99: Beneath the artificial hill lies a shocking secret!

In a flash, a week passed.

Inside Qin Shan's study.

A trusted confidant of the Qin Family was bowing and reporting.

"Patriarch, this week, Lin Yuan and Su Wanqing have shown no unusual activity."

"Their daily routine consists of patrolling the grasslands once, then returning to their dormitory."

"They... even tried fishing and barbecuing in the stream on the grasslands."

The confidant's tone carried a hint of strangeness.

Who would have thought that the Supervising Officer sent by the Dragon Shield Bureau would act as if he were on a paid vacation?

Qin Shan sat in his grand armchair, his fingers gently tapping the armrest, remaining silent.

The study was dead silent.

"Patriarch," the confidant tentatively asked, "should we... perhaps slightly lower their surveillance Rank?"

"No need."

Qin Shan finally spoke, his voice calm and unruffled.

"Keep watching them."

"Yes!" The confidant dared not say more, bowing and retreating.

The study door closed.

Qin Shan stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the distant, hazy sky, his gaze profound.

Are they really just here for a gilded experience?

This thought flashed through his mind, then he immediately dismissed it.

No.

That Su Wanqing, perhaps there's a possibility for her.

It's normal for the Young Miss of the Yan Capital Su Family to come to the grassroots to experience life.

But that Lin Yuan... Qin Shan recalled the young man at the banquet, impervious to persuasion, neither soft nor hard tactics working on him.

In those seemingly cynical eyes, there was a chilling indifference.

That was not the gaze of a naive youth.

The more he acted like a good-for-nothing, the more suspicious he became.

For an entire week, besides patrolling, he hadn't stepped out of the dormitory area once.

He hadn't even approached that abyss again.

This was too abnormal.

"Hmph," Qin Shan snorted coldly.

"I'd like to see how long you can keep up the act."

...At the same time.

Inside the Supervising Officer's dormitory.

"Three of a kind."

Lin Yuan tossed two cards onto the table.

"No," Su Wanqing looked at her hand expressionlessly.

"Then I'm going out, with the little Joker, game over!"

Lin Yuan chuckled, slapping his last card onto the table.

"You won again," Su Wanqing put down her cards, her tone flat.

"Boring."

Lin Yuan pushed the cards away, slumping onto the sofa with a long sigh.

"I say, Beauty Su, it's been a week, and we've been playing 'Fight the Landlord' every day; I'm practically a god of gambling."

He stretched.

"Do you think that old fox Qin Family now believes we're just two good-for-nothings?"

Su Wanqing was tidying the cards on the table, not looking up.

"Qin Shan is inherently suspicious; a week's time is not enough for him to completely relax his guard."

"It's almost there," Lin Yuan sat up from the sofa, stretching his neck.

"If we wait any longer, I'm really going to get moldy."

He walked to the window and glanced at the sky outside.

Night had already fallen deep.

The patrol guards outside were still moving back and forth, but they were noticeably more relaxed than a week ago.

"Tonight, the moon is dark and the wind is high."

"Adjutant Su, are you interested in going for a walk?"

Su Wanqing looked up at Lin Yuan.

She didn't speak, but simply stood up silently and walked into her room.

A moment later.

She emerged, dressed in a black combat uniform.

Her actions provided the answer.

"Cooperation."

Lin Yuan snapped his fingers.

He had also changed his clothes, and the Thunder Falcon Wings on his back glowed faintly in the darkness.

The two didn't use the main entrance.

Lin Yuan walked to the window, gently pushed it open, then turned to Su Wanqing and extended his arm.

"To avoid being discovered, you'll have to hold on tight. Bear with it, Adjutant Su," he chuckled softly.

Su Wanqing glanced at him, said nothing, but also didn't refuse.

Lin Yuan understood, and immediately swept her up into his arms.

The next moment, he, holding Su Wanqing, leaped directly from the window, merging into the night.

In mid-air, Lin Yuan's eyes were slightly closed.

Electromagnetic Induction was fully activated.

Su Wanqing only felt Lin Yuan holding her, performing various evasive maneuvers in the air.

Sometimes diving, sometimes stopping abruptly, sometimes flying close to the shadowed side of a building.

Under this dazzling flight path, they passed through blind spots of surveillance and patrols, landing lightly without making a sound.

Soon.

They arrived in front of that quaint pavilion.

Kunlun Pavilion.

Around the pavilion, there were over twenty visible and hidden sentries combined.

Every single one was a Martial Artist of Rank D or above.

"It seems this is the core area," Su Wanqing lowered her voice.

"Stay close."

Lin Yuan had no superfluous words.

He led Su Wanqing, hugging the shadows of the building, around to the back of Kunlun Pavilion.

Here, there was a small courtyard.

Beneath an inconspicuous rockery.

The entrance was right here.

Lin Yuan walked to the rockery, extended his hand, and placed his palm on an unassuming rock.

A wisp of electric current flowed from his palm, entering the rock.

With a soft 'drip' sound.

"Click..."

The rockery split open in the middle, revealing a downward staircase.

"How did you know?" Su Wanqing couldn't help but ask.

"I scanned it casually during dinner that day."

Lin Yuan withdrew his hand, speaking nonchalantly, "A rather precise electronic lock, unfortunately, it can't guard against electricity."

Su Wanqing: "..."

The two followed the stairs, descending.

The further down they went, the colder the air became.

At the end of the stairs was a metal corridor.

On both sides of the corridor, every ten meters, there was a fully armed guard.

And at the end of the corridor was an alloy gate.

In front of the gate, eight guards stood, four of whom had a Qi presence that had clearly reached Rank C!

"This..." Su Wanqing's brows furrowed.

It would be impossible to pass through here without alerting anyone.

Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes.

The Qin Family's defenses were even more stringent than he had imagined.

"It seems we can only go this far today."

He clicked his tongue, a little annoyed.

"Let's retreat first and think of another way."

Su Wanqing nodded in agreement.

Just as the two were about to return the way they came.

A man's voice, from the darkness behind them, slowly echoed.

"Are you two planning to leave already?"

"Since you've come all this way, why not come in for a cup of tea before you go?"

Lin Yuan and Su Wanqing's bodies instantly froze!

The two spun around abruptly.

They saw a man dressed in Qin Family attire leaning against the stairwell wall, looking at them with a half-smile.

It was none other than Qin Hai, the trusted expert who had poured wine for Qin Shan at the banquet!