Moonlight Sect.
Sun Lihua appeared at the cell in a flash of silver light, her robes still settling around her.
The iron bars stood open. The cell was empty.
The girls who had been visiting Cipher were huddled together nearby, their faces pale with confusion and fear.
"How did he escape?" Sun Lihua asked, her voice calm but carrying an edge that made the disciples flinch.
"We... we don't know," one of the girls stammered. "He was just sitting there, and then... he just disappeared."
"Disappeared?" Sun Lihua's eyes narrowed.
"Yes. One moment he was there, and the next... he was gone. It didn't seem like a technique or treasure. He just simply vanished."
Sun Lihua stood in silence for a long moment, her expression unreadable.
Then she cursed under her breath.
She had been careless.
