They wandered a little longer.
Lin Yuan and Su Qingxue came to a quiet lakeside.
A breeze swept across Weiming Lake in the Imperial Capital, sending ripples over the water.
Lin Yuan stopped.
He glanced at the communicator on his wrist.
A full four hours had passed since he left the Exclusive Cultivation Room.
In that time, he had accompanied Su Qingxue through five shopping streets.
They had watched a holographic movie.
They had even stood in line for a cup of trendy Spirit Fruit Tea.
For a martial artist always ready to draw his spear and kill, it was torture.
"Let's go back."
Lin Yuan turned.
He looked at the woman beside him, cradling her Spirit Fruit Tea.
"We've been out long enough today."
"I just have a little left to finish on the Sixth Tier of the Heavenly Dipper Qi Refining Formula."
Su Qingxue did not move.
She bit down on her plastic straw and stared at the lake.
The atmosphere suddenly turned strange.
Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes.
He sensed that something was wrong.
She had been too quiet today.
When they went shopping before, she always chattered about gossip from her previous life.
Today, she had barely said a word.
"What's wrong?"
Lin Yuan's voice remained calm.
But the True Qi of a Sixth-Tier Peak Stage martial artist had begun circulating within him.
He doubted there was any danger inside the Imperial Capital.
Still, his instincts kept him on guard.
Su Qingxue released the flattened straw.
She turned and looked him straight in the eye.
"When you've been meditating lately..."
"Have you felt something strange?"
Lin Yuan frowned slightly.
"What kind of feeling?"
"Like..."
Su Qingxue gestured with both hands.
"Like something in the dark is watching you."
Lin Yuan's heart skipped a beat.
His fists