Five days passed in the blink of an eye.
During those five days, another Mid-Spiritual Connection Realm rat demon entered the valley and was slain by the three of them.
Yet this Demon Beast's reaction before death was somewhat strange.
Whether it was merely his imagination or not, the leading Senior Brother always felt that the rat demon's eyes had held not panic as it died.
But something more like... relief?
This matter put him on guard. To be safe, he took out the puppet Wood Kite he had purchased in Yanlai City and used it to scout the entire valley and its surrounding areas.
Yet the results of that investigation made him frown.
"Senior Brother, what did you find? Is there any danger?"
"Danger, not exactly. It's just..."
He slowly shook his head. "In every area the Wood Kite scouted, there was no trace of any Demon Beast activity."
The other two revealed thoughtful expressions as well. Then the female cultivator asked, "Could it be that those Demon Beasts discovered something unusual about this valley, sensed the danger within, and deliberately kept away from it?"
"Ah, that makes sense. No wonder only this one rat demon appeared over the past five days."
"This is rather suspicious. Since the five days are up, let us collect these three Demon Beast corpses and return to the sect."
"Yes, Senior Brother."
The three immediately withdrew their spells and prepared to gather up the three Demon Beast corpses and take them away.
Out of caution, the Senior Brother leading the group first sent two humanoid puppets into the valley.
Only after confirming that no other danger lay within did he lead his Junior Brother and Junior Sister inside.
However, just as they descended and prepared to use their spell power to draw the