Chapter 2028 - Beat you at your own game

Translator: Misty Cloud Translations Editor: Misty Cloud Translations

Within the cluster of mountains, the North Plaza was the largest empty plot of land. It also had many viewing platforms. Usually, it was rarely opened. This time, they had opened it because of her, which was something unprecedented.

Hai Xing and Hai Xi sent Sima You Yue to the North Plaza before going to the viewing platform.

Before the Examination began, they said that Sima You Yue would be waiting below on her own. Hai Xing, Hai Xi and Fu Xi were incredibly excited as they waited on the viewing platform.

At this time, a male stranger walked to Hai Xing and Hai Xi, saying, “Hai Xing, someone asked me to pass this to you.”

Hai Xing and Hai Xi saw the jade token of their clan in his hand and their breathing hitched. They tried to suppress the waves of surprise as they took the jade token and asked, “Where is this person?”

“Waiting for you in a little town outside. She said that she would not be able to wait for long, and asked for you to meet her. That person said that you were not to tell anyone about it. Hai Xi, who is that person? She looked so suspicious. Could she be a bad person?”

Suspicious?

Hai Xing and Hai Xi exchanged glances, saying, “No, one of our clan members has probably found us, we will go to meet her. Thank you for bringing us this news.”

“So it is one of your clansmen. In that case, since I’ve brought you the news, I’ll take my leave.” The person said as he left.

“Wait.” Hai Xing called him, “I’ve never seen you in our sect before. Did you come from the small town?”

The person hesitated for a moment before replying, “Yes.”

“Since that’s the case, wait for us. We’ll leave with you.” Hai Xing said, “When the time comes, we still require your help to point that person out to us.”

“Alright.”

“Then you can wait for us at the exit. We’ll leave once we’ve made our greetings.”

“Alright.”

The person left and waited for them by the exit. Hai Xing said something to the man behind her, but nobody knew what she said.

“Based on their personalities, they probably won’t tell anyone about this, right?” He guessed. After all, the existence of the Hai Clan was a secret, so they wouldn’t be so foolish as to tell someone.

Hai Xing told Fu Xi about what happened, then said, “This jade token belongs to my Little Aunt. At that time my clan was exterminated, she went missing. Now that we have a trace of her, we want to go and take a look.”

“You should know that this is probably a trap.” Fu Xi said.

“I know. However, this is the first trace of my Little Aunt that we have ever gotten.” Hai XIng said, ‘Although there is an eighty to ninety percent chance that it is a trap, we can’t just ignore this.”

“Alright then, go ahead.’ Fu Xi nodded. When he saw that person look over, he said, “You guys go on. Hurry back, I will tell You Yue about this.”

“Then we’ll have to thank you.” Hai Xing knew that he said this for that person to hear and nodded her head at him gratefully as she went over to that person with Hai Xi.

That person read Fu Xi’s lips and heaved a sigh of relief when he heard what he had said. Although he had said that, he would wait here until Sima You Yue was done with her examination. As long as these people did not come over now, by the time they realised that these two had gone missing, it would be when the examination was over. At that time, how could they possibly find any trace of them?

He headed out with Hai Xing and Hai Xi, leaving the noisy North Plaza. The area beside it was much quieter.

On the way there, they asked him about what was going on in the small town, but he couldn’t give them an answer. He explained that he had only entered the sect recently, so he had been sent to the small town to guard it. When they saw his expression, the siblings knew that this was definitely a trap.

Just before they entered the small town, the person said, “I suddenly remembered. She said that, if you were unable to arrive in half a day, she would be waiting for you in the Eastern Mountain.”

“I heard that Eastern Mountain is a little far!” Hai Xi said.

“That’s why I said that that person was acting suspicious. Since that’s the case, do you still want to go?”

Hai Xing and Hai Xi hesitated for a moment, saying, “We’ll go. However, we’ve never been to the Eastern Mountain. Can you take us there?”

“That…”

“We don’t know what the person who passed you that jade token looks like. When the time comes, we won’t recognise her even if we see her. Hai Xing said.

“Alright then. It’s my fault for taking this up in the first place. But I have to head back to let the steward know first.”

“Alright, then you can go ahead. We’ll wait here for you.” Hai Xing said with a light smile.

After that person left, he secretly thought about how these two had grown up in an environment that was too nice, and were too naive. He walked around the small town before returning to the both of them.

“My steward said that it was alright for me to take you there, but I have to hurry back to work. So we should hurry up and head there so we can get back soon.”

“Alright.”

They rushed to the Eastern Mountain and arrived very quickly.

“This is the place. I don’t know where the person is hiding either. Should we split up to look for her?”

“I think we should stay together. If we split up, we won’t recognise her even if we see her.” Hai Xing said, “We will help to put in a word for you with your steward once we return. He will not blame you.”

“That’s great then. I can slack off for half a day. Let’s go over to that side to take a look.”

He led the two of them one round around the mountain, then, he walked towards the pre-arranged place. Before they arrived, they noticed that something was wrong and there was an intense smell of blood in the air. When they walked over, they discovered a group of underworld beasts surrounding an injured person. Furthermore, that person was one of their own.

They had been discovered! This was his first thought. In the next second, he started to plot a way to escape but found out that his only way out had been sealed by a group of underworld beasts.

“You guys took so long!” Fu Xi sat on an underworld lion and walked over. He had both hands crossed over his chest and complained, “By the time we return, I wonder whether or not You Yue’s examinations will already be over.”

“Isn’t it because we wanted to see whether or not he had something else up his sleeve?” Hai Xi said, “Who knew that he just wanted to take us for a spin.”

“Alright, after we capture these people, we can rush back.” Fu Xi took out a few strings of rope and gave them a light shake. The rope tied every single one of them up.

Hai Xi went forward and put a poison pill into their mouths. Even if they wanted to commit suicide, they were no longer able to.

Fu Xi ordered the underworld beasts, “You guys can head back. It’s been tough on you today.”

The underworld beasts bowed to him respectfully before they dispersed.

“You guys knew long ago?!” The one who had communicated with them glared at Hai Xing. His eyes had lost the compliance from earlier and he was filled with anger.

“That’s right. We were suspicious the moment you appeared.” Hai Xing said, ‘But in order to capture you, we had to let you lead the way. When you returned to the small town to notify the person hiding in the Eastern Mountain, we contacted Fu Xi as well. We can speak more once we return, about why my Little Aunt’s jade token is with you.”

“Let’s go, let’s go.” Fu Xi urged. He wanted to return to see Sima You Yue take the examination! He wondered how much he had missed already.

Sima You Yue was in the plaza and looked over to where Hai Xing and the others were.. When she realised that the three of them were missing, she furrowed her eyebrows lightly.