Su Yunmo stood in the pavilion, watching coldly. "Didn't you want to find the array's eye? Go find it yourself."
"No! I can't swim, save me, save me! Linlang, Linlang!" Lin Yu Ning thrashed her limbs desperately, but she couldn't get up at all, her body sinking further.
"Your Highness." Linlang struggled to stand, enduring the pain as she tried to jump in to save her.
Su Yunmo reached out and stopped her. "She almost killed you just now, and you still want to save her?"
Linlang trembled inwardly, gritting her teeth and clenching her fists. "I must save her. She is my mistress."
Although she was very grateful to Su Yunmo for saving her, the Princess Consort was her mistress.
No matter how unwilling or grief-stricken she was, she had to prioritize her mistress's life. This was the mission of the Posuo tribe.
"You are truly loyal." Su Yunmo looked at her with a complex expression, unsure whether to praise or criticize.
"Move aside, I'm going down." Linlang made a move to jump.
Su Yunmo waved her hand and clenched her fist.
Linlang's movements suddenly froze. She found her legs unable to move!
"Useless, you useless thing, what are you still standing there for? Hurry and save me, save me!" Lin Yu Ning continued to curse loudly.
"You are very noisy." Su Yunmo made a pinching gesture with her hand.
Lin Yu Ning immediately fell silent, only the sound of her struggling in the water remaining.
Linlang panicked. "What are you doing? Don't hurt her, come at me if you have something against me."
"Don't you understand yet?" Su Yunmo said helplessly, turning to look at the opposite side.
She raised her voice. "It seems the people of the Posuo tribe are extremely loyal to the imperial family. But I wonder whose imperial command you follow?"
The other side was shrouded in thick fog, and nothing could be seen clearly.
But Hong Tong, hidden behind the fog, stiffened. He felt as if Su Yunmo had seen through him.
"You want to be a turtle hiding its head by not making a sound?" Su Yunmo sneered coldly, then made a strong grasping motion with her hand and pulled towards herself.
Hong Tong's body soared into the air, flying directly over the lake and landing heavily on the ground.
He let out a scream, his eyes wide with shock as he looked up at Su Yunmo. "How could you know? This is impossible!"
At the same time, the surrounding fog gradually dispersed.
Linlang then realized that the water pavilion they were in was very close to the shore, only about two hundred meters away.
But they had clearly swum at least several thousand meters in the water.
"Your little illusionary tricks can't fool me." Su Yunmo sneered.
She had been suspicious since she figured out that he himself was the eye of the array.
Linlang had said it was a double array. At first, when the ice surface shattered, they all thought it was one of the illusionary arrays.
But while in the water, the glazed lock heated up, temporarily restoring some of her strength and clearing her mind.
The ice surfaces, the fog, and everything else were illusions.
"Hahaha... As expected of the Princess's daughter, it seems you can now distinguish between truth and falsehood." Hu Xue walked over from the water corridor.
These words exploded above everyone's heads, especially Linlang's.
She looked at Su Yunmo in astonishment, a wave of heat surging from the soles of her feet to the scalp. "You are the Princess's... No, this is impossible."
Lin Yu Ning had said that the glazed lock was stolen by her, and her abilities were also stolen.
She herself had admitted that she had doubted if she had found the wrong person once.
But their ages clearly didn't match!
Su Yunmo glanced at her helplessly.
Thank heavens, she finally understood.
"What do you, a newcomer, know? How can someone like you, a half-baked practitioner, understand the power of the glazed lock?" Hu Xue sneered disdainfully.
The restraint on Linlang's feet was released. She took two steps back, her pupils trembling, and instinctively looked at Lin Yu Ning in the water.
Lin Yu Ning had managed to grab a corner of the water corridor that extended out, floating on the surface.
She met Linlang's gaze, instinctively shrinking her neck, a flicker of panic in her eyes.
Although Lin Yu Ning said nothing, Linlang understood from her eyes that she had been deceived all this time.
Linlang collapsed onto the ground, overwhelmed by a wave of panic and lingering fear.
Why did this happen?
What had she been doing all this time? She had served the wrong master and had even attempted to assassinate her master multiple times.
Just now, she had watched as her young mistress was kicked into the water by Lin Yu Ning. If her young mistress hadn't been so fortunate, she would be dead by now.
She had almost killed her!
"Young mistress, please come with us." Hu Xue extended his hand towards Su Yunmo, his tone much more respectful than when he had come to assassinate her that night.
Hong Tong stood up and also looked at Su Yunmo menacingly.
Linlang finally recovered from her immense panic and quickly ran to shield Su Yunmo, gritting her teeth. "Don't touch her!"
Her eyes were bloodshot, filled with both annoyance and hatred for her own misjudgment, as well as tension about the current situation.
Hu Xue didn't pay her any mind. "Even at your peak, you might not have been able to defeat me. What can you do now, injured like this? It's laughable."
He strode forward and struck with a fist.
Linlang clenched her fists and met the blow through gritted teeth.
Their fists collided, and Hu Xue remained unmoved, while Linlang staggered back two steps, grunting and spitting out a mouthful of blood.
"Useless!" Hu Xue strode towards Su Yunmo.
"No!" Linlang didn't even have time to wipe the blood from her mouth before quickly lunging forward.
However, Hong Tong attacked from her side, blocking her path.
Just as Su Yunmo was about to be captured by Hu Xue, a sharp palm strike came from behind Hu Xue, hitting him in the back.
"Pfft!" Hu Xue spat out a mouthful of blood and was sent flying, falling into the water.
Ye Jing Yu stood on the pavilion, gritting his teeth. "Su Yunmo!"
When would she ever listen to him!
The little dumpling put on a fawning smile and waved. "Hello, Brother Yu~"
Ye Jing Yu felt like hitting her.
He scooped up the little dumpling and stuffed her into his embrace, then turned his cold, murderous gaze towards Hong Tong.
Hong Tong's heart skipped a beat, and he turned to run.
Ye Jing Yu swept his hand, sending out a cold gust of wind.
Hong Tong was sent flying and his head hit the corner of a table, knocking him unconscious.
"He's trying to run!" Su Yunmo shouted, pointing at the water.
Ye Jing Yu drew his soft sword and unleashed a strike.
Hu Xue was startled and quickly plunged into the water.
Bubbles soon appeared on the surface of the water, and blood-red stained the depths below.
"What's going on?" Lin Ze Qu, hearing the commotion, arrived with his servants.
Ye Jing Yu's face was grim. "The defenses of the Marquis Lin's mansion are truly lax. To allow a group of martial arts practitioners to cause such chaos in a first-rank Marquis's mansion is truly eye-opening, Your Highness!"
Lin Ze Qu, being a martial artist, knew at a glance that a struggle had just taken place here.
His eyes darkened, and he cupped his hands. "It is my negligence in managing my subordinates that has alarmed Your Highness. I wonder what exactly happened here, please inform Your Highness."
Why did they suddenly start fighting?
"Marquis Lin should go ask your precious daughter." Ye Jing Yu tucked the little dumpling under his arm and strode out, simultaneously ordering, "Qian Xue, bring the person."
Qian Xue, who had arrived, responded with a deep "Yes" and quickly dragged the unconscious Hong Tong up.
Linlang clutched her chest, watching the direction they were leaving, and then gritted her teeth and followed.
Leaving Lin Ze Qu with a mess to deal with.