After discussion at the "conference," there were two answers:
One was the "Abyss"; the other was the "Initial Awakening Society."
The former was merely a decoy. If the "Abyss" had been able to seep into the underlying environment of the "Misty Jungle" early on, then the "Spider Silk" among those forest branches would have long since formed a web. Anyone entering would be caught; no one could escape.
The facts proved that the "Abyss" had been subject to certain limits in its influence here.
That left only the "Initial Awakening Society." Considering that it could reach the "underlying framework," whoever it was must have held a considerable position within the "Initial Awakening Society"—one of its upper ranks.
In the "Boundary Curtain" region, the existing intelligence supported one possibility, and one alone: Po Ran.
This was another immensely valuable clue.
Since Tai Yu had arrived in the "Boundary Curtain" region and taken over the various information channels left here by the "Great Existence," he had known of Po Ran. This was the first time he had seemingly caught hold of Po Ran's tail.
As for whether it truly was Po Ran, there was no need to jump to conclusions. Judging solely from this "researcher's" actions:
The value of the "Corpse-Burying Ground" had received further confirmation. It had to be valuable, yet dangerous enough that even the "Initial Awakening Society" had been highly cautious in researching it.
And that "cautious research" had continued for quite a long time—from the traces left by that "out-of-place power imprint," it had begun at least near the end of the previous era.
Back then, the "Initial Awakening Society" had not even taken shape yet, had it?
Combining this information, the "conference" could draw a somewhat bolder conclusion:
The Poison Seed lineage was very likely an extremely