Chapter 11: Pursuit and Slaughter

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Shen Li looked at the monk expectantly.

Jingyuan picked up the Buddha beads again and said unhurriedly.

“Each living being has a beginning and an end, arising from the same source and returning to it in due time. How do you know if you’ve left the path you were meant to take?”

Shen Li’s head was throbbing. She could recognize every word, but she could not understand what they were all saying.

“Master, why have you called me here?”

He raised a finger and pointed at her heart.

“You are at the right place and at the right time. You are about to hear words that I will utter at this time and place. Fate has brought us here.”

…

When Shen Li left, a group of people had already gathered in the front yard. They must have come to offer incense.

She glanced at it and chose to leave through the back.

Shen Li was holding the note that the monk had just given her. There were a few words written on it.

“Since you are e here, take things as they come.”

Shen Li flipped the note over and over again, but she couldn’t find anything special about it. In the end, she had to put it back into the silk bag.

“It’s strange, but I should hold on to it. Maybe it’ll come in handy in the future.”

As she mumbled to herself, she looked up and realized that she seemed to have gone the wrong way.

She had reached the end of the path, and there was only a lush forest in front of them.

Shen Li smacked her head. She felt as if she had been in a trance ever since she met the monk.

However, just as she was about to turn around, she suddenly heard a strange sound coming from the forest behind her.

Almost instantly, Shen Li had goosebumps all over his body.

This place was so silent that any movement would be magnified infinitely.

Shen Li crossed her arms protectively. She should not stay here for long.

However, just as she turned around, a black shadow suddenly darted in front of her.

To be more precise, a man in black fell from the sky and landed just one step away from her.

The man was tall and had half a silver mask on. Judging from his slight pause, Shen Li was sure that he had spotted her.

The movement in the forest behind them became louder and louder. Shen Li subconsciously wanted to scream.

However, just as she moved, the man’s large palm covered her mouth.

The moment Shen Li was enveloped by an unfamiliar masculine scent, she prepared to fight for her life.

“Wuwu~”

Shen Li struggled subconsciously, but she could not move her body in the slightest.

“If you don’t want to die, behave yourself!”

The man suddenly hissed in her ear. Shen Li was so scared that she shivered.

She suppressed her fear and nodded.

The man finally relaxed a little. He looked at the courtyard in the distance and dragged Shen Li away.

“Which is your room? Take me there.”

Shen Li pointed in a direction. The next second, she was lifted up by the man, and the two of them vanished.

After they left, a group of people galloped out of the forest. They were all dressed like ordinary people.

The leader turned around and said.

“Master, we’ve lost him.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a tall man walked over from behind him. He had some similarities with the man who had kidnapped Shen Li just now.

Si Zhong fidgeted in frustration. His expression was murderous. It was too crowded. He could not act rashly.

“Search around. Just say that you’re searching for a criminal. Ask for cooperation in an official investigation.”

“Yes!”

…

It was Shen Li’s first time experiencing supernatural flight, but he was not in the mood to appreciate it.

She was forced into a room. She did not know if Xiao Shuang was nearby.

As her thoughts went blank, the man’s hand around her waist suddenly tightened.

“Which one?”

Shen Li’s eyes flickered. She wondered if she should tell him the truth. They were alone. She was at his mercy..

However, at that moment, the front yard was crowded, but she didn’t know if the other rooms were populated. Even if she cried for help…

As Shen Li was weighing the pros and cons, the man seemed to have seen through her thoughts. He lifted her chin with his large palm and made her look at him as he spoke with a cold voice.

“Don’t try to lie. If we are spotted, I will slit your throat.”

When Shen Li met the man’s intimidating gaze, she gulped nervously. She quickly nodded and pointed to a room.

When she turned around, Shen Li did not ignore a sense of familiarity.

She felt like he had seen those eyes somewhere before. She had heard that voice before.

After Shen Li was carried into the house by the man like a little hatchling, she became sure of it.

She looked at the half-mask on the man’s face and suspiciously looked into his eyes. Then, she sized him up from top to bottom.

“It’s you, isn’t it?”

Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking, the man actually let go of her after giving her a glance.

Si Yan would be lying if he said he wasn’t surprised. He had not expected her to recognize him so quickly.

After Si Yan let go of Shen Li, he did not say a word. He only glanced around coldly before he closed the windows.

Shen Li hid in the corner and observed Si Yan’s every move.

Since he was hiding here, he had to be trying to escape from a pursuit. Shen Li’s eyes flickered when she thought of this. She saw the blood on Si Yan’s clothes and wondered why it smelled fishy.

When she remembered being locked up in the dungeon by the man, Shen Li grew more certain of his involvement in a world of cloaks and daggers.

Shen Li was staring at Si Yan’s back and judging him harshly when Si Yan suddenly turned around to look at her.

Shen Li felt uncomfortable under his gaze. She raised her hands in surrender.

She tried to shrink into the corner of the wall and spoke in a trembling voice.

“I… I didn’t hear you, I didn’t see you, and I don’t know you. Can you please just leave?”

Si Yan released his grip on the sword hilt and curled his lips in amusement. He walked toward Shen Li.

Si Yan looked down at her, his tone indifferent.

“So, do you know me?”

Shen Li felt that he was referring to the time when he saved her. She nodded subconsciously.

But the moment she did that, she felt it was inappropriate and immediately changed her words.

“I’ve never seen you before. I don’t know you.”

Si Yan stared at her for a moment and sneered.

“You’re quite impressive, to be capable of lying without even blinking.”

Shen Li frowned. Was she complimenting her or insulting her?

Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly heard a loud noise coming from the courtyard.

The doors of each room were violently opened, and a group of people swarmed in, as if devils had stormed a village.

Of course, their room was not spared. However, just as one of them was about to enter the room, Xiao Shuang suddenly returned.

She screamed at them.

“Who are you? How can you just barge in?”

The man who was about to break into the house didn’t back down. Instead, he swaggered in.

“Cooperate with the government.”

With that, he ignored Xiao Shuang’s attempts to stop him and rushed into the room.