"That guy... I've never seen him before."
"Although Zhitong doesn't draw much attention, he has already reached the Hanchu stage."
"He's more powerful than you?"
Yong Shanling seemed to show a glimmer of interest and was quite curious about the man appearing in the distance.
"I just don't want to go head - to - head with him. Besides, he's a crazy guy."
Xi Chu looked a bit annoyed at the figure in the distance.
"I feel like your attitude towards him is different. It seems there's something going on between you two."
She started to get a bit gossipy. It seemed that when Zhitong was mentioned, Xi Chu began to talk more.
"The last time I went up against him, the outcome wasn't good at all. His manipulation technique is really a headache..."
Hearing this, she felt a bit worried. But when she sensed another aura, she also felt a hint of excitement.
"Seems like Wuyan is coming."
"Yeah, she's coming, and so are the others." Xi Chu raised his eyes and looked around.
"Could it be that others can also take our identity - erasing marks?"
"So those guys are just waiting for an easy catch." Xi Chu nodded and looked at her.
"However..."
"However what?" She looked at him anxiously.
"As long as we get Zhitong to stop them and seize Wuyan's mark, it'll be fine."
"He's so overbearing. How can we persuade him? And he seems so cold and hard to approach."
As Zhitong got closer, her heart beat faster and faster. But when he came near, she was also a bit surprised. He was wearing a loose black T - shirt and black knee - length shorts, looking no different from a college student. But there was already a hint of solemnity on Xi Chu's face.
"Why is Xi Chu hiding there? Oh, are you playing something?"
Zhitong looked in their direction and smiled, but the smile didn't reach his eyes. The icy chill around him became even more intense.
Xi Chu walked out calmly and slightly blocked in front of her. Zhitong looked at Yong Shanling, whose figure was mostly blocked and only a few strands of hair were visible, and couldn't help but smile.
"Hello. I didn't get a chance to say hello properly at the last dinner. I'm Zhitong."
But Yong Shanling didn't reply. She just nodded slightly, because the manipulation technique was as invasive as poison.
"My target is Wuyan. We shouldn't cross paths, right?"
But Zhitong waved his hand and looked at Xi Chu helplessly: "Ah, I forgot. My mission is to eliminate the first team. It's a pity I was sleeping just now. Who would've thought I'd see you guys as soon as I woke up."
Zhitong's expressionless face slowly curled into a smile: "You guys are just unlucky. I'll take your time."
Suddenly, her hand seemed to act on its own and reached for the abandoned button on her hand. Although Xi Chu tried his best to control his own hand, it still slowly rose.
She gritted her teeth and tried to stop herself: "Qingsui!"
Just as her hand was about to touch her own, vines instantly pulled her and Xi Chu's hands apart, and the rest attacked Zhitong.
But the moment they touched him, all the vines attacked the two of them again. The vines in front of them and the returning vines intertwined.
"Alas, I was wondering who it was. Isn't this Sister Qingsui?"
"It seems like it's been a few years. Have you been missing someone all these years and still living so stupidly?"
Hearing his words, Qingsui immediately took out a talisman: "It seems your way of provoking is still the same, Zhitong. It makes one's heart ache."
"By the way, isn't Sister Qingyuan here?"
Hearing Zhitong's words, a hint of fierceness flashed in Qingsui's eyes: "Whether she's here or not has nothing to do with you."
"Hahaha, how can you say that? After all, I was on good terms with Sister Qingyuan before, right?"
Zhitong looked at the woman in front of him indifferently, but his eyes kept glancing at Yong Shanling. Xi Chu felt a bit annoyed at his gaze and immediately blocked in front of Yong Shanling.
"Wait until Qingsui and I hold Zhitong back. Then you go and seize Wuyan's mark."
She nodded gently and slipped away secretly from behind, but Zhitong saw it all. He turned his gaze back to Qingsui.
"Sister, long time no see. Why are you acting as a contracted spirit beast for others? Isn't that demeaning yourself?"
"Calling me sister all the time, it's so disgusting."
Naizi suddenly jumped down from the tree.
"You're not even in a proper rank. What right do you have to speak? If no one asked you to be a substitute, you'd be nothing."
Zhitong sneered at Naizi and Que Yan beside her.
"If you didn't have that mouth, you might even reach the super - advanced level."
"If you didn't have that mouth, you might even reach the super - advanced level."
Yan Xing and Yan He also walked out from the side and taunted Zhitong.
"It seems you and your sister are really the same kind of people."
"Shut up!"
"Shut up!"
"Tsk, so boring. I'm leaving. You guys can play by yourselves."
After saying that, Zhitong disappeared on the spot, and everyone was controlled.
"Can't you break the control, Xi Chu?" Que Yan looked annoyed at being immobilized again.
"It'll take me at least a minute." Xi Chu looked at the front indifferently. He seemed to have understood Zhitong's plan.
"Did Zhitong do this?" When Nan Min and Han Chu arrived, they saw everyone standing there staring at each other. After thinking for a while, they knew it was Zhitong's doing.
"Go and check on Yong Shanling first." Xi Chu met Nan Min's cold eyes.
"You'd better pray she's okay."
Nan Min rushed past him anxiously.
Of course, he wasn't the only one worried about Yong Shanling. Mu Yijie returned to the villa right after getting off the plane.
He put down his luggage and immediately went to the study to watch the airport video. Assistant Fang was standing beside him, looking a bit tired. Mu Yijie rested his chin on his hand and suddenly noticed something.
"Get me the information on this girl."
"Sorry, she seems to be an unregistered person. It's almost impossible to trace her. The only thing we know is that there seems to have been a death certificate for her a long time ago..."
"Because there were some contradictions, we didn't look into it further."
"Dig deeper for me. I'd like to see how an unregistered person managed to board the plane. Have you found Ling'er?"
Hearing this, Assistant Fang became even more nervous and timidly shook his head. Sure enough, Mu Yijie smashed the teacup beside him to the ground. The atmosphere in the whole house became rather silent.
"What about Liu Ming?"
"The people we sent saw Miss Liu enter a forest and then she never came out. We've sent more people to search in the forest."
"A bunch of useless people! You can't even find a few people. What are you good for? If anything happens to Ling'er, you'd better think about the consequences."
"Yes."
Hearing Mu Yijie's words, Assistant Fang's legs trembled even more. He immediately left the room and only then felt like he had survived.
He dialed a phone number with a headache.
"Ye Sen, Ling'er is missing. Can you find her?"