Li Qinghong had been watching quietly for a while now. Her intervention wasn’t impulsive. She’d experienced much and suspicion had long stirred in her heart, A duel between thunder cultivators, and I just happened to stumble into it? Curious indeed… Shen Yanqing and I are acquainted, and she’s backed by two Purple Mansion Realm cultivators… With a clash like this, I wouldn’t be surprised if signs of higher-realm interference had already begun.1

Regardless of whether Purple Mansion Realm cultivators were involved, Li Qinghong knew her stealth art wasn’t anything profound. She suspected that Shen Yanqing had already sensed her presence earlier, perhaps she had even been retreating in this direction on purpose.0

Whether or not it’s worth intervening, if I turn away now, I’ll likely offend both the Purple Smoke Gate and the Shen...0