Ji Yuan stood by the window, clutching the letter in his hand, unable to speak for a long while.
Qiu Qianhai had vanished. That was more than likely.
Just as Qiu Qianhai himself had said, Ji Yuan did not know whether he was alive or dead, but his disappearance was certain.
The Qin Household?
The Qin Household was indeed the most likely culprit. And then there was Qin Old Blind Man, who had passed away in meditation. Could it be that Qin Old Blind Man had personally gone to kill Qiu Qianhai, and the two had perished together?
Unlikely. If Qiu Qianhai had possessed the strength to perish together with someone at Peak Qi Refining, Ji Yuan would not have needed to save him back then.
There was a high chance Qin Old Blind Man was dead, but whether that had anything to do with Qiu Qianhai's disappearance, Ji Yuan did not know.
But with Qin Old Blind Man gone, destroying the Qin Household would be simple.
At present, the Qin Household only had Qin Long and He Laosan, both at the Eighth Layer of Qi Refining. Ji Yuan was now completely confident he could take them both down.
But to be safe, he should wait until he reached the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining or Peak Qi Refining.
After all, as Qiu Qianhai had said, if nothing else worked, he could simply outlast them until they died.
If Qiu Qianhai had been killed by some other enemy, or by a Demon Beast or something—Ji Yuan had no way of knowing. In any case, whether it had been the Qin Household or not, this debt over Qiu Qianhai's disappearance would be laid at the Qin Household's door.
Even if not for Qiu Qianhai, he still had to settle accounts with