Just as Jiang Yue had suspected, the unexpected guests had clearly spotted the smoke rising from Panshi Ridge right away. Otherwise, they wouldn't have come straight here from Mount Dajin.
Jiang Yue signaled to Mao Doudou and the others to take up positions at several points and stay hidden for now.
He and San Gou stayed inside the house, ready to respond from either direction.
Before long, the intruders had reached the outskirts of the village.
Jiang Yue's borrowed-sight ability also clearly picked up what they were seeing.
The moment he saw them, Jiang Yue was stunned.
He knew all three of the newcomers.
One was Wang Liya, another was her older brother, Wang Leyuan.
The third was the mysterious man Jiang Yue had seen when he followed Wang Liya that time.
Jiang Yue still remembered the middle-aged man vividly: those deep-set pupils, his air of a reclusive master, and the way Wang Liya had acted so obediently and respectfully in front of him. It had all left a deep impression.
He also remembered the intelligence in the man's eyes. There was a gentle, kind, and compassionate quality to them.
At least, based on Jiang Yue's judgment at the time, the man didn't seem like a bad person.
Mysterious as he was, he seemed to be working against that evil organization and investigating the Underground Race's forces.
So much time had passed that Jiang Yue had nearly forgotten Wang Liya. He hadn't expected her and the others to come all the way to Mount Dajin and enter Panshi Ridge.
And wasn't Wang Leyuan always at odds with Wang Liya? Wasn't he a consummate self-seeker?
How had he ended up traveling with Wang Liya? Had she managed to recruit him? Or bring him to heel?
With Wang Leyuan's personality, getting along