The moonlight was hazy.
The sky was dark.
Because the weather had been so fine during the day, Dongling City's night was even colder now.
A chill mountain wind swept through Dongling City. Most households had shut their doors and windows, returning home to hold their wives on warm beds.
At this moment.
A black-clad figure vaulted over the lofty vermilion walls of the residence.
Yu Manyun moved swiftly, heading deeper into the estate.
At the same time, most of her attention was fixed on the direction of the eastern courtyard, where Jiang Ning was.
At this moment, flames dyed the sky above the eastern courtyard red. From within the estate, she could see a fierce tiger bathing in blazing fire.
"When practicing martial arts, the greatest taboo is being disturbed by outsiders!"
"He is practicing now, so he must be wholly focused. This is the perfect chance for me to act!!"
Yu Manyun secretly encouraged herself, gradually calming her deeply unsettled heart.
Then she continued onward through the darkness.
On the other side.
Beyond the estate walls.
Xiao Emei removed her veil, revealing her delicate, beautiful face.
She looked toward the eastern courtyard where Jiang Ning was and fell silent for a time.
The reason she had suddenly changed her mind and not gone in with Yu Manyun was because, at the very moment she had been about to move, Jiang Ning's instructions had reached her ears.
By now, she knew that once her junior sister, Yu Manyun, entered Jiang Ning's residence, she would be a sheep walking into a tiger's den—gone and never to return.
Junior Sister, forgive me, she murmured inwardly, a trace of apology showing in her eyes.
Then the rippling gaze in her eyes became even more resolute.
"He is the reincarnation of an ancient