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Chapter 403 - 357 A Miss in a Hundred Secrets

Chapter 403: Chapter 357 A Miss in a Hundred Secrets

At the doorstep of a fisherman’s home on the westernmost side of Jinsuo Island, Li Kui paced back and forth with a mobile phone in hand, like an ant on a hot pan.

"Buzz~"

Suddenly, the vibration of the phone broke the silence.

Li Kui shuddered, picked up the phone, and immediately answered the call upon seeing it was from Wu Hu, "Mr. Hu."

"Li Kui, where did you find that girl? Have your actions been noticed by anyone?" Surprisingly, instead of giving instructions, Wu Hu asked a question that puzzled Li Kui.

"On Jinsuo Island. There was quite a commotion when we arrived, and several people saw us. Moreover, that girl is inside the fisherman’s house."

Though unclear about Wu Hu’s line of questioning, Li Kui still answered truthfully, only to finally ask with impatience, "Mr. Hu, why do you ask these questions?"

"I just spoke with Lin Tianyi on the phone, and after some discussion, we plan to take that girl to the Golden Triangle and use her as a hostage. This will force Ye Fan to come to the Golden Triangle for a rescue and allow us to take his head in one fell swoop!"

Wu Hu did not hide his intentions from Li Kui, but frowned throughout the conversation, "But there’s a condition — to avoid retaliation from the Yanhuang Organization and the Ye Family after Ye Fan’s death, you must bring the girl to the Golden Triangle without revealing any trace of your whereabouts. It must be done without anyone noticing!"

"Mr. Hu, what should we do?"

Perhaps not expecting Wu Hu to make such a decision, Li Kui took a few seconds to digest the information before asking.

"You should do this..." Wu Hu pondered for a moment and then gave his instructions.

"Phew~"

Having ended the call with Wu Hu, Li Kui let out a deep breath and recollected himself before stepping back into the courtyard.

Inside, the elderly fisherman couple cowered in a corner, huddled together in fear.

Li Wei and the subordinates of Li Kui stood like wooden stakes at the door to the room, exchanging blank stares with Su Liuli.

Whoosh!

Upon hearing Li Kui’s footsteps, everyone’s gaze turned to him as they secretly guessed how Li Kui would deal with the situation.

"I apologize, Lady Su. My brother Li Wei was in the wrong. He was injured by you and fully deserved it. I hope you can be magnanimous and not stoop to his level."

A moment later.

Under everyone’s watchful eyes, Li Kui quickly approached Su Liuli, bowed slightly, and sincerely apologized.

"Uh..."

As they heard Li Kui’s words and saw his bent back, both Li Wei and Li Kui’s men were stunned!

While they could gauge from Li Kui’s earlier behavior that it was unlikely for him to raise his hand against Su Liuli—

They never dreamed that not only would Li Kui not make a move, but he would also actually apologize to Su Liuli.

Not just them, even Su Liuli was somewhat taken aback.

"Sorry to have bothered you, Lady Su. We’ll be leaving now!"

Seeing Su Liuli not responding, Li Kui didn’t continue to act, and signaled to the people to leave.

Whoosh—

Upon hearing the order, Li Wei and the others snapped out of their trance and dispersed instinctively, following Li Kui out.

Among them, even though Li Wei had a thousand reluctances, he could only swallow his grievances until they left the courtyard and then couldn’t help but ask, "Brother, are we really going to let it go just like this?"

"I have my own plan."

Li Kui spoke firmly and without paying further attention to Li Wei, he led the others quickly towards the place they landed.

"Stone, take Xiao Wei and the rest back to the dock, have Xiao Wei and them leave, and then find a way to get a small boat to row over here, landing at that spot."

As they were about to reach the yacht, Li Kui suddenly stopped, called over one of his subordinates who was a Peak-stage Postnatal Martial Artist, to the side, and quietly gave his instructions.

"Brother Li Kui, what do you mean?" The warrior nicknamed Stone, sensing something, looked shocked.

"This is Mr. Hu’s arrangement, remember, don’t reveal any clues and keep your mouths shut," Li Kui said seriously.

"Got it, Brother Li Kui!" Stone, grasping Li Kui’s intention, realized the gravity of the situation and nodded solemnly.

Seeing this, Li Kui wasted no more words, disappeared like a ghost into the night, and vanished from view.

Moments later, Stone walked briskly towards Li Wei and the others to convey Li Kui’s orders.

"Buzz~ Buzz~"

A few minutes later, the roar of the yacht engines started up again, and two yachts howled as they headed towards the opposite dock.

Meanwhile, Li Kui made a return to the island and settled once again into the brush on the west side of the fisherman’s house, where he completely concealed his presence.

After about fifteen minutes, when he saw the two yachts reach the opposite shore, Li Kui still lay motionless in the undergrowth, calculating in his mind how long it would take Stone, with his Peak-stage Postnatal ability, to row over here, all the while waiting for the fisherman couple to fall asleep.

Time passed, and when the conversation between the fisherman couple ceased and only the sound of their steady breathing could be heard, Li Kui slowly emerged from the undergrowth, tip-toed silently into the yard, and entered the house without a sound.

Inside the room, Su Liuli had once again entered a state of meditation, absorbing the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi flowing in through the window.

Creak!

Suddenly, the soft sound of the door opening broke the silence.

Whoosh!

Su Liuli’s eyes snapped open, her body tensed, and she swept her gaze like a knife towards the door.

"Swoosh—"

Li Kui’s feet propelled him forward, and in a flash, he became a blur as he darted towards Su Liuli.

Clack!

Sensing Li Kui’s approach, Su Liuli felt a jolt in her heart!

Almost instantly, before Su Liuli could reach for her talisman, Li Kui had already closed in on Su Liuli, transformed his hand into a blade, and struck her on the back of the neck.

This strike from Li Kui was carefully controlled, but nevertheless, it gave Su Liuli no chance to react.

As the hand blade struck, Su Liuli’s head tilted, and she collapsed onto the bed.

Upon seeing this, Li Kui did not linger, grabbed Su Liuli in one swoop, dashed out of the room, leaped out of the courtyard, and disappeared into the night.

Moments later, Li Kui, holding onto Su Liuli, reached the rendezvous spot with Stone and peered out to see a small boat approaching like a solitary leaf floating on the water.

The boat, provided by the scenic area for tourists to enjoy rowing, could only accommodate six people and required them to pedal and row themselves.

As soon as the boat reached the shore, Li Kui grabbed Su Liuli. With two quick steps, he rushed onto the boat and threw Su Liuli into the cabin, where he joined Stone in pedaling.

The oars stirred, propelling the boat towards the opposite bank. Although it wasn’t as fast as a yacht, it moved quicker than the scenic area’s sightseeing boats. It would take about half an hour to reach the other side.

Half an hour later.

Just as Li Kui and Stone were pedaling to make the boat approach the shore, a Buick van drove up from the distance, its headlights dazzling.

Five young men sat in the car, and a crew-cut middle-aged man occupied the passenger seat.

The middle-aged man was a core member of Wu Qianshou’s men and also the head of the Dao Sect in Nanli.

"Boss, do you think the person Master Wu told us to find might have already been taken by Nanqinghong?"

"I think it’s possible. Shouldn’t we report to Master Wu first?"

As the car was about to turn a corner, two members of the Dao Sect could not help but speak up.

Before heading to the dock, they had already investigated the incident where Su Liuli injured Li Wei and others. They were aware that Su Liuli had gone to Jinsuo Island and even knew that more than an hour ago, Li Kui had returned from Nanming with his men and taken Li Wei and the others to Jinsuo Island.

"Although I don’t know who that girl is, the fact that Master Wu has us drop all matters and mobilize brothers from the entire province to find her proves that her identity is significant," the middle-aged man said with furrowed brows. "Given this, we must handle this matter carefully and wait until we have found her before reporting, lest we botch things up."

"Zi~"

As the middle-aged man finished speaking, the car turned the corner. The driver played a slight drift, causing everyone inside, including the middle-aged man, to become unsteady. Under inertia’s effect, they leaned towards Erhai Lake.

"Xiao Liu, you motherf—"

The middle-aged man was about to curse but stopped halfway, suddenly turning his gaze toward the shore, dozens of meters away.

Though not even a martial artist, the middle-aged man had excellent natural eyesight. He had poisonous eyes and was known within the Dao Sect as ’Poison Eye.’

This was why he could become the head of the Dao Sect in Nanli.

Using the dim moonlight, he clearly saw a small boat docked at the shore and two figures leaping from the boat, one of them holding a person in white clothes.

Even though it was just a fleeting glimpse, Poison Eye, with his superior vision, made out the faces of the two men and even Su Liuli’s appearance!

Shua!

This discovery caused his complexion to change drastically!

He instinctively opened his mouth to tell the driver, Xiao Liu, to stop, but the last bit of reason told him that, judging by Li Kui’s and Stone’s actions, Su Liuli appeared to be kidnapped.

With this thought, Poison Eye did not have his men stop the car but instead quickly took out his phone and dialed Wu Qianshou, the Dao Sect’s southwest region supervisor.

Nanming.

In the Noble District of Dianchi Road, Wu Qianshou’s villa hall.

Having found a lead on Su Liuli, Ye Fan didn’t rush to leave but sat on the couch in the hall, waiting for news.

Wu Qianshou sat opposite Ye Fan, fidgeting as if sitting on pins and needles—It had been over two hours since he had received news about Su Liuli from his men in Nanli, and he was terrified that Ye Fan would get angry.

"Buzz~"

As Wu Qianshou considered whether to call and urge his men to hurry, the vibrating sound of his phone went off.

Wu Qianshou sprang up from the couch in shock, and Ye Fan sharply turned his gaze toward him.

"Poison Eye, did you find anything?" Wu Qianshou answered the phone, his voice a bit excited.

Ye Fan couldn’t help but hold his breath.

"We’ve found her, Master Wu!"

On the other end, Poison Eye immediately reported, "The girl named Su Liuli is in Nanqinghong’s hands—I just saw Li Kui and Stone, with Li Kui carrying the girl. Unless something goes wrong, the girl must have been knocked out and kidnapped by Li Kui!"

"Uh..."

Wu Qianshou’s eyes bulged and his mouth opened wide in shock, frozen in place.

"What’s wrong?"

Ye Fan abruptly stood up, frowning as he asked.

"Gulp..."

Wu Qianshou snapped out of his shock, swallowed hard, and said, "Mr. Ye, your friend has been kidnapped by Nanqinghong’s Li Kui!"

"Shua!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Fan felt as if he had plummeted from Heaven into Hell, his expression changing wildly.

"Have your men follow them, and make sure they don’t get lost!"

Quickly, Ye Fan, with great composure, calmed himself and issued a swift instruction.

"Yes... yes!"

Wu Qianshou was far more flustered, managing a panicked response before regaining some composure, "Poison Eye, listen, follow Li Kui immediately, and make sure not to lose them!"

"Yes, Master Wu!"

On the other end, Poison Eye quickly replied, ignoring the stunned subordinates around him as he yelled at Xiao Liu, the driver, "Turn around! Turn the damn car around!"

Meanwhile, Wu Qianshou put down the phone, his face still showing signs of panic, "Mr. Ye, from what I know, that Li Kui is a Postnatal Perfect Martial Artist. If he discovers my men following him, he can easily shake them off, even killing them to silence them..."

"Take me to Whistling Manor!"

Ye Fan interrupted Wu Qianshou coldly, the terrifying intent to kill suddenly surfacing, like a Killing God descending to the human world!

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