Chapter 55

Chapter 055: A Momentary Glimpse If it weren't for the knife in her hand, Jiang Ye would almost want to give up thinking after suddenly hearing the mysterious confession and witnessing the shocking scene of impact. The world is crazy. The person in the green robe turned around, holding an umbrella. Su Yingsnow's voice trembled slightly as she softly said, "Alright, let's go home." "Well then, see you later." Click. She...see you later? Jiang Ye watched as the person under the red umbrella walked past the corpse without even glancing at it, walking out of the alley and stepping into the long street around the corner. That's it? Who is he? Could it be that now...I should give him an answer? Jiang Ye was stunned for a moment, then her eyes suddenly narrowed, without hesitation she chased after Luo Qingchuan like an arrow released from a bow, her double-edged blades shimmering with arcs of light as she cut through the rainwater at her side. The figure in the green robe had already walked about ten meters away. Beside the long street was a small river, and across the river was another street with old-fashioned buildings. On the glass, which was stained with water marks, appeared a hazy picture of the opposite bank. Jiang Ye stared at the figure of the young man, biting her lip as she asked, "Who are you?" Luo Qingchuan did not respond. The girl gripped her knives, bent down and leapt forward, crossing the ten-meter distance in the blink of an eye. Jiang Ye soared like a hawk, graceful like a dancer on ice, her tie fluttering. She spun a sharp and chilling blade towards Luo Qingchuan under the umbrella. In this moment, Jiang Ye's eyes showed no expression, her face was cold, and a black hair strand brushed past her pale red lips, exuding charm, purity, and a chilling intent to kill. The young man under the umbrella casually sidestepped, his pitch-black long knife horizontal in front of him. With a metallic clang, Luo Qingchuan didn't move a step, his wrist steady, finding the perfect angle to deflect the force. Sparks bloomed. Jiang Ye flew past him, both of her blades deflected. The girl slid a few steps along the rain-soaked street, her feet turning into beautiful splashes of water, and elegantly turned around. Jiang Ye asked again, "I need to know who you are in order to give you an answer." Luo Qingchuan stopped in his tracks, his voice intentionally lowered, "You misunderstood." "Huh?" "I wasn't talking to you just now." Jiang Ye suddenly froze. After a few seconds of silence, her ice-cold face seemed to blush faintly in a rapid manner. She coldly said, "Are you confessing to a corpse?" Luo Qingchuan paused for a moment and said, "I'm leaving." He smiled lightly again, glancing at the area in front of Jiang Ye's chest. "Miss, button up your suit. It's raining heavily, so don't catch a cold." Jiang Ye lowered her head and saw that her shirt under the collar was completely soaked, revealing patches of delicate and attractive skin. In the misty rain, the blurry black lace outlined a round and soft curve on Jiang Ye's chest. She had a good figure, delicate and full like a lotus emerging from the water. "Your knife skills are astonishing, unlike anything I've ever seen," Jiang Ye's breathing steadied like an orchid in a secluded valley. Her beautiful face remained calm and unaffected by Luo Qingchuan's teasing. "Fight me." She said. Luo Qingchuan seemed to catch a glimpse of an excited flame flickering quietly in Jiang Ye's dim blue eyes, amidst an emotionless indifference. Jiang Ye stepped on the puddles, and in an instant, ten splashes of water bloomed on the road surface! She kept moving forward, approaching Luo Qingchuan, the tip of her blade thrusting forward. The calamitous blade was pointed upright, and Luo Qingchuan took a half step to the side, causing Jiang Ye's blade to brush past the calamitous blade. In that instant, Jiang Ye noticed that Luo Qingchuan's knife was not a spiritual weapon imbued with power, but rather a manifestation of spiritual energy. Her gaze shifted towards Luo Qingchuan's neck and Adam's apple, only to see a slight distortion in the black mist that covered his entire body. In the blink of an eye, Jiang Ye also noticed that Luo Qingchuan's hands holding the knife and the umbrella were both enveloped in the black mist... No clues were exposed, he hid himself quite well. With a swish, Jiang Ye once again turned her wrist, the blade slashing towards Luo Qingchuan, but it cut through nothing. The young man beside her abruptly disappeared, leaving behind only a red umbrella floating gracefully in the air. "Miss, the umbrella is for you." Luo Qingchuan left these words. In the next moment, Luo Qingchuan stood on the street across the river, using the "Illusory Steps" to teleport once more, disappearing like a ghost. Jiang Ye stared blankly at the direction he disappeared, and then belatedly looked up at the sky. The red umbrella fell down, alone. Click... Jiang Ye sheathed her dual blades with her hands, hesitating for a moment, but still slowly reached out her delicate and slender jade hand to catch the umbrella handle. The girl held the umbrella and walked, no longer being attacked by raindrops. In the cold and desolate wind, Jiang Ye felt the faint warmth still remaining on the umbrella handle. Jiang Ye lowered her head and buttoned up her suit with her left hand, covering up the half-revealed and shimmering beauty. Using the umbrella to take slow strides, she returned to the alley, looking at the bisected bear demon's corpse. One strike to kill, the remnants of the knife intent were still present, causing raindrops to deviate unpredictably. Not long after, several "Demon Slayers" members arrived at the scene. Seeing this scene, each of them breathed a sigh of relief and revealed a pleasant surprise in their eyes. "Miss Jiang, you're really reliable!" "Lei Ya Fuzhu, truly worthy of being a Qi Refining Stage 9 expert." The leader of the team, even more delighted, said, "We thought it would endanger innocent people, but now we've accomplished a great feat." Then, the members of the "Demon Slayers" realized that Jiang Ye was silent, shaking her head and speaking softly, "It wasn't Lei Ya that I killed." In the alley, the members of the "Demon Slayers" wearing suits and leather shoes fell silent for a few seconds. "Wait a minute..." Someone suddenly became puzzled and looked at Jiang Ye, who had no expression on her face. "This umbrella...where did it come from?" Jiang Ye briefly explained what had just happened and said, "He is a demonic cultivator. Foundation Establishment Stage, but he has no ill intentions towards me." In an instant, the "Demon Slayers" team members were dumbfounded and puzzled. "Why was he here?" "Could he be Lei Ya's enemy?" "Find out if there were any other eyewitnesses." Not long after, one of the "Demon Slayers'" kind and friendly elder sisters knocked on the door of a house in the alley. The door was opened by a little girl wearing a transparent raincoat. When they saw that it was a little girl, the members of the "Demon Slayers" quickly formed a human wall, blocking the sight of the body. "Excuse me, little girl, did you happen to see someone strange just now?" the elder sister asked in a gentle voice. "Are you guys..." the little girl peeked her head out from behind the door, "and...I saw a weird masked monster..." Everyone exchanged glances. "Did he say anything to you?" "He told me to go home. Humph, I was going to play in the water! Now I can only play in the yard!" The little girl closed the door in anger. After a brief silence, the older team captain sighed and said, "So...if it wasn't that demonic cultivator, then Lei Ya would have captured this girl..." Jiang Ye's gaze was unfathomable, but she tightened her grip on the handle of the red umbrella. She realized belatedly that she was always one step too slow, almost causing a great disaster. That was a tragic tragedy she didn't want to face... So, that's how it is... "Why did that demonic cultivator know that Lei Ya was here?" "He was waiting here in advance, as if...he knew the future." Suddenly, a team member raised his phone and exclaimed excitedly. "I understand!" he said. "What?" That team member stared at his phone and said, "The 'capture Lei Ya' mission has been completed by the 'Wanderer'! That mysterious person is a registered 'Wanderer' within the Quexie Department! He is an internal staff member who can see every reward posted on the forum and know the approximate location of the suspects." "He's also in the Foundation Establishment Stage, spreading spiritual sense in the vicinity, sensing Lei Ya's route, which is also logical." In an instant, everyone understood the reason. "So it turns out he's our own person, fortunately he was here." "He's a senior, what's his code name?" someone asked. Jiang Ye, who remained silent, also looked over. She had made up her mind to find this person. The sound of rain and wind suddenly swept through the area, crying and pleading. The answer appeared, and the person's face seemed somewhat astonished. "The '青鬼'（qīng guǐ）." Everyone felt that the air suddenly became much colder.