Chapter 283: The Chain Reaction Between Su Yan and Kong Nian

Late at night.

Su Yan felt the energy in her pupils slowly stabilize and exhaled a breath of turbid air.

This deviation had been entirely unexpected. She had originally intended to resolve this matter within two or three days, but she hadn't expected it to drag on until now.

As long as she could control the energy in her eyes, she planned to immediately perform the Soul Departure Technique to notify Ma Chulong and the others to come and rescue her.

After all, she had been missing for so long; whether it was the Ma siblings or Gu Yang, they would certainly be worried.

Just as she was holding her breath and concentrating to make her move, a painful whimper suddenly came from the cage beside her.

Immediately following that, Su Yan clearly felt the energy in her own pupils become violent once again, following Kong Nian's scream.

Kong Nian curled her body up, trembling incessantly, as if enduring extreme agony.

Although Su Yan's sensation was not as intense as Kong Nian's, the suppressed energy began to circulate wildly once more.

*How can this be?*

A fine layer of cold sweat broke out on Su Yan's forehead. Aside from herself, she could even feel the energy in Kong Nian's eyes growing frantically.

It felt as if the two of them were connected by an invisible rope; as long as there was any reaction on Kong Nian's side, a chain reaction would occur on her side.

Furthermore, she was now certain that Kong Nian could no longer control the energy in her eyes.

Su Yan was far too familiar with this feeling; throughout the past thirteen years, she had been suffering through this torment every single moment.

Even if she felt no affection for the Kong family, she absolutely could not stand by and watch now.

Because if this continued, Kong Nian would likely explode and die, and her special ability would also completely lose its restraint following the death of its host. At that point, even Su Yan might not be able to escape unscathed.

The moment Su Yan stood up, the dungeon door opened, and the one entering was none other than the masked Feng Zong.

He seemed to have timed it perfectly, striding purposefully toward Kong Nian's cell.

Su Yan immediately abandoned all movement, trying her best to make herself appear as insignificant as possible.

At this moment, Kong Nian had completely lost the ability to resist.

Seeing her current state, a sinister smile appeared on Feng Zong's face, and he reached out toward Kong Nian.

In the next second, the violent energy in Kong Nian's eyes was actually sucked out in its entirety.

Watching this scene, Su Yan's expression was extremely cold.

She knew exactly what this man was doing, because she had experienced such things herself.

No wonder Liu Yiyi forced Kong Nian to drink that medicinal liquid every day; it must have been for this very moment.

"Ah~~"

For a full ten minutes, until not a single drop of energy overflowed from Kong Nian's eyes, Feng Zong finally stopped in satisfaction, letting out a low moan like a demon.

Kong Nian was tossed aside, her breathing weak.

Feng Zong felt the surging power within his body with satisfaction, his smile eerie.

He did not linger and soon strode away.

A shadow of gloom settled in the depths of Su Yan's eyes.

The Feng family prided themselves on being an orthodox faction of exorcists, yet it turned out every single one of them possessed such malicious hearts.

Silence returned to the cell.

Su Yan could feel that Kong Nian was not dead, but at least sixty to seventy percent of the power originally belonging to Kong Nian had been absorbed by Feng Zong.

However, she also realized something was amiss. The energy in Kong Nian's eyes should have been the same as hers, yet it was pitifully small.

If it had been her today, that Feng Zong likely wouldn't have been able to walk out of the dungeon so easily.

***

Morning.

Gu Yang woke up from a nightmare once again.

It had been exactly seven days since Su Yan went missing. During these seven days, there had been no news whatsoever, and despite deploying a large number of people, not a single clue had been found.

Although the Ma siblings kept comforting him, saying Su Yan would be fine, the sense of unease in his heart grew increasingly intense.

He had also waited for seven whole days, waiting for Liu Yiyi to contact him proactively, but Liu Yiyi seemed to have vanished into thin air.

By the time he snapped out of it, he realized he had already walked to the door of his office.

"Gu Yang, are you alright?"

Lu Feng had, of course, also learned the news that both Su Yan and Kong Nian were missing, and his expression was equally grim.

Even though Kong Nian had rejected him, he couldn't remain completely indifferent, let alone regarding his best friend's fiancée.

Gu Yang did not answer, merely shaking his head.

Lu Feng followed him inside.

"Half of the capital has already been searched. Do you think it's possible those criminals aren't in the city?"

If that were the case, it would truly be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Gu Yang, I know you're hurting right now, but you must pull yourself together. You can't let yourself collapse."

Looking at his friend's sunken eyes, Lu Feng was truly worried about Gu Yang's state.

"I will," Gu Yang's voice was indescribably hoarse.

Just as Lu Feng was about to say more, Gu Yang's breath hitched, and his pupils contracted violently for an instant.

This reaction was immediately noticed by Lu Feng.

"What is it?"

As he asked, he followed Gu Yang's gaze.

A fountain pen was lying on the office desk.

In the next second, Gu Yang swiftly grabbed the pen, his chest heaving violently.

"Is there something wrong with this pen?" Lu Feng asked hurriedly.

"This is the pen I gave Yan Yan before." Gu Yang's voice carried a slight tremor.

Lu Feng gasped, his expression changing as well.

He immediately looked to see if there was anything else besides the pen.

But he soon showed a look of disappointment.

Gu Yang opened the pen, and a tiny slip of paper fell out from the cap as he moved.

On it was written a time and an address.

"This is Liu Yiyi's handwriting!" Lu Feng was absolutely certain. "This woman has been hiding for so long, she finally couldn't hold back!"

Finding Liu Yiyi meant finding the whereabouts of Su Yan and Kong Nian; this was, of course, the best possible news.

Gu Yang struggled to suppress the chaotic thoughts in his mind, his knuckles turning white as he gripped the pen.

"Gu Yang, what do we do next?" Lu Feng was also incredibly excited.

Gu Yang's eyes were deep and bottomless. They needed to plan carefully; perhaps this was the final chance.

"Ask the others in the publishing house if anyone saw Liu Yiyi come by."

"Right, I'll go ask right now."

Lu Feng didn't delay for a single second, but just as he reached the door, Gu Yang thought of something else.

"Wait, you can also ask everyone if they saw anyone come into my office from last night until this morning."

Liu Yiyi was no longer an employee of the publishing house; she wouldn't be foolish enough to appear in plain sight. However, this pen wouldn't have appeared on his desk out of thin air. Or perhaps, was there someone else in the publishing house who was her accomplice?

Lu Feng understood perfectly. "Alright, I will investigate it thoroughly."

After Lu Feng left, Gu Yang was alone in the office.

He opened the slip of paper again and stared at it motionlessly for a long time.

(End of Chapter)