"Holy Son, you can just pretend we don't exist..."
As soon as Zhao Lin finished speaking, a disciple holding a handful of melon seeds immediately piped up.
"You're practically standing right in front of me. How am I supposed to pretend you don't exist?"
Zhao Lin's mouth twitched. For a moment, he had no idea what to say, so he fell silent. With so many people gathered around to watch, how could he possibly pretend they did not exist?
"It's fine, we can just slip into the void..." the disciple spoke again.
As he spoke, ripples spread through the space beside him, and his entire figure vanished into the void, disappearing before everyone's eyes.
The others followed suit, slipping into the void one after another and hiding themselves away.
For a moment, only Zhao Lin and the Heavenly Demon Sect's Holy Maiden remained in the area.
Seeing this, Zhao Lin could not help but look speechless. He stopped paying attention to the crowd and turned to the Heavenly Demon Sect's Holy Maiden. "Let's talk somewhere else..."
"Alright..."
The Heavenly Demon Sect's Holy Maiden did not refuse. She gave a slight nod.
As soon as the words fell, the two vanished from where they stood, no one knowing where they had gone.
Watching them disappear, the people who had hidden themselves all reappeared and began complaining in dissatisfaction.
"Ah, what a pity. The show's over..."
"Let's disperse. Go do whatever you were doing."
"The act is over. Let's go, let's go..."
"My mom called me home for dinner. I'm leaving first, see you next time."
"Take care, brother."
After their grumbling, both groups dispersed. The once-lively mountain gate instantly returned to its former desolation.
"Wait, it ended before it even began?"
Seeing everyone leave, a huge question mark appeared over Mo