Ye Han flew through the air and spotted a village in the distance. It looked quite prosperous...
The sight stirred a trace of wistfulness in him. He had thought Green Ox Village had been wiped out by the Fifth Elder, who had vented his anger over the Ancient Times Teleportation Array and Wang Fa on the villagers...
After all, a Great Cultivator like the Fifth Elder had any number of ways to destroy a mortal village.
Yet Green Ox Village was still there, and it was even more prosperous than before. Its population had multiplied several times over, its houses were much sturdier and taller, and even the road leading to town had grown considerably wider...
Of course, for a cultivator at Ye Han's level, a hundred years was merely the time it took to enter seclusion a few times or go out on a few journeys to temper himself.
For mortals, however, it meant the passing of several generations.
There was no longer anyone he knew in all of Green Ox Village.
Ye Han discovered that Wang Laocai's household was still doing quite well. Though it was no longer the wealthiest household in Green Ox Village, someone in the family seemed to have become the village chief...
Seeing that Green Ox Village was still intact, Ye Han had no reason to disturb the mortals' lives.
He casually swept his gaze around. As it happened, one family in the village was welcoming a bride, and the festivities were lively, with the entire village enjoying the wedding feast...
Ye Han now understood. The Fifth Elder might have wanted to slaughter the mortals to vent his anger back then, but perhaps he had spared them to see whether Ye Han would return...
He went to the site of the Ancient Times Teleportation