My Wife, The Ice Queen President

Chapter 274: Chapter 0274: Li Chunpeng Appears_1
 

Thump!

Their fists and palms collided.

A dull sound echoed.

Ye Xiong stepped back two paces, while the female ghost used the force of the impact to flee swiftly outside.

Dragon Spiral Inner Power, this female ghost actually knew Dragon Spiral Inner Power, how was that possible?

Ye Xiong looked at his own palm, hardly able to believe it.

Dragon Spiral Inner Power was a top-notch internal strength cultivation technique in Huaxia, and among the people Ye Xiong knew who practiced it, there were only two, one was Long Tianya, and the other was Long Zaitian, both seasoned masters of advanced age.

But the person he had just exchanged blows with was clearly a young woman.

Having trained her inner strength to such an extent at such a young age, Ye Xiong had never seen anything like it.

There was no time for him to ponder now, as he quickly chased after the female ghost.

The ghost fled from the courtyard, leaping over walls, and sprinted through the streets, escaping beyond Li Family Courtyard.

Ye Xiong pursued her relentlessly, hot on her heels.

This woman definitely had something to do with Li Xiaohuan’s death, and most likely with Li Chunpeng as well, he could not let her escape.

The female ghost was incredibly fast, the quickest and most agile woman Ye Xiong had ever seen. Determined to catch her, Ye Xiong exerted his full strength and, after a while, finally cornered her in a narrow alley.

“Who are you, really?” the female ghost could no longer conceal her shock.

She knew her own capabilities very well, having never met her match among her peers, she never expected to face such a formidable master tonight. Despite her full effort in fleeing, she still could not shake off his pursuit.

“That question should be mine to ask, who are you, and why do you know Dragon Spiral Inner Power?”

Ye Xiong’s gaze fell upon her face; under the streetlight, he noticed her heavily made-up face, eyes colored with makeup—not a ghost at all.

The female ghost eyed him intently, her gaze flickering as if calculating her next move.

“Why did you kill Li Xiaohuan and Li Yuanbin? With your skills, killing them would have been as easy as flipping your hand, why take such a roundabout approach and do so many pointless things? Pretending to be a ghost, what exactly is your purpose?” Ye Xiong asked coldly.

“If you want to know, go ask the Yama King!”

The female ghost released her Gang Qi, and her clothes billowed outwards, her red attire fluttering, and her hair lifting, looking even more startling.

“If you refuse to speak, then I’ll just have to capture you and interrogate you thoroughly.”

Ye Xiong turned into a blur, striking like lightning towards the female ghost.

Knowing the female ghost was not weak, he launched his attack with deadly intentions.

The ghost fought back fiercely, her ten fingers outstretched, each fitted with thin, long, red metal claws, clearly a formidable weapon.

The two instantly tangled in close combat.

On the midnight streets, two shadows flipped and interchanged rapidly, like shadows, like ghosts.

Both were superior fighters, their struggle indescribably gripping.

After an initial probing, Ye Xiong finally assessed her strength: slightly above that of Phoenix, but still not quite a match for his own, especially in terms of internal strength and fire control, she had likely just reached the Mastery Level.

With clarity on his side, Ye Xiong hesitated no more, executing the Nine Palaces Mystic Step, and like a ghost he spun swiftly around the female ghost, shadowing her every move.

“Nine Palaces Mystic Step, who in the world are you, and how do you know this technique?” the female ghost exclaimed in shock.

Instead of answering, Ye Xiong struck fiercely with a palm toward her back.

Just as he was about to seriously injure the female ghost, Ye Xiong suddenly felt a surge of unease and leaped quickly to one side.

Pop, pop, pop!

A gun-wielding man suddenly appeared, firing non-stop at Ye Xiong.

He fired rapidly, with extremely precise timing, clearly a skilled marksman.

By the time the bullets had run out, Ye Xiong reacted, but the figures of the two men were already gone.

After a quick search, failing to find any trace of the two, Ye Xiong swiftly took out his cell phone and made a call.

“Phoenix, I think I saw Li Chunpeng.”

The man who had just been firing at him resembled Li Chunpeng whom Ye Xiong was looking for, with at least a seventy percent likelihood it was him. He had not changed as much as Ruan Jingyang.

“You’ve spooked the snake by beating the grass this time. It will definitely alert him, and now it’s going to be even more difficult to find him,” Phoenix said.

“I believe he will show up again,” Ye Xiong had guessed much about the Li Family’s affairs over the past few days. If his guesses were not wrong, everything happening in the Li Family now was orchestrated by Li Chunpeng, aiming to avenge the death of his mother and also to seek vengeance for the suffering his sister endured for a year.

“What do you plan to do?” Phoenix asked.

“It seems I need to have a talk with Li Xiangxiang. She might know the whereabouts of Li Chunpeng,” Ye Xiong said.

After returning to the Li Family villa, there was silence all around, as if unaware of what had just happened.

When morning came, Ye Xiong went straight to Li Xiangxiang’s room and knocked on her door.

“Ade, didn’t I tell you to leave last night? Why are you still here?” Li Xiangxiang was startled and asked anxiously.

Ye Xiong didn’t respond and just walked into her room, then shut the door behind him.

Li Xiangxiang must have known that the Ghost woman had come to find her last night; otherwise, the look in her eyes wouldn’t be so strange.

She must be wondering how he was still alive, having not left last night.

“Ade, why did you close the door?” Li Xiangxiang asked, puzzled.

Li Xiangxiang felt there was something odd about Ade today.

Whether it was his walk, his aura, or something else, he was completely different from usual.

Ye Xiong didn’t want to pretend any longer. Since his identity was already exposed, and Li Chunpeng would soon find out about him, it was better to act first and find his location instead of waiting for Li Chunpeng to track him down first.

Li Xiangxiang was naive, and dealing with her would be much easier than dealing with Li Chunpeng and the mysterious woman.

“How many more people does your brother intend to harm before he’s willing to stop?” Ye Xiong asked.

Hearing Dummy speak suddenly, Li Xiangxiang’s face changed dramatically, and she exclaimed in shock, “Ade, you can talk… No, you’re not Ade, who on earth are you?”

Ye Xiong was about to say he wasn’t Ade, but doing so would have made Li Xiangxiang put up a strong defense against him, making it less likely to get her to talk. Thinking of this, he decided to keep pretending.

“I am Wu Yade. I was cured of my muteness half a year ago, but I just chose not to speak,” Ye Xiong said.

“I don’t believe you. You couldn’t possibly be Ade. He is mute and hunch-backed when he walks, not like you at all,” Li Xiangxiang said defensively.

“Your current toothbrush is red, your towel is pink. I bought them for you last month. Your birthday is on March 18th… and you like very light syrup…” Ye Xiong listed a myriad of Li Xiangxiang’s habits that he had observed during his time as Dummy.

Indeed, Li Xiangxiang believed him somewhat but still with doubts.

“What was the name of the first book I asked you to buy?” Li Xiangxiang suddenly asked.

“Wuthering Heights,” it was bought on August 18th last year at Daxinhua Bookstore,” Ye Xiong replied.

Fortunately, Dummy’s diary had also recorded this event, so Ye Xiong was able to answer crisply.

“Ade, why did you lie to me?” Li Xiangxiang’s voice changed.