The shadows of the leaves stirred by the night breeze swayed gently across the courtyard floor.
From time to time, those shadows fell upon the handsome man in the ink-wash Daoist robe, lending his attire an even more evocative air.
Chen Yan, who stood opposite him at the courtyard entrance, wore a pitch-black Daoist robe instead.
Any light or shadow that fell upon him seemed to be swallowed whole.
Chen Yan looked at the Void Return Realm cultivator before him and smiled faintly.
"I haven't asked you yet, Senior Shan. You're a cultivator from the Yellow Heaven Region. As far as I know, the distance between the Yellow Heaven Region and the Southern Bright Region should be over a hundred million li, and Forgotten River City ought to be utterly insignificant to a Void Return Realm cultivator like you..."
Chen Yan paused briefly as he spoke, narrowing his eyes slightly.
"Senior Shan, what exactly brought you to Forgotten River City?"
"..."
Shan Chong did not answer Chen Yan's question immediately. He seemed to be hesitating over something.
Seeing Shan Chong's reaction, Chen Yan first shook his head, then smiled and gently nudged his sword hilt with his thumb.
Naturally, such small movements could not escape the eyes of an Immortal Ascendant Realm cultivator like Shan Chong.
"Desolate Ridge."
Shan Chong spoke.
"Desolate Ridge?"
Wei Yi and Yin Changhe both froze briefly upon hearing the name.
Of course they knew what Desolate Ridge was. It was the former name of Qin King's Ridge.
Although vast numbers of demonic beasts gathered in Desolate Ridge now, and rumors even spoke of ninth-realm greater demons appearing within its forbidden zone,
apart from a few unusual spirit plants and mineral veins, there was little worth anyone's attention.
In most cases, Qin King's Ridge merely served