Meng Bai

The darkness of the sewers prevented one from seeing, but for a cultivator, their senses were enough to detect the presence of others, if not perceive them entirely.

As such, the boy could clearly tell that someone was standing right in front of him. A few seconds later, as his eyes adjusted to the darkness, he made out the faint silhouette of a man.

"You… How did you get here?" The boy was astonished. "I closed the manhole upon entering." He couldn't understand.

To him, there was only one method of entry: the manholes. Of course, unless someone decided to bore through the ground—but that was not something permitted in Ram Orchard City and would quickly attract the attention of the authorities.

The manhole he had entered through had not been reopened, and he was standing directly beneath it. There was no way Lin Mu could have entered that way. The other manholes were sealed, and the closest unsecured one was over three kilometers away.