Long Xian stood in midair, watching Senior Meng flee as if for his life. He furrowed his brows in confusion.
Long Xian did not know that if he had not arrived in time, Senior Meng would probably have been killed by Lin Ye.
However, seeing that Senior Meng had wisely left, Long Xian merely shook his head and stopped concerning himself with it. He then looked at Lin Bai in the courtyard and said quietly, "Beibei, is this the powerful sword cultivator you mentioned?"
The girl giggled. "That's right, Second Uncle. He's the new master I took. His swordsmanship is amazing! You didn't see it today—he casually gave me a few pointers, and I easily defeated six martial artists who surrounded me and were even stronger than I was!"
Earlier that day, after leaving Lin Bai's courtyard, the girl had returned home.
She had told Long Xian everything that had happened that day.
Long Xian immediately realized that Lin Bai's intervention on Long Beibei's behalf would inevitably bring down a great disaster upon him. Thus, he had brought Long Beibei to find Lin Bai, hoping to resolve this crisis.
Hearing the inexplicable worship Long Beibei felt toward Lin Bai, Long Xian shook his head helplessly. When he looked at Lin Bai, he spread out his senses and was astonished to discover that Lin Bai did not possess the slightest trace of spiritual power!
"Hmm?"
"No spiritual power?"
"Could he be concealing his strength?"
"Impossible. With my cultivation at the Apex Realm, how many people in this world could conceal their strength from me?"
"If he isn't concealing his strength, yet I cannot sense the slightest trace of spiritual power from him, then there is only one explanation: he is an ordinary mortal who has never cultivated!"
After seeing that Lin