The five turned to look, only to find a figure had appeared in the courtyard!
It was Tang Yan!
Clatter-
The five hurriedly backed away, sending cups and plates crashing to the ground.
"How did you get in here?!"
"You're trespassing in someone else's courtyard and breaking sect rules! I'm warning you, if we report this to the sect, you'll have more trouble than you can carry!"
They kept trying to bolster their own courage.
"You should know why I came looking for you, shouldn't you?" Beneath the moonlight, Tang Yan seemed to radiate cold.
"What are you here for?" their leader, Zhong Dashen, asked in a trembling voice. Tang Yan's appearance as a god of slaughter last time still often haunted his nightmares.
"The Spirit Herb Garden. Was it your doing?" Tang Yan asked.
The five looked somewhat bewildered. After exchanging glances, they all shook their heads. "We don't understand what you're talking about!"
Seeing that their expressions did not seem feigned, Tang Yan smiled. "Then it's nothing. Carry on, senior brothers!"
With that, Tang Yan vanished from the spot.
"He's gone?"
"Looks like it."
"Come on, let's keep drinking!" The five returned to the table, but their earlier arrogance was gone.
Tang Yan returned to Clear Sky Peak.
He could not make sense of what had happened with the Spirit Herb Gardens.
Whoever could make the people in charge of the Spirit Herb Gardens on two pill peaks target him had considerable influence.
As far as he remembered, he had offended no one besides Zhong Dashen and the other four. Just who was targeting him?
After thinking for a long while without finding any leads, he could only set it aside for now.
The next day.
Tang Yan went to Snowfeather Peak to discuss cooperation on the