Chapter 554 Going after an Easy Prey

After Lin Mengya saw the hesitation in Zhu Yan’s eyes, her lips curled up into a bizarre, chilling smile.

She stretched out her slender and delicate hand to go over the network of red veins on the stone slabs.

“Looks, these contain the blood of those girls. Can you imagine their immense grievances that even these stones had become spirits?”

Lin Mengya spouted nonsense while keeping a straight face. The stone slabs had been constantly immersed in blood, so much so that the blood had infiltrated them.

However, Zhu Yan was unaware of the reason. On top of that, he had witnessed the evil that was done here in the past. For the above reasons, he was gradually overcome by the fear of what Lin Mengya said.

“You… you… but I wasn’t the one who killed them. If they were seeking vengeance, they should not be looking for me!”

Unable to keep his composure, Zhu Yan retreated a step, shrunk back, and began to stutter.

Without him being aware, his voice had started to tremble a little.

“But you saw what happened, didn’t you? You saw how they suffered, how they were tortured to death. Now that the rest of the people has gone away, surely these girls will come after you. I can see them now. They are standing on your shoulders.”

Given the atmosphere coupled with the bizarre and creepy mood Lin Mengya created, Zhu Yan, with a threatening manner but a cowardly heart, was frightened to the point that his face became drained of its color.

Lin Mengya glanced at him with indifference. She was running out of time so she did not want to make a fuss with him.

Unfortunately, this guy was capable of any tricks as long as he was not taught a lesson.

She got up and slowly walked up to Zhu Yan. With a mocking look in her eyes, she stared at the guy whose face was drained off its color, and spoke with a whisper saying, “Now you know to be afraid, don’t you? Find the mechanism quickly.”

Lin Mengya raised her eyebrows. She supposed the words she said to frighten him was sufficient to make Zhu Yan obey her at least until they escape this situation.

“Yes… yes…”

He nodded immediately and all the air of arrogance in him vanished completely.

Zhu Yan turned around quickly in search of the entrance to the mechanism room. What he missed was the victorious smile that flashed momentarily across Lin Mengya’s face.

Zhu Yan was way too inexperienced to fight with her.

The mechanism room was at the other end of the dungeon. Its door, which was made of pure steel, was even programed with an advanced security system.

Zhu Yan turned the circular handle of the door with ease and familiarity, mumbling simultaneously. This ought to be the way to open the door.

After some time and effort, the door was opened forcefully by Zhu Yan and immediately, a dusty smell came onto them from within the door.

“Cough, cough… Get in.”

Lin Mengya followed behind Zhu Yan and quickly entered the mechanism room of average size.

It was not especially spacious and it was filled with switches to various mechanisms and the sight of them made her dizzy.

She would be at a loss of where to start if not for Zhu Yan who knew how to operate them.

“Shall we begin now?”

Despite feeling displeased, Zhu Yan managed to keep his willfulness in check.

After all, he still had the mentality of a child. Once he was done with throwing a fit and after Lin Mengya’s scare words, he could still tell what was important and serious.

“Let’s wait a while first. Perhaps we might be able to get the traitor to show himself. We have to know where he stands so that we can better deal with the situation. I suppose you don’t want your dear shopkeeper to suffer any loss, right?”

Most likely, Hongyu and her company were not hiding anywhere nearby. Moreover, Lin Mengya’s appearance here, and there, would have led most people to the front courtyard.

After all, she was the target they were after.

As for the remaining people, she supposed Xiu’s poisonous drugs would be sufficient to deal with them.

Given that she was already here, she was literally in control of the power to kill whoever was in the courtyard. She was definitely going to make the move, but before that, what she really wanted to know was the identity of the mastermind who sent these men.

Frowning, Li Mengya made a quick mental analysis of the possibilities.

She had made quite a number of enemies during this period she arrived in the Nation of Lintian.

The four old men in the Pavilion of Herbs hated her to the point of wishing to get rid of her as soon as possible.

Since she knew the Pavilion of Herbs well now, those large families that hung all their hopes on them would also hate her to their bones.

However, she was not one bit afraid of these people because Cousin Chen would secretly eradicate