Actually, a few days ago, after their conversation, Xiaotian had told Feng Yudie that Ye Anping might also be able to see it. So, Xiaotian had been saying all sorts of random things to Ye Anping ever since, and she didn’t pay much attention to it.

She was certain that Ye Anping couldn’t see Xiaotian.

But now, as they entered the therapy center and saw Ye Anping’s serious expression, Feng Yudie realized.

“Today?”

“Yes, today. Let’s go to Willow Moon Lake…”

“Why didn’t you mention it yesterday? I haven’t even said hello to my junior sisters yet…”

“No need for hellos. In less than three days, everyone in the Profound Star Sect will know that you were abducted by a member of the Seven Killers Sect.”

“…”

Feng Yudie pouted.

She felt somewhat annoyed, as if she were being used as a pawn by Ye Anping. Being controlled by someone else was always uncomfortable. However, after listening to Ye Anping’s detailed plan for the past few days, she couldn’t help but admire his ingenuity.

As a fifteen-year-old Qi Refining Cultivator, he was using one of the 5 Great Immortal Sect, the Profound Star Sect, as his pawn…

She couldn’t help but wonder if she could do the same if she were in Ye Anping’s shoes. Even with the help of the Heavenly Dao Scriptures, she doubted she could plan everything as meticulously as he did.

The two of them exchanged greetings with Bai Yuelin, who looked at them with envy in her eyes. Then, they summoned their flying swords and headed towards Willow Moon Lake in the southwest direction.

As the name suggested, Willow Moon Lake was a crescent-shaped dammed lake surrounded by willow trees.

The lake was dotted with autumn lotus plants, but unfortunately, it wasn’t the flowering season, so only brown lotus leaves and a few carp could be seen.

By the lake stood a small pavilion with a deep crimson roof and ancient greek pillars.

The two of them descended from their flying swords and walked into the cool pavilion.

Ye Anping glanced at the sun in the sky and saw that it was still some time before noon. According to the style of the Seven Killers Sect’s enforcers, they usually wouldn’t show up until the exact predetermined time.

So, he took out a roasted chicken that he had bought on the way here from his storage pouch.

“Here, the last roasted chicken before we set off.”

“What do you mean by ‘before we set off’?” Feng Yudie asked suspiciously. “Young master Ye, are you planning to leave me stranded at the Heavenly Machine Fortress? What do you mean by ‘setting off’?”

“‘Setting off’ is a neutral term,” Ye Anping shrugged and explained, “As long as you don’t act recklessly and follow the instructions I gave you, you’ll be fine. You’ll come out the same way you went in.”

“…Do you think I would act recklessly?”

“I’m just worried that you might.”

[Don’t worry, I’ll keep an eye on her] Xiaotian quickly chimed in.

Although Ye Anping didn’t respond, Xiaotian’s words did ease his mood somewhat.

Feng Yudie was a free spirit and had a tendency to act impulsively, especially in the early stages of a game. She might do something like charging into the enemy’s stronghold without making any plan in advance besides beating all of the visible enemy. While she had the strength and luck to survive such situations every time, it was only effective against “same-tier” factions.

As mentioned earlier, the Seven Killers Sect would only appear in the game’s mid-stage, and both Feng Yudie and the main storyline were still in the early stages of development. For a character in the early stages to suddenly infiltrate a mid-stage faction like the Seven Killers Sect could be very dangerous.

Even with the plan he had drafted, there was no way he could guarantee Feng Yudie’s safety in the Seven Killers Sect.

“Let’s go through it one more time,” Ye Anping said solemnly. “After I hypnotize you and hand you over to Zhuang Hu, he should take you to the nearest Seven Killers Sect branch. In about two days, you’ll be transported to the main headquarters of the Heavenly Machine Fortress. You’ll be blindfolded throughout the journey and placed inside a cargo ship.”

“…”

“When you feel like you’re getting close to your destination, break the teleportation token I gave you.”

Feng Yudie hurriedly asked, “The teleportation token comes in pairs. I have one here, who are you planning to give the other one to?”

“I’ll give it to Lei Wanjun later. When you break the teleportation token, he’ll know your exact location, and then he’ll bring Profound Star Sect disciples to annihilate Heavenly Machine Fortress in one go and rescue you.”

“Alright…” Feng Yudie nodded and continued, “So, I need to throw the map of Heavenly Machine Fortress’s main array into the head elder’s bedroom before the Seven Killers Sect’s leader is killed.”

“Yes, the purpose of this action is to distance us from the situation so that the Profound Star Sect won’t suspect the involvement of others.”

“So, how do you plan to extricate yourself when the time comes?” Feng Yudie raised her eyebrows and asked, “I’ve been coming here every day for the past few days, and not only does Senior Sister Bai know about it, but there are probably other disciples who have seen me coming here as well. Now that I’ve been abducted, Profound Star Sect will definitely come to you for answers. How will you explain it?”

“Heh…” Ye Anping let out a light sigh. “I don’t need you to worry about that. I have a plan in place.”

“Who said I’m worried about you?” Feng Yudie pouted. “I’m just curious.”

“Well, don’t be curious then.”

Finally, Ye Anping asked, “Do you remember the map of the Heavenly Machine Fortress and all the mechanisms inside? Don’t make a mistake and get yourself trapped.”

Feng Yudie propped up her chin and replied, “I remember it all, I can recreate them perfectly for you if you want.”

“That’s good…”

Then, he took out a bag of powder and a rope from his storage pouch. Right in front of Feng Yudie, he scooped up a cup of water from the nearby lake with a bamboo cup and sprinkled the powder into it.

“Here, this medicine will make you sleep for a day. When the effect wears off, you should already be on the Seven Killers Sect’s cargo ship, but remember, don’t move when you wake up. Pretend to continue sleeping, got it?”

“…Got it.”

Feng Yudie pursed her lips and took the bamboo cup from him.

After drinking the water, it took only three breaths before she felt the effects of the medicine. Her vision instantly blurred, and her head felt heavy.

She hesitated for a moment, caught a glimpse of the roast chicken on the table, and took advantage of her last moments of wakefulness. She grabbed a chicken leg from the table behind her and stuffed it into her mouth, gnawing off all the meat and skin in a hurry before swallowing it, then she plopped down on the table and fell asleep.

Xiaotian flew around Feng Yudie a few times and then perched on her shoulder.

[Young master Ye, that medicine works wonderfully, Yudie is sleeping soundly!] It gave Ye Anping a thumbs-up gesture as if praising the medicine he had prepared.

“… …”

Ye Anping stood up somewhat speechless, walked over, and grabbed Feng Yudie’s arm. He then tied her hands behind her back with a rope.

Xiaotian watched closely from mid-air and, seeing that Ye Anping didn’t seem to have any ulterior motives, blinked its eyes and reminded him, [Young master Ye, Yudie is completely defenseless right now. You can touch her sneakily if you want. Even if you just want to touch her face or something, I won’t tell her. If you want to, you can also be bolder, I won’t stop you]

“… …”

Black lines hung from Ye Anping’s forehead. He ignored it, squatted down, and tied Feng Yudie’s ankles together with a rope. Two knots were tied, but she could easily untie them with a bit of effort.

Then, he removed Feng Yudie’s storage pouch and put a prepared hemp sack over her, tying it tightly at the opening.

When he was doing all this, Zhuang Hu arrived as arranged.

Zhuang Hu stood in front of the pavilion and didn’t come any closer. He watched Ye Anping skillfully package Feng Yudie and seemed somewhat awkward. This kid tied people up so efficiently; it seemed like he had tied people up before.

After a while, Ye Anping directly threw the hemp sack and Feng Yudie’s storage pouch at Zhuang Hu.

“Big Brother Zhuang, I leave it to you.”

“… …”

Zhuang Hu caught the items with one hand, used his spiritual sense to check the contents of Feng Yudie’s storage pouch, confirmed the presence of the identity card of the Grand Elder of the Poison Gu Sect, and nodded.

“Originally, we agreed to split the bounty fifty-fifty. I brought her to the Seven Killers Sect’s branch to collect the reward, and then I didn’t come here. Is that okay?”

Ye Anping took the spirit stone bag and weighed it for a moment, then nodded.

“Of course.”

Immediately, he clasped his hands and said, “Big Brother Zhuang, until we meet again.”

“…”

Zhuang Hu didn’t reply, he just nodded and summoned his flying sword, carrying the sack of items as he flew towards the northwest.

After Zhuang Hu’s figure disappeared, Ye Anping carefully examined the spirit stones that Zhuang Hu had given him. With a sweep of his divine sense, there were exactly seven thousand five hundred spirit stones inside.

Ye Anping nodded in satisfaction, thinking that in a few days, he could take his junior sister Pei to the best jewelry store around Profound Star Sect, “Tianqiong Spring Return Pavilion,” to pick out a nice necklace or bracelet.

Although this money could barely be considered ill-gotten gains, it was the money he had earned from selling Feng Yudie.

But… What difference was there between legitimate and illegitimate money?

“Hmm… when the time comes, I’ll just tell junior sister that I won a lottery. I remember there are things like lottery tickets sold in the market…”