Mend Heaven Old Man's death had come as a surprise to Ye Tian. The old man had arrived quickly, and died even faster.
Ye Tian lowered his head and looked at the token in his hand. Its material was much the same as the Wooden Token he had obtained before; the difference lay in their colors. This Sect Leader Token was vermilion, while the token he had received as an elder of the Heaven Mending Sect had been black.
The character engraved in seal script at its center was still the "Mend" from "Heaven Mending," but unlike the previous token, its aura was stranger and more mysterious. It was as though power flowed concealed within it, yet upon careful inspection, it was no different from an ordinary token.
Of course, both tokens were now in Ye Tian's hands. Only the identity they represented had changed.
Ye Tian rubbed the two tokens in his hand, weighed them twice in his palm, and then put them away.
He had originally hoped to uncover some secret of the Profound Immortal from Mend Heaven Old Man's body, but he gained nothing.
Yet Ye Tian had always felt that Mend Heaven Old Man might not be dead. Even though the old man's corpse lay right here, and even his Primordial Spirit and cultivation had dissolved into the Dao before Ye Tian's very eyes.
Still, this strange thought lingered in Ye Tian's heart. After frowning, Ye Tian began to move.
Though this barren mountain looked desolate, to a cultivator like Ye Tian, the external environment no longer mattered much. He found a place and buried Mend Heaven Old Man's body there.
However, Ye Tian did not leave this place directly. Instead, he built a simple thatched hut here. The affairs of the world were tangled and