"Eh! Where's Granny?"
Seeing Tao Yu's anxious expression, Song Qingming immediately put away the Jade Slip in his hand.
"Elder Jin Yue had business elsewhere. She told you to remain at Qingyun Mountain for now and not leave without permission."
"What? Why did Granny leave me behind again?"
"..."
After giving that instruction, Song Qingming handed Tao Yu over to Huang Siyuan and returned alone to the cave abode at the mountaintop.
Over the following days, Song Qingming was so engrossed by the scroll that he scarcely left his cave dwelling, devoting himself wholly to studying the Formation Canon it contained.
The Formation Canon Granny Jin Yue had obtained was written sixty thousand years ago by a Nascent Soul Loose Cultivator from Leiyuan Sea. His Formation Skill had already reached the level five mid-grade realm.
He was also one of the rare extraordinary figures in the Cultivation World who, as a Rogue Cultivator, had elevated his formation arts to such a level.
Although quite a few Ancient Array Formation canons had survived to the present day, many of the rune materials within them had already been lost, making it difficult to find suitable spiritual substitutes now.
The Formation Canon Song Qingming had obtained in the immortal residence at Falling Star Sea years ago had been in precisely that condition.
Yet this Nascent Soul Loose Cultivator from Leiyuan Sea had not only recorded many ancient formations that had already been lost, but also added numerous personal insights and substitute rune materials.
Having encountered such a fascinating canon at last, Song Qingming immersed himself in it heart and soul.
It was not until half a year later that he emerged from his cave abode, his face brimming with confidence.
At the mountaintop, within the Immortal Gathering Pavilion.
Since Song Qingming's cultivation