Chen Lin followed Xu Sulan for three full days and nights before he sensed her come to a stop.
They were now over a thousand li from the edge of the White Bone Wasteland. He could not help wondering how she had remained safe all this way.
There had been no shortage of monsters along the route. Even he had to handle them carefully, yet she had advanced without pause despite being only at the Foundation Establishment early stage. She probably had some special means.
After catching up a little farther, Chen Lin also stopped.
In the distance, a towering mountain covered in bones appeared before him. He could not tell whether they were animal or human bones, nor why there were so many. But none were ordinary bones-even from this far away, he could sense the powerful yin cold qi radiating from them.
Suddenly, Chen Lin frowned.
He sensed Xu Sulan begin moving again, heading straight toward the Holy Mountain.
It seemed her destination really was the same as Sun Yuliang's.
After a moment's hesitation, he followed, though he kept his distance rather than approaching her.
More than half a day passed before Chen Lin stopped again. He was now less than a hundred li from the Holy Mountain, while Xu Sulan had already reached its foot.
Here, Chen Lin could clearly feel waves of intense Yin-Cold Aura emanating from the Holy Mountain, invading his divine soul and causing considerable discomfort.
This made him wonder whether Xu Sulan, like Sun Yuliang, had been possessed and controlled by some heretical existence. Otherwise, with such a powerful aura radiating from the Holy Mountain, a Foundation Establishment cultivator could never have approached its foot.
After some thought, he advanced another few dozen li and found somewhere to conceal himself.
The mountain was