Turning his gaze, he saw an elder stepping out from his hiding place, scrutinizing him from head to toe with a sharp eye to detect any deception.
'How careless of me,' Chen Mo thought, berating himself. As the Sect Master, he should always be alert, able to perceive anything within the sect's boundaries. Yet, this elder had managed to slip past his senses during the critical moment of his breakthrough. Had it been a powerful hostile cultivator, the consequences could have been dire.
The elder's voice broke the silence. "Sect Master Chen is truly a genius of the younger generation. You've opened this old man's eyes."
