#1267 - Chapter 1267 The Night Strikes

Lou Boren was also taken aback, not knowing how Ye Kong had become like this after not seeing him for a while. But now was not the time to confront Ye Kong head-on. His goal had been achieved, and it didn't matter where Ye Kong went.

Lou Boren beckoned, and Lou Dongliu beside him walked over, "Elder, what are your instructions?"

"Take Ye Kong to the Qingting Pavilion and release the person."

"I don't know, he left with a disciple from the Hanlin Academy."

Bai Zhi wanted to follow.

He was stopped by the young patriarch Bai Zhou, "The banquet is about to end, and we still need you to summarize the content of this mission and participate in the discussion on Siqin's whereabouts."

"Let them discuss it themselves. Anyway, we didn't contribute to this collective siege, and it's not our turn to decide Siqin's whereabouts. You need to know that the most important thing now is Ye Kong's whereabouts," Bai Zhi replied.

"Why? Ye Kong is just an ordinary person. Maybe he's just a little bit stronger," Bai Zhou said, his voice getting softer.

"No, that's because you didn't see clearly. The current Upper Realm is no longer the Upper Realm it used to be. The Sect Alliance is precarious, order is disintegrating, and the destruction of the Liu Clan last time is an example before our eyes. If we don't take any action, it will soon be our turn."

Speaking of this, Bai Zhi glanced inside, "In short, we must grasp this person, Ye Kong.

He will definitely be able to overturn the entire Upper Realm with his own strength."

"Then should we catch up now? Ye Kong has already gone far with the people from the Hanlin Academy," Bai Zhou said, now somewhat anxious.

Bai Zhi thought carefully for a moment, "Forget it. It's not appropriate to catch up now. I still have to maneuver here. You send someone to pay attention to Ye Kong's movements and report any changes to me immediately."

"Okay," Bai Zhou said and was about to leave.

"By the way, it must be very secretive. Ye Kong's anti-reconnaissance ability is very strong. Once he finds out, it will cause his displeasure, which will be detrimental to our cooperation.

Also, we must not let people from other sects know."

Bai Zhi had a sufficient understanding of Ye Kong.

As soon as Bai Zhou left, Lou Boren walked out, "Clan Leader Bai, I really couldn't find you anywhere. So you were here getting some air."

"Elder Lou, what do you want from me?" Bai Zhi greeted him.

"Now that the banquet is over, the summary meeting is about to begin, so I came to invite Clan Leader Bai to preside over it," Lou Boren said directly.

"Although our clan is the host, our clan did not contribute to this collective siege, so let the Hanlin Academy preside over it."

Bai Zhi said as he walked inside.

"Clan Leader Bai, what are you saying?" The smile on Lou Boren's face couldn't be stopped, and he followed in.

With a gust of wind, Ye Kong's alcohol subsided, or perhaps Ye Kong wasn't drunk at all. Ye Kong looked at Lou Dongliu in front of him and asked, "You should be Elder Hanxuan's attendant, right? How come you're here with Elder Lou?"

Lou Dongliu followed Lou Boren's request and ignored Ye Kong.

"Oh, it seems the rumors are true. No wonder you're called Lou Dongliu. You must have some other relationship with Lou Boren," Ye Kong casually mentioned.

"I didn't expect someone like you, Ye Kong, to listen to baseless rumors," Lou Dongliu said with a face full of disdain.

"No, this also proves why the Hanlin Academy is increasingly leaning towards the Lou and Xu elders. But these are all things that can't be put on the table."

"Ye Kong, shut up," Lou Dongliu said angrily, "If you say that again, I can't guarantee I'll take you to release the person."

"You're really impervious to reason," Ye Kong said, looking aside and becoming silent.

The two of them arrived at the Qingting Pavilion together, but the Qingting Pavilion had already been burned beyond recognition, and guards were coming in and out. Lou Dongliu frowned, "What happened?"

"Reporting to the commander, someone deliberately set a fire, and we are putting it out."

"What about the person locked inside?" Ye Kong immediately asked.

"Miss Liu is still locked inside," the guard replied.

"What, with such a big fire, you're not going to save people, but just putting out the fire? Is this the humanity of your Hanlin Academy?" Ye Kong scolded and immediately jumped into the Qingting Pavilion.

The Qingting Pavilion was filled with black smoke, the fire was very large, and it was completely impossible to see clearly. The surroundings were still burning, and a lot of debris was falling down with crackling sounds. Ye Kong scanned the surroundings and saw the person tied to the pillar in the secret room at the farthest point.

Ye Kong teleported over.

The moment his hand touched the person on the pillar, Ye Kong felt something was wrong.

The next second, as the temperature rose, a loud bang exploded in front of Ye Kong.

Ye Kong could now see clearly that what was tied to the pillar were clearly several heavy bombs.

One after another, they were bound to blast Ye Kong to a crisp.

The sound of explosions was endless. Outside the Qingting Pavilion, Lou Dongliu led a group of guards, standing at the back behind the blast-proof circle, "What are you doing? Where are the people?"

"It's all because of that young man with the freedom to teleport. He took the person away while we were unprepared," the guard had to tell the truth.

"This time, we severely injured Ye Kong. I'll spare your lives for now. Now, immediately go to the Qingting Pavilion and drag out the seriously injured Ye Kong and lock him in the Sifang Room."

The entire Qingting Pavilion was already on the verge of collapse. The guards went in and searched the Qingting Pavilion, but they didn't see any trace of Ye Kong.

"Reporting to the commander, Ye Kong is not inside."

"What? Ye Kong ran away again?" Lou Dongliu slapped the guard in front of him away, "Quickly find him, Ye Kong can't go far. Even if he wasn't attacked by the explosion, the smoke he inhaled will severely corrode his internal organs. If he uses his spiritual power, he will be rapidly consuming his lifespan."

Lou Dongliu touched the black blood stains in the Qingting Pavilion and chuckled to himself.

On this side, Ye Kong clutched his abdomen and walked quickly through the dense forest.

Blood was seeping from the corner of Ye Kong's mouth. Although he had recognized the trap and teleported away at the first moment, he had not noticed that the smoke he inhaled when entering was not fire smoke, but toxic smoke that was extremely harmful to the internal organs.

As expected, he was too impatient to be like this.

But Ye Kong was sure of one thing, at least Liu Rushi was safe.

Ye Kong's abdominal cramps became more and more severe, and sweat kept flowing from his forehead. Once he used his spiritual power, it would accelerate the spread of the toxic smoke. Ye Kong could only keep running, as far as possible, and must not fall into the hands of the Hanlin Academy.

But in this place, Ye Kong wasn't sure where he was.

A river appeared in front of him, and Ye Kong plunged into it with a plop, which could eliminate the smell and traces.

But as soon as he entered, Ye Kong was unable to swim and could only drift with the current, flowing westward.

Ye Kong sank heavily into the water, drifting all the way to the horizon.

The setting sun in the distance brought the last ray of sunlight, disappearing into the vast sunset clouds.

As the last ray of light faded, darkness descended.

The whole earth fell into a deep sleep.