The once-simple Cloud Remote Ancient Village had changed in flavor.
Yes, the flavor had changed. Bai Yujun could clearly smell that cold, oppressive, decaying stench. This place had once been warm with sunlight and filled with simple, honest laughter, but now everything had changed. She had not come to visit in a long time and never expected to find such a scene.
Rumble~!
Thunder roared. Flashes of lightning lit up the dim ancient village. Everyone was still there, but the villagers hurried along without willing to linger outside. Once home, they shut their doors and slid the bolts into place. It was no longer like before, when doors remained unbarred at night and neighbors helped and looked after one another.
Another blinding flash swept between heaven and earth and vanished in an instant. Only after a while did the thunder arrive. Before long, rain began to fall, bean-sized drops crackling against the roof tiles with loud thumps. Rainwater rushed along the village's stone-paved streets.
It was still that exquisite pavilion.
Mu Duo sat before the window, gazing at the slender white figure that flickered in and out of sight amid the storm clouds, a smile on her face.
"You came... I knew you would come..."
Bai Yujun's enormous body circled in the sky for a long time. No one knew that she was gathering Earth Vein Dragon Qi to borrow its power. There was something wrong with Cloud Remote Ancient Village. For safety's sake, she had simply mobilized the dragon veins of the nearby mountains and rivers to protect herself, adding another layer of insurance. The only reason she dared to go down and investigate was because those immortals in the heavens still needed her to work for them—nothing would happen to her.
The people in the village all watched