A black shadow flashed past, and Lu Xiaotian concealed himself once more before returning directly to his own small courtyard. The courtyard was quiet at this time. Although there was some noisy commotion outside, it had not yet affected the courtyard.
The young woman named Ye Xin across the way had shown no reaction at all despite what had happened, which puzzled Lu Xiaotian somewhat. Under normal circumstances, with the Marquis of Zhenwei's residence facing a powerful enemy, the servants of the estate should have been at least somewhat panicked. Yet there had not been the slightest disturbance from Ye Xin's room. It was far too peaceful.
But Lu Xiaotian had no time to concern himself with that now. A pain like a knife twisting his dantian had struck. Lu Xiaotian could not help feeling somewhat dazed. The excruciating pain in his dantian naturally had nothing to do with the Silver Orchid Bandit injuring him. Ever since he had recuperated at Moonshade Manor, he had thought that after comprehending the Sword Comprehension Stele, he had restrained the Misty Sword Qi within his body. Who could have expected that nearly twenty years later, the Misty Sword Qi, which had never acted up, would show signs of stirring again? If not for the disturbance in his dantian just now, the Silver Orchid Bandit and that long-armed stone monkey would have had to ask whether he agreed before they could retreat safely.
Although the injury in his dantian was not enough to greatly reduce his combat strength, the sudden abnormality within his body still made Lu Xiaotian sufficiently wary. After entering the house, Lu Xiaotian hurriedly sat in meditation to examine his injuries. He suddenly discovered that the transparent little sword originally wrapped within the transparent light barrier in his dantian was noticeably