Luo Beixi and the other man had remained on guard against him. If he harbored ulterior motives, then as the last one to enter, he could casually leave some identifying mark behind to guide others.
Or he could set down an array restriction to trap them later. The two ahead of him might not necessarily notice it.
Yet with the two of them positioned one in front and one behind, sandwiching him in the middle, it would be exceedingly difficult for him to pull any tricks.
The moment Li Yan saw that Ye Yuhong had not moved, he inferred all this. Before the wisp of smoke Luo Beixi had turned into fully entered, Li Yan's body rapidly blurred as well.
Then, he shot toward the spot where Luo Beixi had entered and swiftly slipped into the gap in the shrubs...
After waiting another dozen or so breaths, Ye Yuhong released both his divine sense and soul power. Not only did he carefully search the surroundings, he also meticulously examined the spot where Li Yan had just stood.
Only after confirming there was no problem did his figure flicker and turn into nothingness, vanishing from where he stood. All that remained were the wild grass and thornbushes swaying in the wind...
The moment Li Yan entered the thicket, he sensed Luo Beixi's presence ahead. The thicket was about four feet thick. As Li Yan turned into a wisp of smoke, crisscrossing branches appeared before him and slid past in a blur.
Very soon, he saw the ground beneath the shrubs. There was a crack in the surface, about as thick as a little finger, winding along the ground toward the mountain wall not far away.
Such cracks were everywhere in the valley, too numerous to count. As Li Yan spotted it,