"It's all right. This is the forty-first level of the Sacred Mountain in Tianxing City, after all. Even a Nascent Soul cultivator wouldn't dare suddenly attack here. If they alerted the Star Palace cultivators, they would face the Star Palace's thunderous wrath," Lin Yun told the two women.
After a moment's thought, he added, "Ru Yin, go back inside first. Wan'er and I will handle this. Nothing will happen."
Xin Ruoyin looked worried, but she still followed Lin Yun's instructions and went back inside.
Only after watching Xin Ruoyin return to her room did Lin Yun smile at Nangong Wan. "Come on. Let's see what medicine this Senior Chen has hidden in his gourd."
Nangong Wan pressed her red lips together and nodded. "Mm."
Lin Yun walked to the entrance of the cave abode and waved a hand to lift the restrictions on the door. A middle-aged cultivator stood outside, dressed in fine robes, somewhat plump, his face as still and grim as deep water.
He immediately greeted him with a smile. "I didn't know you were coming, Senior Chen, and failed to welcome you properly. Please forgive me."
Seeing Lin Yun behave so openly, Elder Chen was momentarily taken aback.
But age had made him shrewd, and not a trace of it showed on his face.
With a stir of his spiritual sense, he locked onto Lin Yun and Nangong Wan, monitoring every change in their expressions and heartbeats. If either showed the slightest abnormality, he would strike without warning and suppress them with thunderous force, then take them back to the Fengle Auction House for questioning. That way, even the Star Palace would notice nothing.
Yet the instant his spiritual sense stirred, Lin Yun and Nangong Wan noticed it. Being probed like this was no different from standing