Cangzhou.
A vast province connected to the Land of Chu, divided into five regions by a great river.
The river was called the Cangshui River. It originated in the western mountain ranges, flowed east all the way through Cangzhou, and ultimately emptied into the vast Eastern Sea.
The surging Cangshui River divided Cangzhou into five lands.
Each of the five lands had its own name: Beicang Prefecture, Dongcang Prefecture, Southwest Cang Prefecture, Nancang Prefecture, and Zhongcang.
Of them, Zhongcang was the most prosperous, the wealthiest land in all of Cangzhou.
Dingqing Peak, where the Sword Washing Pool was located, lay within Cangzhou's Beicang Prefecture.
At this moment, Jiang Ning's Primordial Spirit hovered above the Nine Heavens. The Heavenly Eye between his brows shone brilliantly as his gaze followed the invisible threads he had finished sorting, sweeping toward southeastern Beicang.
"Found it!"
His heart settled, and the Heavenly Eye between his brows had already locked onto a region.
Inside an underground Cave near the Eastern Sea.
The Cave was Dark and Deep, with no sight of daylight.
Yet at this moment, scarlet light seeped out from within it.
Jiang Ning saw thousands of human heads piled into a mountain inside the Cave.
Beneath the heads lay a Blood Pool glowing scarlet.
And beside the Blood Pool, a figure sat cross-legged.
It was a man.
A man of around twenty-seven or twenty-eight.
Handsome and spirited, with a bewitching allure.
The man sat beside the Blood Pool, scarlet strands of blood winding around his body.
The blood threads danced like spirit snakes, occasionally flowing into his nostrils.
Is this the culprit who slaughtered more than three thousand people of the Sword Washing Pool? Jiang Ning murmured inwardly.
At this very moment, he could see that every head in the Blood Pool was linked