Chapter 586 - 383: A Single Masterpiece Outshines Ten Thousand Works (Part 3)

Many figures emerged from the shadows of the trees.

On both sides of the corridor, people were also carrying lanterns, heading into the garden.

Shen Mizi was visibly panicked! However, the person before her possessed tricky martial arts, and their body technique was uncanny, making it difficult for her to escape quickly.

At that moment, Duan Rong suddenly furrowed his brow.

Then, the person in the garden wearing a felt hat suddenly noticed that when he and Shen Mizi clashed their swords, a small flicker of firefly-like light mysteriously appeared. It flickered just like a firefly in the dark, dimming and brightening.

This season, there were quite a few fireflies in the grass!

The person didn’t pay much attention, but in the next instant, that flicker flashed suddenly and darted into the center of his brow.

Subsequently, the scene before his eyes became a blur.

Shen Mizi noticed that the person’s body suddenly paused and stopped moving.

She was slightly surprised, but seeing figures chaotically moving around her, closing in, she dared not delay and vanished into the night, swift as a ghost.

Duan Rong breathed a slight sigh of relief after ensuring Shen Mizi had safely retreated.

That girl is truly reckless! She even tried to probe her father’s secrets.

The moment Shen Mizi retreated, a thought crossed Duan Rong’s mind, and the Divine Soul Illusion Technique of the person in the felt hat instantly dissipated.

He was merely trapped for a breath!

The person’s face was filled with shock; the moment he awoke from the Divine Soul Illusion Technique, he saw Shen Mizi leaping over the distant high wall.

Feeling quite fearful, he looked towards where Shen Mizi had disappeared. Just a moment ago, if she hadn’t retreated but had given him a sword strike, he might have been dead by now.

"What kind of demon art was that?!"

Just now he felt as if he had entered a different space entirely.

The Fetal Concealment Scripture and Divine Soul Technique, even within the Taiyi Sect, were extremely secretive and scarcely known. Let alone for a martial artist from the mortal world.

He had never heard of the Divine Soul Technique. Precisely because he didn’t know, he was even more terrified!

While he was still unsettled, a group of guards and people carrying lanterns surrounded him.

Guan Kui was among the crowd holding a lantern.

Guan Kui looked at the person with the felt hat and asked, "Xiong Yi, what happened?"

Shen Mizi’s movements were ghost-like; before they arrived, she had already retreated from the garden. Most of them only heard the sound of weapons clashing but didn’t see Shen Mizi herself.

On the other side of the corridor, Tang Wanhong looked towards Duan Rong and said, "Sir, I might have some urgent matters to attend to. Please pardon any lack of hospitality."

Tang Wanhong spoke while glancing at the long wooden box in his hand, then again handed it to Duan Rong, lowering his voice, "This painting was instructed by Master Shen to be gifted to you by me. It is Master Shen’s sincere gesture, and I hope you won’t refuse."

Duan Rong looked at the disordered scene in the garden where the lanterns swayed, accepted the wooden box, and said, "Please extend my thanks to Master Shen!"

After speaking, Duan Rong took the wooden box and turned away into the night.

Tang Wanhong watched Duan Rong’s departing figure, lowered his clasped fists, and quickly headed towards where the lanterns swayed in the garden.

With a somber expression, as he arrived there, he immediately saw Xiong Yi’s face under the lantern’s light, with terror still lingering in his eyes that hadn’t entirely faded...

"Xiong Yi is already a True Qi Realm expert. For him to be so terrified, just who was that person earlier..." Tang Wanhong’s gaze tightened, and his mind was filled with countless thoughts.

Shen Garden was secluded, initially only in the shadows. But three years had passed, and countless officials from various places had been entertained within this garden.

In fact, his heart had long been worried. Someday, this Shen Garden would inevitably attract attention.