No matter where cultivators were stationed, whether they conducted regular inspections or irregular patrols, they would certainly investigate both near and far.
Yet after inspecting the formation, this divine sense had not extended toward the formation entrance, nor had it split off more divine sense to patrol elsewhere.
If this formation had other hidden exits, Li Yan felt that such a judgment of his would merely be excessive suspicion born of overcaution.
But what made Li Yan feel that something was amiss was that this divine sense repeatedly searched within the formation. The other party perhaps believed their divine sense was powerful enough, so they did not conceal the purpose behind their repeated investigations.
What made Li Yan realize even more clearly that something was wrong was that every time this divine sense spread out again, it swept over the location of the Nascent Soul Cultivator's cave not far away.
To Li Yan, who was skilled in assassination and stealth, this was like someone shining a lamp directly at him. Someone might have noticed that something was wrong with that Nascent Soul Cultivator.
But in the short term, the other party should not yet have discovered where the real problem lay. Still, once suspicion arose, they had begun secretly investigating the cause again and again!
After standing there for a while longer, determination flashed through Li Yan's eyes.
"I must leave this place!"
He made his final decision. That divine sense had still not vanished, and this place had been a target he had carefully selected. He had even successfully infiltrated it.
Yet Li Yan had already decided to abort this operation. He did not know what had happened, nor did he know where he had gone wrong.
But the other party's secret movements had already disrupted Li Yan's plans,