Chapter 257: An Unexpected Ambush
Unless Senior Sister Meng activated a Spirit Sense sweep specifically to detect Han Yu, he was confident she wouldn’t notice.
But he had to stay sharp. Senior Sister Meng was no ordinary disciple—her illusory arts were subtle and layered. She could be leaving false trails. She could vanish behind a veil of spirit mist. She could double back.
Still, she didn’t use any of those tactics now.
Whatever business she was heading toward, she didn’t want to waste time.
Han Yu narrowed his eyes.
"Why now?" he whispered. "What’s so urgent that it can’t wait until morning?"
His legs moved with near-silent fluidity across the dirt path, eyes locked on the flickering shape of Senior Sister Meng just ahead.
Whatever she was doing, whoever she was going to meet—Han Yu was going to find out.
And this time, he wouldn’t just be watching from behind a tea shop window.
Han Yu kept his distance as the night stretched on. The road had long since turned into a narrow dirt path, twisting through the outskirts of Wujing City and into the thicker woods beyond. He maintained his pursuit for nearly an hour, keeping just far enough to remain undetected but close enough to monitor every turn she made.
The moon hung low, casting silver light through the canopies of the surrounding forest. It was eerily quiet, broken only by the occasional rustle of leaves or the soft crunch of gravel beneath their boots. Meng hadn’t slowed down once. She was moving with absolute intent.