Yang Qing and the others searched for the Qi-Gathering Formation as they pondered the matter.
The Qi-Gathering Formation had existed for hundreds of years, perhaps even longer. Why, then, had the Village Chief known nothing about it?
From what he had said, it sounded as though he had only learned of it recently and then set his sights on it.
Judging by his attitude, he regretted that they had never known such a treasure existed in and around their village, letting it go to waste all this time.
Yet before they had enjoyed it for more than a few days, these people were already planning to destroy it. How could the Village Chief tolerate that?
"There is something I do not understand. I would like to ask you about it."
Seeing the indignation on the Village Chief's face because he could not defeat them, Yang Qing considered for a moment before continuing, "Since you learned of the Qi-Gathering Formation, has anything happened that struck you as particularly out of the ordinary?"
Out of the ordinary?
The Village Chief had no intention of telling Yang Qing and the others much, so he simply shook his head to indicate that he knew nothing.
Yang Qing smiled faintly. "I suspect that whoever first told you about this also said something else."
"What?" The man's brow furrowed even more deeply.
Although it seemed that the person back then had said every single thing Yang Qing was now saying to him, he simply could not understand how Yang Qing had seen through the affairs of their village without ever having been here before.
At that thought, a little more wariness crept into the man's gaze as he looked at Yang Qing.
Watching the expressions shift back and forth across the man's face, Yang Qing knew