Ji Yuan stood by the window, holding the letter, unable to speak for a long time.
Qiu Qianhai had vanished. That much was almost certain.
Just as Qiu Qianhai himself had said, Ji Yuan had no idea whether he was alive or dead, but he was definitely missing.
The Qin Household?
The Qin Household was indeed the most likely culprit. Then there was Qin Old Blind Man, who had reportedly passed away. Could he have gone to kill Qiu Qianhai himself, only for them both to perish?
That seemed unlikely. If Qiu Qianhai had possessed the strength to take a peak Qi Refining cultivator down with him, he would never have needed Ji Yuan to save him back then.
Qin Old Blind Man was most likely dead, but whether his death had anything to do with Qiu Qianhai's disappearance, Ji Yuan did not know.
Without Qin Old Blind Man, however, wiping out the Qin Household would be easy.
Right now, the Qin Household only had Qin Long and He Laosan, both at the eighth layer of Qi Refining. Ji Yuan was already fully confident he could take them down.
Still, to be safe, he would wait until he reached the ninth layer of Qi Refining or even peak Qi Refining.
After all, as Qiu Qianhai had said, if all else failed, he could simply outlive them.
If some other enemy had killed him, or a demon beast—Ji Yuan had no way of knowing. Regardless of whether the Qin Household was responsible, he would add Qiu Qianhai's disappearance to their ledger of debts.
Even if not for Qiu Qianhai, he still had to settle accounts with the Qin Household for the dead parents of this body's original owner.
In Ji Yuan's mind, then, the Qin Household had effectively already been sentenced