It wouldn't have been easy for her and Jun Mohan to bring these children back in the middle of the night otherwise.
"Alas, Big Sister can only do this to bring you back safely," Leng Ruo Li murmured.
"Li'er, let's go out and see Yin Chen and the others quickly," Jun Mohan reminded her.
But just as the two stepped out of the room, a group of guards rushed towards them, surrounding them.
The leader, a man in black, glanced at the three corpses on the ground, then walked to the door and looked into the room. It was empty. Where were the children? He was so furious he almost died. They had finally obtained fifteen pairs of boy and girl offerings, and now their efforts over the past few days were in vain.
"Where are those thirty children? Where did you take them?" the leader in black roared.
"I don't know! But even if I did know where they are, I wouldn't tell you people."
Leng Ruo Li's tone was as cold as ice.
There was no need to be polite to these people.
"Seeking death!"
"Everyone attack! Capture these two alive!" the leader shouted, giving the order.
He immediately raised his broadsword and charged at the King and Consort Leng.
"Jun Mohan, leave these people to me for practice. You can watch from the side," Leng Ruo Li said resolutely, her eyes shifting, a cold light flashing.
"Good!" Jun Mohan replied with a slight upturn of his lips.
He looked at Leng Ruo Li's eager expression, a smile flickering in her dark eyes, which had been altered by medicine.
Immediately, before the black-clothed men's broadswords could reach them, Leng Ruo Li swiftly gathered a gust of palm wind and sent it towards the group of men in black. They were instantly blown back two to three meters.
A piteous moaning filled the ground.
Then, Leng Ruo Li gathered more internal energy into her hand and executed a palm strike towards the necks of the black-clothed men lying on the ground. In three strikes, she swiftly dealt with over twenty of them.
Following that, Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mohan found the left side gate of the manor. From a distance, they saw Yin Yi and Yin Er being surrounded by guards. The two immediately rushed to aid them and help them break free. With Jun Mohan and Leng Ruo Li joining, they neutralized these guards within minutes.
"Your Highness, Your Consort, have all the children been rescued?" Yin Yi asked with concern.
"They have all been rescued. Now let's go see Yin Chen and Chu Ming Xuan, and see if they have gotten out," Leng Ruo Li said.
Afterward, Leng Ruo Li and the other three searched the entire manor but could not find Yin Chen and Chu Ming Xuan. They couldn't even find the large group of guards that had been there before.
They hadn't killed many guards earlier, so where had everyone gone?
Subsequently, Leng Ruo Li and the others exited the manor and circled around the outside, but they still couldn't find Yin Chen and Chu Ming Xuan.
Leng Ruo Li, Jun Mohan, and the others became anxious.
Strange!
Yin Chen and Chu Ming Xuan's martial arts were not weak. How could they have disappeared without a trace?
Had they fallen into someone's ambush?
Leng Ruo Li pondered and then released her little snow fox again.
At first, the little snow fox was reluctant to help Leng Ruo Li search again, using the excuse of being tired.
"Little Snow Fox, please do me a favor and help me find Yin Chen and Chu Ming Xuan's whereabouts. If you help me find them again, I'll make two roasted chickens for you when we get back," Leng Ruo Li enticed.
Upon hearing about roasted chicken, the little snow fox's pair of green, ethereal eyes immediately spun around.
Hearing that there was meat to eat, what should this fox do when its mouth started to water?
"Alright, Master. This matter is on me," the little snow fox declared with conviction.
It tracked Yin Chen's scent from where Leng Ruo Li and the others had separated from Yin Chen and Chu Ming Xuan, and soon arrived under a tree near where Yin Chen and Chu Ming Xuan had entered the manor.
"Master, those two big fools flew into the manor from this tree," the little snow fox said earnestly.
When Leng Ruo Li heard this, she hugged the little snow fox and immediately flew onto the poplar tree by the wall. Jun Mohan and the others followed closely, then jumped down into the manor from the poplar tree.
As soon as Leng Ruo Li landed, she saw a huge net in the grass. She thought to herself, could those two unlucky fellows have really fallen into an ambush?
At this moment, the little snow fox suddenly jumped out of Leng Ruo Li's arms and sniffed the large net.
"Master, after Yin Chen and Chu Ming Xuan fell into this net, they were then knocked unconscious by someone," the little snow fox said helplessly.
"What? Did they really fall into an ambush? Can you still find where they were dragged?" Leng Ruo Li asked, slightly disbelieving.
"Yes, the scent they left behind is very strong. I can definitely help Master find them," the little snow fox said with a proud expression.
Afterward, Leng Ruo Li and the other three followed the little snow fox out of the manor and to the river behind it. Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mohan quickly spotted the traces of carriage wheels by the riverbank.
Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mohan quickly guessed that Yin Chen and Chu Ming Xuan had been drugged and then transported away.
Therefore, Leng Ruo Li put the little snow fox back into her space, decisively released the four horses she had raised in her space, and then the four of them rode the horses, following the carriage wheel tracks in pursuit.
Meanwhile, the two Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mohan were looking for were, at that moment, tied up in a carriage.
After a while, Yin Chen and Jun Mohan slowly opened their eyes. Because they had inhaled a large amount of anesthetic earlier, their heads still hurt and their bodies felt weak upon waking.
"Yin Chen, where is this?" Chu Ming Xuan asked groggily.
"We should be on a carriage," Yin Chen replied with a frown.
"Alas, it's my fault for being careless and falling into that person's trap, but I can't figure out how he knew our movements so clearly?" Chu Ming Xuan asked, full of confusion.
"Since you can't figure it out, don't think about it anymore. We should quickly find a way to escape. The Prince and Consort must be looking for us now," Yin Chen sighed.
"We've been drugged with the Three-Day Soft Bone Powder. Even if we break free from our ropes and escape, we won't be able to get far," Chu Ming Xuan said with a headache.
"Don't you have the antidote for the Three-Day Soft Bone Powder on you?" Yin Chen asked with a frown.
"My medicine is gone. It was probably taken by my master... the Master of Ghost Valley," Chu Ming Xuan replied.
Yin Chen was immediately speechless, and he and Chu Ming Xuan stared at each other for a full few minutes.
Until the carriage stopped, and an old man with white hair, vigorous spirit, and an immortal-like demeanor lifted the carriage curtain and looked at the two inside.
"Xuan'er, it's been more than half a year since we disciples last met. I didn't expect to meet under such circumstances," the Master of Ghost Valley said with a "kind" expression.