Chapter 514 - 513: Forged Identity
Chapter 514: Chapter 513: Forged Identity
Upon hearing Ye Jia Ren’s words, Yiyi glanced at her lightly and said, "There’s no need to bother worrying about that; you better think about yourself."
"Hmph... What’s there for me to think about? Anyway, you can’t get out."
Ye Jia Ren spoke confidently, completely disregarding Yiyi’s words, while discreetly inching backward.
"Stop."
Yun Chu had almost fully recovered and had been observing Ye Jia Ren without missing any of her small movements. Seeing her inch toward the back wall, he directly halted her actions.
After Yun Chu controlled her, a trace of unwillingness finally appeared on Ye Jia Ren’s face. Just a little bit more, and she could activate the switch to forever trap Ding Yiyi and the others.
At this moment, Yiyi also noticed Ye Jia Ren and carefully examined around, finally discovering an inconspicuous switch on the back wall, "Seems like you still haven’t learned to behave."
Yiyi’s expression grew colder and she no longer hesitated, directly feeding Ye Jia Ren a medicine pill.
"Cough... cough... What did you make me swallow?"
Yiyi responded with a cold smile, "Nothing much, just a medicine to make you miserable for the rest of your life."
Seeing Yiyi’s frosty face, Ye Jia Ren suddenly felt panicked, using all her strength to shout, "Mas..."
However, after shouting one word, she could no longer utter a second.
"...Uh..."
Ye Jia Ren opened her mouth wide in terror, glaring at Yiyi and then at her own mouth, her expression full of resentment.
Yiyi ignored Ye Jia Ren and, taking Yun Chu, headed directly to the door.
Yet before they could open it, the old poison master arrived with a group of people, "Catch her for me."
Seeing so many people, Yiyi didn’t hesitate and quickly scattered a powder, then took Yun Chu and ran toward the window.
"Little miss, this way."
Yun Chu had observed earlier that this window could provide a way out.
Yiyi naturally trusted him, swiftly moving with him toward the window and jumping out.
By the time the old poison master and his men dispersed the powder, Yiyi and Yun Chu had already vanished.
"After them!"
The old poison master’s expression was grim, his face full of disappointment as he looked at Ye Jia Ren, originally thinking this disciple could handle anything, only to let Yiyi and the others escape.
At that moment, Ye Jia Ren couldn’t care less about her master’s opinion of her; besides losing her voice, she also felt pain all over, stretching her hand toward the old poison master, hoping he would save her.
Seeing Ye Jia Ren in such a state, the old poison master slowly walked over, checked her pulse, and appeared puzzled, "Did that Ding Yiyi poison you?"
Ye Jia Ren laboriously nodded.
"That little girl is certainly not simple, capable of concocting such a potent poison."
Hearing this, Ye Jia Ren felt even more panicked, "Ah... ya..." Unable to speak, she could only shake her head vehemently.
The old poison master, seeing this, took out medicine and fed it to Ye Jia Ren, then said, "Relax, I won’t let you die so easily."
Upon hearing this, Ye Jia Ren finally relaxed, her face quickly turning vicious as she pointed toward the window they had just escaped from.
The old poison master, understanding his disciple’s message, waved his hand and said, "Don’t worry; those two won’t escape. This place is already a heavily surrounded trap; even if they escape now, they can’t escape forever."
Ye Jia Ren exhaled a sigh of relief at these words, then pointed to her finger.
At this, the old poison master’s face immediately darkened.
"You mean, the ring I gave you was taken away?"
Ye Jia Ren quickly nodded.
The old poison master was now filled with anger, "That ring can’t be lost; otherwise, all my efforts were in vain."
To know, the ring was something he painstakingly stole, thinking with it he would become overwhelmingly powerful. Unfortunately, over the years, he found it useless, passing it on to his favorite disciple.
Although the ring was otherwise useless, it was still a token of the Divine Medicine Sect and could be valuable someday, thus it couldn’t be lost.
Realizing the importance of the ring again, Ye Jia Ren harbored even deeper hatred toward Yiyi.
On the other side, Yiyi took Yun Chu and ran forward, soon noticing many people appearing all around. Who would have thought such a small place would have so many guards?
"Little miss, this way."
Yun Chu quickly led Yiyi toward another hidden direction, but soon they found themselves pursued again.
Seeing the relentless pursuers, Yiyi’s expression turned icy, first giving Yun Chu a medicine pill, then scattering powder toward the approaching people.
Taking advantage of their delayed reaction, Yiyi once again grabbed Yun Chu and fled to another hidden spot; the two ducking and hiding, unable to fully escape, could only temporarily shelter in a concealed area.
Meanwhile, Gu Tingyu finally saw some progress.
"How did you get to know that Ye Jia Ren?"
Reviewing the documents, Gu Tingyu, with a gloomy expression, looked at Jinming.
If not for Old Master Ding’s reminder, he wouldn’t have thought to investigate Ye Jia Ren, not expecting to uncover such issues.
Jinming, hearing his friend’s query, initially didn’t react, but when realizing his friend suspected Ye Jia Ren, quickly said, "Jia Ren also disappeared; why would you suspect her? She’s a fine girl and wouldn’t do such things."
He couldn’t believe Yiyi’s disappearance was related to Ye Jia Ren.
Seeing his friend like this, Gu Tingyu threw the documents in front of him, "Look at these, Ye Jia Ren’s identity is clearly suspect; she’s not a local in Shangjing but fabricated such information. Do you still think she’s innocent?"
Jinming, stunned by the documents, found it hard to accept, "Even if she falsified her identity, it doesn’t mean she did anything bad."
"Jinming..."
Gu Tingyu’s call made Jinming pause, then looking clearer once opening his eyes, he said, "One time I went out of town for work, and after eating at a restaurant, found my wallet stolen; she paid for me, that’s how we met."
Gu Tingyu now felt impatient, only asking, "After getting to know her, did you notice anything odd?"
Jinming thought hard and eventually said, "Once I accidentally overheard her on the phone mentioning a master."
"What kind of master?"
"I’m not sure," Jinming shook his head but soon furrowed his brows, "Though I don’t know her master, she often visits a particular place."