Ling Tian had finally returned to the Lingxiao Realm. Familiar with it as he was, he could easily tell that someone had invaded. The traces of battle still lingering all around made that clear. Yet the Lingxiao Realm had also been tidied up, which told him that Old Man Ling and the others were all right. He even guessed why Old Man Ling hadn't replied to him.
"If nothing unexpected happened, Senior Feng Xi and the others have already killed or captured every enemy who came here. Elder Ling must have had time to reply to me, but they didn't. That means they want to give us a surprise." Ling Tian spoke to himself, then chuckled. "Looks like this operation brought in an even greater haul than we expected. There were more experts attacking our Lingxiao Pavilion than we thought, too."
In Ling Tian's mind, if they hadn't been trying to surprise them, Old Man Ling and the others would certainly have replied. The only surprise worth mentioning was that they had captured or killed far more cultivators than expected.
Of course, Ling Tian only thought that Old Man Ling was preparing a surprise for them. It never occurred to him that Hua Min'er and the other women had deliberately acted this way to make him fret and worry a little.
"Looks that way." Fairy Meng Shang nodded slightly and looked around. "There are signs of battle in the Lingxiao Realm, and those who fought here were at a very high level—probably Quasi-Saints. But the Lingxiao Realm has already been mostly cleaned up. It seems Elder Ling and the others are fine."
"Of course they're fine. Ling Tian's plan was so meticulous that even if the enemy had been too numerous, the people of Lingxiao Pavilion could have withdrawn safely."