Yellow Springs

"What do you need a Dou Saint-level Tunling Clan Evil Core for?"

Medusa could not help asking in confusion.

"It's rather complicated to explain... Put simply, the cultivation technique I'm currently practicing may not be able to continue accompanying me on my path."

Yao Wan considered it. It was not that she particularly wanted to hide it from them; she was merely thinking about how best to explain. After a long while, she finally spoke with a trace of hesitation.

"What? No way. Did you suffer a cultivation deviation?"

Nalan Yanran could not help turning around at that, nearly making Yao Wan stumble and lose her footing.

Xiao Yi Xian gently took hold of Nalan Yanran's hand. "Nalan—"

Nalan Yanran merely shrugged. There was no reason to switch cultivation techniques when one was cultivating perfectly well. What normal person changed techniques for no reason? Then again, Yao Wan was hardly a normal person.

"It isn't a cultivation deviation, but I'm close to being unable to continue cultivating it."

"Could it be because of the Sacred Cangwu Tree?"

Xiao Yan asked instinctively. Yao Wan fell silent, then gently nodded.

"I don't think that's something that needs to be rushed..."

"But we should still prepare for the future. At the Dou Saint realm, every step is a hurdle. The road ahead will only become harder and harder. It may not be urgent now, but there will certainly come a time when it is."

Yao Wan naturally understood that Xiao Yan was worried about the unknown dangers involved. She also had a habit of putting herself in danger, so there would always be cause for him to worry.

As they chatted, Xiao Yan and the others reached the depths of the Beast Region's earth veins—the dwelling place of the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python