Chapter 1094: Into the Tiger’s Den (Part 1)

Chapter 1094: Chapter 1094: Into the Tiger’s Den (Part 1)

So, Su Yu teamed up with Lianwu, while Han Jing teamed up with Xiaoqi. The four of them split into two groups, following the completely controlled and unconscious Su Xingqiao, quietly heading outside.

The saying goes, "You can’t get the tiger cub without entering the tiger’s den." In fact, as long as Xiaoqi didn’t open the Barrier, even if Su Xingqiao was controlled, he wouldn’t be able to leave this Barrier. However, their main goal now was to follow along and catch the culprit who poisoned him.

Han Jing told Xiaoqi to stay close to Su Xingqiao, then fell back a few steps to quietly discuss with Su Yu and Lianwu. They planned that Lianwu would be responsible for finding out if there were any unpoisoned people left in the city, while Su Yu would protect Su Xingqiao’s safety. The task of finding the culprit would be left to her and Xiaoqi, because no matter what kind of opponent they encountered, with Xiaoqi’s super special abilities, they could definitely handle it easily.

The difficult part was whether they could smoothly catch that person.

Simply relying on following wouldn’t necessarily lead to clues, so it was better for them to divide the tasks, increasing the chances of success.

After finalizing their plan, Han Jing quickly caught up with Xiaoqi, and together followed Su Xingqiao quietly.

To their surprise, they didn’t head to the city but took a turn towards another direction just before reaching the city gate. At this moment, a dense crowd had formed at the gate, clearly the city folks, including—Xiaoqi pointed out to Han Jing—the Shuiqi Island’s Island Master, Shui Jingmo, and her little aunt Feng Peining.

The reason Xiaoqi came to Shuiqi Island was that three years ago, her little aunt sent a message saying she would return for a visit. But after waiting for three years and not seeing any sign of her, nor receiving any more letters from Feng Peining, Xiaoqi’s father felt something was off and planned to send someone over to check what was going on. Xiaoqi, having a good relationship with Feng Peining, volunteered for the task, especially since Feng Peining had specially built an estate for Xiaoqi on Shuiqi Island after her marriage, which was the place Xiaoqi led Han Jing and the others to.

Although Xiaoqi hadn’t visited many times over the years, thinking that something might have gone wrong with Feng Peining, Xiaoqi bravely decided to run this errand herself. ℴ

However, upon arriving at Shuiqi Island, she sensed something amiss, so she didn’t go looking for Feng Peining but instead decided to secretly hide and see what was happening to Shuiqi Island. Seeing the symptoms of those people, she guessed it was Puppet Grass being released on Shuiqi Island. It wasn’t a trivial matter; it might ruin the entire island.

Though Xiaoqi was worried about Feng Peining, the Shuiqi Island affairs had nothing to do with her, so she planned to find an opportunity to take Feng Peining away, knowing that once they returned to Phoenix Island, they could find a cure for Feng Peining.

She truly hadn’t expected her accidental encounter with Han Jing’s group and, unwittingly, caused troubles for Su Xingqiao... so the problem had become very severe now. If they couldn’t find the poisoner, they couldn’t save Su Xingqiao.

After spending a whole night together, Xiaoqi developed quite a liking for this group, and given her stubborn nature of always following through with her word, she firmly stood with them, ready to follow orders.

Han Jing gestured to Su Yu and Lianwu, signaling them to continue tracking while Lianwu investigated the situation in the city.

They followed all the way to the outskirts of a forest.