Clear Breeze Hollow.
This was the ancestral home of a cultivation family in the Forest Kingdom.
It had once been a place of green mountains and clear waters, shrouded in mist on all sides.
But now, the mist had dispersed, revealing a scene of ruins and shattered walls within. Even the spirit fields had been contaminated; the spirit rice inside had withered, giving off all manner of rotten, fishy stenches.
"They even went so far as to contaminate the spirit vein... Truly the style of the demonic path."
A patch of white cloud descended. It was Aaron!
Holding a mission jade slip, he muttered to himself, "The He Family of Clear Breeze Hollow? A cultivation family directly wiped out by the Enchantress Bandits... This family's Foundation Establishment cultivator had already passed away more than a decade ago, so they became a soft persimmon ripe for the squeezing?"
After slacking off for so long, Aaron finally began to take action.
"No matter what, I should first ask the local cultivators of the Three Mountains Association about the situation."
After giving it some thought, Aaron raised a hand and sent out a Sound Transmission Talisman. The talisman turned into a flash of fire and vanished in an instant.
After the time it took to drink a cup of tea, a leaf-shaped magical artifact came drifting over at a leisurely pace.
A Qi Refinement cultivator with a thoroughly fawning expression jumped down from it and cupped his hands in salute. "Wu Yuqi pays respects to Elder!"
Aaron swept him with his divine sense and found that he was only at mid-stage Qi Refinement. His expression remained impassive. "Tell me the matter in detail..."
"Yes, Elder. Around several months ago..." Wu Yuqi began to recount the matter, every detail fitting seamlessly into the next.