“Master!” Long Dan, seeing this strange situation from across the crowd, no longer cared about anything else and forcefully pushed aside the people blocking his way to charge over.
In this instant, Yu Jin and the dagger-wielding man had already clashed several times, their speed so fast that it hadn’t even attracted the attention of those nearby.
Seeing Long Dan charging over, the man made a split-second decision to retreat, diving into the crowd and running away.
“Chase him!” Yu Jin decisively ordered Long Dan.
Although Long Dan was usually cheerful and somewhat informal in front of Yu Jin, when it came to crucial moments, he didn’t dare to disregard his master’s orders in the slightest. He immediately gave chase.
He didn’t know that Yu Jin had already been poisoned.
As Long Dan continued to push aside people blocking his way and run forward, people finally noticed something was amiss. Their love for excitement prompted them to follow.
Yu Jin took advantage of this to move to the side of the road and looked at the wound on his arm.
His reaction had been quick, and the wound was just a shallow cut. However, the blood seeping out had already turned black.
Yu Jin reached for the pouch tied at his waist.
Inside the pouch was an antidote pill he had obtained in the south, capable of counteracting a hundred poisons.
But as his hand touched the finely crafted pouch, he stopped. He suddenly changed his mind and stumbled in a certain direction.
If Long Dan were still there, he would have noticed that the direction Yu Jin was heading was not towards Quezi Hutong, but in the opposite direction.
Passing through several small alleys, Yu Jin leaned against someone’s doorway and knocked forcefully.
“Who is it?” A cautious voice came from inside, the voice of a young man.
“It’s me,” Yu Jin replied simply.
There was silence from within.
“Who are you?” After a moment, the voice inside sounded again.
Just then, there was a thud outside the door, as if something heavy had hit it.
The young man inside was startled.
Could it be some scoundrel coming to cause trouble?
He put his ear to the door to listen but couldn’t hear anything else.
After some thought, the young man still quietly pulled the door open a crack and looked out, only to shudder in shock.
A person was lying outside the door!
The young man instantly threw the door wide open.