The group stopped wandering around.
After the Pig Monster led them to an open area, they waited quietly.
The Pig Monster also reverted to the form of the Piggy Bank.
The Netherworld was unsuitable for cultivation. After studying some other items for a while, Chen Lin took out Yun Xiumian's Wooden Hairpin.
Ever since entering the Soul-Severing Continent, he had kept it in his sleeve, constantly watching for changes.
Back on Gourmet Island, he had once hired a veteran Nightmare Realm Explorer through Xue Wa to enter the Blood Handkerchief Scenario, where the explorer had successfully met Yun Xiumian.
The reply he received was to let this Wooden Hairpin absorb more Yin Nether Qi.
Yet he had never seen anything unusual happen.
Chen Lin toyed with the Wooden Hairpin as he recalled the past.
Yun Xiumian had spent a considerable amount of time with him, and he counted her as a good friend.
Unfortunately, her destiny had been riddled with misfortune. She had remained trapped in the Blood Handkerchief Scenario, and he had no idea how she was doing now.
Thinking of her brought Xue Wa to Chen Lin's mind as well.
That little girl of another race had probably exhausted her lifespan by now.
Her race had short lifespans to begin with. With Gourmet Island gone, her Food House could no longer provide cultivation resources either, making further progress in her cultivation difficult.
After more than two thousand years of cultivation, only a handful of his old acquaintances remained alive.
After all, those he had known back then were low-level cultivators in the Lower Realm. It was difficult for them to live very long.
His thoughts gradually drifted.
Chen Lin then thought of the Tavern Proprietress, Qiu Mufan. He wondered whether she was still alive and whether she had