City Lord's Mansion.
Guest Courtyard.
The room had been prepared specifically to host sword cultivators. Its walls were bare, and aside from a few meditation cushions, it was completely empty.
Three cultivators with upright bearing and sword intent swirling around them sat cross-legged on the cushions, facing one another as they spoke.
A closer look revealed an inconspicuous mark on each of the scabbards strapped to their backs. It resembled an abyssal prison, wreathed in clouds and mist, and gave off a faint, obscure aura.
It was the emblem of Du'e Abyss.
They were no ordinary disciples of the Cold Abyss Sword Sect. They were the current Abyss Sons of Du'e Abyss, all of them at the Nascent Soul realm.
Little Meng City was remote, and even Rogue Cultivators were exceedingly rare there. The city's lord was only at Foundation Establishment, and had reached that level after suffering an injury that left him with no hope of advancing further. He was vastly older than the three visitors. Naturally, they had not come to pay a visit to a fellow sect member, as they claimed, but to investigate Wu Xunan.
Wu Xunan had acted discreetly, but within the Cold Abyss Sword Sect's territory, he could not ultimately escape the sect's watchful eyes.
However, so far, the three of them had not obtained enough evidence.
Given Wu Xunan's standing in Little Meng City, arresting him rashly would likely stir up public outrage.
The Cold Abyss Sword Sect was a renowned righteous sect, and its members followed their own rules of conduct. They could not simply use force to bully others.
At that moment, they were discussing the matter. A sword cultivator in white robes, with his hair loose, said in a low voice, "...He should be cultivating some kind of Demonic Skill.