The shout from the Netherworld Scholar finally had an effect; there came a clattering sound from within the water tower, as if something was emerging from the water.
Ye Qing immediately tensed up, gripping the Seven-Star Ancient Sword tightly as he watched the water tower nervously. This water tower didn't have a door; it was filled entirely with water. Any normal person inside would have drowned. But now there was actually someone hiding in there, which raised suspicions that this person must be anything but ordinary!
The noise lasted for about half a minute, and suddenly, the top of the water tower was pushed open from the inside, and a man in yellow monk's robes jumped out. This man had not a single hair on his head, which explained why the Netherworld Scholar called him Baldie—he was clearly a monk.
