Wanfeng County's east gate lay in ruins.
The woman who had come to their aid lowered her sword and stood still, her moon-white combat attire tracing a cool, austere arc through the swirling dust. She glanced sideways at Yi Yang and spoke with an air of innate arrogance:
"I am Xie Tinglan, an elder of the Bamboo Creek Gate."
Yi Yang's expression remained unchanged at her introduction, but inwardly, he found it rather amusing.
Xie Tinglan?
The woman Yi Yang met at the inn in Heyu County not long ago was cold in temperament, but the killing intent between her brows and her sword intent at true astral perfection were unmistakable.
This woman also has the aura of true astral realm completion, and she's even deliberately imitating some of that icy aloofness, but she feels completely different at her core. Besides, Xie Tinglan despises the Pacification Guard. Why would she come to save Yi Yang?
I'm already in the Profound Connection Realm. Since my divine sense entered "illusion-breaking," that distinctive presence of a Profound Connection Realm expert she's trying so hard to suppress has been like a torch in the dark before me. There's no hiding it.
Interesting.
A Profound Connection Realm expert disguised as a Bamboo Creek Gate elder at true astral perfection comes to this tiny county town of Wanfeng County, and just happens to be "passing through" to save the day when the Nine Evil Sect attacks.
Then there are those strange tracking Witch Gu creatures from when I entered the town, and this Nine Evil Sect incense master who happened to launch an attack right after I arrived.
There's no way there isn't something fishy here. Add in that business with the Shaman Kingdom, and the hidden answer is practically leaping out.
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