Chang'an City.
As dawn gradually broke, a carriage sped into the city.
"Yan Zhong!"
Lin Qiye pushed open the residence gates, strode straight inside, and shouted loudly.
"Brother Qiye?!" Yan Zhong, who was just stepping out of the house, was delighted to see Lin Qiye return. "You're back from your travels?"
"Mm." Lin Qiye nodded. "Where's Gongyang Wan?"
"She and Yu Wu are both at the Evil Suppression Department. I'm here overseeing the selection of new recruits... Why are you looking for her?"
"Did you find the place I asked you to send people to look for?"
"You mean Fengdu?" Yan Zhong immediately nodded. "Hu Jia and the others only sent word back a few days ago. Following the route you gave them, they entered Fengdu and delivered the Heavenly Venerable's decree... But Emperor Fengdu seems to have gone out. Only one Ghost Emperor was there to hold the fort."
"And then?"
"They really do have a kind of Profound Yin Wood. It can use profound yin energy to cut off all life force... But it's extremely scarce. There was only one piece in all of Fengdu, and it has already been sent to Chang'an."
Hearing this, Lin Qiye finally let out a sigh of relief.
Ever since he had left Chang'an with Jialan a year ago, he had kept in contact with Gongyang Wan, searching for the material of the coffin from his memories. Since Jialan had been sealed inside that coffin for two thousand years, there had to be something special about it—something capable of blocking the Key of Doors' gaze.
But after half a year of searching, the Evil Suppression Department had sent people throughout the Great Han and still failed to find such a material. In the end, Lin Qiye guessed that the coffin's material might