Nightfall.
Outside Black Dragon City, Azure Dragon Mountains.
The Mistless Zone was a safe area in the eastern outskirts of the city, located at the foot of the mountains.
A vein of pure-yang ore lay exposed here, capable of gathering in yin energy. Combined with the dangerous, secluded terrain, it had been transformed into a safe area by the martial artists of Black Dragon City's Yanei.
Most importantly, this place was still some distance from the Cold Mountain Goddess Temple, which put Lin Nan greatly at ease.
Lin Nan stayed in a small house within the Mistless Zone. He hung the jade talisman from a roof beam, then spread out the map and marked it bit by bit.
"The eastern outskirts really are much safer than the south of the city. Other than the Cold Mountain Goddess Temple, there aren't many evil entities in the other areas. Apart from midnight, there are rarely any wandering about."
There was neither wind nor rain that night. From the hour of the Rooster to the hour of the Pig, a full two hours, Lin Nan found only three wandering Corpse Ghosts.
"Looks like I need to find an infested area to check out."
Lin Nan circled a red cross on the map.
[Crumbling Grave Mound]
It was said to be a place where a village buried its dead. It had been assailed by yin energy year-round, and quite a few Corpse Wraiths lurked there.
With Lin Nan's current strength as a Viscera Realm martial master, dealing with a few Corpse Wraiths would be as easy as taking something from his pocket.
Having settled on his target, Lin Nan rose and headed outside.
His footsteps were light, like a dragonfly skimming water. He followed the winding mountain path and swiftly climbed onward, arriving at