As Irvin lay there bleeding and in pain, he had all the time in the world to think about what had gone wrong. The one thing he couldn't understand was why a second mortal coil senior would lurk on top of the roof for hours and tail his carriage like a bandit.
If it was really a second mortal coil cultivator, if they wanted to kill him or capture him, they were more than capable of grabbing him off the streets. There is just nothing he could have done to stop them.
Yet, they hid themselves and trailed him. This fooled him into preparing an ambush for them.
If he had known that they were this strong, he would have run away. He clearly had the opportunity to do so, but he returned with his men to surround the second mortal coil cultivator.
He couldn't wrap his head around it. He said to himself, "It doesn't make sense. Who have I offended to warrant someone like this coming after me?"
