After moving the Ghost Head Infant away, Qi Fengyun waved a hand to lift the Curse Seals from the city's children, then flew north without stopping for a moment.
Chu Jin and the other nine followed at once. The ten of them turned into streaks of light and hurried after him.
From beginning to end, it took no more than ten breaths. Only the array flags had flickered with faint light, and even that had been concealed by an Illusion Art. The city's common folk probably did not even know what had happened.
"That was flashy as hell!" Lu Zheng praised.
Shen Ying shook her head and smiled. "I reckon the Ghost Head Infant never imagined he would be discovered."
"Then he was just too arrogant." Lu Zheng curled his lip. "With that sort of personality, how did he survive this long in one piece?"
The moment he finished speaking, Lu Zheng suddenly felt his body tighten, as though something had glanced at him.
His pupils contracted sharply. Lu Zheng immediately circulated his true qi, drew the lightning-struck Peach Wood Sword with a backhand motion, and spread his divine sense through every direction around him.
Shen Ying also sensed Lu Zheng's reaction. A crystalline peach blossom still attached to its branch appeared in her hand, while wisps of Peach Blossom Evil spread through the surrounding dozens of yards, seeping into everything.
"Lu Lang?"
Lu Zheng frowned. "Just now, it seemed like someone... secretly glanced at me."
It was like being eyed by a ferocious beast. Only another ferocious beast could sense it. Shen Ying's cultivation was slightly lower, so she had instead failed to notice.
"Was it one of the Ghost Head Infant's sub—" Shen Ying had only begun to speak when her eyes shifted.
She turned to meet Lu