Toutian Leaves the Pass

Toutian's face was full of gloom.

For the past twenty years, he had spent every waking moment recovering his origin and studying the Heaven-Peering Compass.

Finally, heaven rewards the diligent; in those twenty years, he had managed to recover twenty percent of his origin, and he had also studied the Heaven-Peering Compass to a point of near-mastery.

The artifact spirit of the Heaven-Peering Compass had been completely activated by him, and with the assistance of the spirit, the power of the compass had skyrocketed.

He had emerged from seclusion only half an hour ago, and the moment he did, he couldn't wait to find Ye Lin.

However, without an Identity Token, he couldn't enter Ye Lin's residence at all, nor did he know anything about the situation inside.

Thus, assuming Ye Lin was still in seclusion, the foolish man stood outside Ye Lin's residence and shouted for a full half-hour, yet there was not the slightest movement from within.

This left him feeling very depressed; even during seclusion, a cultivator would be able to perceive the slightest disturbance in the outside world.

After all, seclusion was not death.

Could it be that Ye Lin has already come out of seclusion? That's not right. Didn't he still need the Stone Stele? If he came out, why wouldn't he look for me? Does he not want the Stone Stele anymore? Or does Ye Lin have no intention of paying me any mind at all? Strange.

Toutian looked at Ye Lin's residence before him, then shook his head and walked off to the side.

Finding a deserted spot, Toutian squatted on the ground and pulled the Heaven-Peering Compass from his robes.

"Artifact spirit, assist me."

As Toutian spoke, the Heaven-Peering Compass began to operate at full power, and wisps of karmic force began