Old Fourth arrived before the main room and activated the Object Manipulation Spell. A Spiritual Power Hand entered the room and silently drew back the door bolt.
The whole process was even faster than a professional thief's, flowing as smoothly as drifting clouds and running water. It did not affect his pace in the slightest, as if someone inside the main room had just happened to open the door for him.
With a casual wave of his hand, the Spiritual Power Hand knocked Si Qin unconscious as she was dozing off.
Si Qin was sitting on a stool outside the study. Her body tilted, about to fall.
The Spiritual Power Hand caught her and gently set her on the floor. Old Fourth did not attack mortals.
This was not because Old Fourth had a kind heart, but because he feared Gu Jia, and feared the Sky Ocean Sect.
Killing a mortal through spiritual power methods, and in Central Capital City no less, would be a slap in the Sky Ocean Sect's face, a slap in Gu Jia's face.
For the sake of a mere maidservant, he did not want to risk being hunted down by Gu Jia.
As for Li Shiming, Li Shiming was a cultivator. Killing Li Shiming would merely be a grudge between cultivators, and the Sky Ocean Sect would not interfere. Though on Gu Jia's side, there might be trouble.
But the Hao family had to take revenge. Ever since the two Hao family cultivators were killed, the Hao family had taken no action, and their prestige around Central Capital had been greatly damaged.
Besides, the Hao family had also investigated the relationship between Li Shiming and Gu Jia. What Gu Jia valued was a living Li Shiming. If Li Shiming died, then even if Gu Jia