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"Are you deliberately keeping things from me?" Che Junqing asked Gu Xiaoxi furiously.

Gu Xiaoxi shook her head, "I didn’t tell anyone. It’s just that you all don’t trust me."

As she spoke, she saw Ya standing on a breadfruit tree in the distance and said to Zhao Zilong and the others, "You go back first, I have something else to do. As for Kang Di’s followers, you’ll naturally hear news once you return."

Gu Xiaoxi stopped looking at everyone and walked briskly toward the breadfruit tree.

The police had arrested Kang Di’s subordinates, and the team began to slowly retreat.

Ya and Gu Xiaoxi walked toward a stream not far away.

The clear river water reflected the sun’s shadow, and Gu Xiaoxi didn’t expect that Ya would really help her.

"Thank you for delivering the message to the military for me," Gu Xiaoxi thanked sincerely.

Ya sighed, "After all, I am the traitor. Kang Di definitely didn’t expect that I would ruin him so badly."

"Don’t worry, the military will keep this matter secret, nobody knows it was you who leaked the information. Even Kang Di won’t think of you. You’re safe!"

"Remember the Phoenix Feather I asked for." This was Ya’s only request.

"Is it that important to you?" Gu Xiaoxi didn’t understand.

"It is! And I know that just with your help, I will definitely be able to get it," Ya said earnestly.

Gu Xiaoxi frowned, then squinted and counter questioned, "Where did you get the idea that I could obtain the Phoenix Feather?"

"Just a feeling!"

Gu Xiaoxi was speechless. "What if I don’t have it?"

"Then you owe me a major promise," Ya said sternly as he turned to look at her.

Gu Xiaoxi ground her teeth, feeling that this guy was really too good at changing the conditions on the fly. But considering that he had helped her a lot this time, she decided not to hold it against him.

"I need to go now. Can you show me your Cultivation Technique?" Ya suddenly became serious.

Gu Xiaoxi took a small crystal out of her pocket, "This is my Cultivation Technique. What about yours?"

Ya glanced at it, then nodded, "I see. Train well; it will be very useful for you."

With that, his figure quickly disappeared.

"Hey!... You haven’t shown me your Cultivation Technique yet?" Gu Xiaoxi said to no avail, as his figure had already vanished.

She stood in front of a secluded forest, looking at this special kingdom.

She really wanted to go home, she missed Young Master Quan, she missed everything about Liuli Country...

Just as Gu Xiaoxi was distracted,

Suddenly, she felt a tightening in her chest, and the next second, a gun barrel was pressed against the back of her head.

"Who!" Gu Xiaoxi immediately became alert.

The person behind her was silent for a while. Gu Xiaoxi suddenly turned around and kicked their weapon away.

At the same time, she didn’t hesitate to punch at them.

Her hand speed was very fast, and every strike, every punch was as hard as she could make it.

And the other party was just as quick to evade, their Combat skills even matched hers.

After ten moves, both of them stopped.

It was then that Gu Xiaoxi could see the other person’s face clearly.

But, with just one glance, she clenched her fists, her face turning pale.

"I didn’t expect we would meet here. Did Yi Si send you to assassinate me?" Gu Xiaoxi had not expected Song Jingyi to be so skilled in martial arts.

That she could fight her to a draw.

She used to be inferior to her in everything, but now that she had become so strong, was she deceiving her from the very beginning?

Gu Xiaoxi and Song Jingyi stood less than five meters apart, yet Gu Xiaoxi felt as though the familiar face in front of her had become strangely terrifying.

"Yes!" Song Jingyi was wearing shorts and a tank top, the attire of an assassin. Her face was still pretty as before, and if she smiled, it still carried the shadow of the joy they had shared in the past.

Suddenly, Song Jingyi pulled out a dagger and held it in her palm, her veins standing out on the back of her hand.

"You clearly had a chance to shoot just now, why didn’t you?" Gu Xiaoxi’s tone was colder than ever as she looked at her.

Yesterday’s partner had become today’s enemy.

She never thought that Song Jingyi had been playing weak by her side all this time, seeking sympathy. She naively believed that she was a kind orphan.

"I find that I’m good with a dagger. And, I wanted to defeat you in person," Song Jingyi stood there like a zombie, her tone cold.

Facing Gu Xiaoxi, she felt like she needed courage.

What was she feeling guilty about?

From the beginning to the end, she was Yi Si’s person, and there was no question of betrayal. Because, she and Gu Xiaoxi were never friends to begin with.

"Before you defeat me, there’s just one thing I want to know." Gu Xiaoxi clenched her fingers tightly, her face expressionless. If possible, she wished she had never met Song Jingyi.

She hadn’t betrayed her, but she had been deceiving her all along.

"At the beginning, when we met and you intentionally stole my money, was it all an act, a performance for me?" Gu Xiaoxi felt as though her chest was encased in ice, chilling her to the bone. Looking back, she realized that it had all been a trap.

Song Jingyi bit her lip and forced a casual smile.

"Shouldn’t you have discovered this earlier? You were driving Young Master Quan’s car with such a flashy license plate. Of course, I approached you on purpose."

"So, Young Master Quan thought you were good, saw that you were an orphan, and gave you a chance. You used that opportunity to deceive everyone." Gu Xiaoxi’s eyes widened, feeling an acidic sting around her eye sockets.

Once, she had sincerely considered her a friend, truly liked her. Only to find out in the end that she didn’t need her at all.

Song Jingyi was just pretending to be innocent in front of her, quietly observing her, and then striking her a heavy blow at the critical moment.

Like this, ten undercover agents from Section Z innocently met their ends.

If it hadn’t been for her, how would they have sacrificed...

"This was my mission!" Song Jingyi turned away, not daring to meet Gu Xiaoxi’s eyes.

In Gu Xiaoxi’s eyes, she could see the disappointment, which made her feel a suffocating pain in her heart.

There was a time when she had so wished she were the Song Jingyi from City A.

She could have been a carefree orphan; she could have had freedom and equality; she could have laughed heartily with friends and comrades without restraint.

But she wasn’t!

She was an orphan who had lived through the chaos of war since childhood, enduring hardships, desperately struggling just to survive.

Yi Si gave her a new life, gave her everything, nurtured her, and made her a person of value.

Fate was playful, though, as she never had friends since childhood.

When there was someone who could treat her as a friend, treat her sincerely.

That feeling was so precious!

She had thought about cherishing it.

But she didn’t know how to cherish it.

Was she a good person, or was she a bad person?

Their paths had been different from the start.

That little bit of good times in the army was nothing but a fleeting moment, a brief intersection.

In front of justice and evil, friendship had become worthless.

"Now I’ll give you a chance to defeat me.

" Gu Xiaoxi lifted her head, and a flash of glistening watery light passed through her dark eyes. Looking at Song Jingyi expressionlessly, she said, "Don’t you want me to respect you? If you defeat me, from now on, you’ll be as strong as I am. I’ll acknowledge you."

Gu Xiaoxi reached out and took out her dagger.

She didn’t want to delve into this friendship too much.

Song Jingyi had her stance, and she didn’t blame her. But from today onward, they were enemies, fighting to the death.

Song Jingyi clenched her jaw and gripped the dagger in her hand tightly.

Kill!

The two suddenly made eye contact, moving swiftly with such understanding, and then their daggers collided in the air, sparking a multitude of sparks.

Song Jingyi’s combat skills were genuinely impressive, if it really came down to comparison.

Gu Xiaoxi estimated that she wouldn’t be inferior to Duruo or Zhao Zilong.

But, in her hands...

In just ten moves! Gu Xiaoxi’s dagger was already at Song Jingyi’s throat, and this was still with Gu Xiaoxi holding back her level, probing her opponent.

Song Jingyi’s dagger had long since fallen to the ground, and as she looked at the dagger on her neck, she felt shocked and confused.

Just a few months apart, Gu Xiaoxi’s skills had improved by more than just one level.

If it had been Gu Xiaoxi from three months earlier, she might have been able to fight with all her might.

But Gu Xiaoxi, three months later, was already out of her reach.

The speed of her cultivation’s growth was simply too fast.

"Now you can take revenge for the Z department’s fallen undercover agents." Song Jingyi closed her eyes, feeling that dying at Gu Xiaoxi’s hands was also a good end.

She thought she had a heart of stone, ruthless and cold-blooded. It was only now, facing Gu Xiaoxi, that she realized she could still feel soft-hearted, guilty, afraid, and guilty.

She often couldn’t sleep at night, and in every nightmare, Gu Xiaoxi was there with a weapon, seeking her life.

Now all of this can finally end.

She had clung to life until now, only to realize that being alive was humanity’s greatest tragedy.