Qinghe was the Medicine King's disciple. With the Medicine King and the Immortal Physician absent from Medicine King Valley, he was the one managing its affairs.
Shen Yi told him frankly that neither the Medicine King nor the Immortal Physician had appeared on the day of the wedding, which was why he had come to ask.
Qinghe listened, and the open, gentle expression he usually wore also clouded with confusion:
"Strange."
"When Master and Martial Uncle received the invitation, they were overjoyed. They even set out early after counting the days. They should not have been delayed."
"Unless something happened on the road."
Shen Yi could only feel helpless.
Medicine King Valley and the Five Venoms Sect lay thousands of miles apart. The possible mishaps along that route were impossible to estimate. Even though Shen Yi was a heavenly-being expert, finding the traces of the two of them along the way by himself would be like fishing for a needle in the sea.
After giving it some thought, it seemed he could only mobilize the Pacification Office or Heaven's Secret Pavilion. If the two had entered any towns or prefectural cities, perhaps they would have left behind clues to their whereabouts.
Qinghe spoke to comfort him:
"Master and Martial Uncle are both Great Grandmasters. I do not think they would encounter any danger."
"Perhaps they saw injustice on the road and lent a hand to those in peril, which delayed their journey."
Shen Yi nodded slightly. What Qinghe said was not impossible. However, in the martial world of today, heavenly beings had appeared in the world. Even Great Grandmasters could not claim they would travel in perfect safety. They still had to find the two as soon as possible.
"Brother Shen, you and Junior Sister must be exhausted after traveling