Indeed, that was exactly the case.
Willow River Village currently had a total of nine cultivators.
Among them were three at the Qi Condensation Realm and six at the Body Tempering Realm.
And in Willow River Village as it now stood, only one Qi Condensation Realm cultivator and two Body Tempering Realm cultivators remained to guard it.
Neither Shen Yunshen nor He Wei was currently in the village.
Even if they had been, it would have been useless.
Chen Yan had long been waiting for this day to arrive.
He also knew exactly what would happen once those "rogue cultivators" came.
Because everything was within his grasp.
After all, Chen Yan's current cultivation was at the Divine Ability Realm.
Everything within a radius of several thousand li was completely under Chen Yan's control.
Whether it was the rogue cultivators' purpose, Liu Fanyue's current whereabouts, or who Willow River Village's "traitor" was—
Chen Yan knew it all perfectly well.
Time flowed on, and the sun gradually sank westward.
By the time night fell, Willow River Village had begun to quiet down.
Zhou Yan stepped out of Liu Fanyue's home.
The father of his Junior Sister was the village schoolteacher.
He was quite learned, deeply respected by the villagers, and his family was relatively well-off.
Yet over these past few short days, Father Liu had aged considerably.
Though he was not yet forty, a great deal of white had suddenly appeared in his hair.
Because Liu Fanyue had gone missing.
Zhou Yan had gone to the Liu residence in hopes of uncovering some new clue.
But reality dealt him a crushing blow.
Where exactly had Junior Sister Liu gone?
...And was she even alive?
Everything remained unknown.
Zhou Yan raised his head.
He did not know whether it was an illusion,