The cold wind howled, and sand swept across the sky. This was a desolate, uninhabited wasteland.
After several days of travel, Chen Fan, Old Yellow Tooth, and Bald Bird had finally neared the west. Once they crossed this vast desert, they would enter a new world—a way of life utterly different from the Central Plains.
"Ptooey, ptooey!" Old Yellow Tooth stepped into the desert without even using True Essence Power to shield himself, letting the yellow sand lash against his body without a care. Only when grains of sand blew into his mouth did he react.
"Old Yellow Tooth, are you really short on that little bit of True Essence Power needed to block the sand?" Bald Bird said disdainfully.
"Ugly bird, this old man wishes to enter the mortal world in the flesh." Having learned the entire process of refining an Artifact Heart from Bald Bird over the past few days, Old Yellow Tooth immediately began burning the bridge after crossing it.
"Damn it, how shameless! You called this old man Master earlier, and now you're actually slandering this old man?" Bald Bird was quite enraged. It was one thing for it to be shameless itself, but it had never expected to encounter someone even more shameless.
"Utter nonsense. This old man is upright and impartial, a man of iron bones and unbending spirit. When have I ever bowed my head to evil forces? You must have been hallucinating these past few days. It cannot be taken seriously." Old Yellow Tooth shook his head and waved his hands with a solemn, righteous air.
"Hehe, in a few days, you'll still have to come begging this old man." Bald Bird smiled smugly, full of confidence.
Chen Fan also understood where its confidence lay. The path of the Artifact Heart was