Who Was It, Really?

Li Banfeng held a handkerchief and called out, "Jiang Ling'er."

Inside Jade Emerald Pavilion, a woman answered.

Who had answered?

Li Banfeng rose and searched all around.

The glove trembled and spat out a long sword. "Head of the House, this place gives me the creeps. Take this with you. That Tang Blade won't hold up after three more cuts. Use this to protect yourself."

Li Banfeng took the long sword. The weapon was not large, but it was heavy. He swung it twice and asked, "I don't know how to use a sword. How do I use this thing?"

The question stumped the glove. It did not know how weapons from the Inner State were used either.

Li Banfeng carried the long sword to the second floor. Seeing no one, he activated Golden Eyes Autumn Hairs and swept his gaze around, only to spot a woman on the bed.

The woman wore a gauzy blue-green dress and silently watched Li Banfeng.

"Are you Jiang Ling'er?"

The woman asked in return, "Which one do you mean?"

"I mean you," Li Banfeng said.

The woman asked again, "Which one, exactly?"

Her voice was very soft. Li Banfeng had to activate Discern Spiritual Sounds before he could barely hear her clearly.

The light and shadows were hazy. Li Banfeng stepped closer, but before he could make out the woman's features, she vanished in the blink of an eye.

Li Banfeng pushed Golden Eyes Autumn Hairs to its limit and searched upstairs and downstairs, but he could not find the woman.

Was she a Vengeful Spirit?

Even a Vengeful Spirit cultivated to the level of Wounded Demon Fiend could not escape Golden Eyes Autumn Hairs.

Li Banfeng was a Travel Cultivator and House Cultivator of the Third Layer Above the Clouds. His reactions