Urban Peerless Expert
Chapter 2437 - 2457: Since you’re here, why not come out and meet?

Chapter 2437: Chapter 2457: Since you’re here, why not come out and meet?

As Shang Wenyin stepped out of her house, the old man turned and pressed a finger to her brow.

A surge of spiritual power flowed in, and the passage to Shang Wenyin’s Sea of Knowledge was immediately sealed.

Shang Wenyin was startled, she had intended to warn Lin Chen somehow, but now, she was completely out of options.

Shang Wenyin gritted her teeth and asked, "Uncle Zhao, did you discover me long ago?"

The old man smiled lightly and said, "Of course we did. However, I’m quite curious, since you had already concealed your identity, shut your Sea of Knowledge, and posed as an ordinary person, why didn’t you leave?"

"Since you’d decided to leave, you certainly wouldn’t want to return to the sect. You surely planned to leave Xinghe Island, but you stayed. So we surmised that you must be waiting for someone."

"We’re also curious about what compelled you to confront the sect. Who’s been advising you behind the scenes? Hence, we decided to wait and see who would come to meet you."

The old man’s voice turned two degrees colder, "You cultivated our Gui Xu Sect’s top-notch Primordial Xuan Water Technique and are the only one who has done so successfully. Therefore, the sect will give you a chance to mend your ways, otherwise, we can directly perform a Soul Search on you. There’s no need to waste so much time."

Shang Wenyin was silent for a few seconds, "The person coming is just a hired hand; I have no connection with him."

The old man said indifferently, "If he’s hired, then there’s certainly an employer. Since you refuse to speak, we’ll naturally find out from his mouth. Besides, abducting a disciple of the Gui Xu Sect, just this charge alone is enough."

Looking at Shang Wenyin as she opened her mouth to speak, the old man turned colder, "Right now you are like a clay Buddha crossing a river, barely able to save yourself. You should think more about how to face the Sect Master’s inquisition when you return to the sect."

Shang Wenyin’s face turned paler, and her eyes revealed a look of terror.

...

Lin Chen sat in the chair within the room, resting with his eyes closed.

Suddenly, he felt as if someone was spying on him, and he abruptly opened his eyes.

Someone was watching this room, watching him!

Who was it?

Shang Wenyin?

Improbable. She should be out handling affairs, and if she were back, she would just come in openly, why lurk outside?

Shang Wenyin targeting him?

This possibility seemed unlikely as well.

That left only one possibility: someone was eyeing Shang Wenyin, eyeing this house!

Lin Chen’s heart and mind tensed, and he looked around quickly. First, he casually released a Shielding Spell to block any possible prying from the outside, then he entered further into the room.

Lin Chen placed a Death Mark on himself and then executed the Earth Escape Technique, disappearing into the ground in an instant.

Lin Chen’s body didn’t move far, as he wanted to understand exactly what had happened.

Where had Shang Wenyin gone?

Lin Chen emerged again from underground, but his body seamlessly entered the large willow tree by the entrance and then became motionless.

Atop a tower not far from the house, The Young Man watched the house from a distance. But suddenly, the scenery in the courtyard twisted and then fogged up.

The Young Man’s expression changed - a Shielding Spell!

With the Master already taking action to capture Shang Wenyin, he was not too cautious while keeping an eye on Lin Chen within the residence.

Since the person had arrived, did they think they could still escape?

With this mindset, his surveillance of Lin Chen became much bolder, and his direct gaze alerted Lin Chen inside.

The Young Man sneered, then his figure leapt up, as the other party was already aware, there was no need to hide anymore.

Instantly, he appeared at the entrance to the house, next to two large willow trees.

He approached the entrance, and the previously shut courtyard door shattered into pieces, then he stepped into the house.

"Since you’ve come, why hide? Wouldn’t it be better to come out and meet face to face?"

There was no response from inside the house.

The Young Man waved his hand, and the Shielding Spell laid down by Lin Chen instantly failed, while his face also turned rather ugly.

There was no sign of anyone in the house!

The person had run away?

The Young Man’s face shifted, and he vanished on the spot, charging into the house.

Turning around like a whirlwind, his face grew even uglier: the house was completely empty, no one there.

He was certain just moments ago there had been someone inside, who had vanished without a trace!

The Young Man sent a message to his Master quickly, and in a few breaths, the old man appeared at the entrance of the courtyard with Shang Wenyin.

"Master..."

The Young Man approached fearfully and recounted the recent events.

The old man glared at The Young Man, his eyes full of dissatisfaction, "The one who would come here to meet someone wouldn’t be any ordinary person. I told you to keep watch, but you let them get away!"

Unable to deny it, The Young Man’s actions had indeed alerted Lin Chen, who had cleanly fled.

"I was careless, Master. What do we do now?"

The old man glared at The Young Man in frustration, then turned to Shang Wenyin, "Tell me, who is he? If you don’t speak, I will go back right now and kill that old wife..."