86 Broken Shoe

"Who are you?! Why are you trying to sneak inside the Prime Minister's residence?! State your aim!!"

Without any second thought, An Wei pulled his swords and slashed it to the silhouette who was running towards the left wing of the courtyard, near XuanRong's room.

*clang!*

An Wei was taken aback when his sword attack was being suppressed. Twisting his body, he raised his left leg and tried kicking the person. Unfortunately, he was only able to scratch the man's black robe before the man shifted his body. The man raised his hand that was holding a sword and slashed it horizontally, countering his move. An Wei did not have any other choice but to jump away in order to avoid the man's counter attack. The round moon suddenly appeared after hiding on the clouds and illuminated the entire place. When the entire place was suddenly illuminated by the moon, An Wei saw the man's countenance who sneaked inside the courtyard. A golden mask was hanging on his face, hiding his appearance and only showing his mouth and eyes. He was also the one who abducted their XiaoJie few days ago. Remembering the disdainful glare coming from that man, An Wei could not help but feel irritated. He knew what he did was shameful, but the masked man did not have any right to mock him.

"Master An Wei!!"

YuShen and the rest arrived at the area and saw a man wearing a golden mask standing near An Wei.

"!!!!"

YuShen could not help but gasp when she recognized the man who was wearing a golden mask.

'It is him! Why is he here?!'

YuShen knew that even An Wei, who taught them qinggong, was one level lower than that man, she was still resolute on fighting with him who was eying their XiaoJie.

'YuShang, YuYing, let's help Master An Wei!!"

Following YuShen's order, both YuShang and YuYing jumped and leaped towards the man who was wearing a golden mask, trying to hinder him from moving towards the left wing of the courtyard.

YuYing pulled three darts and threw it forward. The man jumped sideways in order to escape the darts but YuShen was already waiting for it. YuShen immediately raised her soft sword and stabbed the man on his back. Unfortunately, it was as if the man had his own eyes on his back and was able to dodge her attack.

*swish!*

YuShen grit her teeth when she saw that her soft sword was not able to pierce his back. She jumped backwards and allowed An Wei to switch with her.

An Wei jumped forward and stretched his right hand, wanting to grab the man's shoulder. Forming a claw fist, An Wei tried to aim for the man's left arm but the man swiftly deflected his hand using the flat part of his sword. An Wei did not lose any hope and continued his pursuit. The two of them ran around the entire area.

Every time the man tried to move forward, wanting to get closer to the left wing of the courtyard, YuYing would throw daggers at him. YuShang and YuYing were the ones who were on defensive track while YuShen and An Wei were on offensive track.

The attack had been going for almost half a shichen already and the three women were almost on the verge of collapse. Only An Wei and the man were the ones who were still full of stamina.

"Speak! What is your purpose here?!"

An Wei was already exhausted although he tried to hide it in front of this annoying man. He glanced at YuShen and saw that she was already tired, same with YuShang and YuYing. An Wei was afraid that if the fighting would continue a little longer, the three women would definitely die due to over exertion. He had no choice but to buy time.

The man who was wearing a golden mask did not speak. He only stared at YuYing and the other two women. He did not even look at An Wei as if the man was treating An Wei like an air.

"You-!!"

An Wei wanted to speak and rebuke the man's nasty attitude when he noticed that something was not right. The man's hand that was holding a sword was shaking. Although the movement was very minimal, as if the shaking was being forcefully suppressed, An Wei was still able to see it. He could not help but wonder. The first time An Wei saw him, An Wei knew that the man was very proficient in qinggong and might be a high level master, even higher than him. Now that he was able to think deeply, it seemed like the man in front of him had become weaker.

Why was that so?

'Is he injured?'

While An Wei was pondering deeply, YuShen already decided to sacrifice herself. They had to stop him at all cost! If the man was able to pass through their defense, he would definitely go to XiaoJie's room and abduct her once again. She had no choice but to sacrifice herself. She was unwilling to die and leave her XiaoJie's side but that was the only think she could do.

Without saying anything, YuShen threw her soft sword on the ground as she moved forward. She placed both of her hands on her waist and pulled two vials inside her pouch. She ran towards the man, wanting to drag him with her.

"YUSHEN NO!!"

Alas. An Wei's words had fallen into YuShen's deaf ears.

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Xu Fei Yu had been sweating hard. It was full moon and his body was on the verge of breaking. He could feel the excruciating pain coming from his toes up to his head. It had been over half a shichen since the fight started and he was already on the verge of collapse.

"YUSHEN, NO!!!"

When he saw that the woman who was wearing a green dress was running forward, Xu Fei Yi wanted to jump and evade her. Unfortunately, Xu Fei Yi noticed that his body could no longer move, and he could only stand stiffly. Weak. He was very weak right now.

Xu Fei Yi saw the vials on her hands and knew that the liquid inside of it was very lethal. It was the 'seven-snake' poison created from mixing seven different types of snake poison. Regrettably, he could not move and could only wait for his doom. Although it would not harm him to the extent of crippling his body, it would be annoying to waste an antidote.

But before YuShen could touch Xu Fie Yi's clothes, a shadow moved forward and kicked YuShen away.

"Your Lordship."

It was Yue Shin.

Xu Fei Yi's eyes darkened. It was the first time that Yue Shin disobeyed his order. Xu Fei Yi's anger rose, turning the surroundings colder but before he could even speak, Xu Fei Yi suddenly felt an excruciating pain coming from his heart. He could not help but puke blood, dyeing the ground red.

"YOUR LORDSHIP!!!!"

Xu Fei Yi could hear Yue Shin's scream before he fainted.

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"Ahh.. urghh… uhh.."

XuanRong's pale face was full of determination. Something was telling her that she had to go outside. Step by step, XuanRong slowly forced herself from walking while borrowing the support of the wall.

'I.. I have to… I have to go.. outside.. Something… something is… calling me..'

"Ha…ha…ha.."

Using her partially blind eyes, XuanRong was able to reach the door.

*creeaaaaaakk*

The door was pushed open and XuanRong stumbled on the ground. Suddenly, XuanRong heard a male's voice shouting, "YOUR LORDSHIP!!!!!"

XuanRong's lips quivered.

'Your Lordship? Is he…. here?'

XuanRong wanted to open her mouth to speak but she was unable to utter any words. She could only weakly lay on the ground as she blindly stared at the sky.

'Ah… so bright.'

XuanRong could still vaguely see the moon due to its brightness. She weakly raised her hand and slowly covered her eyes.

What was wrong with her?

Was she expecting for him to come?

XuanRong mockingly laughed inwardly.

'XuanRong ah. What is happening to you? Have you forgotten what you have experienced in your previous lifetime? A dirty woman like you would even dare to expect something from your benefactor. Ha. How shameful. A worn-out broken shoe like you should not have any right to be happy.'

XuanRong was very confused of her own feelings.

She had only met him a couple of times but why was she so affected because of him?

Before fainting, XuanRong was unable to answer her own question.

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[1]. One shichen- two hours. Half shichen- one hour

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