Song Zhi clutched his soaking wet clothes, lowering his gaze and saying embarrassedly: “It’s fine, I’ll just sit like this for a while.”

“How can that be acceptable? You should still take it off. The weather has been cold recently. If you catch a chill, the journey ahead will likely be delayed.” Jingrong said.

That’s true!

Song Zhi thought, if he really wanted to travel with them, he couldn’t hold them back and make them take care of him later.

So he quickly took off his outer garment.

He hung it on a rack nearby.

To slowly dry it!

Song Zhi hugged his arms with both hands, curling up like a woman.

Feeling quite embarrassed.

Making people want to laugh.

After quite a while, he suddenly remembered something. He raised his gaze and carefully glanced a few times at that other group of people.

Then he lowered his voice and asked: “Those… what kind of people are they?”

Jingrong was currently poking at the fire with a wooden stick and casually said: “Don’t know them!”

“Oh!”

Bai Yin then suddenly threw out a line: “Young Master Song, if you’re curious, you can go say hello to them.”

Pfft!

Wasn’t this asking for Song Zhi’s life?

He was afraid and didn’t have time to spare.

So he quickly waved his hands: “No, no, that’s not good.”

He shrank back.

Everyone also quieted down.

Only the sounds of rain and thunder outside could be heard.

Song Zhi suddenly felt a pain in his stomach. His brow furrowed, he bit his lip, and looked outside a few times.

After quite a while, he finally said embarrassedly: “Um, I’m really sorry, I… need to go out to relieve myself!”

After all, nature calls!

After Song Zhi went out clutching his stomach.

Only then did Bai Yin frown and ask: “Are we really going to bring that bookworm along to Gaoding with us?”

He was unwilling!

He didn’t want an extra burden.

That would cause them trouble later.

Jingrong remained silent.

Ji Yunshu said: “He’s going to Gaoding alone. The journey is long, and he doesn’t know martial arts. If he encounters any trouble, it will likely be very troublesome.”

“So you’re saying you want to bring him along?”

“We’re going the same way anyway. Going together won’t affect anything.”

“But if we encounter something on the road, we won’t be able to take care of him at all.”

“But since we’ve already run into him, we can’t just leave him behind tomorrow morning, can we?” Ji Yunshu asked back.

That… they really couldn’t do that.

Bai Yin let out a heavy breath and looked at Jingrong, wanting to know his opinion.

But Jingrong’s silence had already said everything!

So Bai Yin didn’t want to say anything more. He simply crossed his arms and leaned back to rest.

On the other side.

That group of people had been in a very alert state.

That man in purple was their leader, a tall and burly man. His expression had been tense all along, and one could even see the cruel look on his face.

After seeing Song Zhi go out, he instructed the person beside him: “Go watch him.”

“Yes!”

That person then quietly followed him out.

At this time, a person next to the man in purple leaned over and asked: “What about that group of people?”

“Just keep a close watch on them.”

“Yes!”

Just at this moment—

The two sacks they had placed to the side suddenly started moving.

The people inside began to struggle desperately!

Probably because something had been stuffed in their mouths, they could only make “mmm mmm mmm” sounds.

Unable to shout out.

This sound immediately drew the attention of Jingrong and his group.

They couldn’t help but look over.

A flash of murderous intent immediately crossed the eyes of the man in purple.

His palms tightened.

As if his secret was about to be discovered.

Jingrong had already realized their intentions.

He also became alert.

It seemed that the people in the sacks were their secret!

Something that couldn’t be known by others.

Those who knew would be silenced.

Just at this moment—

Several men in black suddenly appeared from outside.

They charged at that group to kill them.

On the spot, they stabbed a man to death!

Instantly, those dozen or so people immediately drew their swords in response.

Fighting hand-to-hand with the men in black.

The man in purple loudly ordered his people: “Watch the people carefully.”

So several men immediately surrounded the two sacks.

To prevent the people in the sacks from being rescued by the men in black.

Although there were only a few men in black, each one had superior martial arts skills.

The two groups fought fiercely.

The guard asked Jingrong: “Your Highness, what should we do?”

“Don’t worry about it!”

It had nothing to do with them.

Just watch the show!

Soon, that group was killed by the men in black until few remained.

Blood spilled everywhere!

Bodies littered the ground.

Two of the men in black rushed in, killed the several men guarding the sacks, hoisted the sacks, and prepared to leave.

But when they saw Jingrong’s group, they paused for a moment.

Seeing that Jingrong and his group remained unmoved, the men in black thought they probably weren’t connected to that group, so they ignored them and went out.

They didn’t go on a killing spree.

It seemed that those few men in black were not indiscriminate killers.

But just as they were about to leave carrying the sacks, they saw Song Zhi returning.

The person who had been ordered by the man in purple to follow Song Zhi earlier, upon seeing the scene before him, immediately drew his sword and questioned: “Who are you people!”

Then he charged to kill.

Song Zhi was also stunned, frozen in place.

The men in black effortlessly killed the person who rushed over.

They also assumed Song Zhi was together with that group.

A man in black then raised his sword and stabbed toward him!

Just at the instant the sword was stabbing toward him—

A stone was thrown from inside.

It hit the sword directly.

The force was very strong!

The sword in the man in black’s hand fell to the ground.

Jingrong agilely flashed out from inside, then grabbed the man in black’s hand and forcefully flung him.

The man in black immediately fell to the ground!

Once Jingrong intervened, there was no room to stop.

So those men in black also designated them as targets to be killed.

One of the men in black was heard loudly ordering: “Kill!”

The men in black then attacked them one after another.

Seeing this, Jingrong grabbed Song Zhi, who was frozen in place, with one hand and pushed him to Bai Yin who came out from inside afterward, “Take him inside.”

Bai Yin grabbed him and threw him to one of the guards, ordering: “Protect Mister Ji and Young Master Song.”

“Yes!”

Several guards immediately surrounded Ji Yunshu and Song Zhi in the middle.

Song Zhi was dumbfounded: “What… what is happening?”

Such a bloody scene—this was the first time he had seen one!

He was terrified!

Those men in black had very high martial arts skills. Even Jingrong and Bai Yin practicing together found it somewhat difficult to handle!

Three of the men in black rushed in and fought with the guards.

Ji Yunshu was scattered from the group!

A man in black pointed his sword at her.

Ji Yunshu retreated backward repeatedly.

Her back hit against the dilapidated wall!

A “bang” resounded.

With this sound, a token suddenly slipped out from her sleeve.

It fell to the ground.

Rolling to the feet of that man in black.

The man in black looked down, his pupils instantly widening.

The murderous intent in his eyes suddenly dissipated.

Even the sword he was about to stab Ji Yunshu with was pulled back by him.

Then he picked up that token from the ground.

Greatly shocked!

After looking at Ji Yunshu before him, he immediately retreated and gave the order: “Retreat!”