Just as Luo Hong had anticipated, this Mizong Forest had been built entirely by True Lord Wentian for the sake of the Guangyuan Heavenly Book.
He could deduce this so precisely because True Lord Wentian and Luo Hong were rather similar in some respects. All he had to do was put himself in the other man's shoes, and he could guess most of it.
Due to the differences in their cultivation systems, coupled with the fact that his Spirit Ascension Great Method had already succeeded, the Guangyuan Heavenly Book held little allure for Luo Hong, so he had not thought of it at first.
But when he put himself in True Lord Wentian's position, his first thought was not to desperately complete bounty missions like Barbarian Ghost and the others. Rather, he became greatly interested in the divine mechanisms of the Guangyuan Heavenly Book itself.
Simply put, working for it was impossible. He only wanted to make the Guangyuan Heavenly Book take his shape.
And once that objective was established, all the strange aspects of Mizong Forest had an explanation.
The jade slip also recorded that True Lord Wentian had deliberately spread the ancient map of Mizong Forest among the surrounding races. His purpose was to lure people in, trap them for a time, and then let them return with news of stable spirit apertures.
According to the records, this would cause the Guangyuan Heavenly Book to issue bounty missions concerning Mizong Forest. Moreover, since they involved stable spirit apertures, the rewards would be of the highest grade.
Naturally, all those bounty missions were ultimately completed by True Lord Wentian himself, allowing him to continuously gain opportunities to ask questions.
To put it bluntly, True Lord Wentian had been exploiting a bug in the Guangyuan Heavenly Book and fleecing it