It did not take too long before Lin Xiao arrived at the rear of Zong Yan City.
A large number of troops from Zong Yan City had already gone out to search for Lin Xiao. Sneaking into the city was extremely simple.
Of course, Lin Xiao had already searched out a set of black clothes, cloak, and bamboo hat from the various storage rings in his clothing pouch and put them on. Then, with his Heavenly Eye’s ability to restrain his aura within his body, after entering the city, almost no one could recognise him.
Countless people in the entire city had gone to chase and capture Lin Xiao, yet the person himself appeared openly in the city. If those people knew, they would probably be so angry that they would spit blood.
And in an inn in Zong Yan City, the elder from the Ouyang family had just returned to the inn not long ago when a pill on his body suddenly sensed something.
“Hmm?” The elder from the Ouyang family took out this pill and sensed the direction and intensity of the medicinal power emanating from it. He roughly located Lin Xiao’s position, and his entire body almost jumped up. He exclaimed in shock and cursed, “This Lin Xiao is indeed bold. At this time, he actually dares to return to Zong Yan City!”
“Could it be that he still thinks the most dangerous place is the safest, and no one will discover him?”
The elder from the Ouyang family thought to himself, “If I leak this information, he will definitely be attacked by the entire city lord’s mansion and countless people!”
“However, in that case, I will have no benefits, and with Lin Xiao’s speed, whether the city lord’s mansion can keep him is questionable. I cannot leak this information!”
“Wait until the elder from Spirit Phoenix Valley arrives, then report the information to the elder from Spirit Phoenix Valley. At that time, the elder from Spirit Phoenix Valley will reward me even more heavily.”
Thinking of this, the elder from the Ouyang family revealed a thick expression of delight on his face. “Lin Xiao ah Lin Xiao, you are simply courting death yourself!”
On the street, Lin Xiao naturally did not know that someone had discovered him. Instead, he stayed in an inn near the city lord’s mansion and did not go out.
When night fell, Lin Xiao went out to act. He quietly found a guard from the city lord’s mansion, controlled his soul, quickly asked a question, and then ordered him to go out and commit suicide to avoid being discovered.
From the mouth of that city lord’s mansion guard, he did not learn of anyone entering the teleportation array recently.
From this, Lin Xiao could confirm that Feng Yourain had not yet come.
Afterwards, he returned to the inn to adjust his breathing and cultivate, quietly waiting for Feng Yourain to appear.
Two days passed quietly, and Lin Xiao did not detect any movement from Feng Yourain at all.
And the news that the secret realm of Ling Xi City had exploded and that bandits from Kun Xu Mountain had appeared also happened to reach Zong Yan City.
The entire Zong Yan City immediately became tense again. Many teams from the city lord’s mansion were recalled, and most of the troops that had gone out to search for Lin Xiao also returned to the city.
The Kun Xu Mountain bandits had a notorious reputation. If encountered, it was extremely likely to be plundered and killed.
And the Kun Xu Mountain bandits rarely attacked places with cities. They generally only robbed and killed outside.
Outside Ling Xi City, countless people were plundered and killed by the Kun Xu Mountain bandits, but they did not attack into Ling Xi City. Therefore, this caused many people to gather in Zong Yan City to seek refuge.
And the entire Zong Yan City also became heavily guarded.
Regarding this, Lin Xiao was almost deaf to it. The room he was in was on the diagonal side of the inn, still able to see the city lord’s mansion from afar.
He had always been sitting cross-legged by the window facing the street, paying attention to the movements of the city lord’s mansion on one side while cultivating on the other.
In his line of sight, a little further away, there were also crowds coming and going, but no one discovered him.
When night fell, suddenly, a figure entered Lin Xiao’s line of sight.
That was an elderly man in grey robes with an unfamiliar face, slowly approaching the inn where he was.
“Hmm?” Lin Xiao frowned. He could feel that the other seemed to know the location of the room in his inn and was coming straight towards him.
However, upon probing that the other was only at the second-layer Martial Emperor cultivation, he was not worried and calmly sat in place.
In a short time, that elder walked to the outside of the inn and directly flew over, breaking through the window of the room where Lin Xiao was and entering.
Lin Xiao’s heart remained calm as he sat cross-legged on the ground without making a move.
This grey-robed elder also did not make a move but stood by the window. Clearly, he also knew that Lin Xiao had discovered him.
Gazing indifferently at Lin Xiao, this grey-robed elder spoke, “Lin Xiao, someone is looking for you. Please come with me.”
Lin Xiao frowned. He had not seen this person before.
However, the other knew his exact location and his name?
“Who are you?” Lin Xiao asked in a deep voice.
“You and I have never met before and have no relation. Someone just asked me to come find you.” The grey-robed elder said indifferently.
Lin Xiao’s expression turned cold. “Who is he?”
The grey-robed elder shook his head and replied, “I am only responsible for passing the message and do not know!”
“Do not know?” Lin Xiao frowned slightly. Passing a message for someone and not even knowing who the other is?
Was he threatened, or did he receive benefits?
“What if I do not go?” Lin Xiao countered.
“You will definitely go.” The grey-robed elder said, “Because he is someone you want to see.”
“Someone I want to see?” Lin Xiao was slightly stunned. The person he wanted to see, could it be Feng Yourain?
If it was Feng Yourain, it was indeed very possible that she had discovered him.
Back then, when he went to the Feng family for revenge, he was recognised by Feng Yourain.
However, if it was Feng Yourain, why would she take the initiative to find him?
Was it to make a move against him? Or to borrow his hand to enter the city lord’s mansion?
This possibility did not seem too great.
“Or perhaps it is someone from the Shangguan family, Shangguan Xiong?” Lin Xiao immediately associated it with that.
After he came to the Central Continent, the matter of wanting to find Feng Yourain was only known to the Shangguan family, and it was a request he made to the Shangguan family.
Mentioning the person he wanted to see, it was probably someone from the Shangguan family.
If it was someone from the Shangguan family, then the most likely was the Shangguan family head, Shangguan Xiong.
But the question was, if it was Shangguan Xiong, how did the other discover him? Could it be that he had planted something on him?
And why did the other want to lure him out?
Would it not be better to directly expose his whereabouts and let the people of Zong Yan City deal with him together?
Or, Shangguan Xiong wanted to monopolise the benefits and capture him?
“Or perhaps, other people from the Southeast Domain have also come to Yang Province?” Lin Xiao guessed other possibilities but then shook his head inwardly, ruling out this possibility.
If it were other people from the Southeast Domain, they would definitely come to find him personally, not send another person.
“Or perhaps it is the genius from Sheng Yuan Academy who came to the Central Continent twenty years ago, Long Tu Tian?”
Lin Xiao considered this possibility again.
Long Tu Tian was the super genius from Sheng Yuan Academy twenty years ago, possessing the divine dragon bloodline. At the peak of Martial King realm, he refined special Martial Emperor essence blood to build the Martial Emperor foundation and stepped into the Martial Venerable realm.
When entering the illusion array of Sheng Shi City, he could fight against a three-clawed divine dragon for half a day.
Afterwards, he crossed the sea and came to the Central Continent.
It was hard to imagine what level Long Tu Tian had grown to after twenty years.
However, the other should not know about him.
Unless, because of refining the same Martial Emperor essence blood, he knew he was a disciple of Sheng Yuan Academy and wanted to meet him.
If so, he could be considered someone he wanted to see.
The other, for some reason, could not enter Zong Yan City and wanted him to go out, which was also possible.
However, the possibility of it being Long Tu Tian was still too small, too small.
Long Tu Tian had been in the Central Continent for twenty years; it could not be that he just happened to appear here and just happened to sense him, right?
“Or, the elder from Spirit Phoenix Valley has already arrived and wants to ambush me?” Lin Xiao associated it again in his heart.
But he shook his head again. If it were Spirit Phoenix Valley, since he had killed Xue Ling and Zou Yun, they would definitely want to regain face and would not come so low-key to call for someone but would directly make a move in the city.
This possibility was also denied by him.
In the end, he placed the guesses on the first and second possibilities.
His gaze looked towards this Martial Emperor elder, and Lin Xiao suddenly had an impulse to use soul control.
However, the other was a second-layer Martial Emperor powerhouse, and he might not succeed in soul control.
Although his spiritual power had the combat strength of early seventh-grade, he was not a true early seventh-grade soul controller. His spiritual sense still had some differences from a true early seventh-grade soul controller.
If soul control failed, the other might go berserk, and he could only kill him. But once he killed this elder, the person behind him would definitely know.
If it was Feng Yourain, doing so would be improper, as what he wanted was to see Feng Yourain.
And if it was Shangguan Xiong, causing the other’s plan to fail might make him go berserk and directly make a move in Zong Yan City, exposing his identity and attracting attacks from the entire city, which would also bring considerable trouble.
Suddenly, Lin Xiao thought that he seemed to have overlooked a key issue.
