Outside Marquis Cangyuan Mansion.
Guan Shanxue, clad in black nightwear, flashed out from a nearby street alley and lightly leaped onto a locust tree.
She silently peered into Marquis Cangyuan Mansion. The entire estate was quiet, with only a few dim yellow lanterns lit in the courtyards and corridors.
"Why are the guards of Marquis Cangyuan Mansion so lax?"
Under the hazy moonlight, Guan Shanxue surveyed the estate, yet saw neither night-watch guards nor servants moving about to attend the household.
"Something is wrong. Marquis Cangyuan Mansion has close ties to the Taiyin Origin Sect. There must be experts stationed inside. I cannot let down my guard."
Guan Shanxue frowned slightly. Before rooting out Cang Yinyue, who was hiding within, she could not afford to be caught by the Mansion's experts. Otherwise, she would surely be unable to wash away her humiliation tonight.
With that thought, Guan Shanxue raced along the outer wall of the Marquis Mansion. Reaching an inconspicuous corner of a rear garden far from the residences, she sprang up and scaled the high wall.
She had thought that sneaking into the estate from such a secluded spot should make it difficult for the Mansion's experts to notice her.
Yet to Guan Shanxue's surprise, she suddenly spotted, from afar, a figure dressed in similar nightwear appearing in the Mansion's rear garden.
Taking advantage of the night, the other person swiftly crossed the corridors with qinggong. After reaching a corner of the back courtyard, the figure vaulted over the wall and left.
Crouching atop the wall, Guan Shanxue lowered her body and let the tree shadows beside the wall conceal her figure.
She watched as that figure quickly slipped into a nearby alley and vanished, her delicate brows drawing together slightly.
"Leaving Marquis Cangyuan Mansion so furtively in the