Fang Xi had never imagined that the person she had spent more than sixty years searching for had been living in a village at the foot of the Heavenly Dawn Sect's mountain all along.
Looking at the dusty house, which no longer held any clues, she slashed it apart with a single stroke of her sword, sending dust flying everywhere. Then she turned toward the disciples who had accompanied her, her expression sinister.
"Who was in charge of searching this area sixty years ago?!"
A male cultivator stepped forward, trembling. Back then, he had never believed Qi Yu would hide anywhere near the Heavenly Dawn Sect, so he had not searched Millet Village carefully. He had also heard that a Demon Beast lived here. Qi Yu had already been injured, making it even less likely that she would live somewhere so dangerous. Besides, he had not known then that Qi Yu had lost all her spiritual energy and that her meridians and dantian had been utterly ruined. He had been searching for traces of spiritual energy all along.
"S-Senior Sister, I didn't know Qi Yu had already become a cripple. You know we all search for people by their spiritual energy."
Fang Xi sneered at the disciple as he tried to justify himself. "So are you blaming me for not telling you beforehand that Qi Yu was crippled, or for injuring her in the first place?"
Fang Xi seized him by the collar. Cold sweat poured off him, and panic filled his face as he pleaded, "Senior Sister, Senior Sister, believe me! I absolutely didn't mean that! I wouldn't dare!"
"So you wouldn't dare, not that you don't blame me."
His face turned deathly pale with fright. They had all witnessed how ruthless Fang Xi could be. How could he