Even though Gu Beiyue was kneeling on one knee, he was still clutching the little golden dagger in his left hand. Because his right shoulder had been pierced by the arrow, he couldn't lift it at all.
But Chu Yunyi understood him all too well. He knew he had the dagger in hand, so he didn't approach him. Instead, he took out an arrow and aimed it at Gu Beiyue's left shoulder.
As expected, this traitor had thrown in his lot with Long Fei Ye and Han Yunxi.
Gu Beiyue stared at Chu Yunyi's arrow from a distance. His clear eyes gradually grew complicated until they turned murky.
With the friendship between the Nether and Shadow Clans, he never expected Chu Yunyi to suspect him and scheme against him. Nor did he expect a shrewd man like Long Fei Ye to fall into the man's trap.
Only the time it took to brew a cup of tea had passed, but his heart had long been flustered beneath his calm exterior. He couldn't think straight.
He knew he couldn't protect Miss Yunxi this time.
There was only one way left. Although it wasn't a long-term solution, it could at least guarantee Miss Yunxi's safety for now.
The solution was to reveal her noble identity!
Even if the Nether Clan was full of ambition and had been searching for the West Chu imperial heir all this time just to hold the son of heaven and command his vassals, Chu Yunyi was still afraid and in awe of Miss Yunxi's identity. He didn't dare to do anything!
That arrow was about to fly out. Even if he could block another one for her, he wouldn't be able to block a third or fourth.
Gu Beiyue decided to tell her!
But right at this moment, Han Yunxi, who had been hiding behind him all this time, suddenly moved!
After all, Gu Beiyue's heart was flustered, but most of his attention was still on the woman behind him. He was afraid that she'd be startled or hurt. Who would have thought that at this very moment, he would feel her powerful killing intent!
Only someone with high martial arts skills could sense it. At the same time, only someone with high martial arts skills could emit it!
But now she knew martial arts and wanted to kill him!
Gu Beiyue's stern face suddenly curved into a self-mocking smile. So there'd come a day when he'd been tricked! Was this what they meant by 'concern leads to confusion'?
The woman behind him was not the real Han Yunxi, and the one lying on the ground was definitely not the real Duke of Qin, Long Fei Ye!
What a Long Fei Ye! They had all been deceived!
Just as Chu Yunyi fired his arrow, Gu Beiyue abruptly shifted to the side and dodged it. The arrow brushed past the fake Han Yunxi's abdomen, narrowly missing its mark.
Chu Yunyi smiled coldly to himself. Gu Beiyue and Long Fei Ye's relationship was only so-so. They'd both fly their own ways in the face of life and death.
"Men, take him down!"
Chu Yunyi ordered coldly. Since he'd fallen out with Gu Beiyue today, he couldn't allow him to leave.
Besides mocking himself, Gu Beiyue didn't show much emotion on his face. No matter how severe his shoulder injury was, he'd just cripple it. But his leg injury would directly affect his shadow arts. He'd be hard-pressed to escape this calamity!
As long as he was sure Yunxi was fine, he was as calm as ever.
Chu Yunyi sent most of his archers to surround Gu Beiyue while he faced the fake Han Yunxi alone. He thought he could take his time dealing with this woman who didn't know martial arts, but as soon as he fired his arrow, the fake Han Yunxi dodged it and leapt onto a tree to fire a signal flare into the air!
Chu Yunyi finally realized what had happened! He'd fallen into a trap!
Long Fei Ye hadn't come? Han Yunxi hadn't come either. He'd clearly seen them disguise themselves and stand on either side of him. Could it be that they'd been swapped out on their way here?
Chu Yunyi had no time to think about when they'd swapped out the people by his side. His heart was filled with panic!
Long Fei Ye's absence meant that the Long Fei Ye was the oriole in this dog-eat-dog scheme. The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind!
Now that the fake Han Yunxi had fired off a signal flare, Heaven knows how Long Fei Ye was going to beat them at their own game? It had to be said that Chu Yunyi feared Long Fei Ye far more than he feared Western Zhou's imperial clan.
"Men, hurry and find the item. Prepare to retreat!" Chu Yunyi ordered.
Of course, he didn't forget to kill the fake Han Yunxi. Now that he was sure this woman knew martial arts, Chu Yunyi couldn't afford to be careless. Within five arrows, the fake Han Yunxi was killed. A few poison masters disguised as court ladies stepped forward to surround the thousand-year ginkgo tree, searching for the Wood of Ten-Thousand Poisons.
Chu Yunyi was very unwilling to face such a cruel reality. He purposely stepped forward and tore off the fake Han Yunxi's scarf, only to see that the face was different. Next, he tore off the fake Long Fei Ye's beard, only to discover that it wasn't the real Long Fei Ye at all.
"Long Fei Ye!"
Chu Yunyi gritted his teeth in hatred. Unexpectedly, the corpse of the fake Long Fei Ye suddenly rose to his feet and stabbed Chu Yunyi's arm with a dagger!
Chu Yunyi sensed the movement and quickly dodged to the side, but he was still a step too late. The dagger stabbed deep into his right arm! After all, the right arm was the key to archery. If it was injured, the power of his arrows would be greatly reduced!
This fake Long Fei Ye must have planned this all along. He was probably waiting for this moment to injure his arm and restrict his Driving Arrow Arts!
"Abominable!"
Chu Yunyi kicked out viciously. The fake Long Fei Ye was on his last breath, so he really did fall to the ground. Still, his mission was accomplished.
On the side, the Western Zhou imperial guards were bewildered when they saw that it wasn't His Highness Duke of Qin who had fallen. Although they wanted to seize the chance to counterattack and save Empress Xue, she was currently being held captive by the old mama.
After taking care of the fake Long Fei Ye and Han Yunxi, Chu Yunyi immediately took out an arrow and aimed it at Gu Beiyue, who was still dodging the arrows.
But before he could fire, Gu Beiyue was captured by the archers. Gu Beiyue could escape if he didn't need to protect anyone, but the price would be too high. He'd be severely injured.
Moreover, he wasn't sure whether the Long Fei Ye had set up an ambush outside. If he ran into the Long Fei Ye in his current state, there was no way he'd be able to escape. On the other hand, he'd be safer in Chu Yunyi's hands.
Seeing Gu Beiyue captured, Chu Yunyi considered retreating.
"Have you found it yet?"
He shouted at the poison masters. The situation was getting worse and worse for them, so they had to move faster and retreat.
Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Poison Wood was no ordinary object. If it could hide in the ginkgo tree and survive for a thousand years, then it had to be something else.
These Poison Masters were specially trained by Witch Aunt to search for the Wood of Ten Thousand Years' Poisons. Unfortunately, they had circled around the Ginkgo Tree several times, but they couldn't even find the poison. It was basically impossible to find the Wood of Ten Thousand Years' Poisons in such a short time!
"Clan Head, we won't be able to find it without a few days!" the head of the poison masters reported anxiously.
"Trash!" Chu Yunyi was both anxious and angry. "Uproot this tree and bring it back!"
As soon as he finished, a mocking voice rose up. "The Nether Clan Head is so domineering!"
Chu Yunyi looked back and saw three masked experts dressed in black robes appear out of thin air to fly out from the side. Their mocking voice had been disguised with a voice changing art, so Chu Yunyi couldn't tell who they were. But he was certain that they were Long Fei Ye's group!
"Long Fei Ye, you lied to Old Man! Where's your credibility? " Chu Yunyi rebuked loudly, obviously for the others to hear. No matter what, he was going to drag Long Fei Ye down with him this time. He wanted the Long Fei Ye and Western Zhou's imperial clan to become irreconcilable enemies.
That way, Western Zhou wouldn't be on friendly terms with the commander-in-chief's estate in the south central regions after the Chu Clan retreated to Western Liang.
But the masked man only laughed maniacally. "Credibility? Long Fei Ye's credibility has long been eaten by dogs, don't you know? "
The masked man's cheerful laughter made it obvious that he was in a good mood. Anyone who heard him was certain that this wasn't the Duke of Qin himself!
Who was he?
Did he have a grudge against Long Fei Ye?
Chu Yunyi gave a start before glancing at the other two masked men. When he saw that neither of them had moved, he grew even more confused. Did Long Feiye really not come?
Or perhaps Long Fei Ye was one of the two men? Chu Yunyi didn't dare to be careless. He signaled for all the archers to surround the ginkgo tree and shoot!
The three masked men immediately shot out from beneath the tree, dodging the arrows as they attacked the Chu Clan archers. Chu Yunyi quickly joined in the fray, but it wasn't long before thorny vines sprouted from beneath the tree. The thorny vines resembled countless tentacles that spread wildly in all directions towards the archers. Meanwhile, the three masked men danced in the air between the vines, dodging the arrows as they attacked, sending the archers into a panic.
For a moment, everyone was stunned. Nobody expected such a strange art to exist in this world.
"Don't get distracted, shoot with all your might!"
Chu Yunyi roared as an arrow flew through the air, hitting one of the thorny vines squarely on its roots and snapping it in half.
Seeing this, the archers' morale was greatly boosted, and they all concentrated on shooting. However, they didn't know why, but suddenly, three archers fell down.
"There's a hidden weapon! Everyone be careful, they're using it! " One of the archers shouted. As soon as he spoke, a needle so thin that it was almost invisible to the naked eye pierced his throat, killing him instantly!
As the head of a clan, Chu Yunyi wasn't someone who was easy to deal with. He'd sensed something strange as soon as the weapons appeared and sacrificed a few archers to get a clear look at the source of the weapons.
Currently, he was standing on one side, his eyes narrowed as he aimed for the attacker's heart. Meanwhile, the attacker was completely oblivious as he continued to dodge the rain of arrows.
"You're seeking death!"
Chu Yunyi released his arrows viciously. The first to sense the danger was the arrogant black-robed man. He spun around and shouted, "Careful!"
He shouted, abruptly kicking his companion aside as the arrow streaked towards him like a bolt of lightning. At the same time, more arrows were flying towards him from the other side.
The other two men were surrounded by arrows and couldn't help him at all.
At this moment, the sound of a whip cracking filled the air. First came the sound of the whip, then the whip. A long golden whip soared through the air like a golden dragon and knocked down half of the arrows.
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