At those words, the diner raised his head and gave Li Ling a meaningful look.
Li Ling's current form was decidedly puzzling.
"You know me?"
Li Ling said, "I've seen your Illusion Jade Slip and sensed the aura collected on Northsky Island before, so I suppose I do.
"I simply never expected the mighty Blood Shark King to sneak in here."
The diner grinned, then lowered his head and finished the last mouthful of noodles in his bowl. Only then did he set down his bowl and chopsticks and say unhurriedly, "People say this place has a Nascent Soul guardian and enjoys the protection of experts from every quarter, making it impossible to conquer by force. I never quite believed it. Still, even the Second Chieftain met a bitter end attacking this place, which was certainly unexpected. Raising another army for a frontal assault would hardly be wise, so I decided to sneak in and take a look."
Li Ling said, "However tight a sect's defenses, it's difficult to prevent powerful cultivators from infiltrating and carrying out assassinations. But do you really think that will work?"
The diner said, "Whether it works or not, don't we have to try before we know?"
Li Ling sighed inwardly, feeling a little rueful.
In the end, only cultivators could contend with cultivators.
Even he could not tell how this man had slipped inside. Yet guarding against the infiltration of a Core Formation cultivator was not difficult at all; an intuitive warning was enough. Unease in his heart meant someone was targeting him, and neither concealment techniques nor methods of stealth and escape could evade his Incense Essence perception.
Arrays were far from omnipotent. It was only natural that the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators under him could not stop such an intruder.