CHAPTER 2110: CHAPTER 2108: SUCCESS COMES EFFORTLESSLY

"We should be more vigilant!" Gao Deng said.

Indeed, after a while, Muyu returned to report that shortly after they left, Du Fei tore up the letter Jiang Yichun wrote and didn’t intend to pass it to Bai Ruozhu at all.

Jiang Yichun snorted coldly, "Let’s see what else she plans to do!"

Soon it was night, and extremely light sounds came from outside Jiang Yichun’s room, but being someone from the Department of Affairs, how could he not be prepared for such noises?

Before long, a bamboo tube was inserted into the room, and faint white smoke drifted out of the tube.

Jiang Yichun took out the detoxification pills Bai Ruozhu gave him, held them in his mouth, and pretended to be poisoned and unconscious.

Du Fei jumped in from the window, holding a shiny dagger, and slowly walked to Jiang Yichun’s bedside, raising the dagger to stab him fiercely.

Jiang Yichun tilted his head to dodge, quickly stretched out his hand, and tapped Du Fei’s acupuncture points, directly immobilizing her.

"You’re not poisoned! You knew all along?" Du Fei asked in shock.

Jiang Yichun sneered, "With your little tricks, you think you can scheme against me? Wait a few more years! Tell me, why do you want to harm us?"

Gao Deng and the others rushed into the room upon hearing the commotion, seeing Du Fei holding a dagger, they knew this woman intended to assassinate Jiang Yichun.

"We have no grudges or enmity with you, why do you want to harm us?" Gao Deng asked.

Du Fei laughed coldly, "Why should I tell you? If you have the guts, kill me, and see if the Jiuli Clan will let you go!"

She was putting on harsh words, using the Jiuli Clan as a guise.

"You won’t speak, huh? Do you really think I can’t make you tell the truth?" Jiang Yichun sneered as he took out a pill and forcefully stuffed it into Du Fei’s mouth.

Du Fei’s face changed drastically, "What poison did you give me? Indeed, you and Bai Ruozhu, that demon woman, are a family of despicable poison-users."

Gao Deng sniffed, unable to hold back his laughter, "Who just used sleeping powder? Isn’t that a despicable trickster?"

Du Fei was speechless, and her face turned red with anger.

"My methods are much harsher than Ruozhu’s, if it were me, you couldn’t leave the Jiuli Clan alive." Jiang Yichun said with a smile, secretly thinking, this woman dared to curse Ruozhu, she must be taught a lesson.

Soon, Du Fei’s eyes lost focus, and Jiang Yichun and the others asked, and she answered each question, confessing how she had a feud with Bai Ruozhu in the Jiuli Clan, and then stole the great elder’s barrier jade pendant.

"Who are you looking for now?" Jiang Yichun thought she wouldn’t dare to betray the Jiuli Clan alone, there should be other secrets.

Unexpectedly, the drug’s effect had worn off, Du Fei slowly regained consciousness. Jiang Yichun feared she would scream, so he quickly tapped her sleep acupuncture points.

"Unexpectedly, we’ve had such luck on our journey south to encounter this, indeed lucky." Gao Deng said with a smile, "We’ve captured this woman, no need to fear finding the Jiuli Clan’s location. Plus, with the barrier jade pendant she mentioned, there’s no worry about entering the Jiuli Clan."

"Just worried this woman won’t willingly lead us, she committed a major crime in Jiuli, how would she dare return?" Muyu muttered beside him.

Gao Deng grinned wickedly, "She won’t have a choice."

"Muyu, go search her for the barrier jade pendant." Jiang Yichun instructed.

Muyu had a bitter expression, "Why is it always me? Every time, whether holding women or lifting daughters, it’s always me doing it. Alright, but today it’s an annoying old woman."

Jiang Yichun glared at him, "Jing Lei got married, it’s inconvenient."

Muyu almost cried, he also wanted to marry but had no chance!

He finally succumbed to his master’s pressure, started searching Du Fei, but found nothing after a thorough search.

"Master, can’t find it, maybe she gave it to someone else?" Muyu achingly jumped to a position far from Du Fei.

"You and Jing Lei go search her room." Jiang Yichun instructed.

Soon they returned with Du Fei’s package but found no jade pendant.

"Could it be the Jiuli’s barrier jade pendant isn’t actually a jade pendant? Could it have a different shape?" Gao Deng wondered, "She couldn’t possibly place such a valuable item far from herself, let’s search more carefully!"

Jian Zhen noted Du Fei’s shoes and pointed at her shoe sole, "Master, look, her soles are thick, might there be a hidden mechanism?"

Jiang Yichun asked Muyu to remove Du Fei’s shoes for a closer examination.

Muyu was on the verge of tears, "Master, can we replace someone? Why always me doing these things?"

Jiang Yichun glared at him, "Stop whining, unless you want to go fight in the Capital City!"

Muyu got anxious, "What? Master you want to send me away? Fine, fine, I’ll do it."

He then removed both shoes from Du Fei’s feet, endured the odor and rummaged through the shoes, indeed, one sole concealed a secret button, pressing it revealed a cavity containing a bright green jade pendant.

"Surely this is it!" Muyu quickly handed the jade pendant to Jiang Yichun, and beside him, Jian Zhen’s eyes lit up upon seeing the pendant but soon concealed his greed.

Jiang Yichun examined the jade pendant, failing to find anything special, Gao Deng took the pendant, examined it, and nodded, "It contains much spiritual energy, seems it’s the right one."

Jiang Yichun didn’t know what spiritual energy Gao Deng referred to but wasn’t in the mood to ask, he’s already like this, why care about other things?

He glanced at the unconscious Du Fei on the ground, instructed Muyu and Jing Lei, "Take her away, make sure she’s watched, and disguise her tomorrow morning, we’ll bring her along to find the Jiuli Clan."

The next morning, Du Fei was dressed as a sickly middle-aged man, and her mute acupuncture point tapped, Jiang Yichun and his group took her away from the inn.

Now she realized she had disclosed things she ought not to have, deeply regretting it, yet helpless without freedom, she could only let them lead her towards the Jiuli Clan. But she must never return to that place, she doesn’t want to be imprisoned for life, she must find a way to escape!

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Two days passed, Feng Cheng’s injuries improved, sought a suitable time to take Bai Ruozhu away from the stone chamber.

Upon leaving the stone chamber, they heard the monster’s roar, Feng Cheng urgently pulled Bai Ruozhu, exerted full inner strength, and ran desperately. Luckily, they escaped the palace and fled toward the exit.

Unexpectedly, not far away, a hurricane arose, as if attempting to sweep them away. Feng Cheng’s expression changed drastically, "Didn’t expect him to be so strong now? Previously transferred so many people into the palace, yet can still use this method to capture us, hurry!"