Hu Xiaotian said coldly, "Then wouldn't I be unable to sleep in peace? I'd have to guard against someone trying to harm me every day."
Xi Yan giggled. "How could I bear to? Besides, you're so capable that even if I wanted to hurt you, I couldn't. Now even your Disguise Technique has reached such heights. If I hadn't heard your voice, you'd almost have fooled me too." Her beautiful eyes fixed on Hu Xiaotian's face. "Shifty brows and ratlike eyes-that mask really suits you." She thought Hu Xiaotian was wearing a Human-Skin Mask.
Hu Xiaotian could not help feeling rather pleased. It seemed his Changing Appearance had reached a respectable level of mastery. If his build and voice had not given him away, Xi Yan probably would not have recognized him. He was about to press her further about the whereabouts of Long Yefang, the Prince of Zhou, when panicked cries suddenly rang out outside.
"Catch the assassin! Catch the assassin!" The cries rose one after another, and in an instant, the entire Commander-in-Chief Residence erupted into an uproar.
Hu Xiaotian was startled. I was fairly careful coming in. Could they still have discovered my movements?
Xi Yan said, "Something's happened!"
Worried that she was trying to trick him, Hu Xiaotian still did not release her. Xi Yan said, "Let go of me! Something must have happened!"
Only then did Hu Xiaotian release her. Xi Yan found a Human-Skin Mask and quickly put it on, then pushed open the door and went outside. She was clearly flustered, so much so that she no longer paid any attention to Hu Xiaotian.
Hu Xiaotian followed her outside. The moment they stepped through the door, they saw an enormous white Snow Eagle swoop down overhead. A gray figure suddenly sprang from the