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At the same time, deep in the mountains and forests outside Kyoto, a mysterious man wearing a black robe and a strange mask has been gradually cornered.

It's ridiculous to say that the original order he received was to track down Zhou Ji and try his best to find out the opponent's details, but in the middle of the chase, he suddenly changed from hunter to prey...

As he tossed and turned, no matter how he dodged, he could feel an extreme danger aimed at his eyebrows. His keen intuition that life and death were on the line allowed him to escape in the forest for two full hours.

Seeing a rocky cliff in front of him, the highly nervous man in black finally gave up resistance, turned around, and stopped.

"Run, why don't you run?"

This place is surrounded by walls on three sides, and Zhou Jing's voice comes from the woods, but it echoes here again.

The man in black smiled bitterly in his heart, not even giving him a chance to identify his position by listening to the voice. This man's strength was truly unfathomable.

"Mr. Zhou, I don't mean any harm." The man in black felt that the sense of crisis was still there between his brows, and continued to explain: "I am the shadow director of the Sixth Division of the Inspection Institute, and I came to look for you on the order of the dean."

Saying this, a hint of darkness flashed in Shadow's eyes. He calls himself a shadow, which means that his footsteps are mysterious and follow each other like a shadow. But now his shadow has been stepped on by his opponent. Even life and death cannot be controlled by himself.

Is it a ninth-level archer? Or a grand master?

Shadow had seen the ninth-grade archer in the palace, and his extremely dangerous instinct told him that Zhou Ji was far more terrifying than Yan Xiaoyi.

Zhou Ji was silent for a moment, then moved the muzzle of the gun away from Shadow's eyebrows.

"Where is your dean? I can go see him."

As the words fell, the silence turned into shadows.

Catching Zhou Ji and bringing him to the dean and being threatened by Zhou Ji to see the dean are two different things.

The sense of crisis between the eyebrows gradually disappeared, and Zhou Ji's voice came again.

"Don't worry, he and I have no conflict of interest, nor will it be detrimental to him." Zhou Ji took Barrett apart and put it into the sword case, and added, "The location should be in the pavilion where you ambush the black knight."

Shadow's eyes were focused, but there was also a hint of confusion.

Also, if this person is so good at tracking and counter-tracking, how could he not know that there is an ambush by the Black Rider?

Looking at it now, I'm afraid he had already expected this moment as soon as he said goodbye to Fan Xian, right?

Shadow thought for a moment and decided to report the truth to the dean. In the end, he should let him take care of whether he saw it or not.

It was already afternoon, and Zhou Ji was the first to return to the pavilion. Fan Xian and Wang Qinian had already returned to Kyoto. Only footprints on the ground and a lonely pavilion were left in the empty wilderness.

Zhou Ji was not in a hurry, he knew that Chen Pingping would definitely come back to see him.

Because Ye Qingmei left something for Chen Pingping back then, as long as Chen Pingping thought of what happened to Shadow, she would definitely come to see him.

It was getting dark, Zhou Ji yawned and sat up from the fence, stretched out a lot, and looked into the distance.

Without taking out a telescope, there was no need for a telescope. The trembling sand and gravel on the ground had clearly informed me that a large group of people was heading this way.

"It seems that Chen Pingping is indeed not in Kyoto." Zhou Ji sat down again, glanced at the layout around the pavilion, and thought, "That's right. Emperor Qing and Fan Jian wanted to bring Fan Xian back to Kyoto to get married, so how could they keep Chen Pingping here?

What about in Kyoto?”

Hundreds of black riders stopped at the outskirts of the wilderness. A carriage wrapped in iron spikes like a prison stopped in front of the pavilion. The door opened, and a few light coughs came from the dark and deep carriage.

The shadow opened the auxiliary road and pushed Chen Pingping into the pavilion. He took a few steps back but did not go far.

Chen Pingping waved her hand to indicate that she was fine. Although Shadow was reluctant, he still chose to obey the order and took a few steps away to ensure that he could protect the dean in the shortest possible time and not hear the chat between the two people in the pavilion.

"Zhou Ji..."

The two began to look at each other from the moment they met. Although they didn't speak, their eyes were testing.

After a long silence, Chen Pingping finally spoke first. His calm and indifferent expression made it difficult to tell what he was thinking, "Do you know that this place has been surrounded by black knights? As long as I give an order, even if you repair

Why can't you escape from the iron hoof of this black knight even though you are at the ninth level?"

Zhou Ji smiled and ignored Chen Pingping's initiative. He had no time to deal with Chen Pingping here.

As he told Shadow, he and Chen Pingping have no conflict of interest, and they don't care about each other's threats.

"Dean Chen, there is no need to test me. You and I are not enemies, and I have no interest in being your enemy." Zhou Ji waved her hands, "Fan Xian regards me as a close friend and confidant. At least in terms of helping Fan Xian, you and I

The position is the same."

"Oh? What's my position?" A cold smile appeared on Chen Pingping's face, her eyes narrowed slightly, as if she had murderous intent.

"He is Ye Qingmei's son, and you are Ye Qingmei's lick... supporter. The guilt and longing for her over the years have become your inner demon... and the motivation to live.

." Zhou Ji didn't hold back, and directly tore open the scar buried deep in Chen Pingping's heart, and sprinkled a pinch of salt on it, "You have also found out the real culprit behind Ye Qingmei's murder, right? Or maybe you have found out a long time ago.

It has been found."

Chen Pingping could no longer hold back her sinister expression and looked at Zhou Ji inexplicably horrified. She subconsciously retracted her palms into her sleeves and removed her legs to hold on to the handle of the wheelchair.

"Stop! Don't move!" Zhou Ji was paying attention to Chen Pingping's reaction throughout the whole process, and naturally saw the other party's "confused" movements. As he screamed, the stone from his palm was thrown out, hitting Chen Pingping's shoulder.

When Chen Pingping was at her peak, her strength was definitely at the top of the ninth level. However, since her legs were crippled and she suffered from hidden injuries that have not healed for many years, her cultivation level has been completely depleted. With her limited mobility and Zhou Ji's sneak attack, she was unable to dodge the stones for a while.

, half of the body suddenly became numb and weak.

"You should listen to what I have to say!" Zhou Ji rolled his eyes at Chen Pingping and waved to signal the approaching shadow to leave. Under Chen Pingping's gloomy expression, he continued, "It has nothing to do with me if you want to take revenge on Emperor Qing.

I don’t want to be plotted by you, so I’ll take this opportunity today to speak clearly.”

Zhou Ji's expression straightened, and he leaned over to be eye-level with Chen Pingping. His alienated eyes revealed some indescribable loneliness, "Don't mess with me."

After saying that, he straightened up and looked at Chen Pingping quietly.

Chen Pingping even saw a trace of Ye Qingmei in Zhou Ji's eyes, which was very similar to the Ye Qingmei he met back then but completely different.

The similarity of being cold and lonely, but the difference of being alienated from the world.

"What's your relationship with her?"

After a long silence, Chen Pingping spoke again. There was no longer any hint of conspiracy in her voice, but only a nervous and trembling expectation.

"She is a bright moon that lights up the dark night, and I am a shooting star that accidentally passes by." Zhou Ji shook his head and sighed: "Similar but different."
Chapter completed!