After crossing the Nishang Mountain Range, Chen Lin used the Sword-Flight Technique again, taking the Lin siblings with him.
But he was in no hurry.
Whenever they encountered a settlement or city, he would go in and look around.
He gathered information while searching for Intentless Stone.
Yet he found nothing.
He learned neither anything about the Sword Woman nor the whereabouts of Intentless Stone.
In fact, no one even knew what Intentless Stone was.
The mark on the back of the scroll also seemed entirely ordinary. No matter what method he used, he could not make it react.
Chen Lin was rather disappointed.
Still, he had a feeling that the mark must contain a hidden world. He simply had not grasped the method to activate it and reveal what lay within.
"Could I need to reach the Grandmaster Realm?"
An idea occurred to Chen Lin.
But he could not be sure, and he had no Grandmaster to help him test it. He could only leave it for later.
Besides, even if it contained a hidden world, it would surely be related to the Intentless Sword. Since he could not find even a single piece of Intentless Stone, activating the mark would do him no good.
This left Chen Lin thoroughly frustrated.
Earlier, he had fantasized about Ten Thousand Swords Firing Simultaneously. Now he could not forge even one. What a joke.
They traveled in fits and starts.
Finally, half a year later, they reached the vicinity of Kaiyuan City.
Upon arriving, Chen Lin actually felt the apprehension of a traveler nearing home.
Rather than head straight there, he settled in a nearby town and continued gathering information.
After making inquiries,
he confirmed that there was only one Kaiyuan City here. There was no Broken Dream Mountain Range, nor any