163: Chapter 153 163: Chapter 153 Yan Weiwei had felt somewhat dejected when Ye Tian said she couldn’t follow him, realizing she still lacked the strength to fight alongside her senior brother.
She had a premonition that he must be involved in something significant and had surely discovered some critical matter.
However, when Ye Tian said she could follow, a joyful smile spread across her face.
Just as she was about to say something, she was stopped by Ye Tian.
Ye Tian noticed that the two familiar figures were none other than Princess Long Feifeng from the Imperial Palace and her handmaiden, who seemed somewhat out of sorts as they followed a Taoist with a familiar Qi, giggling foolishly as they went.
Ye Tian knew this particular familiar Qi wasn’t ordinary, but rather a gloomy one, which he had once sensed on Cai Xiangxiang.
He speculated whether this Taoist could be the Mount Tai Sect elder Cai Xiangxiang had mentioned.
Today was the grand competition among all Immortal Sects, so it wasn’t surprising for the Mount Tai Sect to participate.
Thus, this elder might be the suspect in the plague case that he had been seeking.
However, he also noticed several men who looked like foreigners following them as well.
Ye Tian, escorting Yan Weiwei disguised as disciples seemingly with business outside the city, had worn robes from the North City Immortal Sect upon their entry, which were quite conspicuous.
They opted to wear another set of clothes over their disciple outfits from their Storage Bags when they decided to track the group.
Yan Weiwei didn’t understand why Ye Tian was doing this, but she obediently changed her clothes anyway.
They followed quietly and didn’t get too close, as people were easily visible from a distance during the daytime.
The Taoist was a Golden Core Elder, whose Divine Sense allowed for observing from afar.
Ye Tian led Yan Weiwei and acted casually, not following the group ahead all the time for he possessed a Divine Sense even more powerful than that of the Golden Core Elder.
When the other party probed towards them, he formed a wall with his Divine Sense, blocking the other’s probing.
The Taoist had remembered his disciple upon seeing the North City Immortal Sect’s disciples earlier, recalling it was because one of them had been killed by Su Chang’an, whom he sought to avenge by killing these disciples.
Yet with so many elders and disciples around, this was not the moment to act.
He had other urgent matters to attend to.
Moreover, he couldn’t kill the disciples in broad daylight inside Immortal Venerable City.
With so many powerful entities around, he, as a mere Golden Core, wouldn’t stand a chance and had to opt for assassination instead.
Aside from those outside the city, the Taoist sensed someone following him.
On closer observation, he recognised the Qi of the man he had tried to kill a few days before from the stockade.
The Taoist also detected a sense of familiarity, recalling the young man who had confronted him with a Magic Staff.
It was truly bad luck that whenever he tried to do something, they managed to follow.
Perceiving trouble, the Taoist decided he couldn’t take the two women today.
He led them into the forest to deal with those following him using his Magical Treasure.
The Earl and Viscount were unaware they had been detected.
Not daring to follow the Taoist too closely, they quietly entered the forest after he did.
After the Taoist entered the forest, he felt there was no place to hide two people, so he hid them up in the trees and then jumped down to the ground, casting a sinister smile towards the direction of the Earl and the others.
At that moment, the Taoist summoned his Invisible Gourd and instantly became invisible.
“Where did he go?” The Viscounts felt utterly perplexed; how had the man they clearly saw standing there suddenly vanished?