Source-Qi Death Domain.
In an earthen ditch at the foot of a mountain, Song Wen lay prone beneath a layer of yellow soil dozens of zhang thick.
Five thousand li ahead of him lay the valley where Azure Nether Hermit had said Six Baleful Hall was stationed.
He did not dare draw too close. After all, Six Baleful Hall's master, Wei Gu, also possessed a void demon—and one with late seventh-rank strength. Getting too close would make it easy for the other party to detect him.
A trace of impatience showed on Song Wen's face.
He had been here for half a year already.
For those six months, he had maintained this posture without moving a single inch.
Yet not a single person had emerged from the valley, leaving him increasingly vexed.
"Shadow Void, has no one entered or left that valley?" Song Wen asked within his sea of consciousness.
Shadow Void said, "No. From what I can sense, there is nothing unusual in the valley. It does not seem like a place where cultivators are stationed. Could Azure Nether Hermit have lied?"
Song Wen frowned slightly, his fingertips unconsciously grinding a grain of sand to powder.
He carefully recalled his interrogation of Azure Nether Hermit and felt that Azure Nether Hermit should not have lied.
But if Six Baleful Hall truly was here, how could there have been no activity for half a year?
Could Six Baleful Hall have already moved away?
Or were the people of Six Baleful Hall inside that valley, simply never venturing out?
For a moment, Song Wen could not make heads or tails of it.
I cannot keep waiting like this. I must find a way to learn what is happening in that valley, Song Wen thought.
Though he had made up his mind,