Chapter 691: Interlocking Links
Xia Wenjin’s reaction was too quick, her movements too swift, the person hiding beside the bed hadn’t expected her to make a move just like that.
Evidently, when she entered the room, there was nothing unusual, her steps were light, she even told the maids not to attend to her, saying she wanted to sleep early.
He didn’t sense anything unusual either, after all, this was just a teenage girl. For a top-notch expert like him to make a move was an overkill.
This simple task, his master had sent him just for the sake of ensuring absolute success, without a hitch.
So he planned to wait until the girl fell asleep before making a quiet move, but this seemingly unaware person moved so suddenly.
Caught off guard, the entire body pivoted desperately to the side, barely dodging the blade.
But Xia Wenjin’s next attack came again.
The person lost the initiative, forced into a flustered state.
However, Xia Wenjin was not at ease either, because she sensed there was more than one person in the room.
In a flash of lightning and fire, the two of them exchanged seven or eight moves, others couldn’t resist anymore. Just as she wanted to quickly subdue this person, the sound of weapons slicing through the air came simultaneously from her right rear and left side.
Obviously, seeing their companion in a bad situation, they immediately lent a hand.
Xia Wenjin lamented silently but had no choice but to deal with the attacks from the other two.
The skills of these three were not weak, especially the one at the right rear. If it weren’t for Xia Wenjin’s diligence in practice since her rebirth and the fact that the martial arts she practiced were extremely advanced.
She had encountered dire straits in the Jianghu as well, like in the Yuqing County Governor Mansion. Such an ambush was not without experts, but these three people were obviously more well-trained, their moves more ruthless.
To deal with her alone, they had stealthily infiltrated in advance, and secretly hid three skilled fighters, Xia Wenjin thought about Zhuo Pengju and the other two being invited out for drinks today.
Could it be that the three of them were lured away?
If so, was the ambush here orchestrated by Huangfu Yuxuan?
Did Hua Yuanming and Gu Hongxin know about it?
Were they accomplices too?
It wasn’t Xia Wenjin being paranoid, it was just that the timing was too particular.
In another day or two, her father would return to the Capital City, with her father at home, any infiltration into the Xia Mansion would certainly be discovered.
And tonight, Zhuo Pengju and the other two were just out of the Xia Mansion.
Now in the Xia Mansion, there wasn’t even one expert.
The opposing side had pinpointed her bedroom to stealthily lurk without any difficulty.
If it weren’t for her past life experiences in life and death situations giving her a natural sensitivity to danger and anomalies, she wouldn’t have discovered there were others in the room.
Now fighting one against three, Xia Wenjin frowned secretly.
The three of them had a pincer formation, although she moved first, these people were lying in wait, she had the first move, but these three had a greater advantage.
She was familiar with every table and chair in the room, but now the light was too dim, facing attacks relied more on keen hearing.
Weapons slicing through the air, the force of fists and palms, the speed of the strikes felt faster than the eye could see.
After several moves, Xia Wenjin felt more assured.
One at First-class Middle Tier, two at First-class Initial Tier, indeed a grand arrangement!
Xia Wenjin’s Cold Moon Xuying Body Technique unfolded, light as a feather, like swaying dandelions in the wind. The short dagger pointed east and struck west, creating a whistling wind sound.
Those three also went all out, feeling that even one of them was an overkill against a single person, and now if three people together couldn’t handle a little girl, wouldn’t that be a laughingstock?
In the Xia Mansion there were no experts, the fight in this room was full of thrills, yet it did not alarm anyone else.
Xia Wenjin could still maneuver with her movement technique, but she understood, the reborn body was not even considered third-rate, in over two years despite her efforts, her inner strength could not compare to its peak, the longer she fought, the more disadvantageous it was to her, because her stamina would gradually be unable to keep up, in this life and death moment, a slight mistake could lead to injury.
But she also saw, these three people seemed to have scruples, perhaps their orders were to capture her alive?
Thinking of this, Xia Wenjin simply started testing them, using a reckless fighting style as if to perish together, those three indeed were very wary.
But even so, it barely allowed her to hold off for a few dozen more moves at most.
If this went on it would not be good, trapped here, wouldn’t that mean waiting for her inner strength to be depleted, to be directly captured?
She prepared to find an opportunity to exit through the window, as long as she left the room, in the open space outside, using her movement technique and footwork advantage, maybe she could escape.
Thoughts followed by action, Xia Wenjin fought while moving towards the window.
The short dagger drew a silver arc, as if starlight blossomed in the room, though the dagger was short, those cold gleams seemed to extend far.
This move caused those three’s expressions to change, never expecting this little girl to have such a powerful move, hurriedly retreating!
This momentary gap was exactly what Xia Wenjin needed, she already opened the window in an instant, flipping outside.
In the moment of flipping out the window, Xia Wenjin lightning-fast glanced at those three people. Before, in the dark with three people tangling together, it was impossible for anyone to see clearly.
Now it was different, the moonlight outside wasn’t bright, but after eyes adjusted to the dark, when there is a glimmer of light, it was enough to see clearly.
Though they were masked, Xia Wenjin still felt a sense of familiarity.
This familiarity wasn’t from this life, she was now ninety percent sure, that person must have interacted with her in her past life.
Who would make a move against her?
Though her influence developed rapidly, she was merely a behind-the-scenes mastermind, her identity hidden, if she didn’t want someone to know, even the Shadow Pavilion wouldn’t find it easy to trace.
So it shouldn’t be a business rival.
Could it be Huangfu Yuxuan?
When this name jumped out, Xia Wenjin naturally verified that familiar feeling with the people she had encountered around Huangfu Yuxuan one by one.
A face flashed in her mind.
Pu Yangji?
Very much alike!
At the flower appreciation party she had already refused publicly, not expecting Huangfu Yuxuan to have sent someone to harm her here, what exactly did he want?
What unsettled her more was that these three people were forced away by her, watching her escape through the window, yet surprisingly did not chase, their faces even showing a hint of complacency?
But now she had already flipped outside the window, knowing something was amiss, but unable to turn back.
She finally realized what was causing her unease, her whole body bumped into something soft and springy, bounced back, then got enveloped.
It was actually a net.
There were people outside, waiting all along!
This wasn’t hard to guess.
They anticipated that Xia Wenjin couldn’t beat the three inside, if they caught her it would be it, if not, her only escape would be through the window.
They waited outside like setting a trap for a hare, wasn’t it just a perfect snatch?