As Song Wen focused on planting spiritual sense marks on the high-level cultivators leaving the city, Shadow Void's voice suddenly rang out in his sea of consciousness.
"Master, Rong Shao has made a move."
At those words, Song Wen immediately turned his spiritual sense toward him.
Rong Shao had left the valley, though he had once again taken the underground passage to slip back into the Dan Estate within the market.
Then, wearing a black cloak and a mask, he left the Dan Estate.
Rong Shao threaded through the market's streets and alleys, finally leaving through its western side and making his way through the mountain ridges at an unhurried pace.
Song Wen immediately understood. Rong Shao was coming to meet him.
Just as Song Wen had expected, Rong Shao soon stopped beside a small river-the very meeting place Song Wen had specified.
Though the river was narrow and winding, Rong Shao's early Mahayana stage cultivation allowed his spiritual sense to cover its entire length. Yet he found no trace of Song Wen.
Rong Shao did not grow anxious, however, and simply stood there waiting.
Thinking Rong Shao might have discovered something, Song Wen considered briefly and decided to meet him after all.
But he did not rashly expose himself to prying eyes.
Instead, like Rong Shao, he donned a pitch-black cloak before making his way through the mountain ridges.
When Song Wen suddenly appeared, his entire body shrouded in a black cloak, wariness surfaced in the eyes behind Rong Shao's mask.
"May I ask if you are Senior Extreme Yin?"
"It is me," Song Wen said, removing his hood to reveal his face.
A wave of baleful aura surged from Song Wen, however, enveloping both him and Rong Shao to prevent passersby from witnessing their meeting or overhearing their