"Let's go! We may have plenty of time for this mission, but we can't let our guard down! We'll pass several Demon Beast gathering grounds along the way, so we need to stay a hundred and twenty thousand percent alert!"
Yuan Zishan glanced back at Qin Wuyou and gave a rare smile.
Qin Wuyou turned back around and quietly followed behind her.
Yet in that instant, a trace of icy coldness flashed through his eyes.
"Someone's there!"
Elder Xuanji suddenly spoke, his expression grave. "Young Lord, did you sense them too?"
Qin Wuyou had not suddenly looked back because he truly wanted another glimpse of the towering city walls. The moment he left the gate, he had already noticed someone watching him.
But when he released his divine sense to investigate, he found nothing.
Still, he trusted his instincts!
Now, Elder Xuanji's question undoubtedly confirmed what Qin Wuyou had sensed.
"Xuanji, did you see who it was?"
Qin Wuyou asked through voice transmission, his expression dark.
Although he was the Qin Family's First Imperial Scion, he kept a low profile, so few outsiders knew much about him.
Moreover, he had wasted three years in the Lower Realm, so even fewer people should have known him.
Yet he had been in Supreme City for barely a day before attracting the attention of someone with ulterior motives. One possibility immediately sprang to mind!
"I didn't see them! But judging by their aura, they were at least a Supreme Rank cultivator!"
Elder Xuanji's words made Qin Wuyou's heart sink once more.
How many Supreme Rank experts were there in the entire Human Race?
I hope it isn't what I suspect!
Qin Wuyou's expression grew utterly grim as he casually brushed the Bronze Coffin inside his Storage Ring.
If things really were as he