Five days passed quickly, and Huang Xiao finally stopped a hundred feet from the Xuanyuan Sword.
This was his limit.
Five days was simply too little time. Given a little longer, Huang Xiao believed he could still reach the Xuanyuan Sword.
"Time's up," Dugu Sheng said.
"Understood. Let's go now." Huang Xiao nodded.
Although no experts from Imperial Remnant Manor had come to tell him to leave, Huang Xiao would not linger here.
He believed that if he really tried to drag things out, experts from Imperial Remnant Manor would probably come and drive him out.
Five days meant five days. He would not shamelessly cling to the place; that would only embarrass him.
The two left the valley and prepared to leave the area.
But Huang Xiao stopped in his tracks.
"What's wrong?" Dugu Sheng asked, somewhat puzzled.
Huang Xiao frowned. He glanced around again, then asked Dugu Sheng, "There should be plenty of experts here, shouldn't there?"
He kept feeling that someone was watching him. That feeling had persisted ever since he came out.
Dugu Sheng shook his head. "You're being too sensitive. As far as I know, there aren't any experts guarding this vicinity. The outer perimeter has all sorts of formations and expert guards. Normally, no one can get past those defenses, so this place is safe even without guards."
"No experts?" Huang Xiao murmured.
Yet he could feel very clearly that someone was watching him.
"Is something wrong?" Dugu Sheng asked.
"Someone seems to be watching us from the shadows," Huang Xiao said quietly.
"What?" Dugu Sheng's expression changed. Not daring to speak aloud again, he transmitted his voice instead. "Then could they have noticed what happened inside?"
Over the past five days, although they had not revealed too much of their close relationship inside,