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Chapter 15 The Masked Man
Visibility in the water is poor.

Ye Zhaoyan just felt a little confused.

Her body was already weak from the injury, and she had suffered bumps all the way, so she didn't have much strength at this time.

A look of worry flashed across Ye Zhaoyan's eyes.

After struggling in the water for a while, she felt extremely weak, as if she might faint at any moment.

Just when she was about to give up struggling and let the current take her away, a black shadow fell from the sky and smashed heavily into the water, splashing a huge layer of waves.

She suddenly felt a weight on her body, and one hand supported her waist.

Immediately afterwards, she felt as if she was being pulled upward by something.

Seeing through the water, Ye Zhaoyan opened his eyes and saw a pair of dark and deep ink eyes.

The person in front of him was tall and slender, with a handsome and indifferent face.

It's the year of Ji Si.

Beads of sweat stood on his forehead, and his chest heaved rapidly.

Ye Zhaoyan felt the suffocation in his chest eased a lot.

"You..." She wanted to speak, but because her throat was too dry, she could only spit out simple words.

"Shut up!" Ji Sinian yelled angrily, and raised his hand to push her back to the shore.

"Are you crazy!" the boy scolded fiercely, "You didn't even want your life to escape!"

"Ahem!" Ye Zhaoyan gasped after being choked by the river a few times, "I never thought I would be exhausted."

On weekdays, she would not feel tired after swimming in the water for half an hour.

Today, my body has been injured and bled for a long time, and I am extremely exhausted.

If it weren't for this, he wouldn't even have the strength to struggle.

Ye Zhaoyan raised his eyes and glanced at the surrounding environment, only to realize that he was already on the lower bank of the river.

"We must leave here immediately." Ji Sinian straightened his clothes and said flatly.

Ahead is the valley agreed in the plan, and he wants to take Ye Zhaoyan to have a "coincident encounter" with Steward Xue.

Then act on that person's plan.

He took out a torch from his pocket and threw the torch into the water.

"Wow!" With a sound, the flames soared into the sky, illuminating the entire river beach.

On the other side of the valley, Steward Xue looked at the light on the river in the distance, understood it, and rushed in that direction with the ready-to-go team.

"Follow me." Ji Sinian said in a deep voice, reaching out to pull Ye Zhaoyan.

As soon as his hand touched Ye Zhaoyan's arm, he snorted in pain.

The tall and straight figure slowly half-kneeled on the ground.

Ye Zhaoyan's eyes fell on his kneeling right leg, which was bleeding.

It was a three-inch long, extremely sharp arrow that almost pierced through his knee.

The blood on the edge of the arrow is still slightly black.

"That arrow is poisonous."

Ye Zhaoyan said in a low voice, his voice trembling.

Her heart lifted.

Is this archer an enemy or a friend?
"It's okay."

Ji Sinian said in a low voice, but couldn't help but support the ground with his hands.

Ying Ting's brows were slightly frowned, and there was a layer of frost covering the brows.

Ye Zhaoyan raised his eyes to look at him, but saw a black figure reflected in his pupils.

She turned her head away in surprise.

It was a burly masked man in a black suit, riding a horse with a bow and arrow.

His facial contours are very tough, his eyes are piercing and radiant, and he is very mighty and domineering.

The man didn't look like an ordinary robber.

But why did he want to kill Ji Sinian?

The tension in Ye Zhaoyan's heart deepened.

At this moment, there were several sharp cracking sounds.

With the sound of "whoosh, whoosh", several arrows galloped towards Ji Sinian.

With a sharp whistling sound, the arrow was so fast that it almost reached the eyes in the blink of an eye.

"Be careful!" Ye Zhaoyan groaned, and quickly pushed Ji Sinian to the ground, while rolling himself out.

As soon as she lay down on the ground, an arrow flew past her sleeve and was nailed straight to the stone wall beside her. The tail of the arrow was still trembling slightly, showing how powerful the arrow was just now. .

A trace of fear flashed in Ye Zhaoyan's eyes, and he looked at the masked man on horseback.

"Girl, I'm here to save you, come with me!" the masked man in black said.

His tone was full of concern, as if the action just now was just an instinctive reaction.

Ye Zhaoyan had a bottom line in his heart.

It seemed that the masked man in black did not intend to put her to death.

"Thank you." She thanked him softly, glanced at Ji Sinian's blackened arrow wound, and continued: "You escort him away, I'll just go by myself."

"No!" The man in black resolutely refused, "I can't let you act alone."

"I'm fine, don't bother you." She said lightly, her eyes full of alienation.

She encountered many ambushes when she went out this time, and she has decided not to trust anyone anymore.

She still doesn't know the purpose of the man in black in front of her.

"You!" The man in black choked.

He jumped off his horse and stood in front of Ye Zhaoyan, looking down at her with threats in his tone. : "I let you go, so you just go obediently, don't play tricks on me, or don't blame me for being cruel and murderous!"

When Ye Zhaoyan heard the words, a burst of anger welled up in his heart.

"You dare." Ji Sinian stood up from the ground, he had already sealed his blood, so it was not suitable for him to act.

At this time, he forced the poisonous blood to his right foot to delay the onset of toxicity.

It's just a long time...

"Look if I dare!" The man in black sneered.

"Then try it." Ji Sinian sneered, and drew his long sword from behind.

He and the man in black confronted each other, sword lights overflowing.

Ye Zhaoyan frowned watching the confrontation between the two.

That man's martial arts skills are not bad, and Ji Sinian is also very good.

The two fought against each other, and they didn't even lose the wind.

It can be seen that he came prepared.

After exchanging several moves with Ji Sinian, the masked man suddenly got into trouble and attacked him with his palm.

Ji Sinian also reacted quickly.

He stabbed the masked man with a sword.

The masked man dodged, holding the long sword in his right hand and clawing at Ji Sinian with his left hand.

With a flick of his wrist, Ji Sinian changed the direction of the long sword and aimed at the masked man's chest.

The masked man was short, narrowly dodging the sword, and at the same time clasped Ji Sinian's neck with his left hand.

Ji Sinian avoided it nimbly, and attacked the masked man's side with a long sword in one hand.

Ye Zhaoyan held his breath and watched the two people who were not evenly matched.

She could tell that Ji Sinian's swordsmanship was extraordinary.

But the masked man is not an ordinary person, both of them are masters.

After a moment of hesitation, she decided to take advantage of the chaos and escape.

She stood up, pointed her toes, and flew behind the two of them. With a flick of her finger, a stone hit the horse's buttocks.

The horse is stimulated to leap forward.

Ye Zhaoyan took advantage of the situation and jumped onto the horse's back, pulled the reins, turned the horse's head, and prepared to escape.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the masked man sneered and jumped towards Ye Zhaoyan: "Want to leave?"

Seeing that he was about to strike Ye Zhaoyan with a palm, suddenly a sword edge struck and blocked his attack.

(End of this chapter)