"What's going on? Are there enemies?"
"Quick, go see what's happening!"
"Go report to the Young Master!"
"Hey! Where's the Young Master?"
"What are you doing in the middle of the night?"
"Go take a look, quick!"
"...!"
The cultivators erupted into a noisy clamor...
"Whoosh!" Fairy Purple Smoke flew out and hovered in the air. Seeing the chaos, she frowned and suddenly commanded in a low voice, "All of you, quiet!"
Her voice was not particularly loud, but it carried throughout the valley, leaving the cultivators' ears ringing. They immediately fell silent...
"What's going on? Where is Lü Zijun?" Fairy Purple Smoke asked coldly.
"...!" The Lü Household cultivators exchanged glances, none of them knowing how to answer. After a long pause, a middle-aged Core Condensation Realm cultivator in black robes finally said, "We don't know where the Young Master went either!"
"Tsk!" Fairy Purple Smoke clicked her tongue in displeasure, but said sternly, "Listen carefully! Guard this place properly. We cultivators of the Purple Flame Sect will go take a look!"
"Well... all right!" The black-robed Lü Household cultivator hesitated, but hastily agreed when he saw Fairy Purple Smoke's piercing gaze...
"Let's go take a look!" Fairy Purple Smoke told the two Core Condensation Realm cultivators behind her. With that, she flew away on her Jade Ruyi. The two hurried after her at astonishing speed...
In no time at all!
They vanished from sight...
"Everyone, stay alert! Don't let any enemies get in!" the black-robed Lü Household cultivator hurriedly told the others. Then he muttered to himself, "Didn't the Young Master say he was going to interrogate Ma Laosan? Don't tell me his old habit has flared up again?" As he spoke, he hurried toward the place where Ma Laosan was being held...
The black-robed Lü Household cultivator