Li Yan felt both puzzled and uneasy, as though something was amiss, yet he had found nothing unusual around the lake or even within it.
Although no living creatures appeared in the lake, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth still flowed into and out of its waters normally. There was no hint of sluggishness anywhere.
Li Yan had thought that this might be where the Mysterious Drift Bug dwelled, and that the Frost Marrow Jade Crystal Branch should be nearby as well. Otherwise, any cultivator who entered and saw this lake would certainly notice its resemblance to the world outside.
If the owner had no special purpose behind such an arrangement, there would have been no need to create it. Li Yan therefore suspected that this was a place the Mystic Frost Insect cared deeply about.
Yet despite his careful probing, Li Yan detected neither the aura of a powerful being nor even that of a spiritual plant there.
Had he guessed wrong? Still, he kept feeling that something was amiss. Li Yan had no choice but to think it over again. Cultivators generally placed tremendous trust in their own perceptions.
This was especially true of someone like Li Yan, who had survived countless deadly dangers. Too many times, some inexplicable sensation had allowed him to escape a crisis of life and death.
As Li Yan pondered, his divine sense repeatedly probed the area. Suddenly, his expression changed.
Could that Mystic Frost Insect have broken through?
The moment this thought arose, Li Yan's heart gave a violent thump. A mighty demon that Bai Yan and his wife had to take seriously might already have been in the late seventh tier, equivalent to the late Body Integration Realm.
In Chi Wu's memories, she and her husband had judged from various