Ancestor Hongjun was the first to move, already crouched beside the window and looking into the room.
Inside the room, a dim lamp flickered.
And from the murky yellow light within, the interior decor of the entire room looked extremely luxurious.
Ancestor Hongjun shook his head slightly. He did not see a single person inside.
Qin Xi said softly, "Then we'll go in and search."
As he spoke, Qin Xi leaped straight up onto the roof, then lay prone there and looked down. There really was no one.
But Qin Xi felt that if the lamp was lit in this place, yet no one was guarding it, then there had to be something strange going on.
Just as Qin Xi, Daoist Yangmei, and the others were about to sneak into the house, to their surprise, four burly men suddenly jumped down around the house.
The men were dressed all in black, and when they looked at Qin Xi and the others, their gazes were truly vicious.
Qin Xi and Ancestor Hongjun exchanged a glance. One look at these men's skills told them they were not something ordinary people in the Human Realm could possess. It seemed they had really guessed right by sheer luck—Masked Man truly was in this place.
Qin Xi had not expected that hidden guards were concealed here. He had truly been careless just now, never imagining that people with such strength would be hiding in the distant trees, watching this house all along.
Qin Xi looked at Ancestor Hongjun and Daoist Yangmei and said, "You two deal with them. Don't make too much noise."
After all, if the noise was too great, they might completely destroy all of North Goose City, or every house in this area might be utterly destroyed.
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