Chapter 500: Chapter 433: Saving People
It was at this moment that Yang Xiao finally understood the whole situation. His suspicions were right—it was a trap set by the Yu Yuan Sect.
A strategy to lure the tiger away from the mountain.
The Scientist Garden Residential Area was in the south of the city, while Lingxiu Mountain Villa was in the north—completely opposite directions. The people from Yu Yuan Sect used supernatural incidents to lure him here and kept him occupied, while secretly leaking information about Tong Han to the City Center Official Residence through some channel, leading Qu Muzhi there. By the time Yang Xiao realized, it was too late. Once Tong Han confronted Qu Muzhi, there was no escape.
After all, Yu Yuan Sect had a prior agreement with Mo Daidai to erase all past grievances. They were not convenient to act, so they used others to do their killing.
"Absolutely ruthless." Yang Xiao gritted his teeth in hatred. Setting aside the discord between Huang Guozhao and Nalan Shuo of the City Center Official Residence, Qu Muzhi was no ordinary figure. The difficulty of rescuing someone from his clutches was imaginable.
Moreover, the matter involved an Evil Cultivator. If he went to the rescue, it would be an outright rebellion, facing the brothers from the Patrol Defense Bureau in armed conflict. If he didn’t go, then Tong Han would face certain death.
Previously, Lu Youdao had evaluated Qu Muzhi as a ruthless and merciless man who abhors evil. The consequences of Tong Han falling into his hands were unimaginable.
Yang Xiao found an excuse and hurriedly left. Once out of sight, he immediately contacted Fu Qingzhu, "Do me a favor. I need a map of North City Lingxiu Villa, the more detailed, the better. Qu Muzhi has taken my friend."
Fu Qingzhu was also stunned. Being in charge of intelligence, he naturally knew about the situation at Lingxiu Mountain Villa but only knew that an Evil Cultivator was captured, not aware that this Evil Cultivator was also Yang Xiao’s friend. He became anxious, "No, what do you need these for? Are you thinking of snatching someone from Qu Muzhi’s hands?"
"Can’t I?" Yang Xiao retorted.
Fu Qingzhu jumped up from his office chair and started pacing nervously, "Brother, I advise you not to get involved. You’ve just started, and you don’t know how terrifying this guy is. Let me put it this way, not many in Rongcheng dare provoke him. This guy is ruthless, and even Evil Cultivators steer clear of him. He’s not some Wu Peide. It’s rumored that once he single-handedly fought against three Venerable Level Evil Cultivators. They ambushed him intending to kill him, but he ended up killing two and severely injuring the last one, who fled. Since then, any Evil Cultivator from that lineage trembles at the mention of Qu Muzhi’s name."
"What will happen to my friend if I don’t intervene?" Yang Xiao asked.
There was silence on the other end for a moment before he suddenly chuckled and tried to reassure, "It shouldn’t be too bad. By that time, I’ll try to pull some strings for you, maybe..."
"Don’t try to comfort me, tell me the truth." Yang Xiao interrupted him.
"Sorry, she will die," Fu Qingzhu said bluntly. "But that’s not your fault, brother. You should think more for yourself. You know how much hardship you’ve endured to get where you are. I can’t watch you jump into the fire pit."
"Give me the map, and also find me an escape route," Yang Xiao took a deep breath and forced a smile, "Don’t worry, I know what I am doing. With Qu Muzhi’s name so renowned, today I will go and see him myself, to see who really is the top captain of Rongcheng."
"You..." Fu Qingzhu was close to breaking down.
"All right, send it to me once you’ve found it. I can be at Lingxiu Mountain Villa within an hour," Yang Xiao instructed.
Fu Qingzhu knew Yang Xiao’s personality, that he couldn’t be stopped. He sighed, "Okay, just be very careful."
"Thank you."
He snapped on his baseball cap and wore his coat inside out in the rain. Yang Xiao hailed a cab towards North City Lingxiu Villa. On the way, as he observed the sky blanketed in rain, he suddenly recalled the rainy night he had gone to kill Luo Tianhe with Tong Han—it had poured just as heavily.
Just a few hours ago, Lu Youdao had mentioned Qu Muzhi. Yang Xiao hadn’t expected that he’d need to snatch someone from Qu’s hands so soon. Indeed, fate played cruel tricks on people.
If he were to survive today, he would definitely settle scores with the Resentment Sect. Fortunately, he wasn’t much injured in his recent fight with Human Dog Ghost; otherwise, managing today’s situation would have been even more challenging.
Before he reached his destination, Fu Qingzhu’s message arrived with a detailed map inside, marked in red with the best evacuation route. About a kilometer away, a house was specifically noted, with a line of small letters beside it.
Zooming into the image, Yang Xiao read the words, "I will have people here to support you. Wish you all the best."
Fu Qingzhu appeared crafty to others, but to Yang Xiao, he was an exceedingly close brother, worthy of trust.
However, he didn’t want to cause trouble for Fu Qingzhu. If he were indeed bitten to death, Fu Qingzhu and his men wouldn’t stand a chance against Qu Muzhi. If it came to that, he would take a different route to avoid dragging him into this mess.
The information Fu Qingzhu sent was detailed, marking their positions and even the personnel from the Patrol Defense Office stationed nearby.
Yang Xiao found a familiar name on the list, Wu Zhengwu, the captain from the Anping Public Office. They had cooperated during a fight against Granny Hong and shared a relatively good relationship. Yang Xiao hadn’t expected him to be deployed here as well.
This complicated matters further. Apart from Qu Muzhi overseeing the area, there was Wu Zhengwu, and the addition of the two vice-captains meant that out of the 14 captains from Rongcheng, four were gathered here tonight. The Patrol Defense Office had indeed invested heavily in this operation.
This group included Qu Muzhi, hailed as the strongest team captain.
Yang Xiao closed his eyes and consolidated all the information he had about Qu Muzhi in his mind. Lu Youdao had told him that Qu, like himself, possessed more than one Resentful Eye, and his Resentful Eye abilities were exceptionally strange. Even those whose Resentful Eye rank was higher than his found him difficult to handle. Moreover, Qu’s talents were extraordinarily high; even Lu Youdao openly admitted that Qu was stronger than himself.
The car slowly pulled up, and Yang Xiao opened his eyes. After getting out of the taxi, as his eyes swept through the endless curtain of rain, he noted that they were still some distance away from Lingxiu Villa. He had stopped here specifically to avoid attracting attention.
Just a few hundred meters from here, there was a surveillance point from the Patrol Defense Office, all marked on the map Fu Qingzhu had sent. One could imagine the effort and price Fu Qingzhu had to pay to get such information.
Finding a secluded spot, Yang Xiao took off his coat and changed into new clothes from his backpack. Taking a deep breath and glancing down at a puddle at his feet, he muttered to himself, "Hang in there..." With a thought, the Soul-Capturing Mirror materialized in his hand. He repeatedly used the puddle to teleport, avoiding nearby watchful eyes, and proceeded towards Lingxiu Villa. Through the puddle’s reflections, he could now see the villa where Tong Han was imprisoned.
It was the same one he had visited before; the crucial point was
to avoid detection and make his way to Lingxiu Villa. At this moment, through the reflections in the puddle, he could already see the villa where Tong Han was confined.
