A figure suddenly appeared before Liang Xuhe and took solid form in an instant. He, too, was a young cultivator of extraordinary bearing.
The aura of the Middle Void Refinement Realm stirred faintly around him. He was the other cultivator stationed in the courtyard, the Junior Brother Zeng Liang Xuhe had mentioned.
He had kept a wisp of his Divine Sense on Liang Xuhe's movements, but he soon saw Liang Xuhe seize the sallow-skinned young man without incident. There was no need for him to go out and help.
Liang Xuhe's cultivation art and techniques were powerful. Otherwise, the two of them would never have been assigned to guard this place. This was the Qianyu Sect's most important market.
Besides, Liang Xuhe's cultivation surpassed the sallow-skinned young man's. The enemy had panicked and tried to flee as soon as he was discovered, likely because he feared Liang Xuhe would activate the formation here. Under those circumstances, he was naturally no match for Senior Brother Liang.
Cultivator Zeng had then seen Liang Xuhe vanish from sight in midair. Plainly, Senior Brother Liang had stayed there to perform a Soul Search on his captive. There was nothing unusual about that, either.
After capturing the intruder, Liang Xuhe needed to learn his origins as quickly as possible. More importantly, he had to find out whether the man had accomplices in the market so they could respond at once.
Now that Liang Xuhe had returned after the Soul Search, the man must have come alone. What Liang Xuhe had said at first confirmed his guess: the sallow-skinned young man had indeed come by himself.
But when Liang Xuhe mentioned Wind Bell Hall, Cultivator Zeng's heart tightened. That sect was an enemy of the Qianyu Sect and a target their forefather had long wanted to