Just as Chen Yi sank into cultivation,
Liu Lang, having changed into a different outfit, slipped once more into the Liu Family residence on Kanning Street and headed straight for the western courtyard.
—Where Liu Zhaoxue was staying.
This time, Liu Lang was even more careful than before.
Not only because of Chen Yi's warning and Liu Wen's presence, but also because he harbored a trace of wariness toward the people of the Five Poisons Sect.
Though the Five Poisons Sect had long vanished from the martial world, rumors said those people were exceedingly ruthless.
Especially their unorthodox poison arts and poisons, whose fearsome reputations still lingered throughout the martial world.
After sensing that the residence was utterly silent,
Liu Lang made certain there were no guards nearby and no movement within that Wooden Tower before soundlessly approaching its side.
After hiding in a corner, he pressed his ear to the wall and carefully listened to the sounds inside.
The instant he heard the first sentence within, his eyes flew wide open.
"Liu Zhaoxue's ambition... is enormous!"
Liu Zhaoxue's voice came from within, carrying a faint chill.
"...As long as there is even the slightest possibility of taking the Liu Family head's position, I will not give up."
Then the person from the Five Poisons Sect said with a laugh, "It is a good thing that Miss Zhaoxue has ambition."
"If not, why would my Five Poisons Sect have traveled thousands of miles to come here? To Shuzhou, of all places—a land of heartbreak."
"I nearly forgot. Your Five Poisons Sect was destroyed by the Mountain Tribe before. Aren't you afraid Granny Shan will discover you operating here?"
The person from the Five Poisons Sect gave a cold laugh. "Why should we be afraid?"
"The Mountain Tribe is now standing