Volume 3: A drop in the ocean Chapter 10: You are a beautiful woman but you are a bandit
"Sir, please step back for a moment. I will handle the rest." The young man who walked out of the stone chamber looked disheveled and in a state of disarray, but the aura he exuded was terrifying.
Ping Lili glanced at him quickly. The man's face was a little dark, and she didn't know if it was really dark or because of dirt. His appearance looked very ordinary, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, a wide jaw and wide lips. There was nothing special about him, except for a pair of firm and clear eyes.
Suddenly, she heard a clanging sound beside her ears, and Yao Ji saw clearly that he was still wearing heavy shackles on his hands. She was worried about him, but she saw him struggle with his bare hands, and the heavy shackles instantly broke into countless pieces and fell off one after another.
Then his figure flashed, and before Ping Lili could see his movements clearly, she only felt a slight darkness in front of her eyes. The figure of that man stood in front of Ping Lili like a ghost, facing head-on those Ruoye people who were holding tridents and rushing towards her ferociously.
Ping Lili took a look at the other person's straight spine and determined back, said nothing more, and quietly stepped back a little, keeping a distance of about half a meter from him.
Those soldiers of the Ruoye tribe were already charging forward with tridents in hand!
He just waved his right palm, and a faint inky black light shield rose up out of thin air, covering him and Ying Lili's figures. This light shield was not as flexible as the red barrier that Ying Lili had used before. It looked thin, but it was as hard as a steel wall or a copper wall!
Only a few "clang" sounds were heard, and the tridents that were stabbing towards them were actually shaken by a terrifying force and then broke in half!
"Don't kill anyone!" As if by telepathy, Ping Lili suddenly felt the murderous intent rising from the man in front of him. Ping Lili subconsciously stepped forward and grabbed his right hand that was about to be raised, and growled.
The young man's body stiffened slightly, and his right hand, which had been raised suddenly, slowly lowered again. The murderous aura that was just threatening disappeared quietly in an instant.
However, he had no intention of letting the people in front of him go so easily. He just raised his left hand in the air, and as if unintentionally, he drew a faint circle on the inky light shield in front of him.
The Ruoye soldiers stared in amazement at the broken weapons in their hands. Before they could even react to what was happening, they and the broken halberd handles in their hands were swept away for several feet by the invisible ripples released by the inky light shield that contained vast spiritual energy, like fallen leaves in the autumn wind. They fell heavily to the ground one after another and did not move at all.
As if sensing the angry gaze of Ying Lili behind him, the young man with his back to Ying Lili turned around hastily and spoke humbly: "They were just knocked unconscious, not dead. I dare not disobey the order of Lady Yao Ji."
Upon hearing this, Ping Lili's heart, which had risen to her throat, suddenly fell to the ground. She had actually wronged him. She nodded slightly at him, with a hint of apology in her eyes.
“Lady Yao Ji, we cannot stay here for long. Please follow me. I will escort you out even if it means my death!” The man closed his eyes humbly. She could feel the firmness and determination in his heart at this moment!
My heart felt warmed. Is this Yao Ji's tribe member, the wizard Sha Mo?
Because of the person in front of her, Ping Lili suddenly felt a sense of belonging to Nashamo City. She didn't know whether she was qualified to treat these people as her own people.
Thinking of the wizard Sha Mo, Ping Lili suddenly remembered something more important. If he was the wizard Sha Mo, he should know the art of transforming all things. The kite that Yao Ji had used countless times in her dream was still fresh in Ping Lili's memory. She thought , if she could transform into something like a kite at this moment, it should not be difficult for her to rush out!
Thinking of this, she asked hurriedly: "Can you use a kite?"
The other party was slightly stunned, nodded, and shook his head, which confused Ping Lili: "Does he know how to do it or not?"
"Yes, but I can't use any magic at this moment, because those magic spells need some special props and spells to be transformed, and they can't be created out of thin air. When I was captured before, they searched all the magic spells on me."
The disappointment was beyond words, but Pinglili didn't dwell on it for too long. She suddenly remembered another important thing.
"What's your name?" Ping Lili suddenly remembered that she didn't even know the other person's name.
"Yan Zheng." These two short words revealed the strong character of the man in front of him. Looking at the scars all over his body that could not be concealed by his tattered clothes and his determined eyes, Ying Lili felt that this name perfectly matched him.
But before she could think about it, the young man named Yan Zheng adjusted his slightly disordered breath and asked abruptly: "Do you still remember how to escape?"
Ying Lili thought, maybe he was asking if she knew how to do Qinggong or something like that? She shook her head blankly , and saw the other party hesitate for a moment, then turned his back to Ying Lili and knelt in front of her: "There is no time to lose. If we don't get out now, we will really have to fight like a trapped beast. Lady Yao Ji, I am sorry."
Before he finished speaking, he turned around and put Yinglili's hand on his shoulder without saying a word, then jumped up with her on his back. Yinglili realized in an instant that the other party wanted to carry her out. She wanted to refuse but found that the strength of the other party's hand was faintly firm and she could not refuse. She changed her mind and decided that since she was not good at escaping, she should not take the initiative to hold others back. She knew that since Yan Zheng had determined that she was Yao Ji, he would definitely not abandon her and leave alone, so she fulfilled his wish without struggling. She clasped her hands tightly on his shoulders and leaned her body on his back in a more fitting posture. She felt a faint pain in her left shoulder that had been injured before, but she clenched her teeth and subconsciously ignored it.
Suddenly, he felt wind in his ears, and the surrounding stone walls passed by his eyes like light and shadow. Soon, he arrived at the exit of the stone prison which was surrounded by the Ruoye soldiers who came to reinforce.
Yan Zheng just slightly stopped himself, and facing the dense encirclement in front of him, he snorted coldly, looking quite nonchalant.
Soon, Pinglili knew why he was so frivolous!
He raised his free arm in vain. Perhaps because they were too close, Ping Lili could see it clearly. At this moment, a thin black line appeared on his wrist, slowly crawling along his arm to his neck, then down his spine, and in the blink of an eye, it covered his entire body. Looking closely, the black line was actually made up of countless runes. The runes were like swimming tadpoles, sometimes going in and sometimes popping out.
Then, those tadpole-like runes spread out rapidly from his body in all directions like flowers scattered by a fairy from heaven. It was so shocking and impressive that before the Ruoye soldiers could react, they were bound by the inky black runes that fell from the sky and could no longer move. The spell even climbed up their mouths, noses, and facial features as if it had spirits. The surroundings suddenly became silent, so quiet that even the slightly heavy breathing of Yinglili could be heard clearly.
The Ruoye soldiers who were in charge of guarding the stone prison stared with wide eyes, like stiff wooden sculptures, dumbly watching the man in front of them, with a casual and calm face, carrying a girl on one hand, passing by them as if he was in an empty space, with steady and swift steps, as if he was walking in his own house. Then, they could only watch him and the girl's backs gradually disappear into the distance...
Ping Lili was lying on Yan Zheng's back, looking at him in a daze. Although she had seen Yao Ji's witchcraft in her dreams before, it was only in a dream after all. The feeling of seeing it with her own eyes was absolutely incomparable to the God's perspective. It was an unprecedented shock. Moreover, the calmness and composure of this person when encountering the enemy also left a very deep impression on her. She thought to herself, this virtual world is really a place where dragons and crouching tigers are hidden.
After leaving the dungeon and walking along several winding paths for a short distance, a fork in the road appeared in front of us. The path on the left looked quiet and secluded, but no one knew where the end was. The path on the right was brightly lit, and it could be vaguely seen that it led to a palace.
Yan Zheng still carried Ping Lili with one hand, and when he reached the fork in the road, he paused. Ping Lili knew that he was making a decision in his mind. Although he subconsciously wanted to direct him to take the quiet path, he changed his mind and thought, how could this person not know such an ordinary person's thoughts? Since he was thinking so carefully, he must have his reasons.
Ping Lili kept silent subconsciously, not wanting to show off his skills and influence the other party's judgment too much. After all, he was a master sent by Shamo City, and he was naturally better at escaping than himself.
Unexpectedly, Yan Zheng chose the road on the right. Ping Lili opened her mouth slightly and thought, could it be that this person thinks that the most dangerous road is the safest?
Still keeping silent, she knew she couldn't distract him at this moment. Since she couldn't do anything about it, she might as well leave it to an expert to handle. This was the unique and carefree nature of Pinglili.
Although he chose that road, Yan Zheng suddenly restrained his previous carefree and calm demeanor and became unusually cautious. He cleverly chose a route that avoided the lights, followed the terrain, walked along the grass and flowers, entered the mountains without leaving any traces, patrolled the lake silently, and walked like a ghost in this huge Diruoye palace, as if looking for the safest exit.
The journey was relatively peaceful. Apart from a few teams of Diruoye soldiers on routine night patrol who were deliberately avoided on the road, nothing unusual happened. Ying Lili was a little surprised, wondering if the people in the palace had not yet discovered the unusual movements in the stone prison?
She shook her head and cursed herself in her heart: "Are you expecting to be discovered? What a scumbag!" Although she felt that something was a little strange, she didn't want to think too much about it. After all, she knew that she could fight against the enemy with a soldier and block the water with earth. Moreover, after witnessing the skills of her 'personal bodyguard' Yan Zheng with her own eyes, she was more optimistic and calm about whether she could escape successfully this time.
Walking southwest along the long palace eaves, a gloomy courtyard caught the attention of Yan Zheng and Ying Lili at the same time. In stark contrast to the luxury and brightly lit other palaces they had seen along the way, this courtyard was obviously much quieter. What was extremely strange was that there were no human voices or insect sounds near the courtyard, and the silence was eerie.
Yan Zheng pondered for a moment and decided to avoid this strange courtyard. Who knows what shocking secrets are hidden in it? The most important thing at this moment is to take Lady Yao Ji away from this haunted place as soon as possible.
He tried carefully to avoid the small courtyard and was considering whether to jump over by jumping onto the roof or to go around from the side, but he suddenly found a woman holding a lantern slowly walking out of the yard and walking towards him. Yan Zheng's heart trembled , and he dodged to hide himself and Ping Lili's body behind the shadow of the courtyard wall. As the light approached and changed, he moved his feet slightly to keep his body and the shadow in the same area.
He secretly prayed that the woman would not discover him. At this moment, he did not want to cause any trouble. But the woman on his back could feel that his muscles were tense. She also subconsciously held her breath, fearing that her breath would be noticed by the woman.
The woman was still walking towards them without knowing anything, but the distance between her and the two of them was less than five steps.
But Pinglili saw her face clearly in an instant!
It’s the maid named “C” beside the Crown Princess!
When he took a closer look, he saw something still hanging around her neck. It was a treasure that had been delivered to his doorstep! It would be a shame not to take it at this moment. Ping Lili was overjoyed. Her golden brown eyes flashed with a strange color. She whispered in Yan Zheng's ear in an inaudible voice, "Take the brocade bag from her neck, no matter what method you use."
Yan Zheng's eyelids twitched slightly at this moment. Although he didn't know why Lady Yao Ji was interested in the brocade bag, since she had spoken, there was no reason for him to disobey.
His figure flashed again like a ghost, and in the blink of an eye, his free hand had quietly pressed the woman's mute point behind her back, and then he turned his hand and hit her on the back of the head. The woman immediately lost consciousness and slowly fell to the ground, without even a chance to shout or resist.
And Ping Lili on his back was even more quick-eyed and quick-handed at this moment. At the moment when the woman slowly fell to the ground, she reached out her hand, pulled off the brocade bag on the woman's neck, and calmly held it in her palm.
