The person protecting Su Hong was highly skilled at concealing their aura. Li Yan had been unable to detect them during his outings these past few days, but his perception of danger around him was exceedingly sharp. Whenever Li Yan was outside, he would feel a sense of constraint.
With Su Hong so close to him, that hidden expert surely could not be too far away either. That was why he felt danger.
However, once he returned to this enormous compound or the secret prison, that feeling would vanish completely. Naturally, one was where Su Hong lived, while the other was where the "Gui Xi Army" was stationed.
Thus, when Su Hong proposed following him after Li Yan went to investigate, he immediately agreed. In any case, powerful people were secretly protecting her.
Besides, they were only dealing with a Spirit Transformation cultivator. It was not that such an important enemy had gone unprotected; rather, if they did not reveal themselves, no one would think to make a move against someone like them.
In the darkness of night, a mass of black qi suddenly appeared in an alley. It was even denser than the night itself.
The alley was not particularly long. There were only six courtyard gates along its two sides, three on each side, indicating that there were six compounds in total.
In Hai Na City, where every inch of land was worth its weight in gold, if one wanted no other cave dwellings or courtyards within several miles—or even dozens of miles—of one's residence, one would have to be astonishingly wealthy and willing to spend an enormous sum to buy such a place.
Alternatively, one had to hold at least a middle-ranking position in "Returning Home," in which case it might also be possible.
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