"What... you..."
The leader had remained calm because he believed the message had already been sent and reinforcements would arrive soon. He had never expected the mysterious man before him to intercept the intelligence he had sent out, and his heart sank into the abyss in an instant.
Jingle, jingle...
As the wind chimes rang, Lin Chuan finally removed the hood over his head. Yet to everyone's surprise, beneath the bamboo hat was not the face they had expected, but a bizarre mask covered in spiral patterns.
Through the mask's only two holes, he saw an exceptionally strange pair of eyes.
The left eye was sky-blue, radiating brilliant light with faint silver glimmers flashing within. The right eye was blood-red, containing rings of ripples and black, tadpole-like spots.
Those peculiar eyes immediately drew everyone's attention. They searched their memories for any expert on the continent with such eyes, but after racking their brains, they could not recall a single person like that.
"You... our Jiang Clan was ordered to guard Demon Sealing Island. You defied orders, trespassed into forbidden territory, and even killed people. Do you know the consequences of doing this?" the leader said with a dark expression.
"Ordered? By whose order?" Lin Chuan asked with interest.
In truth, after using Mind Layer Submersion just now, Lin Chuan had already learned quite a few things. Still, he did not mind speaking with these people a little longer to learn more about the spirit world. After all, that man's strength had only been average, and his knowledge of the spirit world was limited by his own horizons. It might not have been accurate.
Hearing Lin Chuan's question, Jiang Qi was somewhat puzzled, but he did not think much of it. Besides, perhaps the other party was looking for a way