Duan Xinghun spent several days carefully investigating the bottom of Bibo Lake.
After emerging, he told the Su Yang County Magistrate, Fang Jintai, "All traces of the Dragon Maiden are gone, and the depths are free of any anomalous aura. Su Yang City is relatively safe for now."
'Does that mean Su Yang City has become a livable city again?'
But soon after, Duan Xinghun's tone shifted. "At the bottom of Bibo Lake," he continued, "what little remains of the Earth Vein Primordial Qi is still leaking out. Within a year or two, it will be completely depleted. When that happens, Su Yang may become a city fit only for mortals."
Indeed, without Earth Vein Primordial Qi, not even the lowest-level anomalies could spawn or survive, and demons would have no reason to come here.
And that went without saying for Cultivators.
