Suddenly, a troop of people appeared ahead, walking towards Huangfu Yue...
Huangfu Yue’s beautiful eyes flickered. A celestial being!
The approaching group numbered over a hundred, but her gaze was tightly fixed on the person leading them, unable to shift to anyone else.
Leading them was a man dressed in snow-white, with a jade crown on his head, riding a majestic and handsome white horse. He was a rare sight, a peerless handsome man like an immortal descended to earth.
“There’s someone ahead!” the handsome man suddenly parted his pale, thin lips and spoke softly.
“Someone ahead? My lord, have you mistaken? It’s completely empty ahead, not a single soul in sight.”
Hearing the handsome man’s words, the guards behind him immediately looked into the distance, towards Huangfu Yue’s direction. They then slightly furrowed their brows and said to the handsome man.
“No, there is someone!” The handsome man gently shook his head.
Huangfu Yue slightly raised her willow-like eyebrows. Could he have discovered her? There was only her in front of him.
But how could he have discovered her? She was currently in a state of invisibility.
This celestial being is so powerful… Wait, this celestial being looks a bit familiar…
Well, isn't this her cheap cousin!
As the group ahead gradually drew nearer, Huangfu Yue found the man dressed in white, exuding an ethereal aura like a descended immortal, somewhat familiar. A name immediately sprang to mind: Leng Yusheng.
What a coincidence! She hadn't expected to encounter an acquaintance on her trip back to the capital so late at night.
Huangfu Yue slightly curved her lips, glanced again at the man with a face like jade, sword-like eyebrows, starry eyes, extremely handsome features, a cool and detached demeanor, and emanating a strong aura of coldness, dressed in white like a celestial being, and turned to walk into a nearby alley.
Although she was currently invisible and no one could see her, this cheap cousin could sense her presence. It was best for her to be careful and avoid him.
As the saying goes, caution steers the ship for ten thousand years; it’s good to be prudent.
However, she was truly curious, how did this cheap cousin know there was someone there?
“Strange, why did the aura ahead suddenly disappear? I distinctly felt an aura ahead, someone was there.” Leng Yusheng murmured softly.
Huangfu Yue had excellent hearing. Even though Leng Yusheng’s voice was very faint, so faint that the guards behind him might not have heard it, she, who had entered the alley, heard it.
Huangfu Yue instantly understood. So he had sensed her aura.
Although she had concealed her form, she had not concealed her aura. But from such a distance, he could still sense her aura. How high was his martial arts skill?
She had heard before that martial artists could sense others' auras, and she could too, but only within fifty meters.
Yet Leng Yusheng was over a hundred meters away, and he could still sense her aura. Could Leng Yusheng's martial arts be superior to hers, and he could fight better than her?
Impossible!
Huangfu Yue shook her head.
She was a super fighter, and she refused to believe anyone could fight better than her.
Huangfu Yue looked confident.
“Master, I have a discovery!” Xiao Hei suddenly called out.
“What discovery?” Huangfu Yue immediately asked.
She had been so focused on Leng Yusheng due to the unexpected encounter that she hadn’t paid much attention to Xiao Hei, so she had no idea what it had discovered.
“I flew a few circles directly above the sea of fire and vaguely saw what looked like guest rooms with black human bones, but I don’t know if they are old or if someone was recently burned to death and left behind,” Xiao Hei reported.
Because her master thought this mansion had problems and hid secrets, it wanted to help her investigate.
But the fire was too fierce, and it dared not fly into the sea of fire, fearing it wouldn’t be able to get out. It also feared being seen by Chang Qing, so it could only fly at a higher altitude directly above the burning mansion, trying to discover something.
“Black human bones?” Huangfu Yue slightly raised her exquisite eyebrows.
If they were old, then it would be interesting.
If they were old, it would mean that someone had died in the mansion before, and died tragically, burned to death.
But if that were the case, why were the human bones not dealt with? And placed in the guest rooms?
Shouldn’t they have been disposed of, for fear of being discovered?
Could it be that someone was burned to death in the fire tonight?
Unfortunately, no one could tell her the answer, and she couldn’t let Xiao Hei fly down and investigate the sea of fire.
Forget it, she wouldn't bother!
Huangfu Yue shook her head and said to Xiao Hei, “You leave there. Go wait for me at the city gate. We’ll meet at the city gate, and then leave the city together.”
Although she felt this mansion was very suspicious and must hide secrets, now that the mansion was burned to this extent, if they couldn’t get in to investigate, by the time Chang Qing’s men put out the fire, the mansion would surely have nothing left, and there would be no discoveries.
Therefore, letting Xiao Hei stay there any longer would be a waste of time with no reward. It was better to go back and sleep early.
“Okay, then see you at the city gate, Master.”
“See you at the city gate.”
Xiao Hei immediately flew away from Sanyuan Street and headed towards the city gate.
Huangfu Yue also quickened her pace towards the alley exit, preparing to leave the alley and rush to the city gate.
The alley was not very long. She walked out of the alley two minutes later and saw a large number of soldiers searching from house to house.
She slightly raised her eyebrows. It seemed this street had not been searched yet, so they were searching now.
And the street where she had met Leng Yusheng earlier should have already been searched by soldiers, because it was very quiet, and she hadn’t seen any soldiers…
No! Wasn’t Leng Yusheng an official? The people accompanying him were all wearing armor, all soldiers…
Damn it! No way, speak of the devil, and he appears…
Suddenly, a flash of snow-white appeared in front of Huangfu Yue. Dozens of feet away, a troop of people suddenly appeared. The leader wore a jade crown on his head, had a face like jade, was dressed in snow-white, and exuded an ethereal aura. It was Leng Yusheng, whom she had seen on another street earlier.
Uh, why did she meet him again!
Huangfu Yue pressed her forehead. She had wanted to avoid him, which was why she had run into the alley and came to this street. She hadn’t expected him to also come to this street.
This was too much of a coincidence! They really were fated…
Bah, bah, bah! Fated what!
She didn’t want to be fated with him!
Even though they were cousins, and the original owner had liked him a lot, she was completely uninterested in him.
Huangfu Yue sized up the snow-white figure in the distance, who resembled a descended immortal. He was indeed good-looking, and very ethereal, but looking at his stern face, his cold and aloof demeanor, and his appearance of being unapproachable, she felt he was putting on airs.
Fearing that the exceptionally keen Leng Yusheng would sense her aura again, Huangfu Yue returned to the alley and decided to retrace her steps, returning to the other street.
She didn’t believe that if she returned to the street where she had met Leng Yusheng earlier, she would meet Leng Yusheng again.