Every trivial sound within a hundred li crowded into Chen Yan's ears.
The fluttering of mosquito wings, the croaks of frogs and cries of birds, the sound of spirit deer racing through mountain streams, their hooves stepping into puddles or onto soft earth...
And all of it vanished the instant Chen Yan drew back his Spiritual Sense.
The world fell silent once more.
Chen Yan's thoughts raced as he considered his current situation and what to do next.
He absolutely could not act rashly.
He swiftly reached that conclusion.
Caution.
It was the most important lesson Chen Yan had learned after dying so many times.
The instant Chen Yan was reborn into this world, he immediately used the Hidden Immortal Art to conceal his true cultivation.
He set the cultivation realm he displayed at Martial Spring Realm Early-stage.
Chen Yan believed this was a cultivation realm that would grant him a certain degree of initiative without arousing too much suspicion from others.
Of course, there were exceptions.
For instance, places like Kunwu Continent, where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was exceedingly scarce.
Rogue Cultivators were regarded as utterly unforgivable villains there.
Kunwu Continent's cultivation resources were severely lacking, and cultivation could only rely on Spirit Stones.
Yet all spirit stone veins were entirely controlled by Immortal Cultivators.
Even if mortals discovered a Spirit Stone vein, there was nothing they could do to refine its Spirit Stones.
Compared to refining Spirit Stones, extracting the Innate Spiritual Energy from the bodies of those one had killed was far simpler.
That was why Rogue Cultivators on Kunwu Continent were so fiercely hated.
Of course, all of that had long since lost every trace of meaning.
Because Kunwu Continent had already become yellow sand, merely not yet forgotten by everyone.
But how