At dawn, as the sky had only just begun to brighten, a few fading stars were still set in the pale-blue heavens. The earth was hazy, as though veiled in a layer of silvery-gray gauze.
As the faint morning light had just sliced across the horizon, Su Fan had already entered the Gathering Yin Secret Realm.
Su Fan walked into the valley permeated with a gloomy aura and headed straight for the stone platform in its center, where he sat down cross-legged.
Today was the important day when Sister Zhen would awaken. He had been thinking about it constantly and had rushed over without even having breakfast.
"Kid, you came early..."
Just then, Evil Buddha Wang De's slightly hoarse voice came from the oil-lamp magical treasure beside him, which emitted a faint, ghostly glow.
"Senior, has Sister Zhen woken up..."
Su Fan hurriedly asked, his eyes filled with anxiety and anticipation.
"We'll have to wait a little longer. That girl slept for far too long..."
"Although the girl managed to survive and her ghostly body was temporarily preserved, she'll definitely be unable to advance any further along the Ghost Path in the future..."
Su Fan didn't feel particularly troubled by those words.
He knew that Sister Zhen's aptitude on the Ghost Path had always been mediocre. Even without this ordeal, she would have found it difficult to accomplish much on that path.
In fact, he had already made other plans and intended to have Sister Zhen try the Incense Path.
"Senior, I want Sister Zhen to try the Incense Path. Do you think it'll work..."
Upon hearing this, Evil Buddha Wang De fell into a brief silence.
"The Incense Path can indeed be attempted. As long as there are enough believers, that is. In any case, your secret realm is