Stepping outside.
The mountain scenery before them was magnificent.
Even Yun Xiaojing, who had seen all sorts of landscapes, couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow!"
"Wow!" Gu Xiaofeng and Zhan Xiaoli also exclaimed at the same time.
They never expected that outside the dangerous secret residence, it would be so breathtakingly beautiful.
And...
"A lion!" Gu Xiaofeng marveled.
That was a lion!
Zhan Xiaoli was also incredibly impressed, wanting to reach out and touch it. "It would be great if I could touch it!"
Only Yun Xiaojing was unfazed. He glanced at Zhan Tianye, who was warily guarding against the lion hurting them, and felt a bit speechless. But he still said, "If you want to touch it, go ahead."
Zhan Tianye frowned, looking at Yun Xiaojing, and said sternly, "Lions are always fierce. If you rashly..."
Before he could finish speaking.
Yun Xiaojing, with his short legs, had already run out.
He directly climbed onto the massive lion's back.
The moment Yun Xiaojing touched it, the lion happily leaped several times.
"Xiaojing!" Zhan Tianye exclaimed in alarm, drawing his sword.
He rushed towards Yun Xiaojing.
Gu Xiaofeng and Zhan Xiaoli, seeing this, covered their eyes in shock and fear. "Ah! Xiaojing!"
"What's there to fear! I've seen him ride a leopard before!"
Ruan Xi appeared behind them at some point, saying with a nonchalant tone.
His words reached the ears of the three of them.
They were stunned for a moment.
Then,
They saw Yun Xiaojing sitting steadily on the lion's back, laughing heartily and joyfully.
A glint flashed in Zhan Tianye's eyes. He suddenly recalled his earlier speculation.
...
Jing Heng, like he was carrying a little chick, dragged the man in white to a corner.
Seeing the man in white's eyes darting around, as if searching for a mechanism, Jing Heng sneered, "Still looking for a mechanism?"
The man in white froze. He gritted his teeth, not daring to admit he was looking for a mechanism, and retorted defiantly, "What do you want to ask? I'll tell you, but don't expect to pry anything out of me. I absolutely won't tell you!"
"No rush." Yun Shu smiled faintly.
She was very patient.
She tossed a bottle of medicine to Jing Heng from a distance. "Give him one."
Jing Heng immediately poured out a pill from the porcelain bottle and, in a particularly rough manner, shoved it into the man in white's mouth.
The man in white wanted to spit it out, but Jing Heng held his jaw tight, making it impossible. He could only watch as the pill went down his throat, and an indescribable taste spread in his throat.
Jing Heng let go of him with disdain.
The man in white began to vomit on the ground repeatedly.
However, he couldn't spit anything out.
"Wasting your effort." Jing Heng said coldly.
Yun Shu was counting.
When she reached ten, she approached the man in white.
"Wake him up, Jing Heng." She said to Jing Heng.
Jing Heng nodded, raised his hand, and slapped the man in white three times hard.
After swallowing the medicine, the man in white was somewhat dazed, as if he had lost his consciousness.
The slaps instantly brought him back to his senses.
"Who are you?" Yun Shu asked.
The man in white obediently replied, "Bai Chun."
Bai Chun? Yun Shu glanced at Bai Chun's white clothes, even his shoes and socks were white. Everyone has different preferences. She subtly curled her lips and then asked, "Who is behind you?"
"Master." Bai Chun replied.
Yun Shu frowned. "What is your master's identity?"
Bai Chun froze and did not answer. It seemed the answer to this question had never occurred to him.
Yun Shu was somewhat surprised. She hadn't expected the person hiding in the shadows to be so secretive that even Bai Chun himself didn't know their true identity. What a waste of her pill.
Just as she was about to signal Jing Heng to take the man away.
Suddenly, she thought of something.
Her eyes flickered, and she then asked, "Why did you try to harm the Night King?"
Even if she didn't know who the mastermind was, she could at least understand the enmity between Bai Chun and the Night King. Otherwise, after a sleepless night and a long journey, wouldn't it be a waste of effort?
Bai Chun, who had been somewhat vacant and expressionless, suddenly became contorted with a face filled with bone-chilling hatred. "He killed my clansmen! One hundred and fifty lives! An irreconcilable blood feud! I must kill him! I must make him wish he were dead! And let him taste the suffering I've endured!"
As soon as he finished speaking.
The next moment, he fainted.
It was clear that this matter was too heavy and too emotionally charged for Bai Chun.
"Does Master have any more questions? I can wake him up." Jing Heng asked.
Yun Shu waved her hand. "There's nothing more to ask. Take him to the Night King for interrogation."
She looked at Bai Chun's pale face. Actually, if Bai Chun were a bit plumper, he might have been a handsome man. Unfortunately, he had been poisoned with a蛊 (gǔ) poison. The蛊 poison on the living dead were the sub-gǔ, while the mother-gǔ was on Bai Chun.
The person using Bai Chun was truly insidious.
Bai Chun had been tortured by the mother-gǔ poison, making him neither human nor ghost.
And Zhan Tianye, who had harmed Bai Chun's family of one hundred and fifty people?
With a trace of doubt, Yun Shu and Jing Heng dragged Bai Chun outside.
Zhan Xiaoli, Gu Xiaofeng, and Yun Xiaojing were happily playing together, riding on a large lion.
Yun Shu was unfazed, but she was still infected by their laughter. She looked at them gently, but spoke to Zhan Tianye, "His name is Bai Chun. There is indeed someone behind him, but they are very well hidden. He doesn't know their true identity. Since they could meticulously plan to harm you, they must have a grudge against you. As for Bai Chun and you... there is indeed a grudge. The one hundred and fifty lives of his clansmen are all attributed to you. Night King, investigate this properly."
And reflect properly.
As far as she knew, the current dynasty, like all histories, was bought with blood.
Therefore, Zhan Tianye killing Bai Chun's clansmen to achieve his goals was not something surprising.
"Bai Chun? One hundred and fifty lives?" A hint of confusion flashed in Zhan Tianye's eyes.
Yun Shu hummed and said no more. The rest was for him to deal with.
"Bai Chun? Your subordinate does not recall any of the people who have grudges against His Highness being named Bai Chun. Even if their surname was Bai, there are none. Where does this grudge of one hundred and fifty lives come from?" Qiu Lu asked in confusion.
Ruan Xi, hearing their words, pouted. "I've seen too many people who have killed claim innocence, and they all look so genuine."
In other words, the Night King was now feigning innocence!
Anyway, without evidence, pretending not to have done anything wrong would be greatly beneficial.
Yun Shu raised her eyebrows and curved her lips coldly. She had to admit, although Ruan Xi talked too much, this statement was accurate.
"There must be a hidden secret to this matter." Zhan Tianye said sternly.
Ruan Xi chuckled, clearly not believing him. "Oh, really?"