What Huang Xiao had pointed out was quite obvious.
Ever since word had spread that the two of them were Kui Yong's successors, they had been mentally prepared for this.
To those in the Jianghu, killing for treasures and seizing cultivation methods could not have been more normal.
Now the two of them were undoubtedly fat sheep in these people's eyes, and everyone wanted to take a bite.
"We're in trouble," Huo Lian said gravely. "I didn't expect our whereabouts to be exposed."
The two of them had already been very careful to conceal their movements when they came out.
It seemed someone in the city had been watching them all along.
Someone had probably spotted a few clues, but they had never expected so many people to come.
"With things like this, even investigating where Hu Pursuing Wind and Yao Fengrong are staying will be difficult," Huang Xiao said with a frown.
"That isn't what worries me. I'm worried there might be experts among them who are difficult for us to handle," Huo Lian said.
His words reminded Huang Xiao of that possibility.
So many people from the Jianghu had come this time, especially since the Guangjin Consignment House's auction had already drawn quite a few of them into the city. It would be no surprise if there were some experts among them.
"Retreat?" Huang Xiao asked.
"Retreat?" Huo Lian raised an eyebrow. "That isn't my style."
"But Patriarch, didn't you just say..." Huang Xiao asked.
"That's right. I just said there might be some experts who are difficult for us to handle, but even if there are, there won't be many," Huo Lian said. "With your current strength, you have nothing to fear even against an expert at the Primordial Ancient Realm Peak Stage. To take your life,