East Courtyard.
Jiang Ning's ears twitched slightly, and he caught the conversation of the two people who had climbed over the wall into the front courtyard.
His gaze suddenly sharpened.
It was him!
Yang Kai!
The moment Jiang Ning heard that familiar voice, he knew that Yang Kai was one of the two who had scaled the wall.
"Then the Brother Qiu he mentioned can only be Qiu Shilong, the current chief shopkeeper of the Weapon-Forging Shop."
He silently muttered again, "What have these two come to see me for?"
"Could it be because of this?"
At that moment, Jiang Ning's gaze could not help falling upon the spirit weapon gripped in his hand.
The next moment.
He drew his blade.
Clang—
A clear, trembling ring sounded out.
In the stillness of the night, the sound instantly carried far into the distance.
Elsewhere.
In the front courtyard.
"The sound of a blade ringing—it's over there!!" Qiu Shilong turned his head, his gaze instantly shooting toward the east courtyard and locking onto Jiang Ning's location.
Then.
Qiu Shilong moved, rapidly closing in on Jiang Ning in an instant.
Yang Kai hurriedly followed behind him.
"They really came!" Hearing the commotion from the front courtyard, Jiang Ning felt slightly relieved.
This residence was no longer occupied by him alone.
Jiang Li, Liu Wanwan, his nephew, and his little niece all lived here as well.
Under such circumstances, Jiang Ning had made a sound to prevent the two from harming them.
Then.
Whoosh—
He held his blade and silently waited where he stood for the two to appear.
At the same time, information about the two surfaced in his mind.
Qiu Shilong, eighth rank in Martial Dao, an expert of the Divine Strength Realm.
At this level, his accumulation was already extremely deep,