The atmosphere in the field had stilled.
Not only the soldiers guarding the city felt the extremely cold Qi mechanism, but also the passing merchants and the commoners near the city gate could sense it.
Invisibly, the chill was intense and rather penetrative.
Lin Yan did not draw his sword.
Yet, standing there, he was like a sword ready to be unsheathed.
He glanced at the official who oversaw all the military affairs of the northern outer city.
The official's surname was Shi, so Lin Yan was not surprised by this man's provocations.
After all, Deputy City Governor Shi had suffered greatly at the hands of Wu Chang, and the next generation's notable successors of the Shi Family, especially the eldest son who was likely to become the head of the Shi Family, had also died at Wu Chang's hands!
As a clansman of the Shi Family, it would be truly abnormal if there were no reaction!
At this moment, Lin Yan met his gaze.