"I admit defeat!" Li Ran half knelt on the ground, shouting loudly.
The opponent stopped his charge and stopped in time, not wanting to force Li Ran into a desperate situation. This was not beneficial to either side.
Li Ran spat out a mouthful of blood, standing up shakily.
To leave the battle as soon as possible, he purposely took a few hits from the opponent.
The hosting Gu Master walked onto the battle stage, announcing the result of the battle.
Li Ran was already anxious, after retrieving the vine information Gu, he pretended to signal to the host and walked out of the battle stage.
He hastily took care of his injuries and hurriedly rushed back to his residence.
"Damn it, why did this happen? What happened, why did I lose contact with the flower bud Gu? "
Li Ran's heart was shrouded in a heavy dark cloud.
The flower bud Gu was refined by him, the moment it was refined by Fang Yuan, he immediately sensed it.
"Usually, there are only two possibilities in this situation. One is that the flower bud Gu was destroyed, the second is that it was refined by someone! Could it be that I've been discovered? No, the situation might not be that bad, it might just be that my house was robbed. Damn it, I have lived in Shang clan city for eight years, I know all the thieves here, to think that someone would be interested in my lousy place! "
Li Ran walked quickly, the stellar stone was extremely important, even with his temperament, he could not help but feel anxious.
He regretted it.
He should have hidden the flower bud Gu in a more secretive place, and not just put it in the secret compartment under his bed.
But the truth was, this was not his fault.
He lived alone, to hide himself, he had no friends, and had not seen his wife or children for several years. The brothels, gambling dens, and restaurants that he frequented were filled with people, it was not a good place to hide things.
He could hide it in a pawn shop or a bank, but to openly hide a trash rock, that was too strange. When Shang clan investigates, this would be a huge problem.
In Shang clan city, there were all sorts of people, there were many Gu Masters who were thieves. But to unravel the flower bud Gu, he needed a rank three Gu. But ordinary rank three Gu Masters would not be interested in his lousy place.
Li Ran had been in hiding for half a year, and even he had almost forgotten about the past. When he had the hidden flower bud Gu, he was very confident, but now his confidence had turned into self-blame.
"Let's hope this matter can be salvaged!"
Uneasily, he hurried back to his room. The door was unlatched.
He pushed open the door and saw that the place was in a mess.
"I've really been robbed!" This thought suddenly appeared in his mind.
Being robbed wasn't scary. As long as his identity wasn't exposed, there was still room for redemption.
"That's right!" Li Ran consoled herself. "Every time I contact the Wu family, it's a one-way line. There was no evidence left in his hands at all. That legendary Gu was also wrapped in the stellar rock, if one did not open the rock, who would understand its value? As long as I find the thief, with the connections I've built up over the past eight years … "
With this in mind, he gradually steadied his emotions and eliminated the panic in his heart.
"Should I report it to the police? Borrow the power of the city guards to help me arrest the bandits? No, it was better to use peaceful measures before resorting to force. It would be best if he could safely retrieve the Star Stone. The city guards aren't reliable either. They won't do their best for a nobody like me. Maybe I should hire a Tie clan Gu Master? "
"Hmm? This is … "At this time, his eyes narrowed as he discovered a Gu on the bed board that was flipped open.
Heart sound Gu!
This Gu was rank two, greenish-black, about the size of a baby's thumb. It was like a snail, one end was big and the other small, and there were whorls on the surface.
"Heart sound Gu is a set of two Gu Masters, it can allow two Gu Masters to communicate using their thoughts within a hundred steps. Don't tell me … this was left behind by the thief for me?! "
Li Ran's eyes flashed with hesitation, but he gritted his teeth and stuffed the heart sound Gu into his ears like earplugs.
"Who are you?" Li Ran injected his primeval essence and activated the heart sound Gu, concentrating his thoughts and asking in his mind.
"Who am I is not important. The important thing is, this name Li Ran should be a fake name right? Hehehe. "Soon, Fang Yuan's voice resounded in Li Ran's mind.
In an instant, Li Ran's pupils shrunk to the size of a needle, as if he was struck by lightning, he stood on the spot in a daze.
"Oh no, he found out my identity!" Li Ran was inconsolable.
The situation had developed into the worst possible outcome!
But he was a spy who had been undercover for eight years, even with such a huge change, he still managed to calm his mind, concentrating his thoughts and asking Fang Yuan in his mind: "Fake name? What fake name, what do you mean? "
As he spoke, he carefully tiptoed and walked around the simple room.
Next, he leaned against the wall and looked at the street outside the window.
"Heart sound Gu's effective range is only a hundred steps, this mysterious man must be near me." He quickly thought of a plan.
Heart sound Gu required one to concentrate their mind before they could converse. Ordinary thoughts and thoughts wouldn't be transmitted out.
But Fang Yuan had already predicted his mental state, he laughed lightly: "You don't need to pretend, Li Ran. I am not your enemy, I am only your partner. To express my sincerity, we can meet. "
"Meet?" Li Ran was stunned.
Next, Fang Yuan's voice resounded in his mind: "Walk out of the room now, turn left."
"Why should I listen to you?" Li Ran shouted in his mind.
Fang Yuan smiled lightly: "Don't test me, I will always know more than you can imagine. How about this, I will count to five, you can think about it. "
"One." Fang Yuan counted.
Li Ran thought rapidly.
Even if the flower bud Gu landed in the enemy's hands, he had no evidence to prove that he was a spy of Wu clan.
He had been undercover for eight years, how could he have evidence?
"Two." Fang Yuan's voice was calm.
If he listened to Fang Yuan's threat now, it would be seen by people with ulterior motives, then it would prove his identity as a spy from another angle.
But if he did not listen to him, what about the stellar stones?
"Five." Fang Yuan's voice continued to resound in his mind.
Li Ran panicked, he cursed in his mind: "Damn it, do you know how to count?!"
"Hehehe, it seems you have thought it through." Fang Yuan laughed.
Li Ran breathed heavily, his hands clenched into fists as he gritted his teeth and left the room.
He walked out of the door, arriving at the busy street, before turning left.
After fifty steps, Fang Yuan's voice resounded in his mind again: "Turn right, go to the third fork, turn left."
"He can see my movements, he must be beside me. Which one is it? "Li Ran's gaze was sharp, like an eagle, he looked at the people around him.
"I advise you not to look around, this is not your usual style. Tsk tsk, after eight years of undercover work, don't let it go to waste now, don't you agree? "Fang Yuan's voice resounded.
"Damn it …" Li Ran gritted his teeth, Fang Yuan's threat made him lower his head, staring ahead.
Under Fang Yuan's guidance, he made many turns before Fang Yuan told him to stop.
"Turn around." Fang Yuan said: "In your vision, you can only see a restaurant. Go to the third floor of this restaurant, I'll wait for you there. "
Li Ran turned around, and his heart skipped a beat.
This restaurant was the Rich Auspicious Restaurant that he frequented.
"Could it be …" He immediately felt a strong sense of foreboding. The other party had so much information that he felt like he had been stripped naked and was standing in a world of ice and snow.
He walked into the restaurant.
A familiar waiter saw him and greeted him warmly: "Lord Li Ran, you're here. Please come upstairs!"
Li Ran's expression was solemn as he forced a smile and walked up the stairs cautiously.
He was only halfway up the stairs and had yet to reach the second floor.
"Wait," Fang Yuan said.
Li Ran stopped and asked in his mind: "What is it?"
"Go downstairs and leave," Fang Yuan ordered.
Li Ran harrumphed, then turned around and went downstairs.
The waiter saw him again and was puzzled, so he hurried forward: "What's wrong, Lord? You don't want to eat?"
Li Ran waved his hand to dismiss him, then walked out of the restaurant.
"There's a shaobing vendor across from you. Go buy a few shaobing," Fang Yuan continued.
Li Ran's eyes twitched, but he still listened to Fang Yuan's instructions and bought the shaobing.
"Alright, return to the restaurant and come up to the third floor," Fang Yuan said.
Veins popped up on Li Ran's forehead as he returned to the restaurant with the shaobing.
When the waiter saw him again, he looked at him strangely: "Lord Li Ran, if you want to buy shaobing, just let us know. We'll run errands for you."
"Get lost," Li Ran cursed, scaring the waiter so much that he shrunk his shoulders and hurriedly shut up.
He walked to the third floor and stopped at the top of the stairs.
"Keep walking. Turn left after two or three steps, and you'll see me," Fang Yuan transmitted.
Li Ran obeyed, turning around a pillar, he finally saw Fang Yuan sitting at his usual spot.
Next, he saw Fang Yuan waving his hand at him, inviting him to take a seat. At the same time, a voice sounded in his mind: "Please."
Li Ran did not speak, he walked to Fang Yuan and sat down, staring at Fang Yuan without blinking.
The truth was, Fang Yuan's young face gave him quite a shock.
In their conversation earlier, Fang Yuan had him completely in the palm of his hand. He subconsciously formed his impression of Fang Yuan — a cunning middle-aged man, or perhaps old, wearing a hood and hiding his face in the darkness.
But the truth was very different.
The voice of the heart sound Gu was the same, one could not tell his age, or even his gender.
If he had not seen it with his own eyes, Li Ran would not have thought that this mysterious person was so young!
The fire in fifth inner city shone on Fang Yuan's face through the window. His face was ordinary, but his eyes were black like ink, deep and unfathomable.
Li Ran engraved Fang Yuan's appearance in his mind.
Although this was the first time he had seen Fang Yuan, he believed that he would never forget Fang Yuan's appearance.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
