Tai Province, Luoshan County.
Traversing the lands of Luoshan County, Shen Yuan's gaze swept across the villages at the edge of the plains.
In the sprawling villages, not a soul could be seen, the streets were covered with dust, and the neatly-built brick houses bore a sense of dilapidation, looking empty and deathly silent.
Along the way, he had seen countless such villages, and even towns.
When signs of ghostly chaos first appeared in Tai Province, Great Xia's Imperial Court promptly realized the danger lurking within these small towns and villages.
There were no cultivators in these small towns and villages; it would take just one Essence Refining Stage wandering soul to easily instigate widespread panic and slaughter hundreds of people.
The Imperial officials organized a massive effort to evacuate residents from various places, concentrating them in the larger cities nearby.
