Knock Knock

Who's there?

Your aide here.

Aide who?

Aide hoped you would tell me.

The battle had long since ended by the time the patrolling experts arrived. Due to the high level of combat arts used by both parties, there were very few traces of battle in the courtyard. The baffled Zhao clan experts inspected the place several times over but couldn’t discern anything.

Toward the end, Qianye couldn’t help but say, “Everyone, you’ve been looking for so long, have you found anything?”

These words were clearly mocking them. The captain’s face went red as he came up with a vague answer, “This… we’re lacking in experience, so we need to examine everything carefully. Additionally, we found no traces of that person you said was hiding outside of the courtyard.”

Qianye actually understood that mysterious person’s ability. That person definitely wouldn’t leave any clues behind, at least not any that these Zhao clan people could find. But no one would be in a good mood after being challenged to a fight out of the blue and almost getting slashed at the throat.

Seeing that these people were intent on investigating, Qianye could no longer bear it. “Everyone, I think you should just let it be. You won’t find anything even if you...