Xun Er: Is This Ever Going to End?!

When they returned together to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, its surface was utterly calm. Xiao Yan instinctively sensed the aura within the spring water, but the excessively dense and icy water still kept his soul force outside, making it impossible to probe any deeper.

"Looks like I'll still have to go down there myself."

Xiao Yan shook his head. The Yellow Springs water was supremely yin and cold. If he did not have Heavenly Flames protecting him, he would not have even considered such a thing.

"Xun Er, there are two mountain peaks nearby connected to earth veins. Both are suitable for cultivation, so choose whichever one you like."

As Xiao Yan prepared to dive into the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, he could not help reminding her.

"Mm, don't worry, Xiao Yan-gege. Go ahead."

Xun Er put away that drop of Demonic Sage's Essence Blood. In truth, it was not as though she absolutely needed this drop of essence blood. As the Young Miss of the Gu Clan, Demonic Sage's Essence Blood was rare, but not so rare that she could not do without it. Once she returned to her clan, there were many ways for her to break through safely to the Dou Saint realm, and she was under no pressure of time. Still, since this was something Xiao Yan-gege had given her, refusing it did not seem right, so she accepted it.

Xiao Yan nodded slightly, but before entering the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, the matter troubling him was not yet settled.

On a flat boulder beside the Yellow Springs lake, Nalan Yanran sat with her eyes closed, her willow brows faintly furrowed.

A thread of cold qi wound around Nalan Yanran and the three-foot azure blade before her, growing increasingly dense.

Yet Yao Wan could tell