A Single Breath

The earth had already fallen asleep. Aside from the gentle breeze, the occasional bark of a dog, and the summer cicadas in the banyan trees chirping softly now and then, cool Qingyang Town was utterly silent.

The entire Qingyang Town was silent beyond silent. The sky was bright while the ground was dark, as if the cold had blocked out even the light. The pitch-black night seemed like boundless thick ink smeared heavily across the heavens, without even the faintest starlight. Night fog rolled in, and the midsummer night was unexpectedly cool. Beneath the hazy moonlight, barely a few stars could be seen. The sky was not pure black, but an endless deep blue showed through the darkness, stretching into the distance, farther and farther away.

Huff~

Another breeze swept across the earth as usual. If one's senses were sharp enough, one would certainly have detected more than a dozen tiny, swift currents mixed within that ordinary wind.

"They're here?"

Xiao Han smiled faintly and waved his hand. The breeze abruptly stopped in an eerie manner. More than a dozen figures, like falling leaves, came to a sudden halt in midair.

"Lei Bao, Xie Xian, Luo Cheng, and you juniors as well. Coming to my Lin Family so late at night—what important business could you possibly have? Could it be that you came to celebrate my birthday?"

Lin Zhentian spoke with perfect composure, seated in his chair as he smiled at the dozen or so figures frozen in the air. Even after exerting every ounce of their strength, they were still unable to move.

At the same time, a trace of astonishment appeared in Lin Zhentian's eyes.

Xiao Han's strength was so terrifying that he could easily render more than a dozen Tian Yuan Realm martial artists unable to move.