The next day, at dawn.
Before daylight had broken, a large contingent of County Government Office constables and Six Doors constables arrived at Chen Family Village beneath Dongyang Mountain. The county magistrate and the Hundred Household Officer of the Six Doors Hundred Household Office had come in person.
Azure Wave Sword Sect disciples had ridden through the night to report the news to the county town.
When the county magistrate and the Hundred Household Officer saw the village's miserable state, both felt as though the sky had collapsed.
A massacre of an entire village had occurred under their jurisdiction. It essentially announced that their official careers had reached their summit, with no future left to speak of.
Given the Azure Wave Sword Sect's standing in Yunzhou, there would be no issue negotiating with the local government. Afterward, Chen Shu arranged for several disciples to remain behind and assist the authorities, while the others continued their journey back to the Azure Wave Sword Sect.
However,
there were three additional strangers this time.
They were the three survivors of Chen Family Village: the girl called Xiaobai, and that grandmother and grandson pair.
The previous night, the Azure Wave Sword Sect disciples had searched the village all night without finding any other survivors. Setting Xiaobai aside, only that grandmother and grandson pair remained in all of Chen Family Village.
The reason they were taking the three away was Xiaobai's highly unusual condition.
Her realm was clearly nowhere near the Ascension Realm, yet she had cultivated a Nascent Soul. Moreover, she constantly seemed on the verge of having her Nascent Soul leave her body, while violent power lay contained within her.
Xiaobai was clearly unfit to remain among ordinary people. Never mind whether she herself could control that power—even if she could, once word