Song Wen emerged amid the waters of the Lake.
He immediately noticed several figures above, rapidly breaking through the water as they descended.
Shi Qi, Shi Min, Shi Sanniang, and six other Shi Family cultivators at the Tribulation Transcendence stage were among them.
Clearly, the snake venom in Shi Sanniang and the other three had been almost entirely purged. At least outwardly, there was not the slightest sign of poisoning.
There was also Ye Kuang, along with a middle-aged male cultivator Song Wen had never seen before.
This man's cultivation was infinitely close to the completion of late Tribulation Transcendence; in terms of aura, he was even a notch stronger than Shi Qi.
Song Wen instantly realized that this middle-aged cultivator was likely the Ling Xu Ye Kuang had mentioned.
And behind Ling Xu followed a woman.
When he saw her face clearly, Song Wen's pupils could not help narrowing slightly.
It was Yin Ling!
The female cultivator who had accompanied the immortal Su Dian at the Ascension Platform and sought to forcibly recruit Song Wen into Azure Purity City.
"I never expected Yin Ling to have entered the Return-to-Ruins Cave Secret Realm as well." Killing intent flashed through Song Wen's eyes and vanished.
The six Shi Family members and the three from the Purple Star Immortal Sect had arrived at the same time, but the two sides were clearly at odds. They kept a great distance from one another, faintly on guard against each other.
Both groups also noticed Song Wen.
Seeing him wrapped from head to toe in a black cloak, with neither his features nor aura discernible, all nine wore frosty expressions.
"Who are you, Your Excellency? Why are you here?" Ling Xu was the first to question him, his tone carrying the overbearing arrogance of one