After saying goodbye to his aunts, Xiao Se returned to Xiao Xiao's courtyard.
On the way, he saw many familiar faces hurrying past, their expressions solemn. It was clearly different from their usual simple busyness.
It was as if something bad were about to happen.
Xiao Se subconsciously wanted to ask Grandmaster. Grandmaster was Father's teacher and a reliable elder, but since the atmosphere in the Endless Fire Territory had grown so tense, Grandmaster, as the manager of the Medicine Tower, probably would not have much free time either.
Everyone had their own things to do, and he was the same.
Giving up on looking for Grandmaster, Xiao Se returned to Elder Sister's courtyard.
Overhead, Jianmu's radiance was still brilliant and dazzling, replacing the distant sunlight, but in recent days it seemed to have dimmed somewhat too.
Xiao Se's heart felt just as heavy. As Mother's child, he had been born with a strength of Divine Sense that others could scarcely reach. Although he had spent these years busy cultivating and learning to control his power, and had not yet systematically studied how to use that power, he could still sense the feedback received by his vast Divine Sense.
The ominous feeling in his heart could not be called a complete illusion.
As if sensing something, Xiao Se looked at Xiao Xiao's peaceful sleeping face, then subconsciously turned his head toward the window, only to see the courtyard gate open.
Two somewhat unfamiliar figures waited quietly in the courtyard.
He crept out the door and saw the two of them salute him. "Greetings, Young Master."
"Qing Lin, long time no see."
Although the two before him did indeed seem somewhat unfamiliar, Xiao Se had once or twice interacted with the beauty whose features were somewhat bewitching like a snake-person's. As