The next day, Statue Grotto-Heaven.
Beneath the courtyard gate tower, Chen Mu lay in a rocking chair, constantly adjusting the water screen outside the gate as he observed Luandu County.
After seeing Jin Wuxia make a move yesterday and hearing everyone's discussions, Chen Mu had felt a sense of danger and immediately fled back to the Statue Grotto-Heaven.
Ever since returning to the world of the living, he had spent every day thinking about how to escape his predicament. He had immersed himself in the Lingbao Shuji Pian and had not bothered much with gathering information. But what he had seen and heard yesterday plainly told him that Yunzhou had undergone enormous changes beyond his imagination.
Yin Spirit Divine Power flowed into the Armored General statue, and the water screen shifted. Taverns and teahouses in Luandu County, entertainment districts and markets—every lively place where people gathered to talk appeared on the screen.
Chen Mu curled up in the rocking chair, pricked up his ears, and stared intently at the water screen.
"Jilong Dao vanished without warning, and the Lower Academy Disciples returned to Dagan..."
"Qi Refining cultivators are all Demonic Daoists who bring calamity upon heaven and earth? Catching one is a great merit?"
"And mortal martial arts can actually go toe-to-toe with Qi Refining cultivators?"
"I was only in the Yin Nether Underworld for three or four years. How did Yunzhou change so drastically?!"
He suddenly recalled his experience at Ganhe Lower Courtyard, when he had been hunted and forced into the Yin Nether Underworld.
That Horned Monster's power seemed similar to that of Jin Wuxia, the Pillar State General.
"Was that man from the mortal imperial court?!"
"So the changes began long ago. Mortal martial artists had already started capturing Qi Refining cultivators back then?!" Chen Mu could