Through close-range examination, Li Yan could determine that even if this person's soul was still present, once it awakened, this body, which had lost its vitality for far too long, would need at least five years to adapt to the returning soul. Otherwise, the body would collapse outright.
After confirming this, Li Yan cautiously walked toward the man. He did not use a technique to turn over the other's body and determine whether any hidden traps lay beneath it.
Though Li Yan could not be certain, he still did not wish to touch the corpse immediately. If certain bizarre things were trapped somewhere for some reason and could not escape on their own, they would find every possible way to lure others over.
Then, through methods that made people easy to bait, they would deceive or tempt those who came into helping them undo their seals and escape, perhaps even using the visitor's flesh and blood as a catalyst to aid their escape.
Such things were hardly strange in the bizarre and fantastical cultivation world. Thus, even though Li Yan needed further confirmation, he did not act at once.
Li Yan had not seen through the strange scene here, but he still had his own considerations.
First, from the perspective of a Soul Cultivator, the silver-robed man's soul had long since vanished. Li Yan had already confirmed that.
Second, judging by how the vanished black mist python had behaved earlier, if it wanted to lure others into helping it escape, the sooner the better. Yet the reality was the exact opposite.
Li Yan had exhausted every possible means just to enter this place. That black mist python alone was enough to make people stop in fear, let alone reach this cave quickly. None of this matched the purpose of luring