When those black-clad men heard the sound and turned their heads, she had already hidden away. Moreover, this cave had no lighting and was terrifyingly dark, so she snuck in like this.

Shui Yixuan and Beiming Yi seemed to have been immobilized by acupoint pressing, blindfolded, carried by four men, heading the procession.

The dark cave provided her with a lot of convenience. Initially, she didn’t dare to follow closely, but now she boldly moved forward. As long as she made a little sound, she would automatically hide. Those men experienced this multiple times, eventually feeling like they were getting neurotic and stopped looking back.

This cave was very long, with many steps, seemingly going down all the way and then up again, as if to pass through the mountain to reach the other side of the island.

Originally she just guessed, but when she walked out of the passage and saw the other side revealing something different, she was stunned.

Because the other side of the mountain was like a tribal existence developed by humans, with clay houses, stone-built houses, huts, planted wheat, and raised livestock. There were actually people here; isn’t it amazing?

Moreover, the people here didn’t wear black clothes but wore blue, sky-blue attire with both men and women, each seeming to be highly skilled based on their walking posture.

She hid in a bamboo forest at the entrance and didn’t dare to move at all. She observed for a long time and still couldn’t recognize what organization this was, because it seemed not to be mentioned in the original work!

She crazily scratched her head, this place had so many experts, she feared that even a small movement would be discovered, which would expose space and become even more dangerous.

Thinking it over, she jumped into space, tidying up the wolves, organizing the loot from the ship before, while pondering what she could do for those two.

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Shui Yixuan and Beiming Yi, worthy of their high position, were bound, acupoint pressed, and blindfolded, yet did not panic. Even though their eyes were covered during the journey, their stamina was slowly recovering, and their hearing allowed them to remember the path approximately.

Finally, the two were thrown into dungeon-like cells, where the damp moldy smell was perceptible. They were separated into two rooms for captivity, with nothing given and bindings unchanged, seemingly intending to interrogate separately. Shui Yixuan was worried not about anything else but the loss of Jiang Xue’s trace, not knowing where she went. If she couldn’t find them, what should he do? The man was fine, but the girl, such a beautiful girl, if she fell into the wrong hands, what should be done?

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About one hundred meters from the dungeon, in a bamboo building, two black-clad men were reporting something to a nobleman in a sky-blue waist-length robe, standing with hands behind at the window. When the key words were heard, the nobleman raised his eyebrows and turned around, revealing a rugged, wild, handsome face.

"One person with inconvenient legs, another with depleted Inner Strength, both caught severe cold?"

"What kind of two people are they? Describe them more specifically."

"Both look pretty good, the one with inconvenient legs, I don’t know if they’re mute, didn’t say a word from the cold though the face is not ordinary, just too cold in temperament. The other is gentle like Ru Yu, chatters smoothly, said their ship encountered a storm, the hull shattered, and everyone fell into the sea, they swam desperately to reach here. Judging by their physical condition, it doesn’t seem like they were lying."

"So, they stumbled onto our island by accident? Any trace of others?"

Both men shook their heads, "No, these two seemed exhausted upon landing, always healing, if not for this, it wouldn’t have been easy to bring them back."

The blue-clad man lay back on the chair leisurely, sipping tea, "Regardless of who they are, since they intruded on our island, follow the rules."

The two subordinates bowed and acknowledged, exiting the room. As they were about to close the door, they saw a companion rushing over, breathless.

"Palace Master, something’s wrong! One of those we just caught broke free from acupoints and escaped, his martial arts is superb and he excels in using poison. Our people have already been poisoned a lot."

A creak was heard, and upon opening the door, they saw the blue-clad nobleman already leaping out of the window.

Shui Yixuan didn’t spend much effort breaking out of the cellar, not worrying about Beiming Yi, as that guy could save himself without help. What worried him now was Jiang Xue; he couldn’t help but risk leaving. After a bout of confrontation, he realized this place was full of experts and was also skilled in poison, wearing blue uniforms with frost patterns. It didn’t seem like any regular organization, still hidden in the seas...