On the way home, Yang Lingrui also learned some things from Zhao Qi.
The reason only Zhao Qi could be sent to rescue him was that Elder Yu and Yang Linghu, who had broken through to the Third Level of Qi Gathering, had both gone to the distant mines in the north.
"Has someone set their sights on our Lineage's mines again?"
"No. Sanglu Valley of the Zhang Family has shown strange signs. Someone from Qinghe Town came seeking aid, so Master and Senior Brother Linghu went there together."
"Sanglu Valley? Strange signs?"
Yang Lingrui frowned at those words.
He had long harbored doubts. By his reckoning, the Zhang Family's Sanglu Valley had been sealed off for two or three years already.
For cultivators, this was nothing. So long as the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was sufficient, they only needed to eat very little to maintain their strength.
But what about mortals?
The reason the Zhang Family had chosen to settle in Sanglu Valley was because they had taken a fancy to its terrain, which was easy to defend and hard to attack.
With several natural barriers and narrow passages, it would be exceedingly difficult for outsiders to attack the Zhang Family.
Yet this also meant that the Zhang Family had very little arable land in practice. Most of their supplies had to be purchased from Qinghe Town to sustain the household's needs.
Though the Zhang Family's population was not as large as the Yang Family's was now, counting household slaves and servants, they still had over a hundred mouths to feed.
After sealing the valley, how were those people supposed to live?
"The mayor of Qinghe Town should have returned to Sanglu Valley yesterday. By now, he should have joined up with Master and Senior Brother," Zhao