"Something wrong?"
Li Yun turned his head slightly and asked flatly.
One of the four men took no offense at Li Yun's coldness. Instead, he spoke with a smile.
"Heh, you four have extraordinary bearing. One look tells me you're all experts."
"I take it you're planning to pass through the Emperor Evil Plane on your way to Drifting Snow City?"
Li Yun's eyes shifted slightly. Then he laughed, looking surprised. "You could tell all that? You've got sharp eyes. What should I call you?"
"Glad you asked. I'm Sword Seventeen, a sword guard of White Cloud Immortal Sword City!"
The man made no attempt to hide where he came from. There was even a faint arrogance in his tone.
Li Yun, however, felt nothing.
He had no idea what White Cloud Immortal Sword City was. He had never even heard of it.
But among the three women beside him, surprise flashed across Snow Woman's face. She hurriedly sent Li Yun a voice transmission.
"Li Yun, White Cloud Immortal Sword City and the Drifting Snow City he mentioned are both powers on the edge of the Boundary Sea... I've heard rumors about them, but only scraps."
"Some say White Cloud Immortal Sword City ranks among the very strongest powers on the edge of the Boundary Sea."
"Oh? Is that so?"
Li Yun's eyes shifted slightly, and confusion flashed through his mind. If they're from the edge of the Boundary Sea, what are they doing on the Emperor Evil Plane? Isn't this place still a long way from there?
Aloud, he said, "Oh... so you're sword guards of White Cloud Immortal Sword City. I've long heard of you... What brings you to us?"
Sword Seventeen smiled. "Let's speak plainly. War between White Cloud Immortal Sword City and Drifting Snow City is