Huang Tian never expected that after his arduous journey all the way to West Mountain, he would be greeted not by Fang Yi's familiar smiling face, but by a few deserted, dust-filled thatched cottages.
What on earth had happened here? Where had Fang Yi, Mr. Mu Ye and his wife, and Master Juewen all gone? He had only been away for a few months, so how could everything have changed so drastically?
Unable to make head or tail of it, Huang Tian sat down heavily on the stone steps before the doorway, his face etched with worry as he stared blankly ahead. Right now, how he wished to hear the sound of human voices instead of the endless chirping of birds.
Chapter 298