"I'm preparing to begin refining the Void-Merging Origin-Breaking Pill. Come with me to Ice-Crystal Island."
Song Wen's eyes suddenly lit up, and an exceedingly enthusiastic smile spread across his face, like a brothel madam welcoming a guest.
"Since the fairy has invited me, how could I dare refuse? When shall we depart?"
"We can leave at once. But don't you need to pack? This trip may take two or three years," Ye Bing said.
"I do need to make some preparations. Fairy, please wait a moment."
With that, he plunged into the filthy water, passed through the thick sludge, and arrived at the cave dwelling he had previously carved out on Wu Yuan Island.
Without the support of an array, the cave dwelling had long since been filled with mud.
He made a circuit through the cave dwelling, then turned and returned.
Watching Song Wen leave and return so quickly, Ye Bing asked in confusion.
"What did you just do?"
Her divine sense had been watching Song Wen all along, yet she had not seen him do anything.
"Just retrieving a small item," Song Wen said evasively.
He had gone to retrieve the Shadow King Gu.
The Shadow King Gu possessed formidable concealment abilities, further masked by the rotting stench deep within the marsh sludge.
So long as it did not move, even Spirit Transformation cultivators would find it difficult to detect.
Song Wen did not want Ye Bing to learn of the gu insect's existence, so he had gone down personally to retrieve the Shadow King Gu.
Ye Bing curled her lip. "Gou Jun, I really don't know what you went through in the past to make you so guarded."
With that, Ye Bing moved and flew toward her Ice-Crystal Island.
Song Wen hurriedly followed.
Ice-Crystal Island.
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