Imperial Treasure
Chapter 291 - 212: The Garden in the House, the Pool among the Flowers, the Person in the Water

Chapter 291: Chapter 212: The Garden in the House, the Pool among the Flowers, the Person in the Water

This is too strange!

He was clearly suppressing her, but he always fell just short, always narrowly avoided by her fatal blow.

This is very strange, it’s like...

"Not a bad sword technique," Sui Yi suddenly commented with the same tone as "Not a bad waist" from before, this remark striking like a bolt from the blue, immediately putting the man on high alert.

No, it seemed like since before, the rhythm of their attacks had slipped from his control...

The man was sensitive too, and as alarm bells went off in his head, Sui Yi had already closed the distance with a step. Her movement technique, previously nimble like a sly rabbit, came to a halt, her fingertip drew the sword, and as she lifted her gaze, the light sword suddenly had a horrifying sharpness. The light flowing on both edges of the sword blade had a bit of Demon Qi.

Clang! The sword was drawn again, resonating like a bell.

The man’s heart skipped a beat...

Almost by reflex, he executed the Double Sweep Cross Knife technique!

Whoosh! The sword came, and he dodged to the right, slashing with his sword!

Breaking the cross!

The man took a step back!

Then Twin Dragons Emerge from the Water!

The sword came again, crossed in an X, the gleam of the sword sealed the Twin Dragons!

Clang clang!

He retreated three steps!

"Huff~~" When the man felt a tremble in his breath, fear had already taken hold. Gritting his teeth, he realized that her sword now bore a shadow of his Butterfly Knife Technique!

The knife was still a knife, the sword was still a sword, but it was not the same sword as before.

He was not familiar with her sword, yet she knew his knife like the back of her hand.

This was a fatal weakness!

Was there anything more frustrating than having your techniques copied and used against you during a duel?

To learn knife techniques in the heat of battle, such an outer-world cheat, a bug, manifesting in his opponent and being used against him!

Damn it!

The man turned to flee, but Sui Yi’s figure was like a lightning strike, Demon Que pursuing fluently, closing in from behind...

Just as the sword blade was about to pierce his back, Sui Yi suddenly twisted her figure!

Again, the boneless motion technique!

Sui Yi was startled in her heart!

Then the man suddenly burst out with a movement technique, evading the strike by a hair’s breadth. Twisting his body, he gathered all his Inner Strength, gripping the knife, and sprung forward!

Launching the knife from the side, the flash of the blade sealed the sword, delivering a heavy blow!

One of the ultimate strikes of the Butterfly Knife Technique, the Cloud Dragon Throat-Locking Knife!

Even a dragon must have its throat locked by me!

Whoosh~~ Sui Yi’s throat was about to be pierced by that knife...

At that instant, Sui Yi suddenly had a thought because she felt some sort of thrill in her Magnetic Sensation that resonated with Demon Que, a thrill that cleared her mind instantly, prompting her body to make a certain move involuntarily.

Such a move was nothing short of miraculous...

Thud~~

The knife pierced Sui Yi’s throat and passed directly through her, even puncturing her shadow...

But in that instant, the man’s face changed dramatically with horror, his body tensed, twisted as if being snapped in two, unable to avoid the real sword strike.

A horizontal cut through the plane, the dark blade with a silver edge, slicing through the air so evenly, without any trace of ups and downs, as if controlled by a divine hand.

He had never seen such a perfect horizontal strike.

A divine strike, imbued with demon essence, he saw a fleeting glimpse of a face on the dark blade—it was his own face.

Demon, this was a Demon Sword!

That’s why it cut horizontally from the tip of the knife in an instant, slicing the two Butterfly Knives cleanly in half...

Until...

Thud~~~

Blood sprayed from the man’s chest wound as he rocketed back, landing on the grass.

But at this moment, "Ahhh!!!" a sudden scream erupted from the distance...

The scream was abrupt and shrill.

As the afterimage faded and the real figure of Sui Yi emerged, she furrowed her brows, her gaze involuntarily glancing over. She faintly saw a young man standing on a balcony a hundred meters away, facing their direction, obviously having witnessed something he wasn’t supposed to, hence the scream.

Sui Yi glanced at him indifferently, then turned her face just in time to see the man already scrambling and struggling like a trapped beast, madly bouncing up, seizing the chance to escape into the darkness.

After silently watching for two seconds, Sui Yi lowered her eyes and smiled, "As expected, a good waist."

Not pursuing?

At this moment, the young man on the balcony was looking ahead with immense fear, for only with the residual light from the streetlamp nearby, he could not discern the full figure, but that did not hinder his conviction that there were two people there, one of whom had a knife and a sword.

Now, one was defeated, fleeing, the other walked a few steps unhurriedly, picking up something from the ground, then the quivering silver light of the sword quickly vanished, and that person turned... and looked at him.

It was as if his soul had been chilled!

Even from such a distance, he could not make out what the other looked like, so why could he feel that the other had looked at him?

Clang, a cup hit the ground.

"What’s the matter, Ah Yao?~"

"Xiao Yao~~?"

"Young Master~~"

The villa was in a tumult, and only now did the boy come back to his senses, only to realize that the person who had been watching him was no longer on the grass...

"Was that just now... a dream?" the boy frowned and muttered to himself.

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Sui Yi naturally did not turn back to her own villa; she had no intention of letting go of this night guest. Rather than capturing the intruder to extract information, she was more eager to pursue their hideout at this moment.

Perhaps this wretch still didn’t realize they had made a mistake.

Who would run up a mountain while fleeing?

When running away, a person’s subconscious will choose the broadest world in which to hide themselves, like fish in the vast sea. Going to the top of a mountain, a place of narrowness, is akin to a dangerous omen of being forced to jump off a cliff. Ordinary people wouldn’t make that choice.

Unless... there is a place on the mountaintop that makes them feel very safe.

Or, to put it another way, a lair.

Soon, Sui Yi stood at a fork in the path just below the summit, dimly discernible bloodstains visible, but her gaze was fixed on another path.

"To spread the blood to the other side requires some thoughtfulness," Sui Yi silently praised the man who still tried to mislead her with his blood trail after being injured. Her body, however, was chasing the faint traces of magnetic energy that had not yet dissipated upwards.

She quickly reached the mountaintop.

There was also a mountaintop villa. According to Gong Jiu, a mountaintop villa could only be afforded by the wealthiest, and as the developer’s largest shareholder, she naturally owned one. However, her lair was not here, and she didn’t fancy it much, which was why she seldom visited. Still, she once told Sui Yi that there were a total of nine mountaintop villas, numbered one to nine, with residents who were at the top of the Provincial City’s food chain...

Sui Yi stood in front of the back gate of a villa, hidden in the darkness, the man she was pursuing backed by someone from here perhaps?

The night was deep, and at this moment, the house was pitch-black.

The Magnetic Sensation was still here, thread by thread, but much lighter on the left side of the building, seemingly gone inside...

Sui Yi always had the guts to match her meticulous mind, thinking that if the other party was intent, sooner or later they would have to confront each other. Thus, Sui Yi paused on the spot, then with a light tap, she effortlessly leaped over the two-meter-high railing wall, and with another tap, she moved like a nimble monkey and flickered into the villa.

The mountaintop villa was much larger than her own, not counting the yard; the footprint alone was a good four to five thousand square meters. The basic architectural layout was not much different, so Sui Yi silently moved through this villa.

The life of the Magnetic Sensation was limited; she had to grasp the time...

It was only after entering the villa that she realized the inside was quite different from hers, such as the glass garden before her eyes.

The large-scale glass garden fully embedded in the middle of the villa, half open to the sky like a wall. Moonlight passed through the transparent glass, refracting the light and spilling over the flowers, which came in all varieties.

The flowers were a dazzling splendor, shyly attempting to obscure themselves under the moonlight...

The Magnetic Sensation was no more.

It vanished without a trace just outside the garden gate.

Had he gone inside? Or...

Sui Yi wasn’t certain of the exact moment when the Magnetic Sensation had dissipated. It was probably around this time, but it was also possible that it had entered this garden and got cloaked by the atmosphere of the flowers.

She never liked to hesitate. At this moment, she followed her heart and stepped into the garden.

The layout of the garden was chaotic, akin to a real natural kingdom of flowers. She walked through, as though strolling in a fairyland, yet she could hear faint sounds from ahead. Despite getting closer to the other party, Sui Yi’s heart remained calm, and then, after seven steps, her body came to a complete stop.

In front of her was a pool.

A pool in the garden.

The water shimmered, resplendent, with blossoms breaking the surface, birthing a man. Moonlight flowed over his clear, cold but well-defined figure, his short black hair still dripping.

Sui Yi glanced at him then averted her face.

But his gaze remained fixed there, as if that brief moment of eye contact had been an accident.

He didn’t seem startled or surprised in the least.

Even though he recognized Sui Yi.

"...Is this an unexpected pleasure? Just now, I thought the night was so enchanting and beautiful..."

His long eyes narrowed slightly, elongating like a series of arcs, just like the deep water light, slightly glinting.

Since the man had spoken, Sui Yi naturally couldn’t leave without a word, especially since she didn’t think of him as harmless or innocent.

——His tone carried a light frivolousness that displeased her.

She turned her face back toward him, her eyes clear and refined, untouched by any flirtatious intention, her voice cool and detached, "Good evening, Mr. Wei."

Such a formal greeting.

Such an interesting girl.

It’s like I’m just a piece of white tofu.

Wei Feng chuckled softly, not minding his bare body at all. As he laughed, droplets of water trembled on his hair, "Good evening, Miss Sui. I’m honored that you would visit me at midnight," he said, his voice alternating high and low, imbued with a hint of warmth that made Sui Yi’s gaze slide across his face.

"I apologize for inadvertently entering Mr. Wei’s home in pursuit of a thief... quite unexpected."

"I’m the one who should apologize for making Miss Sui unfortunately witness me, who happened to be swimming—it’s one of my hobbies. Please forgive me," Wei Feng said, purposefully bringing up what she deliberately ignored and was trying to overlook.

It was night, coincidental, seeing, swimming.

No, rather, skinny-dipping.

Water surfaces littered with petals of various colors, under the moonlit spring pool, flowers afloat, with the man in the water.

Such an elegant scene. (To be continued. If you like this work, you’re welcome to vote for it, leave monthly tickets, and leave your support at Qidian [qidian.com]. Mobile readers, please read at m.qidian.com.)