After leaving Luoshui County.
Jiang Ning stood quietly atop a high slope, waiting for the person who might be following him.
Less than a hundred meters from his side lay the rolling waters of the Luo River.
This was the battlefield he had chosen, a battlefield with a route of retreat.
Once he entered the water, it would become his home ground.
Time trickled away breath by breath.
Jiang Ning waited for a long while as the sun gradually sank from overhead toward the west.
"Liu Linmen actually didn't come?" A trace of surprise flashed through Jiang Ning's eyes.
"Could it be that the Sixth-Rank expert who followed me and attacked me that night had not acted under Liu Linmen's orders?" He stood on the hillside, gazing in Luoshui County's direction as he muttered to himself.
After that night, when he had been ambushed by a Sixth-Rank Martial Dao expert—someone who had been at Liu Linmen's side during the day—
Jiang Ning had no choice but to guard against Liu Linmen.
These past few days, Liu Linmen had made no moves. He had merely developed his Yellow Heaven Cult in the outer city and spread its teachings.
Yet Jiang Ning still did not dare let down his guard against him.
Taking a Fifth-Rank expert who had mastered internal breath and could make Hong Minghu deeply wary too lightly could prove fatal at any moment.
That was why Jiang Ning had been especially cautious after leaving the city today.
He knew very well that leaving the city was the best opportunity for someone to make a move against him.
Thus, after leaving the city, he had immediately chosen terrain favorable to himself.
The hillside offered an open view. With his eyesight, he could observe the surroundings clearly; anyone approaching would find