Crossing the Passenger Sacrifice

What was faster than her brain and emotions was Li Huoyue's skills.

Before the fake King Liang could see the movement clearly, there was a "clang" sound, followed by a "click".

The two sounds alternated continuously. After just a dozen or so times, the originally intact offering tree was smashed into a pile that looked like a wooden stake chopped by an axe, and its original shape could no longer be seen.

It suddenly rained heavily outside without any warning, as if there was a hole in the sky. The accumulated rain rushed out and fell everywhere in the world. After a while, it gathered together again, waiting for the next raindrops to join in.

Coach Zuo was extremely shocked and looked at Li Huoyue with a mixture of fear and admiration.

"...I'm dying. Do you know what you have done?" Coach Zuo swallowed his dry throat, feeling that the scene before him was an illusion.

Li Huoyue stood on the incense table with the remaining fragments of the small tripod in her hand, looking down at Guide Zuo from above, with no expression on her face, as if she was the god, glancing indifferently at the mortals in the world.

The two looked at each other in silence, like a portrait.

After a long while, Coach Zuo finally recovered from his shock. He seemed to have given up, yet also seemed to be amused and helpless. He sighed and said, "...Forget it. Anyway, everyone in your Li family is like this, and it's not the first or second time."

There was a noise outside, and someone rushed over and stood outside the door, whispering, "Coach Zuo?"

"No problem." Coach Zuo replied, "Everyone get off."

"Yes." The person outside responded decisively and immediately withdrew, like a programmed machine.

Without the source of discomfort, Li Huoyue turned his attention back to the fake King of Liang.

She applied a little force with her fingertips, and the bronze fragment in her hand immediately broke into two pieces. The sound of the breaking, coupled with the heavy rain outside, made Coach Zuo's back shiver, and she wished she could wrap herself in two more thick clothes.

When Li Huoyue came, he had a lot of questions to ask, and now he has even more questions to ask.

They appear one after another, in an endless stream.

She picked the question she wanted to ask the most, laid the groundwork, and then said, "Did you use some trickery to lure me here?"

Coach Zuo looked up at Li Huoyue and nodded slightly, "I guess so."

"Is it?" Li Huoyue noticed the roundabout wordplay. "That wasn't your intention? So you're also being controlled by others?"

"Yeah." Coach Zuo sighed again. He knew it would be like this.

"Who?"

Instructor Zuo subconsciously glanced at the shrine, then looked away after seeing the mess. "There are many. Which one are you asking about?"

"Aren't you going to tell me everything?" Li Huoyue threw away a piece of debris, leaving only a small piece in his hand.

As the debris fell to the ground, Coach Zuo could clearly hear the meaning of "threat".

But he still didn't answer immediately. Instead, he asked Li Huoyue a question seriously: "You, don't have any memory, right?"

Before Li Huoyue could react, he continued, "You have no memory. Even if I tell you, you won't know what I'm talking about."

At first, Li Huoyue's words really surprised him. The tone and manner were exactly the same as the conversation pattern they had when they became familiar with each other later. For a moment, he thought their plan had failed.

But when he saw Li Huoyue smash the shrine directly, there was nothing he didn't understand.

"You'd better leave quickly." Coach Zuo looked at the rain outside, which was very erratic. "Someone will be here soon, and they are not on the same level as the people here."

Better than the palace guards?

"From the palace?" Li Huoyue guessed.

Coach Zuo nodded.

"Come to arrest me?" Li Huoyue was puzzled. If it was someone from the palace who came to arrest her, regardless of whether she left in advance, where could she escape to in the end? The entire Li Mansion was still staying at Suyun Bridge, three miles away.

"Yes." Coach Zuo nodded again, thought for a moment, and then said, "You smashed the branch of the sacred tree, so they will definitely send people to investigate. You should leave quickly, because they won't treat you any differently."

Li Huoyue silently calculated the distance from the palace to the prince's residence. "A branch of the sacred tree? Why are you placing it here?"

Coach Zuo's heart tightened slightly, and his breathing quickened. "...You better leave now. Those props of yours won't work with them. You haven't witnessed the fate of captured travelers, but have you never even heard of it?"

Li Huoyue was still standing on the incense table. Compared with his previous indifferent expression, there was a layer of coldness in his eyes. He unconsciously stroked the fragments in his hand and looked at Coach Zuo coldly, motionless.

Coach Zuo stepped back repeatedly under the gaze of his gaze. Images flashed through his mind, overlapping with reality. He blurted out in disbelief, "You want to kill me again? I didn't do anything to you this time!"

"Yes." Coach Zuo nodded again, thought for a moment, and then said, "You smashed the branch of the sacred tree, so they will definitely send people to investigate. You should leave quickly, because they won't treat you any differently."

Li Huoyue silently calculated the distance from the palace to the prince's residence. "A branch of the sacred tree? Why are you placing it here?"

Coach Zuo's heart tightened slightly, and his breathing quickened. "...You better leave now. Those props of yours won't work with them. You haven't witnessed the fate of captured travelers, but have you never even heard of it?"

Li Huoyue was still standing on the incense table. Compared with his previous indifferent expression, there was a layer of coldness in his eyes. He unconsciously stroked the fragments in his hand and looked at Coach Zuo coldly, motionless.

Coach Zuo stepped back repeatedly under the gaze, images flashing through his mind, intertwined with reality. He blurted out in disbelief, "You want to kill me again? I didn't do anything to you this time!" "Yes," Coach Zuo nodded again, thought for a moment, and then said, "You smashed the branch of the sacred tree, so they will definitely send someone to investigate. You better leave quickly, they won't treat you any differently."

Li Huoyue silently calculated the distance from the palace to the prince's residence. "A branch of the sacred tree? Why are you placing it here?"

Coach Zuo's heart tightened slightly, and his breathing quickened. "...You better leave now. Those props of yours won't work with them. You haven't witnessed the fate of captured travelers, but have you never even heard of it?"

Li Huoyue was still standing on the incense table. Compared with his previous indifferent expression, there was a layer of coldness in his eyes. He unconsciously stroked the fragments in his hand and looked at Coach Zuo coldly, motionless.

Coach Zuo stepped back repeatedly under the gaze, images flashing through his mind, intertwined with reality. He blurted out in disbelief, "You want to kill me again? I didn't do anything to you this time!" "Yes," Coach Zuo nodded again, thought for a moment, and then said, "You smashed the branch of the sacred tree, so they will definitely send someone to investigate. You better leave quickly, they won't treat you any differently."

Li Huoyue silently calculated the distance from the palace to the prince's residence. "A branch of the sacred tree? Why are you placing it here?"