaking violently...
Crack!
With another sound, Wan Yun Ting raised his foot and stomped hard on his thigh, directly breaking his thigh bone. The mute youth opened his mouth in agony, letting out a hoarse, low sound...
The other youth lying beside him stared wide-eyed, his face filled with terror as he watched Wan Yun Ting brutally dislocate his companion's limbs. This completely shattered his spirit. He said in panic and fear, "I'll tell you, I'll tell you..."
Wan Yun Ting turned to look at him. The panicked youth gritted his teeth and said, "Young Master is Sima Xuanyu!"
"Sima family!"
Wan Yun Ting's eyes narrowed slightly, as if this outcome was not entirely unexpected for him!
Currently, only the Sima family was his mortal enemy. From their conversation just now, Wan Yun Ting's first guess was the Sima family!
Wan Yun Ting walked over and squatted down, frightening the youth, who said nervously and fearfully, "Young Master only arranged for us to keep an eye on you and Zhou Ruoxi. We really don't know anything else..."
A sinister smile appeared on Wan Yun Ting's lips, and he took out a silver needle, "You really won't say?"
"No, don't! I really don't know anything... Ah..."
The youth screamed, but Wan Yun Ting sealed his mute acupoint again. The silver needle pierced an acupoint on his neck, and the youth's face turned red, his expression filled with pain, as if his body was suffering from inexplicable agony, causing him to tremble and twitch violently...
The other youth, whose limbs had been broken, passed out from the pain.
Wan Yun Ting waited for two minutes before withdrawing the silver needle and unsealing the youth's mute acupoint. He looked at his bloodshot eyes, flushed face, and his panicked and fearful expression. The youth trembled and said, "Please... please let me go, I really don't know anything..."
Wan Yun Ting narrowed his eyes and asked, "You're from the Sima family. Who assisted you at the Emei Sect, allowing you to monitor here?"
At this point, the youth had experienced Wan Yun Ting's strange and terrifying methods and dared not conceal anything further, "It was Master Jun Xuan. Her disciple Zhang Xin Cai arranged for us to enter the Emei Sect."
"Master Jun Xuan!"
Wan Yun Ting's heart sank abruptly. A fierce glint appeared in his narrowed eyes. It was indeed related to Master Jun Xuan.
No wonder he felt that Master Jun Xuan was a bit strange when they first met tonight, as if she knew him!
So, this was a scheme concocted by her and the Sima family!
He just didn't know what their purpose was in doing this?
Seeing that he couldn't get anything from this small fry, Wan Yun Ting knocked him unconscious, patted him down, and took out a mobile phone. He opened it and looked at the contacts. One number was noted as "Young Master," which was Sima Xuanyu!
Wan Yun Ting memorized his phone number, then crushed the phone and threw it on the ground before turning back towards Zhou Ruoxi's residence.
The only thing that still puzzled Wan Yun Ting was: what exactly did the Sima family and Master Jun Xuan want to achieve by using Zhou Ruoxi to lure him to the Emei Sect? What was their underlying motive?
He had to start with Master Jun Xuan, because he knew Sima Xuanyu was definitely not at the Emei Sect!
Therefore, Wan Yun Ting had to find a way to learn from Master Jun Xuan what kind of schemes and tricks she and the Sima family were brewing to deal with him?
"Where did you go?"
Jiang Ting Xia saw Wan Yun Ting return directly from the courtyard gate and went up to question him.
"Mm, I'll go talk to your Senior Sister."
Wan Yun Ting said and headed straight for Zhou Ruoxi's room. Jiang Ting Xia quickly followed. Wan Yun Ting knocked on the door and said, "Senior Sister Zhou, I have something to tell you!"
"Come in."
Zhou Ruoxi did not refuse this time.
Wan Yun Ting pushed the door open and entered. Jiang Ting Xia found it strange and followed him in, closing the door. She saw Zhou Ruoxi sitting on a stool in the room, her expression cold. Her autumn eyes did not look at Wan Yun Ting, and she said, "Speak."
Wan Yun Ting looked at her and said, "This whole thing behind the scenes is targeting me!"
This statement made Zhou Ruoxi raise an eyebrow, her autumn eyes looking at him from the side. Jiang Ting Xia also widened her eyes and turned to look at Wan Yun Ting, asking, "What do you mean?"
Wan Yun Ting glanced at her, then turned back to Zhou Ruoxi and sighed, "What I mean is, this wedding between you and Dragon Tiger Mountain is likely targeting me. That drone earlier was from the Sima family monitoring me!"
Zhou Ruoxi and Jiang Ting Xia exchanged bewildered glances, looking at Wan Yun Ting with a bit of confusion, "Weren't those people sent by that old woman Jun Xuan to monitor my Senior Sister?"
"That's true!"
Wan Yun Ting nodded and looked at them, "This is a conspiracy brewed by the Sima family and Master Jun Xuan. They should have lured me to the Emei Sect by having Senior Sister marry a disciple of Dragon Tiger Mountain!"
Zhou Ruoxi's autumn eyes fixed on him, "The Sima family, is it that Sima Boyong from your Boundless Daoist temple?"
"Yes."
Wan Yun Ting nodded, looking at her, "You know the grievances between me and Sima Boyong, so I don't need to say more. But I didn't expect the Sima family to be connected with your Emei Sect's Master Jun Xuan, using you to set a trap and lure me in!"
"I understand now."
Jiang Ting Xia's almond eyes widened, looking at Wan Yun Ting and Zhou Ruoxi, "I was wondering why that old woman Jun Xuan suddenly insisted on forcing Senior Sister to marry that idiot from Dragon Tiger Mountain. So the reason behind it is because of you!"
Wan Yun Ting nodded, frowning, "As for their purpose in doing this, I still can't figure it out!"
"Why should I believe you?"
Zhou Ruoxi's autumn eyes stared coldly at him. Wan Yun Ting met her gaze and said, "Senior Sister Zhou, I've never lied to you. This matter..."
*Slap!*
Zhou Ruoxi angrily slapped the table and stood up, her autumn eyes glaring at him, gritting her teeth, "You dare say you've never lied to me?"
Interrupted sharply by her, Wan Yun Ting's expression froze. He knew what she was referring to...
Jiang Ting Xia, being perceptive, quickly retreated, left the room, and closed the door...