It was the period of the "Black Moon," when the energy of Taiyin was at its peak. Yu Ci paced slowly around the perimeter of the Black Moon Ring Array. Dozens of miles away lay the Ghost Pool, where Tie Lan and Kou Chu were cultivating. Yu Ci had originally been with them, but as a message arrived from a distant place, he had to concentrate and handle it for a while.
Now he was ninety percent sure he could lure Black Robe into that ruin to probe the bottom of the so-called Ten Directions Great Venerable. If they conveniently ended up in a mutual destruction scenario, that would naturally be best. That way, he would have a firmer grasp regarding the Yellow Springs Secret Mansion.
Stopping in a secluded spot, Yu Ci leaned against a giant tree and sat cross-legged, plunging the majority of his focus over to that side.
If the first half-true, half-false act could still fool Black Robe, making him not suspect anything during the current substantive stage would be rather difficult. Yu Ci could only control Ling Xi Wanderer's consciousness as much as possible to avoid falling short at the final hurdle.
The travel speed of Longevity True Man was truly remarkable. Carrying Ling Xi Wanderer on the journey, a distance of over ten thousand miles was covered in a single day. Through Ling Xi Wanderer's perspective, Yu Ci saw that the mining area through the newly opened region was utterly unrecognizable. Since he had left last time, it had evidently gone through several more large-scale conflicts; severed limbs and wreckage could be seen everywhere. The original terrain had also changed, and the first half of that tunnel had been directly collapsed by shockwaves.
This was fine as well; those juniors who hadn't even learned