After landing, he pressed close to the shadows along the wall, using the rockeries and foliage as cover as he lowered his body and moved swiftly through the grounds, avoiding several waves of patrolling guards. Several times, he came within a few dozen paces of Black Tiger Gang patrolmen, yet none of them noticed that a Mid Bone Tempering Realm expert was lurking in the darkness.
His nerves had been stretched taut the entire way. If he revealed even the slightest flaw and alerted the two Bone Tempering Realm leaders in the compound, he would be surrounded tonight.
After several twists and turns, he finally reached the outside of the small courtyard on the western side of the rear yard. The lights inside had not yet been extinguished, and a gentle glow shone through the window paper. He could vaguely hear the soft sounds of a young woman turning pages within.
This was the small courtyard where the Black Tiger Gang leader's daughter—the young woman at the Early Muscle Refinement Realm—lived.
The White Ram Gang leader poked his head out and peered inside through a crack in the window.
The young woman in the room was lovely, her long hair simply tied into a ponytail behind her head. Her tight martial attire wrapped around her graceful figure, revealing a slender waist, a full bosom, and distinctly curved lines. The close-fitting clothes clearly outlined her enticing contours; even sitting quietly there, she radiated a fiery allure.
A book lay on the table. Her fingertips gently brushed over a page, her gaze fixed intently upon the paper, completely unaware of the fatal danger lurking in the shadows outside her window.
Outside the young woman's window, all was silent. There was only the faint rustling of wind through leaves and the occasional chirp