Deng Youning’s plan was viable, but finding the right person for the task was no easy feat. In the end, they chose the fastest of the four martial monks. The Empress Dowager was elderly and unable to travel, and since both Jun Wenying and Deng Youning were nursing leg injuries, they had no choice but to entrust the mission to this young master.
The scent of blood permeated the forest. As Deng Youning and her companions covered the young monk’s escape, a hidden dart thrown by one of the men in black pierced his right shoulder. The woods echoed with the clash of steel. Deng Youning, along with the three remaining martial monks, stood their ground at the edge of the forest until the young monk used his qinggong to soar into the distance, his figure vanishing completely.
One of the monks had barely let his guard down when an arrow shot from the shadows killed him instantly. The others didn't even have time to look at him again before he breathed his last. Deng Youning quickly locked onto the location where the arrow had been fired. She had a premonition that Prince Yi—or perhaps the leader of these masked men—was hiding there.
Chapter 216