The little courtyard was dilapidated, clearly having been uninhabited and untended for a long time. It seemed to be a piece of ownerless land.
This surprised Lu Ye somewhat. In a place like the Hehe Realm, calling every inch of land worth its weight in gold would not be an exaggeration. Ordinary cultivators found it difficult to own any property of their own here.
The shops and residences in this realm had all been passed down through generations of cultivators. An ownerless place like this should have long since been secretly occupied by someone, yet in truth, this little courtyard had indeed been vacant for a very long time.
"Hmm?" Jinyao suddenly frowned and looked in a certain direction.
"What is it?" Lu Ye asked.
Jinyao said nothing. There was only a trace of puzzlement on her face, as though she had encountered something she could not understand.
Almost at the same moment, in another courtyard in the direction she was watching, an unremarkable middle-aged man abruptly opened his eyes, his face likewise filled with confusion.
Because at that instant, he had sensed a foul aura that felt somewhat familiar to him, yet also made him wary!
But how could this be possible? If his senses were correct, the owner of that aura should have died countless tens of thousands of years ago. There was no way they could still have appeared in the world.
Without hesitation, he flashed out of his own courtyard.
Ordinarily, he would never have acted so rashly. He had kept a low profile in the Hehe Realm for countless years, and no one had ever noticed his existence. But since this concerned that person, he truly could not suppress the curiosity in his heart.
Only cultivators who had lived through that era knew how terrifying