The Little One

"There couldn't possibly be such a person!"

Zhang Zhongmou immediately dismissed his absurd thought.

To hide within Zhang Residence without being noticed, one would either need a cultivation level far beyond his own, or it would simply be impossible.

If someone truly wanted to hide, they would have to conceal themselves within a hidden space.

Yet at the moment of the explosion, there had been no spatial fluctuations whatsoever. That alone directly ruled out the possibility.

"Could it be someone far weaker than me, someone I simply overlooked?"

Zhang Zhongmou immediately dismissed that thought as well.

If they were too weak, then where had that explosion come from?

Tonight's attacker was, at the very least, at the peak of the Grandmaster realm. Under ordinary circumstances, they would surely be a Throne! As he pondered, a young man with a panicked expression emerged from the turn ahead.

"Hmm?"

Zhang Zhongmou froze at once.

There were still many passersby on the road to the Scripture Repository, and he ordinarily paid them no heed.

But this fellow's purpose in passing through was glaringly obvious—he was headed straight for the Scripture Repository! Zhang Zhongmou narrowed his eyes and fixed his gaze directly on the man.

"Yuan Ting realm, mid-stage..."

The more he looked, the more something felt off. Confusion flashed through Zhang Zhongmou's eyes.

"Judging by those clothes...

"A gatekeeper? One of our own?"

"Under scrutiny, Passive Value, +1."

"Under suspicion, Passive Value, +1."

"Under suspicion, Passive Value, +1."

"..."

The instant he turned the corner, several notifications flashed through Xu Xiaoshou's mind.

Xu Xiaoshou, who had been rejoicing all the way over the fact that no one was paying attention to him, was immediately dumbfounded.

He had thought things might truly go as he