Song Wen used several eighth-tier Earth-Escape Talismans in succession, exhausting every one he had.
Even he had no idea how far he had traveled underground.
Only then did he disguise himself as an elderly Body Integration Realm cultivator and emerge from beneath the earth.
He was no longer in a desert where yellow sand filled the sky, but amid mountains blanketed in dense forests.
Song Wen surveyed his surroundings. He found neither a living person nor even a demonic beast of any notable rank.
He had hoped to find someone to ask for information, and this left him somewhat disappointed.
"Something's wrong!"
Song Wen's expression suddenly grew solemn.
He noticed that the surrounding air contained no Immortal Spiritual Qi, only a faint trace of spiritual qi.
What's going on?
Could this place be too close to the desert for Immortal Spiritual Qi to exist here?
Unable to determine the reason, Song Wen could only fly toward an area with denser spiritual qi.
To avoid exposing his true cultivation, he kept his flight slow, traveling only at the speed of an Integrated Body Realm Cultivator.
After several days, he finally encountered living people, though they were merely a group of mortals.
It was a mortal village with several thousand inhabitants. Thanks to the adequate spiritual qi, its fields produced abundant harvests, allowing the villagers to live and work in peace.
Song Wen did not disturb these mortals.
Since there was a mortal village here, larger cities of the Human Race should be nearby.
Song Wen swept over the village and traveled another several thousand li.
Along the way, villages grew increasingly dense, and some cities appeared. He occasionally spotted low-level cultivators as well.
*Why does this Immortal Realm feel so little different from the Profound Realm? Still, the spiritual qi is