I am the villain in the book

Without a doubt, at this moment, no one imagined that Chu Xianping would appear here.

But the latter was indeed standing in front of everyone.

"What? If Protector Lu can come to this palace, can't I?"

Glancing at Lu Hongji's unsightly face, Chu Xianping chuckled, "Or is Protector Lu hoping I wouldn't come?"

“…”

Gradually recovering from the shock, Lu Hongji had roughly guessed what Chu Xianping wanted to do.

"Good, Protector Lu is straightforward enough."

Chu Xianping's expression remained unchanged, he raised his hand and pointed to Li Zimu, who was staring at him, and replied word by word:

"Hand this person over to me, and then you can leave."

As expected.

Chu Xianping's answer was exactly the same as Lu Hongji had anticipated.

Only now did the latter understand that everything was originally within Chu Xianping's plan.

However, he still narrowed his eyes unwillingly and sneered:

"Heh heh, Young Master Chu, what if I don't hand him over?"

"Don't hand him over?"

Chu Xianping waved his hand, and seven black-clothed men immediately appeared from the shadows, vaguely surrounding Lu Hongji and the others.

"Protector Lu, if you don't hand him over, you won't be able to leave."

"I'll only say it once, consider for yourself whether to hand him over or not."

“…”

Staring directly at Lu Hongji, Chu Xianping only said two sentences and then stopped speaking.

But it was these two sentences that made Lu Hongji feel extremely conflicted.

On the one hand, he still didn't know that he had caught the wrong person, and only thought that Li Zimu was Xu Sui, so of course he was unwilling to hand him over.

On the other hand, the mysterious and unpredictable impression that Chu Xianping had left on him was too profound, making him have to suspect that if he didn't hand him over, the former might really have a way to keep him here.

In this way, Lu Hongji's face became increasingly ugly, but his heart became more and more uncertain.

His gaze swept over the seven black-clothed men around him, all of whom possessed extraordinary auras, and finally he took a deep look at the calm and composed Chu Xianping.

After more than ten breaths, he almost gnashed his teeth and squeezed out a sentence from his throat.

"Fine, I admit defeat."

"Release him!"

With a sudden wave of his hand, Lu Hongji suppressed the anger in his heart and turned his head away, no longer looking at Chu Xianping.

The black-clothed men who were escorting Li Zimu hesitated for a moment, and then slowly let go of him.

“…”

The night was deep, and the dark moon was without light.

Just now, Tang Chen used his life to save Li Zimu, but in the end, it was meaningless, and he couldn't do anything.

But Chu Xianping only used a few words to make Lu Hongji admit defeat and release him, easily resolving this crisis.

In comparison, Chu Xianping's ability undoubtedly far exceeded Tang Chen's.

And although both of them had the intention to save people, judging from the results, even if Tang Chen almost lost his life, the person who ultimately saved Li Zimu was still Chu Xianping.

From "traitor" to a hero who "infiltrated the enemy's ranks", to her savior.

With Li Zimu's scheming mind, she now understood that Chu Xianping had only pretended to betray them before.

Therefore, as she walked step by step towards the man not far away, the complexity of her mood could be imagined.

"Xian... Xianping, you..."

Unconsciously, Li Zimu used this address again.

Chu Xianping smiled and interrupted softly:

"We'll talk about it later."

"Oh, right, right!"

After responding, Li Zimu suddenly seemed to remember something, and her tone instantly became hurried.

She anxiously grabbed the corner of Chu Xianping's clothes and said extremely eagerly:

"Young Master Tang is seriously injured! You must come with me to save him!"

"Hmm? Tang Chen?"

Chu Xianping was stunned, and was about to ask for details, but Lu Hongji's cold voice came over first.

"Young Master Chu, the person has already been handed over to you, we'll meet again someday!"

“…”

Meet again someday.

Obviously, these four words were full of threatening flavor.

However, Chu Xianping only glanced at Lu Hongji and said lightly:

"Protector Lu, I'm afraid you and I will have no chance to meet again in the future."

"You!"

His eyes widened suddenly, and Lu Hongji instantly heard a chilling meaning from this sentence.

In the next second, he unhesitatingly took out a talisman paper from his arms and crushed it, and his body was quickly shrouded in a cloud of black mist.

If Yang Liushi was here at this time, she should find this cloud of black mist somewhat familiar.

Because Du Chang also used the same method to escape from her back then.

In this way, this talisman paper should be a unique item of Kuilong, and its function should be teleportation or something similar.

And Lu Hongji is now preparing to escape without even fighting, indicating that he is really afraid of Chu Xianping's methods.

It's a pity that even if he is so cautious, he still underestimated Chu Xianping, just like before.

"Whoosh!!"

A gust of Yin wind blew past, and the seven black-clothed men who followed Chu Xianping suddenly pinched their fingers, and then a larger cloud of black mist suddenly rose up, surrounding Lu Hongji and his five men within the boundary of the seven men.

In fact, Yang Liushi had also seen this scene.

It was actually the formation called "Three Thousand Crossroads" that trapped Wei Changtian on White Spirit Mountain.

Without a doubt, whether it is "Three Thousand Crossroads" or Lu Hongji's talisman paper, the function of both is related to "space".

Since Chu Xianping is so calm now, it means that the effect of the former should be better than the latter, even if Lu Hongji uses that talisman paper, he will not be able to escape the Three Thousand Crossroads Formation.

And besides that, there is an even more critical issue.

It should be known that "Three Thousand Crossroads" is a formation mastered by the Great Jue Imperial Family, and it was also used by Yan Huanwen's subordinates on White Spirit Mountain.

Then at this moment, when such a formation appears here, does it also mean that in Chu Xianping's layout, he not only used Zhuang Zhiming, used Lu Hongji, used Wei Changtian, but even used Yan Huaiqing?

If that's the case, then this strategy is too terrifying.

"It's over."

When the dense black mist enveloped everyone except Chu Xianping and Li Zimu, the former only said these three words.

No longer looking at the rolling mist formation, and seemingly not interested in what would happen in it, Chu Xianping quickly turned his gaze to Li Zimu, who was stunned in place, and said softly:

"Where is Tang Chen at this moment?"

"Take me over there."

"Okay."

Turning her head with difficulty to look at Chu Xianping, Li Zimu had never felt as shocked as she did tonight.

It was as if the man in front of her was omnipotent, and everything was within his expectations.

Taking a deep breath, she temporarily put these thoughts behind her, nodded, and was about to take Chu Xianping to Jinhua Hall.

However, the moment Li Zimu turned around, she was stunned in place again.

Because not far ahead, Tang Chen, covered in blood, was standing alone in the night, staring blankly at her and Chu Xianping.