He had not expected there to actually be cultivators from Seven Absolutes Heaven here. Lin Xuan immediately grasped what Yue'er meant.
After making some slight preparations, Lin Xuan left the place.
The security did indeed grow stricter step by step. Fortunately, Lin Xuan's spell for concealing his form was truly wondrous to the extreme, and Yue'er had come here once before. She knew perfectly well where the traps were and where the sentries stood. Under her guidance, Lin Xuan had scares along the way but no real danger, and did not run into any trouble.
Very soon, a large valley appeared before his eyes.
Outside the valley were scattered quite a few stone huts. Those were the temporary residences of the Seven Absolutes Heaven cultivators.
The guard here was clearly even tighter. Not only had the density of patrols increased, but a foul, fishy stench also permeated the air.
Lin Xuan first thought it was poisonous and hurriedly held his breath, but very soon he felt this smell was somewhat familiar, as if he had heard of it somewhere before...
After thinking for a moment, he remembered. The Mystic Demon True Scripture had once recorded this: it was an odor emitted by a kind of plant from the ghost realm. Mortals might fall unconscious after smelling it, but for cultivators, it was harmless. However, this thing had one strange property.
If a living person carried no yin energy on them, the instant this thing sensed them, it would swarm over. That way, no matter how miraculous a Concealment Technique they had, once it was stained, it would be broken.
Of course, Lin Xuan would not be afraid. Though he was not a true ghost cultivator, he had practiced the Yin-Yang Art, so simulating and emitting a little yin energy was