Water Moon School, Shui Rao'er's bedroom.
The night was pitch-black as ink, and not a sliver of moonlight seeped into the room.
A figure merged with that inky darkness and appeared beside Shui Rao'er.
Shui Rao'er stiffened slightly, then shifted her body, pinpointing the shadow's position at a precise angle.
"Do you have any awareness that you're an outsider here?"
He knew Shui Rao'er meant that he had come uninvited, but he paid it no mind and simply stated the purpose of his visit in a rigid tone.
"The Azure Tide Sect's people have reached North City in Xi He City. Rein in your activities for a while."
Shui Rao'er remained somewhat indifferent. "The Azure Tide Sect's people? Don't they already have people from the Enforcement Hall patrolling our territory every day? They haven't seemed to discover anything."
His expression darkened a little. "Shui Rao'er, I advise you not to be too confident. Are you really so certain the Enforcement Hall hasn't noticed anything?"
"I can tell you plainly: if the Enforcement Hall truly hadn't noticed anything, they wouldn't have sent people from Ice Veil Peak. Do you think Xia Jue is easy to deal with? Surely you haven't forgotten how we stumbled in the Wuyi Tribe!"
At that, Shui Rao'er's face visibly darkened. How could she forget? Had she not withdrawn quickly that time in the Wuyi Tribe, leaving no evidence anyone could use against her, the Enforcement Hall would probably have dealt with her long ago.
It was also because the Wuyi Tribe had been destroyed, cutting off her supply of "good medicine," that she had been forced to break through. Otherwise, only death awaited her.
But breaking through to the Spirit Severing Stage had not been as wonderful as she had imagined.
Normally, a cultivator in the