Han Liuya painfully discovered she could no longer go to Xiwatun; her so-called Soul Separation Technique had inexplicably failed.
Han Lishi was even more anxious than she was, as the more powerful Han Liuya became, the more hopeful her pursuit of longevity would be.
Taking advantage of collecting herbs, the old lady wandered in and out of the village, but she found nothing unusual—not a strange object or person. She even made a point of checking the house of their family's watchman.
The young man wasn't home; he had gone to work in the fields.
Thinking back carefully, everything had been normal from start to finish; nothing unusual had happened, and she couldn't venture any further away.
Now, due to the excellent quality of the seeds here, the commune had increased the militia's patrols, which occasionally guarded the fields.