Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye, and the atmosphere in the room grew ever more deathly silent.
Yu Hua, who had initially felt that nothing was amiss, began to grow nervous as well.
Could something really have happened to Qiao Mu?
Was the Tiger Ghoul Demon King of the Tiger Prison Mountain Range truly still alive in this world?
By all rights, with Deputy Envoy Yu Hong stationed here, Qiao Mu should not have dared to defy Deputy Envoy Yu Hong's orders and abandon his post without permission.
After all, Deputy Envoy Yu Hong was a famously stubborn old man. He was not someone who joked around.
At that thought, beads of cold sweat began to seep from Yu Hua's forehead. He could no longer sit still.
"Deputy Envoy Sir, could something have happened to Qiao Mu?"
"Did that Demon King in the Tiger Prison Mountain Range really survive that encirclement back then?"
Qiao Mu was a martial artist at Blood Refinement Realm Great Accomplishment.
In all of Liusha County, aside from Deputy Envoy Sir and himself, who else could have stopped Qiao Mu and delayed his return for so long?
Seeing this, Yu Hong's eyes flickered with a keen light as though he were weighing something.
But Yu Hong considered it for only a dozen seconds before making his decision.
"No more waiting. I will personally make a trip to the Tiger Prison Mountain Range and confirm the situation."
Just as Yu Hong rose to his feet, his body suddenly froze in place.
"Hmm?"
"He's back?"
As a martial artist at Inner Qi Lesser Mastery, Yu Hong could easily sense the auras throughout the entire inn.
In the inn's first-floor hall, there was the Qi and Blood power of a martial artist at Blood Refinement