Seeing Cao Yingâs irritable look, Xiaobei praised directly, "Honestly, your acting is really not bad. If it werenât for my keen eyes, I wouldâve been fooled by you!"
"Master Xiaobei, your nonsense really has no point at all."
Knowing he had chosen to continue down this dark path, Xiaobei chuckled lazily, "Nonsense? Since you say Iâm talking nonsense, why donât you come walk a bit forward with me and see?"
"I already said, I have some matters to attend to here. You go ahead first."
Glancing at Cao Ying who was still stubborn, Xiaobei smiled lightly, "I also said I could wait for you. Once youâre done with your matters, we can go together!"
"Hu Xiaobei, from the looks of it, are you really planning to break ties with me?"
Shrugging lightly, Xiaobei said nonchalantly, "You want to scheme against me, so naturally I can only break ties with you."
"You keep accusing me of scheming, yet tell me, how exactly do you think I plan to scheme against you."
Glancing at the exasperated Cao Ying, Xiaobei pointed at the inexplicable fog nearby and said calmly, "Itâs by using that killing array! If Iâm not mistaken, the fog ahead is a hidden killing array. As soon as someone steps in, theyâll be trapped inside and die a horrible death, right."
"Nonsense, what killing array? I think you have paranoia."
Cao Yingâs eyes twitched, full of disdain!
But inside, he was truly shocked because Xiaobei was completely right!
He realized he still underestimated Xiaobei.
With just one glance, he saw through this killing array; itâs a truly terrifying existence.
This seemingly inconspicuous fog is indeed a killing array.
And itâs a particularly terrifying killing array...
Back when they left the family, to prevent others from secretly returning to steal or destroy, they specifically arranged this killing array.
Initially, many of them had ways to break it.
But later, those methods to unravel it were lost...
Without the ways to break it, no one knew what to do so they simply avoided it...
Because even without those methods, they remembered how terrifying it truly was.
Seeing Cao Ying lacking the courage to admit, Xiaobei directly tore the facade, "Before, I knew you had other plans, but I still chose to cooperate because I thought you were sincere. But now, I feel I was wrong, and excessively so."
"Thatâs exactly what I wanted to say!"
"Since weâve hit an impasse, thereâs no need for further words! From now on, you go your way, and Iâll go mine!"
With that, Xiaobei turned and walked away.
"This guy actually turned against me? Truly a hasty loser!"
Seeing Xiaobei walk off, his eye twitched intensely.
He considered taking the opportunity to strike but decided against it.
He knew it was best to remain calm for now.
Because Xiaobei alive was of more value than a dead Xiaobei.
...
"This guy can really endure!"
Xiaobei sighed lightly in admiration...
When Xiaobei turned against him earlier, it was to provoke him into attacking, so he could retaliate...
But now, Xiaobei found he held back.
Yet Xiaobei wasnât too concerned, as he had many plans lined up.
Soon, Xiaobei reached the thick fog.
Glancing at the dense mist, Xiaobei smiled softly.
From the start, Xiaobei saw through this as an array and a powerful one at that.
But honestly, it didnât pose much of a threat to him.
Because Xiaobei had completely deciphered it.
"What a pity! If it had been several years ago when this array was first laid, it mightâve posed a real challenge, but now, with its strength waning over time, it hardly obstructs me."
Xiaobei felt a bit sorry.
The array evoked a sense of vast imagination.
So Xiaobei really wanted to experience its power at its peak, but he no longer had the chance.
"Didnât that fool notice the oddities before? Why is he approaching it again? Is he a fish or something, with just a seven-second memory?"
Seeing Xiaobei shake his head with regret, Cao Ying mumbled silently, furrowing his brows...
He truly couldnât figure out what Xiaobei was up to.
Murmuring in such bewilderment, his eyes widened as he saw Xiaobei stepping right in.
"What the hell!"
He uttered in astonishment!
Soon, he was even more shocked because Xiaobei vanished into the thick white mist.
"Is this an illusion? Is it an illusion?"
Snapping back to reality, he rubbed his eyes quickly.
Confirming it wasnât an illusion, he dashed to the front of the thick white mist and peered closely!
Unfortunately, he couldnât see any trace of Xiaobei at all.
"It seems he really went in! No, I must go in too, I must!"
The moment this thought emerged, he hurriedly prepared to step forward!
But just as he lifted his foot, he stopped.
"If heâs trapped in the array right now, wonât I be trapped too if I go in?"
Torn by this, he retreated two steps quickly.
After stepping back, he stared intently at the dense fog ahead, trying to discern what was going on.
But no matter how he looked, he couldnât detect a single hint!
"Damn it! What should I do then!"
He frustratedly ruffled his hair.
"No, Iâve got to risk it, Iâ"
Before he finished speaking, he heard footsteps and soon saw Xiaobei walk out of the mist.
"Why didnât you follow? Arenât you planning to visit your ancestral home?"
Xiaobei glanced at him and spoke lightly...
With that, Xiaobei turned around and unhesitatingly stepped once more into the dense mist!
"There should be no problem! No, there definitely isnât! The array must have lost its power over the years, right, that must be it!"
Giving himself a reasonable explanation, he quickly rushed into the white mist.
Once inside, he saw Xiaobei not far off...
"Turns out there wasnât an issue. I was truly scaring myself earlier!"
Muttering to himself, he started to catch up with Xiaobei...
At first, he noticed no problem, but gradually, he realized something was off. No matter how hard he chased, the distance between him and Xiaobei never shortened...