Chapter 412: Chapter 412

Luo Ye swiftly dodged with a flash and chuckled lightly: "I see, so this is how you make friends!"

"Girl, I was just missing a young, polite, and pretty little sister like you, and here you come right to my door, so don’t blame me for being rude." The man giggled, "Don’t worry, big brother here will treat you tenderly first, let you enjoy the pleasure of being a woman, then I’ll send you off."

"If it weren’t for needing your statement later, I would’ve sewn that mouth of yours shut!" Luo Ye darted forward, snatching a stick off the ground and attacking the man.

"Silly girl, are you delivering that stick for big brother to chop?" The man’s eyes revealed a ferocious gleam: "Don’t think I don’t know that your friends have gone for reinforcements. Do you think I’ll waste time with you, waiting for your rescue?" As he spoke, Luo Ye’s stick—in fact, more accurately a branch—was slashed shorter by the man.

No wonder the man had acted so brazenly before; his skills were far from ordinary, and Luo Ye would not likely beat him in a short time. This update is available on novelFɪre.net

Of course, whether she could win over the long term, Mou Ye had no confidence either, but she wouldn’t give up unless absolutely necessary.

A few rounds had passed without subduing Luo Ye, and the man was getting anxious. He had assumed she was weak and easy to capture, but she was not far behind him in skill. It seemed difficult to catch her quickly, and contemplating escape was not an option as this girl stubbornly followed him. What should he do?

A thought struck him, and he remembered a meeting point arranged with his brothers. Faking a move, he turned and ran towards the lower part of the forest. Luo Ye noticed he was heading towards the direction of a large pit—the same direction where she and Wu Zetian had found the fifth landmark. After a moment’s hesitation, she followed.

Reaching the swamp, Luo Ye’s lips curled into a wicked smile. Suddenly picking up the pace, the man did the same. When they reached the place where Luo Ye had previously sought help from Yan Han and Yu Na, Luo Ye quickly bent down, picked up a branch, and hurled it at the man. He couldn’t dodge in time and got hit, staggering and falling right into the marsh!

Panicked, the man threw his dagger at Luo Ye, who gracefully dodged and leisurely picked up the fallen dagger, chuckling "Surrendering your weapon won’t reduce your sentence!"

The man desperately struggled to climb out but only felt himself sinking deeper, his face showing terror: "Save me!"

"Why should I?" Luo Ye taunted with a wicked smile, poking at the man’s lips repeatedly with the branch: "That’s for your nonsense, that’s for your nonsense!"

The man quickly pleaded, "I dare not anymore, Liberation Army sister, I truly won’t dare again, I must have been out of my mind just now, please overlook my faults, save me, please!"

"What’s it got to do with me if you die? Save you? What if I get dragged in too?" Luo Ye jabbed him with the branch as she spoke, moving swiftly but deliberately preventing the man from grabbing it. After a few futile attempts, the man gave up and kept pleading, "Liberation Army sister, I was wrong, truly wrong!"

Luo Ye pursed her lips and shook her head, "You seem remorseful enough, but unfortunately, that won’t mitigate your sentence!"

"Miss, I’m telling the truth. The woman in the coffin isn’t my sister; she’s a fool from our village. She was tricked while picking corn in the fields. It wasn’t just me involved in this. Pull me up, and I’ll tell you anything, it’ll help you make a great achievement, and you could become a high official. How glorious would that be, right?"

"That’s not right!" Luo Ye shook her head and looked behind her, "Just hold on a little longer, someone will come to rescue you, really."

"Stupid girl!" The man suddenly sprayed something from a small bottle at Luo Ye. Taken by surprise, although she quickly dodged, she still inhaled some of it, immediately feeling weak. And as she dodged, she ended up in another quagmire.

"You actually used such an atrocious thing?" Luo Ye’s face showed anger: "Even the Heavens won’t spare you beasts!"

"I’m content if I get to die with you," the man sneered, "How does it feel to have been outsmarted? Not great being caught in your own trap, is it?"

"Don’t worry, I won’t die," Luo Ye closed her eyes and tried to focus on the mental method Seventh Uncle Ye taught her, attempting to lift herself up. Unfortunately, the schemed-upon her was too weak to perform the full method and could only let herself slowly sink.

With the marsh reaching her upper abdomen, the man screamed in panic: "I... I don’t want to die. Save me, hurry, I will tell you everything if you save me, and it is an earth-shattering secret. You’ll definitely get promoted. I guarantee it, quick, save me!"

"How am I supposed to save you?" Luo Ye rolled her eyes, "Don’t you see I can hardly save myself?"

"I don’t want to die... I don’t want to die..." The man cried out loudly.

It’s not easy to watch someone struggling on the verge of death, even if the person is utterly wicked. The sense of helplessness that comes with confronting the end of a life is uncomfortable.

Looking far off, there was still no one in sight. Luo Ye laughed mockingly at herself, thinking, was she really going to lose her life in this swamp?

The swamp wasn’t far from a village, she pondered. Why wasn’t it sealed off or reconstructed? That was her biggest question at the moment.

She realized that the danger of this swamp was no less than the marshes the Red Army trudged across. Why was such a place allowed to exist?

Was it really just for training?

If she died here, she would be the most wronged soul in the world. After all the trouble of starting over, just as her dreams were within reach, to meet her end this way—who could be more pitiable than her?

Family, friendship, love... Tears welled up in Luo Ye’s eyes. If she lived, she wouldn’t give herself airs in love, not at all!

Nuajin today with the third watch of delivery. Sigh, everyone is so silent. Even after resting for a day, I’m working hard today. Why is nobody minding me?

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