Mutual Deception

"You, a dignified Golden Core cultivator, live on an island so devoid of Spiritual Qi?"

Looking at the small island with its sparse Spiritual Qi, Shan Yue asked incredulously.

Song Wen did not return directly to Extreme Yin Island, but stopped on an uninhabited island hundreds of miles away.

Before they even got their hands on the Hidden Soul Jade, the Xing Family sent people to track down Shan Yue, and they could come looking for them at any moment.

To be on the safe side, Song Wen decided to settle her Extreme Yin Island first.

Song Wen said, "This Non-Self island, but an uninhabited island. You will stay here for now, and I will come to pick you up after I obtain the Hidden Soul Jade."

Shan Yue's expression turned somewhat melancholy, like a lovelorn woman looking at a heartless man.

"You're as cautious as ever. Even knowing that the only one tracking me is a Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator, you're unwilling to take any risks. But have you considered that you've left me here alone? If the pursuers catch up, on this isolated island, I won't even be able to escape."

Song Wen raised his right hand and opened his palm.

A Shadow Gu lay in Song Wen's hand.

"You've seen this Gu before; it's Gu Worm at the Early Third Rank. If the pursuers are truly just Foundation Establishment cultivators, this Gu is enough to protect you."

Shan Yue looked at the Shadow Gu and sighed softly.

"Alright, as you say."

Suddenly, her tone softened.

"You'd better hurry up, I'm all alone on this island, I'll be scared."

As she spoke, she began to take off her clothes.

Her skin was thin and translucent, smooth and fragrant like snow.

She threw herself naked into Song Wen's Song Wen, her red lips meeting Song Wen.

The sky is my blanket, the earth my mat.

The next day.

Song Wen returned to his cave abode alone.

He took out the Alchemy Jade Slip Shi Bo and Shi Zhong's alchemy insights and began to study it carefully.

The refining of the Spirit-Sense Advancement Pill is quite complex, and among the third-tier pills, it belongs to the category of those that are more difficult to refine.

Fortunately, he had the Alchemy insights of Shi Bo and Shi Zhong; otherwise, Song Wen would have had no way to begin.

After studying the secrets of Alchemy for ten days, Song Wen took out the Pill Furnace and the Storage Bag given to him by Zhu Yin, and began to Alchemy.

The first batch took nine days to complete, but a slight error occurred during the final stage of condensing the elixir, Alchemy in failure.

The second batch also took nine days, but with the experience from the first batch, this time the core was successfully formed.

Song Wen put the pills into a jade bottle, meditated for several hours until his Divine Sense power recovered, and then took to Song Wen air to Limitless Island.

"Fellow Zhu Yin, I have successfully completed the task and the Spirit-Sense Advancement Pill has been successfully refined."

In a dense forest Shadow City, Song Wen handed the Spirit-Sense Advancement Pill to Zhu Yin.

Zhu Yin took the jade bottle, opened the stopper, and a cyan pill appeared in her field of vision.

The pills were round and full, brimming with Spiritual Qi.

Zhu Yin beamed, "I knew I hadn't misjudged you. Your alchemy skills are truly remarkable."

She raised her hand and handed over a domino, about the size of three fingers, pure white like jade.

"As per our agreement, I will give you the Hidden Soul Jade Concealing Jade after the pill is completed, but fellow Daoist, please don't forget the other condition you promised me."

Song Wen accepted the Hidden Soul Jade. "Fellow Daoist, rest assured, I will keep an eye on Si Xi for you after we enter the Rebirth Valley."

Zhu Yin handed Song Wen a black cloak.

"This treasure is a mid-grade magic Law Treasure. With it, as long as you act cautiously, Si Xi will have no chance of discovering you."

Song Wen took the black cloak, but before he could speak, Zhu Yin said.

"This item is a loan from me to you, fellow Daoist. Please remember to return it after your trip to the Rebirth Valley."

Song Wen nodded.

Zhu Yin said, "Extreme Yin, I trust you enough to entrust you with the Hidden Soul Jade and the Qi-Concealing Cloak. Shouldn't you make a promise to me in return?"

Song Wen understood that the other party was afraid of him, so they took the treasure but did nothing, and even absconded with the treasure before the Rebirth Valley opened.

"What kind of promise does Fellow Zhu Yin desire?"

Zhu Yin said, "I hope you can make Soul Oath that you will stay with Si Xi in the Rebirth Valley."

Song Wen said, "Fellow Daoist, that's asking too much of you. In the Rebirth Valley, accidents and dangers can happen at any time. How could I possibly make such Soul Oath? At most, I can swear to enter the Rebirth Valley with you. I can't make any other promises."

Zhu Yin was silent for a moment, then said, "Alright, as you say. However, I hope you will do your best to serve me. You will be rewarded handsomely afterwards. If you are perfunctory in your actions, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Following Zhu Yin's request, Song Wen made Soul Oath that he would not run away with the treasure before the Rebirth Valley opened.

Then, the two parted ways and went their separate ways.

Song Wen took off and flew to the uninhabited island where Shan Yue was located.

Upon reaching the airspace above the deserted island, Song Wen discovered that there was an extra person on the island, or rather, an extra corpse.

The body was still fresh; it had only just died.

Shan Yue stood not far from the corpse, watching in astonishment as it rapidly deflated, as the Shadow Gu was inside, gnawing at the flesh.

Song Wen landed beside Shan Yue and asked.

"Is this someone from the Xing Family?"

Upon hearing the voice, Shan Yue was startled at first, but after recognizing Song Wen, she looked at him with a reproachful expression.

Why didn't you make a sound?

"Your alertness is too poor; your attention was all focused on the corpse," Song Wen said.

"Your Gu Worm are amazing! This Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator from the Xing Family died at the hands of the Gu Worm without any resistance," Shan Yue said in amazement.

Song Wen glanced at the corpse and noticed that there was no storage ring on it. He then turned to look at Shan Yue, who was holding a storage ring in her hand.

"Is your Soul Lamp in your storage ring?" Song Wen asked.

Shan Yue shook her head. "No."

"How could there not be? Without the Soul Lamp, how could he have found this island?"

Shan Yue said worriedly, "I don't know either, or maybe he has accomplices?"

Song Wen raised his hand, took the corpse into his grasp, and used his Soul Search Technique.

After the soul search was completed, Song Wen said.

"On Limitless Island, there is a medicine shop called 'Treasure Pill Hall,' which is owned by the Xing Family. Your Soul Lamp was left inside the Treasure Pill Hall by this person."

The Xing Family opened the Treasure Pill Hall on Limitless Island not to earn Spirit Stone, but to collect unique spirit medicine and materials from the surrounding Limitless Island.

In fact, all five major powers have shops within each other's sphere of influence.

Shan Yue exclaimed in surprise, "The Xing Family owns properties on Limitless Island! What should we do? The people from the Treasure Pill Hall haven't seen this person return yet, they'll definitely send someone again. At that time, even you will be exposed."

Song Wen smiled faintly, flipped his hand, and the Hidden Soul Jade appeared in his palm.

"We've obtained the Hidden Soul Jade, the Soul Lamp is useless, and the Xing Family can no longer track your location."

Shan Yue stared at the Hidden Soul Jade in Song Wen's hand, her eyes immediately flashing with surprise.

At that moment, she felt incredibly relaxed, a feeling she had never experienced since Xing Gaohan's death.

Her eyes curved into crescent moons as she gazed at Song Wen. "How can I thank you?"

Her way of expressing her gratitude was simple.

She loosened her clothes and belt.

After a day of madness.

Song Wen pushed away Shan Yue, who was clinging to him, and put on his clothes.

"Come back to the island with me. You can cultivate on my island from now on. I need to remind you of something: Xing Yixuan has also come to Limitless Island. To prevent your whereabouts from being discovered by Xing Yixuan and the people of the Treasure Pill Hall, you are not allowed to leave the island without my permission."

Shan Yue rubbed her chest, where it was slightly red, a result of Song Wen pushing her away earlier.

She was quite dissatisfied with Song Wen's "changing attitude as soon as he was done with his pants up" approach.

As Shan Yue dressed, she muttered to herself, "So clueless about romance."

After tidying her clothes, Shan Yue asked.

"What is Xing Yixuan doing on Limitless Island? Is she here for me?"

Song Wen summoned his spaceship. "She didn't come for you. Let's go!"

Xing Yixuan's whereabouts were discovered by Song Wen through soul searching.

After she moved into the Treasure Pill Hall, Yuan Qing visited Treasure Pill Hall several times, suggesting there must have been some connection between them.