Outside the crowd, Feng Ke looked at the fat and thin men rolling on the ground, surrounded by a large number of passers-by, and asked Ye Ling, "Will there be any problems if we just leave like this?"
Ye Ling said, "No problem."
Feng Ke was puzzled, "But you said ordinary people have their own rules, and we异士 cannot casually trample on them?"
"We can just alter their memories a little," Ye Ling chuckled. "Let's go. There are too many people here, and I don't think you like it here either."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Feng Ke didn't think much of it and followed him away from the scene of trouble.
Far from the crowd, Feng Ke asked Ye Ling again, "Listening to you just now, it seems you know my master?"
"I've heard of her, I know of her. Perhaps we have some connection," Ye Ling replied frankly.
Feng Ke: "Then do you know where my master is?"
Ye Ling: "I don't."
"Farewell."
As soon as Ye Ling finished speaking, Feng Ke left without looking back, completely disregarding Ye Ling's help just now. "I still need to find my master, so I won't keep you company."
Watching Feng Ke's rapidly departing back, Ye Ling was stunned, then repeatedly gave a wry smile and called out loudly, "Although I don't know where your master is, I can help you find her!"
Feng Ke stopped abruptly, turned to look at Ye Ling, her eyes shining, "Really?"
"Really," Ye Ling squinted and smiled. "But before that, we need to resolve a small problem."
"What problem?"
"Follow me!"
As the words fell, Ye Ling turned and hurried towards a less crowded area without looking back.
Although Feng Ke was puzzled, she still leaped to follow.
"Chase them quickly! They're trying to escape!"
The moment Ye Ling led Feng Ke away, several men and women dressed ordinarily emerged from the crowd and pursued Feng Ke.
"What is that?"
Feng Ke hadn't sensed those people earlier. It was only after they started chasing her that she sensed a lock on her aura.
She was being targeted!
"Do you know the origin of those flies behind you?" Ye Ling's voice echoed in Feng Ke's mind. "Three men and two women, two at the fifth rank, three at the fourth rank. Their cultivation is not low, and they don't seem like unaffiliated individuals."
"I don't know them," Feng Ke shook her head. "However, shortly after I emerged from the幽谷, I've frequently encountered people tracking me."
"I've tried to kill some, but I still can't cut off the pursuers. Even when I catch them, I can't find out their origins."
"It seems your movement technique was learned correctly," Ye Ling chuckled. "If it were someone else, they would have died countless times."
After all, Feng Ke was only at the third rank. If not for her peculiar and graceful movement technique, it would have been easy for the异士 tracking her to kill her with their strength.
This time, it was in the densely populated Ginza Plaza. The surrounding dense crowd served as a natural barrier for those异士.
In such a place, it would be incredibly easy for them to get close to Feng Ke and kill her.
"Where are you taking me now?" Feng Ke asked, following Ye Ling and weaving through the crowd.
"To a less crowded place. It's not convenient to make a move here," Ye Ling said indifferently. "Let's find a quieter spot."
"Oh."
Feng Ke responded with a hum, tucking a hand into her sleeve, gripping the hidden寒光剑, and closely following Ye Ling.
Soon, the two turned into an empty alley and disappeared around the corner!
Tap, tap, tap!
A sound of footsteps echoed. The five异士 chased into the alley and looked at the empty dead end around the corner, their faces all turning grim.
"Damn it! We lost them!"
A fifth-rank异士 spat on the ground and punched the nearby wall, creating a small pit in it!
A woman with fourth-rank cultivation asked, "Boss, what should we do now?"
"Report back first, then find a way to lure her out!"
The fifth-rank异士 said irritably, then left the alley without looking back. "Also, sketch the appearance of that strange man and have the other brothers investigate!"
"Yes!"
The few异士 did not linger in the alley and left one after another.
"Why didn't we make a move?"
From behind a window above the alley, Feng Ke watched the people leaving and asked Ye Ling, "Didn't you say we should find a less crowded place to kill people just now?"
"You girl are really single-minded!"
Ye Ling rubbed his forehead with a wry smile, then said, "Didn't you hear their conversation just now? These people are at most minor figures. There are others behind them."
"Letting them go back allows us to cast a long line to catch a big fish."
"But I still want to kill them," Feng Ke looked at Ye Ling, blinking her eyes. "The寒光剑 has already been unsheathed, and it needs to taste blood."
Ye Ling: "..."
Feng Ke looked at Ye Ling with hopeful eyes.
Ginza Plaza, a commercial building, a large escape room venue.
Ye Ling watched the five异士 enter and glanced at the healing wound on his palm, feeling somewhat speechless.
Feng Ke wiped the寒光剑 with a handkerchief and thanked Ye Ling, "Thank you."
Ye Ling said irritably, "I'd like to know who told you that a sword must taste blood when it's unsheathed?"
Feng Ke sheathed the寒光剑, making it shrink, and hid it back in her sleeve. "Many swordsmen on TV say that. They say famous swords have spirits, and they must drink blood when unsheathed."
Ye Ling: "..."
Hearing Feng Ke's explanation, Ye Ling found himself speechless.
He hadn't expected that someone in this world would actually believe the plots shown on television!
What made him even more speechless was that Feng Ke, being an异士 within the circle, still believed in the martial arts portrayed by ordinary actors on television!
"The寒光剑 is a spiritual artifact from the Zheng Yi Sect. Even if it has a spirit, it wouldn't have evil tendencies, nor the peculiar characteristic of needing to drink blood when unsheathed like you said."
"And before when you stabbed Zhang Mingyu, the so-called Kai Feng..."
"That was also seen on TV," Feng Ke admitted without concealment.
Ye Ling: "..."
He was completely out of words.
With Feng Ke's somewhat naive personality, combined with her worldview being like a blank sheet of paper, the combination was simply a disaster!
Giving up on treating Feng Ke, Ye Ling extended his divine soul towards the escape room venue and discovered that within the room, there was another world!
A young man with an earring, dressed exceptionally flashily, was sitting on a throne, listening to the report from the异士 who had been tracking Feng Ke.
"What kind of twisted tastes are these? Why are they all so strange?"
Seeing a group of students playing an escape room in the room next to those异士, Ye Ling couldn't help but mutter, feeling that his worldview had been thoroughly challenged today.
Everyone was so unconventional.
"Is that an escape room?" Feng Ke suddenly asked.
Ye Ling looked at Feng Ke, his eyes showing confusion, "Why are you suddenly asking about that?"
"I've seen it on TV, and I want to play. Can we?"
Ye Ling: "We need to handle the main business first."
Feng Ke: "But I've never played before. What if I break the room later? Anyway, they are inside and can't escape."
Ye Ling: "..."
He looked at Feng Ke, who was staring directly at him with extremely clear eyes, and for the first time felt... that he had encountered someone he couldn't handle!