Zhao Xun returned to the Public Security Division courtyard where Yang Ling was staying.
Yang Ling said instinctively, "Lord Zhao, you haven't left yet?"
Zhao Xun paused. "I haven't handed out the other administrators' rewards yet. Of course I haven't left."
Yang Ling understood. He had spent two whole months in the Instance and had yet to readjust.
"Did you notice anything strange just now?"
Zhao Xun scanned their surroundings, his gaze somewhat wary.
"Anything strange? I don't think so."
Yang Ling said.
Zhao Xun looked thoughtful. "I think I just sensed a Fifth Rank Expert passing through here."
"Oh?"
Yang Ling's heart tightened slightly. When he had tested his abilities just now, a trace of his aura had accidentally leaked out, and Zhao Xun, a Lower Fifth Rank, had sensed it.
"Lord Zhao, even if a Fifth Rank Expert really did pass through, with you here, no Fifth Rank Expert would dare cause trouble."
Yang Ling smiled. "There's no need for us to be so nervous."
"You don't understand. That aura just now gave me the creeps, which means his cultivation is higher than mine."
"He's at least Middle Fifth Rank, and he might even be Upper Fifth Rank!"
Zhao Xun's expression was grave. "The further you advance in Martial Way cultivation, the more enormous even a minor realm's difference becomes.
"If he really is a Middle Fifth Rank expert, I might be able to escape unscathed.
"But against an Upper Fifth Rank expert, you and I could only take a beating. We wouldn't be able to fight back or escape."
"You've ruined too many of the Heavenly Wolf Guard's plans lately. Even Ming Xin, their Yin Shi, failed to kill you and lost his own head instead."
"I'm afraid the Heavenly Wolf Guard might lash out in desperation