"He... has returned..."
When the four of them saw the black crow's blood-red eyes and heard that familiar shushing sound, they knew that man had returned!
He had come, and he had already arrived in Kirin City—he was even inside the Immortal Allure Inn.
There was no aura, not even the slightest hint of threat, yet the four sect masters seated around the round table felt chills run through their entire bodies, cold sweat pouring down without stop.
Azure Dragon had told them not to make a sound. They could do that, but there was no way they could stop the cold sweat from flowing.
Even though their cultivation was no longer what it had once been, they still could not summon even the slightest courage to resist that man.
The Profound Yin Sect Master was still prattling on about something, but the four had no mind to listen. All they could think about was how to explain what had happened to Azure Dragon and how to preserve their own lives.
After trying to persuade them for quite a while, the Profound Yin Sect Master sensed that something seemed off. Sweeping his gaze over the group, he found all four drenched in sweat, as though they had been steamed in a bamboo basket.
"What's wrong with you?" the Profound Yin Sect Master asked with a frown.
"Ah... n-nothing!" The Nine Star Peak Master jolted awake. He was trembling so badly that even his speech had become incoherent.
The Profound Yin Sect Master keenly sensed that something was wrong, yet no matter how he searched, he could not detect any danger nearby. Just then, he noticed that the four men's gazes kept drifting toward somewhere behind him.
"Someone?" A chill ran down the Profound Yin Sect Master's back. He spun around