The Ice King's Little Trouble Maker-Chapter 699 - 661 Found...

Sitting in the car, they set off for their destination.

Qiao Yuxian looked at the countless messages on her phone.

She briefly browsed through them; they were all messages sent to her during the day she went missing.

At first, when she didn’t respond, they kept sending one message after another.

Until later, when it was confirmed that they couldn’t reach her.

They stopped sending messages and proceeded according to their original plan.

Qiao Yuxian first replied to Gu Yanjing, telling him that she was fine.

Then she responded to a few others.

"Who went to pick up Yao Guang?" Qiao Yuxian asked.

"Phecda took some people," Qin Xia replied, "Don’t worry. No one dares to harm Yao Guang fatally; they think that’s you, so they’re only capturing, not killing."

Qiao Yuxian nodded.

That’s true.

Aside from that face, Yao Guang is almost exactly like her.

Last time, it was with Yao Guang that they tricked Yan Ting.

Although this time Yan Ting would surely be suspicious.

But since she had indeed disappeared, they couldn’t tell which was real and which was fake, so they didn’t dare do anything to them.

"But I really have to say, Gu Yanjing is amazing," Qin Xia said.

"Hmm?" Qiao Yuxian looked at her.

Qin Xia cleared her throat, straightened her demeanor, and said, "Yan Ting is really an extremely cautious and careful person, very impressive."

"Weren’t you going to praise Gu Yanjing?" Qiao Yuxian asked.

"Oh, you’re in such a hurry. I’m just setting the stage," Qin Xia said. "According to our plan, we were supposed to follow Yan Ting to find Qu Qingkong. But after Yan Ting came out, he twisted and turned for more than two hours, shaking off all our people. You have no idea how despairing it was when voices kept coming through the earpiece saying they’d lost him."

Qiao Yuxian could entirely feel what she felt back then.

At that moment, they had planned for so long. If they couldn’t keep up, all previous efforts would have been in vain, and everything would need to be replanned.

And after replanning, if time dragged on, it would be detrimental to all of them, increasing the chances of everyone encountering danger, making everything progressively harder.

"Especially after the last team lost him too," Qin Xia clutched her chest, "It’s no exaggeration to say at that moment, I felt cold all over. I sensed Chu Zhengran and everyone else were stunned. The earpiece and surrounding were filled with silence."

Listening to her description, Qiao Yuxian couldn’t help but feel tense along with her.

At that moment, all the silence represented a failed plan, representing no way out after failure.

Qin Xia said, "Then an hour later, Gu Yanjing’s voice came through the earpiece. Guess what he said?"

"What?" Qiao Yuxian asked.

"Ten kilometers north of the coastal town in the east, everyone, move out," Qin Xia said. "Do you understand that feeling of your blood coming back to life? It truly felt like a corpse warming up again."

"What a description," Qiao Yuxian glanced at her with suspicion.

"Ah, I was too excited," Qin Xia shook her arm a couple of times, "During the hour after silence, Chu Zhengran, Lin Huai Shu, Tang He, and all of us were discussing together. In more than an hour, we couldn’t come up with a new method. That kind of anxious atmosphere is genuinely suffocating. Especially when Gu Yanjing wasn’t talking much, it was even more suffocating."

Qiao Yuxian, having been controlled and missing, was waiting for this moment. If they hadn’t kept up to discover Qu Qingkong’s location, with Yan Ting returning, no one could be sure of what Qiao Yuxian would be facing.

Everything outside was arranged by Gu Yanjing.

If he didn’t speak, everyone lost their leader.

"At first, I thought he was worried about you, so he was too anxious. That’s why he was so quiet," Qin Xia said. "Who knew he was working silently on a big move."

Qiao Yuxian smiled, picked up the tablet in the car, and checked the location.

To the north of the coastal town is a forest.

She remembered this place.

As a child on Yao Mountain Island, she had been to this place while playing around. It was just an ordinary forest with a poor environment. Regardless of the season, it was always unfavorable, so almost no one went in.

Ten kilometers north....

She remembered it was an abandoned village surrounded by mountains on all sides.

When she visited as a child, it was already deserted, and no one had lived there for a long time.

Because it was inconvenient in every aspect.

Qu Qingkong was there?

Indeed, it was a very inconspicuous place.

But regardless of its unnoticeability, since it was on Yao Mountain Island, her people should have checked this area.

But...

Qin Xia saw her expression and said, "Gu Yanjing said that place still looks like an abandoned village."

Qiao Yuxian looked at her, paused, and asked, "The surrounding mountains?"

Qin Xia nodded, "They hollowed out the mountains and are living in caves. I found they really love digging holes."

Qiao Yuxian frowned slightly, caves couldn’t be completely silent.

As long as there was some noise, she’d definitely receive information.

In these ten years, she hadn’t heard any movement from that place.

Unless it was done long ago, long before they were born, and the mountains were already hollowed out.

Simply disguised too well, with no one knowing, and no one exploring, or maybe someone prevented anyone from getting close. So, no one discovered it for so long.

"The information Gu Yanjing sent back was that the external disguise was very good. If he hadn’t seen Yan Ting enter with his own eyes, he wouldn’t have noticed anything unusual about the mountains," Qin Xia said.

After Gu Yanjing told them to move, he also shared some details with them.

"We were all at the junction of Yao Mountain Island and M Continent, preparing for action. Only when we heard the sound through the earpiece did we realize Gu Yanjing wasn’t with us from the beginning," Qin Xia said. "He went to track Yan Ting himself, and do you know how he tracked him?"

"Hmm?" Qiao Yuxian asked.

"He didn’t follow Yan Ting directly. Instead, he kept driving, adjusting his route and confirming his position based on reports from those who had lost him," Qin Xia said. "He got there even before Yan Ting. He watched Yan Ting enter the forest and then followed him to find that place surrounded by mountains."

Everything was planned in advance.

Qiao Yuxian gave out the Peace Pendant.

Yan Ting exchanged it for the antidote.

They followed Yan Ting to locate Qu Qingkong’s hideout.

Once found, everyone moved immediately.

Yao Guang and Qin Xia would bring people to pick up Qiao Yuxian.

Others went to find Qu Qingkong.

So even in the absence of communication devices, everything could proceed smoothly.

All Qiao Yuxian needed to do was wait.

Huo Yanxin was also aware of this. They had agreed long ago. Huo Yanxin stayed to take care of and protect Mr. Huo, cooperating with the plan.

Listening to Qin Xia’s words, Qiao Yuxian’s eyes shifted, and she furrowed her brows slightly.

"What’s wrong?" Qin Xia asked, "Feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"

"No," Qiao Yuxian said. "Gu Yanjing must have confirmed Qu Qingkong is in that place to notify action. So... it’s quite late, surely Qu Qingkong isn’t still active outside, right? How did he confirm Qu Qingkong was there?"

Qin Xia paused in silence.

She had been too excited and had overly trusted and relied on Gu Yanjing, not considering these aspects at all.

They must be 100% certain Qu Qingkong was in that location. Otherwise, Gu Yanjing wouldn’t recklessly order them to move.

He couldn’t have followed Yan Ting into the mountain to face Qu Qingkong directly, could he?

Then he...

Qiao Yuxian glanced at Qin Xia and then back to the map on the tablet.

She was a bit worried about Gu Yanjing...