"Go!"
The lean man called out, then flew into the white mist first. Scholar hesitated briefly, then gritted his teeth and followed him in.
Yet neither of them knew that, several yards behind them, a figure so faint it was almost invisible flickered once and also vanished into the white mist.
Skill bred boldness. If it had been another immortal cultivator of the same rank, they could never have tailed two Nascent Soul Cultivators at such close range. Yet Lin Xuan had done it. This was thanks to the return-to-simplicity effect brought about by cultivating the Ink Moon Heaven Witch Art, and with the Qi-Concealment Technique added on, it was simply invincible wherever he went.
The two of them did not notice anything amiss, and the restrictions along the way did not pose any obstacle to them either. That was not strange. Since the lean man was able to contact the guards of the Hundred Herb Garden, he naturally had a way to arrive there safely.
This fellow's cultivation was not high, but he did have a faint air of having hands and eyes that reached the heavens. And thanks to him, Lin Xuan was not exposed either. Apart from using the Qi Concealment Technique, he spent not the slightest bit of effort and safely reached the destination.
It was a small plaza, only about a hundred-odd zhang square.
The surroundings were empty and deserted, while in the very center of the plaza stood a strange building.
It was over seven or eight zhang tall, but no matter how one looked at it, it was only a single great gate.
It stood there all alone!
The feeling it gave was as if there had once been a pavilion here, yet all the other parts had inexplicably disappeared, leaving only a