Thick fog spread through the manor, and the [Impostor] delegation instantly descended into panic.
"Don't panic! With Lord Reilly here, we can deter any intruder!" A powerful [Impostor] immediately appeared to steady the situation. "Find the intruders at once!"
"Yes!"
The [Impostor] guards immediately sprang into action—but when they reached the edge of the manor, they discovered to their horror that the entire estate seemed to have been sealed off!
"What is this? A barrier? A ward?!"
"It's a restriction! This is a cultivator's handiwork... we're in trouble!"
The [Impostor] race was something of a loose assortment. Their special talents allowed them to impersonate almost any living being... consequently, their race never lacked members who had mastered cultivators' methods.
Among the delegation's entourage were two who had successfully assumed the roles of cultivators.
"You recognized it? Can you break it?"
"No. Their methods are far too sophisticated. A restriction like this definitely came from one of the great sects in the [Glorious Ruins]! Damn it... why are there cultivators from the Ruins of Return here?!"
The lower- and middle-ranking members of the entourage knew nothing of the war between the [Impostor] race and the Nangong Family in the [Glorious Ruins]... but the news had already reached Reilly.
"A cultivator from the Ruins of Return..."
Reilly's expression changed slightly at the news. His first thought was that this was retaliation from the Ancient Nangong Family!
The two races were already at full-scale war in the [Glorious Ruins], so it would hardly be surprising if the Nangong Family sent someone to strike at this delegation—after all, Nangong Wugou had died here!
And on the day Nangong Wugou died, the fate of his protector, Nangong Wentian, had remained unknown... he might well have escaped.
"Could it really be Nangong Wentian?" Reilly immediately grew