"What was going on? Why had she suddenly flown away?"
Ning Xiaochuan abruptly rose to his feet and looked beyond the estate.
The female ghost flying away should have been cause for celebration. At last, she would no longer pester him. Yet Ning Xiaochuan sensed that something was wrong. She had followed him all the way from the Heaven-Cleaving Desolate Ridge, only to fly away upon reaching Heaven's Gate City. There had to be a reason.
Suddenly, Ning Xiaochuan thought of something, and his expression darkened slightly. "Could Nie Lanxin also be in Heaven's Gate City?"
The female ghost shared an exceedingly subtle connection with Nie Lanxin. Perhaps she had truly sensed Nie Lanxin's aura, which was why she had flown away!
"Miss Zi, I'll be leaving for a while!"
With a grave expression, Ning Xiaochuan immediately flew out of the estate and chased after the female ghost. Zi Hanyan remained seated inside the room, watching him depart.
Outside, Ning Xiaochuan's figure flickered several times before vanishing completely into the night. His speed was astonishingly fast.
She sighed softly to herself. She had originally wanted to tell Ning Xiaochuan that secret, but since he had already left, the secret would remain buried. After the female ghost flew out of the estate, the ghostly aura around her grew increasingly dense, while the halo behind her became ever brighter.
With her body at the center, ghostly aura permeated dozens of yards in every direction. Any ordinary person who came too close would have their body corroded by that ghostly aura.
Many young geniuses in Heaven's Gate City sensed a cold ghostly aura flying overhead, but none deliberately investigated it. Its speed was simply too great; by the time they thought to inspect it, it had already vanished.
Ning Xiaochuan followed behind the