"You stay here and keep yourselves safe. Do not go out. I'll come over first thing tomorrow morning."
With that, Yun Xi lifted the soundproofing restriction, carefully opened the main gate, and after confirming there was nothing unusual around them, her figure flashed and vanished into the night, returning to the Guard Battalion.
After Yun Xi left, Lin Taichu immediately laid down a defensive restriction, enveloping the small courtyard to prevent anyone from launching a sneak attack in the dark.
Tian Wei walked to the entrance of the small courtyard instead, vigilantly observing the movements outside, the soul power around him kept taut the entire time.
Within the courtyard's restriction, Lin Taichu withdrew the soul power he had used for the defenses, his gaze falling on the silent street outside the courtyard.
The sounds of the search in Heavenly Clan City drifted over faintly—the crisp clatter of armor, the shouts of Cultivators rising and falling one after another. Clearly, Tian Jin was still intensifying the hunt.
"Though the Abandoned Records Library is remote, the patrolling Cultivators have never stopped. If the two of us go together, the target will be too obvious. We'll definitely be noticed."
Lin Taichu spoke in a crisp tone, without the slightest unnecessary delay.
"The Three Elders remain hidden and refuse to appear. We can't get close to them. If we keep wasting time, we'll only be sitting still and waiting for death."
Tian Wei nodded. The golden soul power around him drew in slightly; he had already adapted to the Guard Battalion's clothing.
He bore the bloodline of the Heavenly Clan Imperial Family. Even if he restrained his aura, there would still be an extremely faint thread of imperial pressure lingering around him. Ordinary low-level Cultivators could not sense it at all, so disguising himself