Chapter 500: Chapter 500: No Choice but to Fight
Xu Yunying had been secretly mocking Gu Caiwei for being blind, unable to recognize the enemy right beside her.
But looking at Gu Caiwei now, she seemed to have known all along that Huang Yuan was a traitor.
“Of course I knew. If I hadn’t deliberately leaked information to her, how would you have chased after me?”
Gu Caiwei let out a cold laugh. She had known for a long time that Huang Yuan was a traitor, but there was no need to deal with her yet.
She deliberately deceived Huang Yuan by saying she found the whereabouts of the alchemist. With this false information, Xu Yunying would surely chase after her personally, not just for the news, but also to prevent Gu Caiwei from achieving merits and rising again.
The deceit was successful. As expected, Xu Yunying hurriedly left her lair with her people, otherwise, it would have been quite difficult to locate and kill her within the sect.
At this moment, Xu Yunying realized that Gu Caiwei had intentionally tricked her out, and she became instantly alert.
“Did you find help to deal with me?”
A flash of insight came to her mind, and she immediately guessed this possibility. This was the only reason Gu Caiwei would deliberately lure her to this place, instead of fleeing.
Gu Caiwei remained silent, as two people, a man and a woman, walked out from behind the tree beside her.
Gu Caiwei immediately bowed to Fang Zhou.
Xu Yunying scrutinized the two. The man’s face was hidden in a hood, making it difficult to see clearly, and the woman also covered her face with a veil, concealing her appearance.
Gu Caiwei’s respectful attitude shocked her. This woman was so arrogant, never easily submitting to anyone, yet now showing such reverence towards a man?
“Is this your adversary?”
Fang Zhou surveyed Xu Yunying, a beautiful woman in her thirties, but with a sharp chin and narrow eyes, giving off a cold, snake-like vibe.
Gu Caiwei replied, her voice tinged with anger.
Xu Yunying was excellent in espionage and had competed with Gu Caiwei for years, but she was always defeated by her, harboring deep hatred.
Years ago, a high-ranking figure from the True Mother God Sect was parachuted into the Dragon Elephant Sect, wanting to recruit Gu Caiwei, a genius in intelligence, but Gu Caiwei wasn’t willing to let her hard work benefit others, so she politely declined.
Such an action naturally offended the other party, and Xu Yunying seized the opportunity to side with them, using their strength to counter Gu Caiwei.
Gu Caiwei had been solely focused on intelligence for years, not involving herself in other matters of the Dragon Elephant Sect or the True Mother God Sect, remaining on the sidelines, causing dissatisfaction among the sect’s leaders.
Pressure from above soon made it difficult for Gu Caiwei to cope, leading to her dismissal over minor mistakes, being demoted to an ordinary disciple, rendering years of effort futile.
Therefore, Xu Yunying and the high-ranking members of the Dragon Elephant Sect became Gu Caiwei’s enemies, especially Xu Yunying, who refused to let her go even after she was demoted, aiming to eradicate her.
The opportunity for revenge was right in front of her, and Gu Caiwei could no longer suppress her inner rage.
Fang Zhou sensed the uncontrollable anger in Gu Caiwei’s tone, and smiled slightly, “Then I’ll leave her to you to handle.”
Gu Caiwei gratefully said, “Thank you, sir.”
Xu Yunying, however, couldn’t bear to listen anymore. These two were performing a duet, as if deciding her fate.
“Aren’t you too confident?”
Xu Yunying sneered, her eyes fixed firmly on Fang Zhou, “This is the Dragon Elephant Sect’s domain, do you think you can just act recklessly here?”
She knew that the help Gu Caiwei found couldn’t be weak, but certainly not strong enough to disregard the Dragon Elephant Sect, otherwise, what’s the need for such trickery?
Probably intending to secretly lure her out and kill her, then escape.
All she needed to do was send out a warning message and hold out until reinforcements from the sect arrived.
While speaking, Xu Yunying’s hand moved slightly behind her back, making a gesture.
Her followers understood immediately, discreetly taking out a signal fire from their bodies and launching it into the sky.
A brilliant firework shot into the sky abruptly.
Gu Caiwei was startled but it was too late to stop it.
However, just as the firework flew out of the woods, before it could ascend into the sky, it suddenly exploded with a pop, scattering specks of light like water with no grandeur at all.
The sneer on Xu Yunying’s face froze instantly, cursing her subordinate for bringing a dud.
What they couldn’t see was an invisible presence floating above the woods, overseeing them.
Since Gu Caiwei entered the city, Bi An had been following alongside, ensuring her safety.
Xu Yunying’s subordinate hastily took out another signal fire, and launched it into the sky again.
The second firework met the same fate as the first, being extinguished by Bi An before it left the woods.
By now, even the dullest person wouldn’t think the second was a dud too; clearly, someone was sabotaging.
Xu Yunying stared directly at Fang Zhou, shouting, “Take them down, all of you!”
Her followers looked at each other but eventually charged forward despite their fear.
Once they all rushed in, Xu Yunying quickly turned to flee.
Hmph, a wise woman knows how to avoid immediate danger; better to summon reinforcements first.
As an intelligence officer, Xu Yunying, like Gu Caiwei, wasn’t very adept at combat.
So upon realizing Gu Caiwei had invited unknown help, she decided to sacrifice her followers to buy time to fetch more people.
Even a dozen people should hold them off for a while.
Just after running a few steps, Xu Yunying heard her subordinates’ screams from behind.
She instinctively turned around and saw her dozens of subordinates instantly pinned to the ground by numerous golden sword shadows, turning into hedgehogs.
This scene caused Xu Yunying’s face to change drastically, her heart nearly stopping as she continued to flee frantically.
A tremendous force suddenly struck from behind, grabbing Xu Yunying’s neck and yanking her backward.
Xu Yunying was dragged flying backward, soaring several dozen meters before crashing heavily in front of Gu Caiwei, dizzy and seeing stars.
She endured the pain, shouting, “If you dare to harm me, the Dragon Elephant Sect will repay it a hundredfold, never letting you go.”
Fang Zhou chuckled, “Well, I look forward to it.”
Turning to Gu Caiwei, he said, “I’ll leave her to you.”
Gu Caiwei nodded, “I’ll handle it, sir.”
She looked at Xu Yunying like a butcher eyeing a sow ready for slaughter.
Xu Yunying shivered, realizing these two were serious, unafraid of the Dragon Elephant Sect’s retaliation.
She had to fight back!!
She gritted her teeth and leapt up from the ground, lunging at Gu Caiwei’s leg, reaching out to grab it.
“Senior Sister Gu, I was wrong! For the sake of our many years together, spare me!”
Gu Caiwei kicked Xu Yunying, who tried to hug her leg, flipping her over.
Watching her long-time enemy beg and cry for mercy before her, Gu Caiwei felt a joy beyond measure at this moment.