# 1688
# Chapter 1681: I Found You
Looking at Gongyang Wan in the wind and snow, Lin Qiye sighed deeply.
The reason why Gongyang Wan had become like this, he more or less understood. He had never expected that the gentle and elegant Gongyang Wan he had met during the National Fortune Island incident would have such a tragic and bitter past.
Therefore, he did not stop Gongyang Wan from killing Chen Grabb Skin. In this era, there were many scumbags like him, and countless young women had been coerced by him. Such a death was well deserved.
"What do you want to do?"
"What?"
"Weren't you planning to stand at the top of the world?"
Gongyang Wan frowned at Lin Qiye. After a pause, she slowly said, "Of course it's to escape Huo Qubing's control and then make plans... I'm not in the habit of being anyone's dog."
"If you're worried about the [Heart-Returning Gu], I will help you deal with it."
"You? Why would you help me?"
"Because I promised you." Lin Qiye paused. "Although it was another you."
During the Chang'an crisis, Lin Qiye had indeed promised Gongyang Wan that he would help her solve the Heart-Returning Gu problem... but at that time, neither he nor Gongyang Wan had realized she was a fake. Nevertheless, the fact that Gongyang Wan was willing to save the people of Chang'an was real, and Lin Qiye did not want to owe her that debt.
Gongyang Wan narrowed her eyes, studying him as if trying to see through what he was thinking.
"However, I want to remind you of a few things." Lin Qiye slowly spoke. "First, the Marquis does not treat you like a dog. He planted the Heart-Returning Gu in you only because he was worried you would do evil... Second, if you want to stand at the top of the world, the most suitable place is actually right here."
"Here?"
Gongyang Wan was stunned. After seeing Lin Qiye point to the jade token at his waist, her brow furrowed slightly.
"I thought you had some earth-shattering idea, but in the end, you just want to trick me into working for the Bureau of Evil Suppression?" Gongyang Wan sneered. "Lin Qiye, you're thinking too highly of yourself."
"You think I'm just trying to trick you?" Lin Qiye shook his head. "Your [Everlasting Beauty] wants to grow stronger, and the fastest way is to devour more ability users... Let me ask you, would you swallow people unscrupulously just to grow stronger?"
"I only devour evil people like the leader of Qinglong Stronghold." Gongyang Wan replied without hesitation.
"Then let me ask you, in two years, where will the most evil ability users be?"
Gongyang Wan fell into contemplation.
"You're saying... the Bureau of Evil Suppression?"
"The Marquis established the Bureau of Evil Suppression for more than just suppressing evil spirits. Do you think the Bureau of Evil Suppression will sit by and do nothing while people like the leader of Qinglong Stronghold abuse their powers?
In two years, the place with the most ability users in the world will inevitably be the Bureau of Evil Suppression! And the place with the most evil ability users will definitely be the Bureau of Evil Suppression's dungeons!
Now, do you still think I'm trying to trick you?"
Gongyang Wan said nothing. She contemplated seriously, seemingly tempted.
Although Lin Qiye had the嫌疑 of tricking her into going to the Bureau of Evil Suppression, he had to admit that his reasoning was extremely enticing. Previously, Gongyang Wan had been so desperate to regain her freedom that she had ignored the Bureau of Evil Suppression's function. Now that she thought about it, the Bureau of Evil Suppression's dungeons in the future would undoubtedly be a treasure trove for her!
"I'm just giving you a suggestion. What you do in the end is still up to you."
Having said what needed to be said, Lin Qiye could not be too aggressive. He turned and walked toward the direction of Liuqing Fang.
At that moment, his peripheral vision caught a puddle of blood on the ground, and he suddenly stopped. His nose twitched, and his brow furrowed tightly...
No, the smell of this blood was neither Gongyang Wan's nor Chen Grabb Skin's... Could it be that there had been a third person injured in this courtyard not long ago?
And why was the smell of this blood so familiar?
Lin Qiye walked to the bloodstain, sniffed it carefully, as if searching through memories...
Suddenly, a figure flashed through his mind like lightning!
Lin Qiye's pupils contracted violently!!
This is...
Lin Qiye spun around sharply. Relying on this body's terrifying sense of smell, he instantly locked onto the trail of the blood's scent and rushed through a small door!
"Hey! Where are you going?" Seeing Lin Qiye suddenly run off like a madman, Gongyang Wan called out.
"Go back to the Fang and gather with them first. I have something to do!"
Lin Qiye's voice came from the distance as his figure vanished without a trace.
Snow as large as goose feathers drifted down from the gray sky, dyeing the entire Qingshan County white. That figure in winter-green robes swept across the road in an instant, carving an invisible gap through the swirling snow.
Jialan!!
There was no mistake. That smell of blood was Jialan's!
If Lin Qiye remembered correctly, Jialan was from the Western Han dynasty. However, the Western Han spanned nearly two hundred years, so he could not be sure if Jialan had even appeared in the year he was currently in... Two hundred years, an entire Great Han dynasty. With such a terrifying span of time and vast range of space, what was the probability of encountering another person?
And Jialan was bleeding. This meant that at this moment, she had not yet obtained the power of [Immortality]... Her situation was likely very dangerous.
Lin Qiye's heart raced. His eyes fixed intently on the direction where the blood scent led, searching for that familiar figure.
His figure passed through several streets in succession, finally rushing out through the city gate of Qingshan County, advancing all the way toward the wild, snow-covered wilderness. Even so, his steps showed no sign of stopping.
...
"Cough cough cough..."
Jialan wrapped in that tattered robe, struggled to move through the wind and snow. She climbed a small hill, looked back, and the silhouette of Qingshan County was faintly visible on the edge of the vast earth.
"This distance should be about right." She murmured to herself. "If I can't escape this time, I'll just have to destroy it..."
She turned to continue on her way when a wave of weakness washed over her. Her legs gave out, and she collapsed onto the snowy ground.
Under the bone-deep chill, the wounds all over her body had lost all sensation. Drifting snow dyed her entire body white. She looked down at the pill cauldron in her arms, held it tight like a treasure, and her consciousness gradually blurred.
She lay in the soft snow, surrounded by deathly silence. In her dimming vision, a figure in winter-green robes came racing toward her!
"Han Qing... Sister?" Her eyes lit up with a glimmer. She blinked hard, trying to see the face of that figure clearly.
Whoosh—!
That figure crossed the flying snow, arriving beside her like a fleeting swan.
A bright yellow oil-paper umbrella opened in the heavy snow.
A warm winter-green Han robe wrapped around her body.
A jade token hung from the figure's waist, swaying in the wind. His arm lifted Jialan's entire body, and an unfamiliar scent entered her nose.
"Jialan."
"I found you..."