At the first hint of dawn, the bustle of Canglan Prefecture City surged like a tide.
In the small courtyard west of the city, Lu Chen slowly finished his practice. After a night of cultivation, the Viscera Guidance Technique had made his organs feel as though they were joyfully stirring, and his qi and blood flowed more smoothly. Yet the furrow between his brows never eased.
That feeling of being watched, of having a target on his back, was like an invisible thorn lodged between his shoulder blades.
"Looks like I wasn't wrong last night."
Lu Chen rose and went to the window, peering through a crack at the alley outside. The street looked peaceful. A few idle men squatted in a corner, basking in the sun, though their eyes kept drifting this way. At a breakfast stall in the distance, a stout customer had already downed three bowls of soy milk, yet showed no sign of leaving.
"The Li Family moved even faster than I thought."
Lu Chen let out a cold laugh, a glint of icy light flashing in his eyes.
He wasn't surprised. After humiliating the Ye Family in public on Martial Arts Street, and with the Li Family bent on killing him, it was only a matter of time before his identity was exposed. He just hadn't expected their net to close so quickly.
"Since you're here, don't expect to walk away easily."
Lu Chen picked up the Hundred Refinements Steel Saber from the table and casually buckled it at his waist. He straightened his clothes, then pushed open the door and left.
He didn't choose to hide, nor did he try to break out of the city at once.
Cultivating the Viscera Guidance Technique required a great deal of qi and blood. The dried Demon