Someone immediately answered, but the traces of excavation here were far too obvious. Even after a fire, anyone who was not blind could easily spot them. Clearly, someone had led them to discover this well.
"Investigate it. Search everyone who has been on this street, cultivators and mortals alike! The moment anyone is found, escort them to the City Lord's Office!" There were no traces of spiritual energy fluctuations nearby, showing that whoever had guided them here had deliberately concealed them. But since they had come, they were bound to have left traces. He refused to believe they could not catch this person.
"Yes, True Lord Liao."
True Lord Liao was from the City Lord's Office. After he gave his orders, people from the Shi Household soon arrived as well. It was a young female cultivator who looked to be in her thirties, likely also at the Nascent Soul stage. Yet she was extremely respectful toward True Lord Liao. By the time everyone had gathered, the first group to enter the well for investigation had already climbed back up, soaked from head to toe.
"Reporting to True Lord, this is a seawater well."
"Seawater?"
This place was indeed very close to the beach, but that was only close by a cultivator's standards. For ordinary people, a round trip would take one or two shichen. And to dig out such a waterway without the City Lord's Office noticing, like a ghost passing unseen, showed just how important this well was.
"The waterways beneath the well are complicated, and some places have Bewildering Formations set up. This subordinate is incompetent and was unable to reach anywhere other than this well."
In other words... beneath Pill Fragrance City, someone had long ago laid down a vast net of formations. It was like discovering