Yellow sand filled the sky, wild winds howled, and grit whirled wildly through the air.
The yellow sand blotted out the clouds and sun, leaving heaven and earth an endless expanse of gray.
The raging sand struck Song Wen's mana shield, producing piercing screeches.
Seeing that Du'e had not followed him, Song Wen finally let out a long breath.
To ensure he could obtain the Bodhi Spirit Stamen smoothly, he had made quite a few preparations, yet none of them seemed to have been needed.
The one who had gone to trade with the monk Mingxin had been the Heaven-and-Earth Avatar.
After obtaining the storage pouch containing the Bodhi Spirit Stamen, the avatar had injected a strand of corpse qi into Hui Zhen's body, solely to delay Du'e.
Then, the avatar had traveled more than two thousand li south, arriving in this land of sky-filling yellow sand, where Song Wen's true body had been waiting.
This was the heart of the desert, where wind and sand tangled year-round, dancing madly without cease.
Song Wen had originally intended to use this place to shake off Du'e. Who could have expected that Du'e did not seem to have pursued him at all?
Yet he did not immediately leave this region of boundless yellow sand. Instead, he found a dune, buried himself beneath the sand, reined in all his aura, and hid.
Several days later, Song Wen released the Shadow King Gu and searched the surrounding ten thousand li. Only after confirming that nothing was amiss did he emerge from the dune.
As he sped through the sky full of flying grit, Song Wen's brows furrowed slightly.
He was considering where he should go.
He certainly could not return to the cave dwelling he had rented in Cloud-Hidden City.
Moreover, that cave dwelling