"Not from the City Lord's Mansion? Heh, do you find your own words convincing? A Level Four Formation covers this entire mansion. Never mind a golden pill cultivator-even a nascent soul would likely find it difficult to slip inside unnoticed."
The newcomer's killing intent did not diminish in the slightest. He pressed closer, step by step, speaking coldly.
As he spoke, his aura continued to surge, as though he might strike at any moment.
"Then how did you enter the City Lord's Mansion, fellow cultivator?" Su Shi'er secretly circulated his true essence, guarding against the other man while calmly asking a question of his own.
"Hmm?" The newcomer studied Su Shi'er and stopped advancing.
"Countering a formation with another formation is indeed an ingenious method, but hardly easy to accomplish. You must have made... considerable preparations before entering this place, fellow cultivator?" Su Shi'er continued.
These words confirmed that Su Shi'er was indeed not from the City Lord's Mansion, and the killing intent surrounding the newcomer instantly vanished.
His aura remained powerful enough that it could not be underestimated, but now carried a hint of something strange and inscrutable.
"To discover the formation I left behind and use it to enter this place, you are no ordinary cultivator either. Who might you be, and why have you come?" the newcomer asked, probing without betraying his intentions.
"Who I am is unimportant. As for why I came, there is no harm in telling you."
"As far as I know, the city lord of Sunset City is actually an evil cultivator who stops at no wicked deed. Rape, abduction, plunder-he has committed every imaginable crime."
"I came today to avenge a friend he harmed."
Su Shi'er spoke calmly, without deceiving the other man.
Mu Feiyan had nearly died at City Lord Lin's