"Who goes there? How dare you trespass into Night Demon Manor!?"
"Sneaking around? Take my blade... ah!"
As Lin Cheng walked, a burly man covered in black hair suddenly leaped out of the nearby grass, carrying a huge ring-pommel saber and shouting that he would chop Lin Cheng down. Startled, Lin Cheng instinctively slapped out, sending the man into the ground with a bang.
Still shaken, he patted his chest.
"That gave me a fright. I thought I'd been discovered..."
The burly black-haired man buried in the dirt: "..."
Trying to sneak-attack someone? You really couldn't afford to lose!
Lin Cheng left.
"..."
After waiting for a while and finding no movement outside, the black-haired man cautiously pushed aside the surrounding dirt and dug himself out. His eyes were still filled with terror. "What terrifying strength. Who is that guy, and why did he come to Night Demon Manor?"
With his Eighth Mortal Shedding Stage cultivation, he had actually been unable to block even a casual strike from the other party!
That strength was absolutely at the Immortal Vortex Realm!
Not even the Ninth Mortal Shedding Stage could do that.
"No, I have to report this immediately and notify the Manor Lord..."
Before the black-haired man could act, his scalp suddenly tingled. He discovered that a figure had appeared before him at some unknown time, frightening him so badly he nearly wet himself. Trembling, he said, "Y-you didn't you leave? Why did you c-come back??"
The figure before him was none other than Lin Cheng.
At this moment, Lin Cheng stared at him with a grave expression, saying nothing.
The stare made cold sweat pour down the black-haired man's forehead, his heart pounding like a drum.
Then, Lin Cheng suddenly uttered a sentence.
"...You discovered me?"
"I hid myself so