Night fell.
Yan Li quietly came to the Sky Eagle Pavilion's encampment and listened for any movements inside.
Since he had to avoid the Dragon Emperor Mansion's pursuit, he could not find out any valuable information. However, he knew that the arrest warrant had changed. That woman, Liu Ying, really deserved to die.
He did not need to think to know that Liu Ying must be hiding in the Sky Eagle Pavilion, once again playing the role of bait. He had investigated the structure of the Sky Eagle Pavilion. The pavilion master, Sky Eagle, was a very resourceful person, but he was only a cultivator.
He had killed Zhang Dashan, not to mention a mere cultivator.
Therefore, he decided to take action tonight.
Sky Eagle must be very eager for revenge and must have made sufficient preparations. It would be very unwise to rush in rashly. Anyway, killing by force or assassination was also killing, and he was very good at both. In a situation where he was not confident, it was better to choose assassination.
He took off the bamboo hat and the straw cape that hindered his movement, revealing the night clothes underneath, and covered his face with a black mask. Everything was ready.
He scanned his surroundings again and put his ear to the wall to listen. After confirming that there was no movement, he leaped lightly into the courtyard.
He hid behind a tree as soon as he landed, looked around, and immediately determined that he was in a long corridor. However, the strange thing was that everywhere he could see was darkness.
He then laughed at himself for being overly cautious. This must be Sky Eagle's arrangement. In this case, he was also in the dark, and it became a battle of darkness.
Thinking of this, he was about to move forward in the dark when he heard two footsteps coming from the end of the corner on the right.
He looked over and saw that it was a doorway. He saw two men in blue suits walk out, each carrying a lantern. They then turned a corner and walked into the corridor facing Yan Li.
He heard one of them say, "Hmph, the pavilion master is fully prepared this time. He turned off the lights and needs a secret signal to make contact. That pervert will either not come, or if he does, he will not return!"
The other said, "That's right. Oh, by the way, I usually do not pay attention to that Liu Ying, but after taking a closer look today, she is really a beauty. No wonder the pavilion master hid her in the Lingxiang Pavilion. "
"Shh." The first hurriedly made a shushing gesture. "You are about to die. What if that pervert hears you?"
The other said apologetically, "I was careless. Focus on patrolling."
When Yan Li heard this, he let out a cold laugh and secretly scolded Sky Eagle for being naive. Sky Eagle had underestimated him with such a childish trap.
Liu Ying was definitely not in the Lingxiang Pavilion, and it was very likely that she was not even here.
However, it was fine as long as the Heavenly Eagle was here. He would destroy the Heavenly Eagle Pavilion first and see where else that woman could hide!
Just as he was about to capture the two of them and interrogate them about the Sky Eagle's whereabouts, he suddenly stopped.
Under the dim light of the lantern, the two of them looked very nervous. Cold sweat was clearly hanging on their faces, and they didn't have the slightest sense of relaxation from their conversation just now. Even if it was an act, this level of nervousness was too much.
Because of this, he hesitated for a moment and did not move.
Unexpectedly, one of them spoke again, "Hmph, the Pavilion Master is fully prepared this time. He turned off the lights and used the secret signal to make contact. Either that pervert doesn't come, or if he does, he won't be able to return!"
The other said, "That's not true. Oh, that's right, I usually don't pay attention to that Liu Ying, but after taking a closer look today, she really is a stunner. No wonder the Pavilion Master hid her in the Lingxiang Pavilion. "
"Shh." The first hurriedly made a shushing gesture to him, "You're about to die, what if that pervert hears you?"
The other said apologetically, "I was careless, focus on patrolling."
The two of them actually repeated the conversation just now, word for word, as if it was a script.
However, this also proved that they wanted to lure him to the Lingxiang Pavilion. Of course, repeating the conversation was to let him, who was hiding somewhere, hear it, so it wasn't really a suspicious point.
However, the pale faces and nervous expressions of the two of them still lingered in his mind.
After thinking about it carefully, the Heavenly Eagle Pavilion had very few experts. Other than the Pavilion Master and the Deputy Pavilion Master who were cultivators, the rest were all Rank-1 Martial Artists, so there was nothing to worry about. Now that the Deputy Pavilion Master was dead, and two Rank-1 Martial Artists were dead, he couldn't think of anything else in the Heavenly Eagle Pavilion that was worth worrying about.
However, there was no harm in being careful.
He thought about it and decided to let the two of them go. He continued to sneak inside and investigate the situation before making a decision.
Without the lights, it was even more convenient for him to move.
He seemed to have become one with the night, using his Qi to leap between the obstacles like a big bird.
At this moment, a lake appeared, with a bridge on the lake that spanned the left and right sides. There was a large courtyard on each side, but they were all dark and quiet, like a morgue for the dead, giving off a frightening eeriness.
He leaned on the roof of a pavilion to observe carefully, but he still felt that he had overlooked something.
Suddenly, a gust of night wind blew over, causing his face to hurt faintly.
He narrowed his eyes slightly, suddenly understanding what he had overlooked.
The entire Heavenly Eagle Pavilion was filled with a heavy silence, as if there was not a single living person in such a large mansion. Could it be that they were all dead?
He immediately denied it, how could he explain the two people he saw just now?
What was even more strange was that he had sneaked here, which was roughly the core position, but other than the two of them, he couldn't see a single person. It was too strange.
What kind of trap did the Heavenly Eagle Pavilion set? Could it be that they did it on purpose, purposely diverting everyone away, so that he would mistakenly think that there were ambushes everywhere?
For a moment, Yan Li was a little confused.
At this moment, two people carrying lanterns finally appeared on the other side of the lake, slowly walking onto the bridge.
Yan Li listened for a while, the two people did not speak, so they shouldn't be the two from before.
When the two people walked to the middle of the bridge, he couldn't help but be shocked: Why are they here?
The two people were actually Feng Kaishan and Yang Kaitai.
His mind turned quickly, and he slightly narrowed his eyes. When the two people walked across the other side of the lake and into the large courtyard, he quietly came down from the pavilion, sneaked to the outside of the courtyard, and poked his head out to take a look.
He was immediately shocked, the two people had clearly walked in, but at this moment, they had actually disappeared without a trace.
Just as he was bewildered, a black shadow unknowingly approached him from behind.
"Sen …"
The moment his aura was exposed, Yan Li had already silently pulled out his sword, turned around, and fiercely stabbed at the person who came.
"It's me …" That person suppressed his shock.
The tip of the sword stopped an inch away from that person's throat, just a little bit more and it would have sunk in. The sharpness of the sword, caused that person's entire body to stiffen, not daring to move at all.
"Senior, it's, it's me …" That person swallowed a mouthful of saliva, suppressed his voice and said, "Be careful, be careful, your sword is too sharp …"
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