After midnight

Yin sent a letter to set the time and place for the meeting. Zhao Yunqi took advantage of the night when the three were still sleeping and quietly left. When he arrived, he found that this place was not far from where he was originally. Yes, if he were Yin, he would not expose his position to the enemy. However, wouldn't the time it took for Yin to go back and forth make An Yan suspicious?

Zhao Yunqi waited patiently. When the day was about to dawn, he heard light footsteps. The man opposite was a little far away, and the outline of his face was blurred. Then, he took a few quick steps to bypass the tree and finally appeared in front of Zhao Yunqi.

Yin was younger than Zhao Yunqi had imagined, much younger. He was tall and indeed looked very imposing.

"Zhao Yunqi, I've long heard of your great name." Yin's voice was almost emotionless.

"No, I should say I have heard of your great name for a long time." Zhao Yunqi stopped being polite after saying this. "Tell me your plan."

Zhao Yunqi deliberately used an imperative tone, but Yin didn't mind at all and even answered his question directly.

"My plan is very simple. All I need is your cooperation. In the next few days, you just need to follow us quietly."

"impossible."

"This is just the first step." Yin was not in a hurry. "It won't take many days. After a week, when the time is right, I will fight alongside you."

"Fight alongside?"

"How about five to one? Although the other person is not my man, I promise that he will behave himself and will never take action. And at the beginning I will pretend to be hostile to you. From four to three to five to one, it will be absolutely certain that we can catch An Yan."

Betraying An Yan on the battlefield was a cruel move, and Zhao Yunqi's face unconsciously turned cold.

"Do you think I will believe you?"

"This is a deal, entirely for the benefit of both parties. I won't joke about what I want to get. 'Dark Night' has always been credible, and you are already here. I don't think this question makes any sense."

"Okay, what exactly do you want?" Yin was cautious and spoke well, but Zhao Yunqi had to further confirm his intentions.

"It's something that has disappeared for fourteen years. When An Yan disappeared, it also disappeared. But now that the Son of God has fallen to this point, I know my chance has come, so from the beginning I assisted Lin Xuanfeng in rescuing him and then fled with him."

"So, what is it?" Yin answered calmly without any loopholes. Zhao Yunqi judged that he should not lie, but he decided to go a step further and test Yin's bottom line.

As soon as Zhao Yunqi finished speaking, Yin's eyes changed rapidly, and the sharp gaze was very dangerous. But Yin quickly lowered his shoulders, restrained his breath, and his tone became much colder, "I advise you to pay more attention to your mission."

"Of course." Zhao Yunqi smiled slightly, finally confirming Yin's sincerity. If Yin still answered calmly like before, he would have to doubt Yin's intentions.

"What does it mean when the time is ripe?" Zhao Yunqi put forward this so-called premise of fighting side by side.

"I am sure of this, and I will contact you then. However, one thing I am sure of is that An Yan and I will definitely be separated at that time. Remember to send Song Yu to deal with me, and send Zhang Dong to bring the other person to An Yan. I will reveal his location to Zhang Dong, and he will cooperate. After that, Song Yu and I will meet up with you."

With every word Yin uttered, Zhao Yunqi felt a little colder. It was too detailed, too terrifying. Did Yin plan this ever-changing battlefield step by step? If so, it would be terrible to be an enemy of someone like Yin.

"If I hadn't taken into account all the knowns, 'Dark Night' would have ceased to exist long ago," Yin pointed out candidly.

"Also, I want you to chase him to a distance that can be caught up in half a day. Keep this distance and don't be discovered before I send you a message again. An Yan is not an easy character to deal with."

"I understand. I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation." Zhao Yunqi agreed after a little thought and stretched out his hand.

Yin looked into Zhao Yunqi's eyes, walked up to him and shook his hand. "It's a pleasure to work with you."

"I have another question. Since the cooperation of the four of us is required, why did you only tell me and ask me to keep it a secret?"

Yin let go of his hand and smiled without answering.

"You said you would be happy to answer my questions." Zhao Yunqi reminded him.

"You don't seem to have the awareness of being the leader~" Yin said seriously, but also as if he was joking. As soon as he finished speaking, he quickly added, "Well, actually it's because four people are difficult to deal with."

He pretended to be distressed and shrugged slightly. "Zhang Dong is a dull man who only follows orders. Shangguan Can seems smart and flexible, but he actually cherishes his life and doesn't want to cause trouble. However, his biggest redeeming quality is that he is very loyal. As for Song Yu... you know, it's already difficult to persuade you alone. Naturally, I don't want to take an extra step on the detour that I shouldn't take."

Zhao Yunqi asked this question intentionally, but he did not expect Yin Zhen to know each of them so well. His intuition told him that Yin would definitely get what he wanted.

Because everyone had been calculated by him from the very beginning and nothing could go wrong.

Yin is really powerful, so powerful that it is terrifying. His power is completely different from An Yan's.

It was already daybreak, and it was time for Zhao Yunqi to go back. He stood there and looked at Yin carefully again before turning back.

"For the sake of our pleasant cooperation, I'd like to give you a friendly reminder: be careful of Song Yu." Yin's voice came from behind him. He didn't turn his head but just stopped.

Yin looked at his upright back, curled his lips and smiled, then turned and left. Zhao Yunqi just stood there, listening to Yin leave, getting farther and farther away.

Of course he knew, better than anyone else.

After Zhao Yunqi returned, he told Shangguan Can and the others about the deal. As expected, although Shangguan Can talked a lot, it was mostly nonsense. Zhang Dong did not express anything clearly. As for Song Yu, he crossed his arms and opened his mouth, but ultimately said nothing.

Zhao Yunqi felt bad after realizing that everyone was being schemed by Yin, and Song Yu probably felt the same way. But since Song Yu didn't say much, Zhao Yunqi didn't think much about his considerations, and tried to ignore his unfathomable look.

Zhao Yunqi incredibly began to worry about other people and things, and he began to uncontrollably worry about his target, An Yan.

An Yan was not a simple existence to Zhao Yunqi. He could have become very important. But before he became important, Zhao Yunqi had to lose him, and then An Yan became a regret that he would never accept.

Regrets are because of the past.

Su Ziling observed for a whole day and thought that the weird feeling would come back like the last time An Yan disappeared and came back, but it didn't. After a whole day, there was nothing abnormal about An Yan and Yin's getting along, so Su Ziling felt relieved.

At night, the three of them sat together quietly. Su Ziling was very familiar with such a scene, after all, they had been together for such a long time.

Su Ziling looked at An Yan and Yin's faces illuminated by the fire and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotions. Since the past two days, An Yan has been boldly angry. He didn't ask why. An Yan always has a reason for what he does. Even he himself couldn't help but wonder, is this mentality because he trusts An Yan too much or is he too heartless about his own safety?

Just when Su Ziling was daydreaming, An Yan received a letter.

Su Ziling stared at the letter in An Yan's hand without blinking. He was really curious. Although Yin had to deal with the affairs of "Dark Night" and often received letters, he was no stranger to such things, but he was too curious, after all, the person who received the letter this time was An Yan.

This was the first time in so many days that An Yan received a letter from the outside world. Lian Yin became interested and carefully observed An Yan's reaction.

An Yan opened the letter and glanced at it, but didn't react much. Su Ziling was a little disappointed and asked, "Is it Lin Nuan or Lin Xuanfeng?"

An Yan closed the letter and said, "It's my senior brother. Ask me about my current situation."

"Oh." It's Lin Xuanfeng, so boring.

"I'll go reply to the letter." An Yan stood up and walked back to his tent. Yin looked at his steps which seemed normal, rolled his eyes and looked away.

An Yan did not come back, and the two of them ignored him. The moon gradually rose higher.

It was late at night, and the wind made Su Ziling shiver. It was still quite cold at night. He moved closer to the fire and stretched out his hands to keep warm. The fire was burning brightly, and the flames jumped high, burning the wood with crackling sounds.

Listening to the rustling of insects, Su Ziling suddenly felt that the night was unusually quiet. He looked up at Yin, who was sitting opposite him. Yes, Yin was unusually quiet tonight. It was strange. Yin was in a daze. What was he thinking about?

Su Ziling quietly leaned forward towards Yin, wanting to observe him quietly, but before he could see anything, he met Yin's eyes.

"Su Zi Ling?"

"Hmm?" He quickly withdrew his leaning body.

"Don't you feel hot?"

"what?"

Su Ziling then realized how big his movements were. Half of his body, especially his hands, were almost in the fire! He quickly pulled back and wanted to rub his hands out of habit, but found that he didn't feel anything at all.

What was going on? He stared blankly at his hands, fiddling with them over and over again, and surprisingly he didn't feel the burning sensation of fire.

After a moment, Su Ziling gave up thinking, put his hands down and hugged his thighs. He didn't take this matter to heart. But Yin's eyes suddenly lit up.

An Yan sat in the tent blankly. He lied to Yin and Su Ziling that the person who wrote the letter was not Lin Xuanfeng, but Zhao Yunqi.

Zhao Yunqi is An Yan's teacher.

An Yan hadn't seen him for a long time, since he was thirteen years old.

They haven't been in touch for a long time.

There were only three words on the letter Zhao Yunqi wrote to An Yan: Be careful, Yin.

Yin had a purpose, and An Yan had always known it.

Zhao Yunqi didn't know what kind of mood he was in when he wrote the letter to An Yan. Although it was only three short words, An Yan was smart enough to figure out something.

It's not that he didn't understand that he shouldn't do this, but everyone has their own feelings, and there's nothing wrong with reminding his only student.

He knew that Yin would achieve his goal, and so would they. He just didn't want An Yan to get hurt. It was just a hope. On the battlefield, he would not hesitate to erase his last bit of selfishness, and he and An Yan would eventually meet in battle.

Besides, there were only three short words, and the information An Yan could find might not be enough to deal with Yin's plan, so Zhao Yunqi comforted himself that he was just reminding An Yan, he didn't know what other tricks Yin had, he just hoped that An Yan could protect himself and avoid getting hurt.

Zhao Yunqi never thought that An Yan would really die. Even if he made a mistake and entered the "death prison", Zhao Yunqi never thought about it, because it was just Song Hongtian's conspiracy.

No one understood An Yan's situation better than him. After all, he was the only one who had participated in An Yan's long and dark life. But An Yan's life was much heavier than he had imagined.