Li Yan watched and waited in silence. As time flowed on, the courtyard grew even quieter beneath the night sky, yet he showed not the slightest trace of impatience.
About half an hour later, the door to one of the rooms suddenly opened!
The Daoist stepped out with a smile on his face, while a dignified, upright middle-aged cultivator from within followed him out into the courtyard to see him off.
After arriving in the courtyard, the middle-aged cultivator exchanged a few polite words with the Daoist, then opened the courtyard's restriction and cupped his hands in farewell.
As a walker of the dark night, Li Yan's assassination experience had long reached the pinnacle of perfection. The moment the cultivator from "Luo Gucheng" escorted his guest into the courtyard, Li Yan flashed into the man's room without hesitation.
At this time, he did not use his Divine Sense to investigate at all, lest he increase the chance of being discovered. Though Li Yan had not sensed it, the restrictions inside the man's room had certainly been opened.
Sure enough, like a ghostly shadow, he silently slid through the doorway along the base of the wall from one side, infiltrating the other party's room without encountering any obstruction.
From making his decision to entering in an instant, Li Yan's movements flowed in one continuous breath. By the time he had already entered, the middle-aged cultivator was still standing in the courtyard exchanging pleasantries with his guest.
Only after the middle-aged cultivator reactivated the courtyard's restriction did he slowly return to his room and activate its internal restrictions as well.
However, what this Void Refinement cultivator of "Luo Gucheng" did not know was that this same action he had taken countless times before had now sealed him inside a prison between heaven