"I'm fine." Lin Xia waved her hand indifferently.
The guard heaved a sigh of relief. He then recalled something else. "Do you see anyone here?"
"No."
"Master Lin Xia, your garden..."
Lin Xia fell silent. She looked at the garden with pained expression but still waved her hand. "Just do your best to save it."
"Yes, Master Lin Xia."
The guards and the other disciples hurried to clean up the mess. They felt heartache when they saw the garden and fear when they saw the death elders.
Fourth Old Master Lin had black face when he watched the mess. The security system was trash. Almost every elders under him were killed in this incident. He would have a hard time establishing more of the people who supported him.
Not to mention, the war was still raging on outside.
"Find that intruder. He's poisoned heavily, so he shouldn't be able to get away far!"
"Yes, Fourth Elder!"
...
<Long Qian Xing's side>
"Young Master, there's orange smoke coming from Lin Family Mountain."
"Orange smoke?" Long Qian Xing was still riding on his horse, intending to head towards the nearby village to have some rest with the other soldiers. Looking into the distance, his pupil dilated.
He had some people in Lin Family Mountain whom he had planted a long time ago. Their task was to simply gave smoke signal depending on the situation in Lin Family Mountain.
With the herbs there and some additional materials, he managed to create some items that could have peculiar color when burned. Each of them would tell him if there was anything in Lin Family Mountain.
Recently, there has been some intruders there, but it was caught easily.
Some of his other people who were staying in the village informed him about the matter later on. Unfortunately, they couldn't really make contact with the person whom he planted inside the mountain.
And Long Qian Xing was also unwilling to let that person known so easily.
After all, it was not easy to plant someone in that famous Lin Family. The spy had been suffering because of the poison too.
But this time, the man gave information.
Orange smoke.
It meant that someone managed to create chaos in Lin Family and still on the run. However, the man he planted didn't know the exact condition of the person who came only knew that he was not caught or killed yet.
What a coincidence that he was also here.
Since the chance is here, he would be stupid if he didn't make any move.
"Long Xu, you go to the village not far from Lin Mountain, announce your existence and fought against the guards there to gain control. Lou, you follow me towards the forest beside Lin Family Mountain and kill everyone from Lin Family."
"Yes!"
"Let's go." Long Qian Xing yanked the reign of the horse, ordering it to start moving towards the Lin Family Mountain.
*neigh*
...
<Nan Hua's Side>
Thud!
The person who chased after her fell down after Nan Hua threw a needle towards the man. On her way out, she had killed more than 5 unlucky people who tried to stop her from escaping.
It seemed that the Lin Family's security was actually not bad.
But when it met Nan Hua, it had become utterly useless.
Swish!
Jumping into the forest, Nan Hua avoided the trap at the side. Her eyes calmly followed the trees' shape while calculating the best route for her to escape. The people from Lin Family definitely wouldn't let her off after she had destroyed their garden and killed several elders.
"Where's that person?"
"I don't know!"
Nan Hua glanced at the side and entered the forest as she passed by the mist.
*pant* *pant*
Sensing her body getting heavier, Nan Hua frowned slightly. The poison must have entered her system and now affecting her. While Nan Hua had confidence that she would not die so easily because of poison, she knew that she would still need to figure out a method to detoxify it.
Slash!
Cutting a wound on her finger, Nan Hua sucked her own blood.
This was a very foolish method, but at the very least, she knew that she could identify the type of poison this way.
'I need...'
While thinking about the materials needed to detoxify the poison, Nan Hua entered deep into the forest. There were still a lot of people who were chasing after her behind her.
"Nan Si!" Nan Hua called out.
Nan Si had been waiting at the forest. The moment he heard his name being called, he jumped in the opposite direction of the voice and dealt with some of the Lin Family disciples who were chasing Nan Hua.
However, he made sure that he didn't get close to them.
Lin Family were known for their poison. Only a fool would try to have a close combat with them unless there was no other choice or they have high poison resistance. In any case, Nan Si would only lure them away from Nan Hua, allowing Nan Hua to rest and recover her strength.
Swish!
Running in the forest, Nan Hua avoided the noise.
She ran even deeper into the forest, trying to think where she was. As the surroundings turned quiet and the yell from behind could no longer be heard, Nan Hua started to slow down.
'I need to rest.'
Nan Hua stopped and looked around her, trying to find the necessary herbs. Seeing that there was none, Nan Hua took a deep breath and sat down on the ground. She checked her pulse to figure out her situation more deeply.
She took out a bunch of needles and a bottle of alcohol. After sterilizing them, she pierced several of her accupoints in accordance to what she had learned.
*cough*
In the end, a mouthful of black blood was coughed out.
Nan Hua took a deep breath, feeling better. She was still poisoned, but this level was far from threatening. As long as she could have enough rest, she should be fine in a day or two.
*clang*
