Several thousand miles northwest of Crimson Cloud Mountain, inside an underground cave abode.
Song Xuanfeng, who had been meditating with his eyes closed, suddenly sensed a faint ripple from the Restriction before him and immediately opened his eyes.
Before he could make out the situation, a streak of green light appeared out of nowhere before Song Xuanfeng.
Seeing who had come, Song Xuanfeng's expression eased somewhat. He hurried forward and took the initiative to bow.
"Third Uncle-Ancestor!"
"Xuanfeng, have you been well lately? I've already had them designate this area as a restricted mining zone. No one should be coming here to disturb you now, right?"
After Song Xuanfeng returned to the Floating Cloud Mountain Range back then, Song Qingming had arranged for him to stay here because he had Cultivated the Demonic Path and could not readily show himself before others.
This area had originally been Demon Race territory, and Human Race Cultivators rarely approached it.
However, after the Demonic Beast Turmoil more than ten years ago, Crimson Cloud Mountain expanded several thousand miles northward. The place where Song Xuanfeng lived had now also become part of the territory controlled by Human Race Cultivators.
Over the past few years, Song Xuanfeng had repeatedly discovered Demon Hunting parties organized by Human Race Cultivators near the area. Some had even stumbled into the array Restrictions Song Qingming had set up back then.
Though those low-level cultivators had not broken through the Restrictions and discovered Song Xuanfeng's whereabouts.
As time passed, Song Xuanfeng found it increasingly unbearable and could only secretly send word to Song Qingming, far away at Crimson Cloud Mountain, asking for help.
Only after Song Qingming ordered that the hundred-mile area around this mountain be designated as a mineral vein and forbidden to nearby Rogue Cultivators did Song Xuanfeng