She Stood at the Edge of the World

Li Yan's face darkened to a frightening degree. With his scheming mind, only when his strength fell short of the other party's would he ever be controlled by someone else.

When had he ever been plotted against like this? Even Strategist Ji, cunning as a fox in his day, could not have managed it.

Yet only a few breaths later, Li Yan's expression returned to normal. One hand pinched his chin, while his eyes narrowed into slits.

At the same time, even establishing a small teleportation array required a great deal of rare heavenly and earthly materials.

Even the few cultivation Lineages stationed in Mingdu City would have to bleed for such materials, but to an old Nascent Soul monster, it was entirely within reach.

This confirmed that the Hundred Paths Heavenly Treasure Pavilion had someone backing it. As for whether his jade slip had been carried in the black-clad middle-aged man's Storage Pouch—

With the small teleportation array before him, Li Yan felt that possibility was already exceedingly slim.

After daybreak, the black-clad middle-aged man emerged from the secret cultivation chamber. He first went to the room on the other side where materials were stored and looked it over. Only after confirming that everything was normal did he leave the room with a suspicious expression.

At some point during his cultivation yesterday, he had suddenly felt uneasy. The omen had come without warning.

It was like the feeling he had experienced when carrying out missions in the army years ago—a kind of instinct born from constantly walking the line between life and death under extreme danger.

He remained motionless on the surface, his face betraying nothing, but he had secretly released his Divine Sense to carefully inspect the surroundings. The result left him deeply puzzled. Everything was normal, without