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Haitang grunted softly, seemingly in pain. She dove back into the ice-cold bottom of the lake, wanting to expel the burning flame in her body. Her body rolled, crouched, and swam. From the surface of the lake, she looked like a white fish swimming with graceful postures. The fishes in the distance also followed, carefully swimming beside her naked body.
After a long time, the lake exploded with a white splash. Haitang broke through the water and swept to the lakeside. A cool breeze stirred. She had already put on her coarse clothes.
This woman was not very beautiful, but there was always a faint rustic feeling in her eyes. She was very amiable. Her eyes were unusually clear, reflecting the white birds on the surface of the lake. At this moment, however, there were two traces of anger in them.
"Fan Xian, I'm going to kill you!"
It was clear that the poison had failed again.
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Fan Xian awoke from his meditative state and strolled leisurely through the camp. Northern Qi's ambush troops had already been slaughtered by the Black Knights, and the corpses on the battlefield were the best proof. At this time, there were already envoys crossing Wuduhe to express their strongest protest to Northern Qi.
"It's a pity." Wang Qinian followed behind him and sighed. "It wasn't easy to calculate the location of the other party's attack and push the blame for Xiao En's death to the other party. All kinds of evidence have also been arranged very well. Xiao En's death was originally in the master's plan, but unexpectedly, that woman ruined everything."
Fan Xian shook his head and walked over to a tree. Looking at the mist drifting over from a distant valley, he said quietly, "Perhaps I ruined her plan. Although Xiao En didn't die in the right place at the right time, it's fine. At least I know what he was hiding. "
"Let's torture him." Wang Qinian began to come up with a rotten idea.
Fan Xian stared at him and said coldly, "Chen Pingping used twenty years of torture to no avail. Do you think we can make any progress in two short days?"
"Then what do we do? Do we really hand Xiao En over to the north? " Although Wang Qinian didn't know what Xiao En knew, as an official of the Overwatch Council, he really didn't want to hand over this secret to the enemy in the north.
"Give it to Northern Qi for now. In any case, the people there who want to kill him are very powerful, and the people who want to protect him are also very powerful." Fan Xian furrowed his brows and wondered if he really had to use that chest. But the chest was not by his side, and he did not know where Uncle Wu Zhu was.
"Let's not think about this anymore." Fan Xian shook his head. "Prepare to cross Wuduhe tomorrow. Be careful of that Haitang woman. If Xiao En is killed within our borders, the responsibility will be ours."
"Should we send out the Shadow Knights to eliminate the target?"
"You're just coming up with stupid ideas today." Fan Xian coughed and found that there was still some pain in his chest and abdomen. Leaning on the tree trunk, he said, "If it was a battle between two armies, even if it was a Great Grandmaster, if he encountered a formation of Black Knights, he could only float away. However, if he used the Black Knights to search for people, he would probably be silently cut down one by one by that girl's dagger."
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"You are very self-aware."
A slightly angry voice came from the mountain path in front of him. A woman dressed in coarse clothes and with long hair that fell over her shoulders stared at Fan Xian.
This place was about 30 meters away from the camp. The Tiger Guards, who had worked all night, had been ordered by Fan Xian to rest. Wang Qinian looked at Fan Xian and was shocked. He knew that this was the superior ninth-level ace who had almost killed Commissioner Fan that morning, Haitang of Northern Qi!
Fan Xian's expression was calm. He waved his hand and said, "Go back."
Wang Qinian didn't say anything. He ran back to the camp with his head down, thinking that he had to quickly wake up Gao Da and the other silent aces. The horses of the Black Knights were in heat today, and he didn't know what had befallen them.
Fan Xian tilted his head slightly and looked at Haitang. "Aren't you afraid he'll call for help?" he asked quietly.
"Aren't you afraid I'll immediately kill you? This isn't morning. I believe I can cut Master Fan down in three rounds. "
"You can try … if the poison in your body is cleared." Fan Xian's tone was somewhat frivolous.
Haitang bit her lip and looked at Fan Xian with clear eyes full of resentment. After a while, she spat out two words. "Shameless."
Fan Xian gently licked his dry lips and narrowed his eyes at Haitang. With a face full of shamelessness, he quickly responded. "Thank you."
"Give me the antidote."
"Why should I?"
"If you don't give it to me, I'll kill you," Haitang said fiercely. Fan Xian's sharp eyes saw that there was some panic in the girl's eyes.
"If you kill me, you'll be soaking in the North Sea every day." Fan Xian seemed somewhat unrestrained.
The negotiations were in a mess. No one was willing to admit defeat, and no one was able to proceed to the next step of the exchange of benefits. The man and woman stared at each other like two children throwing a tantrum. They looked at each other under the tree on the mountain road, and it looked somewhat comical.
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"Did you kill Xiao En?" Haitang suddenly changed the subject. Looking at him, she said, "If you are worried about my existence, I can pretend I don't know about it. I came south this time not to stop you from killing him. In fact, you and I have a common goal. "
Fan Xian shook his head. "I really do want to kill Xiao En, but since you want to kill him, I have to keep him alive."
"Why?"
"There is no reason." Fan Xian naturally wouldn't tell her. He also wanted to know the secret in Xiao En's heart.
Haitang was furious. With a clang, she drew her sword. Today, the sword no longer had its natural gentleness. The sword's aura soared to the sky, and it accurately cut a tree that had sprouted without flowers.
The corners of Fan Xian's eyes twitched. Although his face remained calm, deep in his heart he was shocked. If this village girl really wanted to kill him, he really wouldn't know what to do without the Black Knights and the Tiger Guards by his side.
Suddenly, Haitang's eyebrows twitched. She walked towards the back of the mountain path and turned her head to Fan Xian. "I don't like dealing with random people. Are you coming?"
"Are you coming?" What kind of invitation was this? Was it the abyss of death, or a sweet pile of sugar?
Fan Xian smiled and clasped his hands behind his back. He followed her. As an official of the Overwatch Council, there was no other person who would act as willfully as he did. To put it more seriously, this was an irresponsible act that didn't take his own life seriously.
Watching the man and woman disappear at the end of the mountain path, there were a few swishing sounds. Several figures flew out from behind the branches of the trees and gathered together. Gao Da carried a long knife. He frowned at the mountain path and asked Wang Qinian, "Master Wang, we should follow them."
Wang Qinian's face showed some worry. "Master is exceptionally wise, but a bit too lustful."
— — —
Fan Xian naturally didn't follow because he coveted Haitang's beauty. He just knew that his following conversation with this woman couldn't fall into the ears of outsiders. Otherwise, Haitang would fly into a rage out of humiliation. She would no longer be threatened by him, and even if she had to die, she would kill him.
"I can detoxify this poison." Fan Xian looked calmly at the woman leaning against the tree. He looked at her damp flowery clothes. "But I need a promise from you."
"I won't accept your threats."
"I'm not threatening you." A slightly sad expression appeared on Fan Xian's face. "I am an official of the Overwatch Council of the Kingdom of Qing. You have entered deep into the country and vainly attempted to kill the felons I am escorting. So I must use all means at my disposal to stop you. Do you think I would feel proud of using such despicable methods? "
His lips curled into a self-deprecating smile at the right time.
Haitang was slightly startled. After a moment of silence, she suddenly said, "What do you want me to promise?"
"From here to the north of Wuduhe, there should still be a day's journey. I hope you won't strike during that day."
Haitang looked at him calmly. "You know very well that once you enter the Kingdom of Qi, I can't strike again."
"Why?" Fan Xian appeared surprised.
"Because... I am a citizen of the Kingdom of Qi. I must consider the people of this country. I cannot break this agreement in my own country. If I anger the royal family, and the two countries go to war again, the dead and wounded will not be the unarmed people." A faint look of worry appeared in Haitang's eyes. "But I don't want Xiao En to return to Northern Qi alive."
Fan Xian listened calmly, but in his heart, he gradually came to a sense of propriety. It seemed that it was as Si Lili said. This superior ninth-level master before him really was a country girl. Bemoaning the state of the universe and pitying the fate of mankind? This was the good moral character that Fan Xian liked most in his enemies.
"Why did you kill Xiao En?" Strangely, a look of disapproval and disgust appeared in Haitang's eyes. "Don't you know that if Xiao En dies, that high-ranking official of yours who fell into the hands of the court will also die?"
Fan Xian was silent. Of course, he wouldn't tell her the darkest side of himself. He smiled slightly. "I didn't kill him, did I? Even if Xiao En dies, it is still your Northern Qi's responsibility. You sent troops to infiltrate our country. Do you think you can wash away suspicion? As for Master Yan, I believe I can bring him back to the Kingdom of Qing. "
He paused, then asked curiously, "Why did you kill Xiao En?" His expression was a little naive, even a little stupid.
Haitang looked at him with disgust. "I don't need to explain it to you."
Fan Xian shrugged his shoulders and took out a pill from his robes. "The aphrodisiac that you have is something I developed myself," he said quietly. "You cannot force it out with zhenqi." Having said this, he tossed the pill far away.
Haitang's expression was one of anger, then embarrassment. She was angry again and again, her expression changing constantly. She caught the pill and looked at him coldly. "I didn't agree to it. Why are you willing to give me the antidote?"
Fan Xian sighed and turned his body so that his wide and solid back was facing the woman behind him. His hand gently held onto a new branch as he looked at the mountain valley's first green staining the peaks and the wild flowers on the mountain slope in the distance.
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