"Since you discovered this village and obtained two drops of Pure Origin Heavenly Dew from it, why didn't you search for other native villages instead of scouring the Nine Heavens, where astral winds raged?" Song Wen asked.
Ying Deng said, "How do you know I didn't search for other villages? I searched the entire area within a million li and found two more villages, but there was no Pure Origin Heavenly Dew there. Moreover, the natives in those two villages were far weaker than those in this one. The strongest among them were no more than at the Foundation Establishment Realm."
Song Wen's brows furrowed slightly.
"You mean that the villages without Pure Origin Heavenly Dew had weaker natives? Could this be related to the Pure Origin Heavenly Dew?"
"That is not impossible," Ying Deng said. "This village below may have obtained a drop of Pure Origin Heavenly Dew by some fortunate coincidence. They used that drop to increase their strength, then went on to find more Pure Origin Heavenly Dew. It is just that they consumed most of it. Therefore, wasting effort searching for other villages would not be wise."
Song Wen's brow creased ever more deeply, and he shook his head slightly.
Ying Deng's words were not without reason, but searching for Pure Origin Heavenly Dew amid the astral winds was like fishing a needle from the sea.
If he could find a native settlement stronger than this village, perhaps he could gather all the Pure Origin Heavenly Dew he needed in one go.
Besides, although Ying Deng had searched an area within a million li, he had overlooked one crucial issue—the direction of the astral winds.
If he followed the prevailing direction of the astral winds in search of native villages, the chances of finding Pure Origin