The Shen family compound occupied three acres in Haishi City's western hills modest by cultivation family standards, but impressive to mortals. Traditional architecture mixed with modern security systems. Guards at the gates who were actually Body Refinement cultivators.
Wei'er's college roommate, Shen Yun, met them at a teahouse two blocks away instead.
"I can't bring you to the compound," Shen Yun said apologetically. She was elegant in a silk qipao, her Foundation Establishment aura carefully contained. "My husband's family is... cautious about outsiders right now."
"Cautious?" Wei'er asked.
Shen Yun leaned closer, voice dropping. "There have been disappearances. Three smaller cultivation families in the past month. Not killed disappeared. Their compounds were found empty, no signs
