After probing the situation inside, Li Yan felt both disappointed and relieved.
He wanted to see exactly who else was up there, yet he also feared finding several Spirit Transformation cultivators. It was a contradictory desire for answers.
After confirming the first room, Li Yan steadied his emotions slightly before continuing to drift toward the second room...
Nearly a hundred breaths later, Li Yan once again floated toward the third room like a ghost, preparing to investigate it for the third time.
"Still no one! That means the old woman may have been telling the truth!"
This time, Li Yan likewise chose the side of the third room's window lattice. He concealed his aura even more carefully. Since the first two searches had come up empty, the danger must be concentrated in the latter half.
After some time, Li Yan's body suddenly gave a slight tremor. Then his expression changed faintly. His entire aura came to a standstill; even his blood flow and heartbeat nearly ceased.
"There's someone inside!"
The instant Li Yan sensed a powerful aura within, he immediately withdrew his Divine Sense. He had not even clearly seen the room's interior before a foreboding shudder ran through his whole body.
The other party's aura was so strong that it nearly filled the entire room. The moment Li Yan's Divine Sense entered, it came into contact with that aura.
But Li Yan had long been fully prepared. The moment the Heaven-Stealing Kerchief dissolved a tiny hole in the restriction, the Divine Sense he extended was as fine as a wisp of mist.
Although the strength of his Divine Sense far surpassed cultivators of his own realm, it was roughly comparable to an early Spirit Transformation cultivator's. Thus, if the other party was a mid-stage Spirit Transformation cultivator or above,