Secret Surveillance
Led by the Shadow Gu, Song Wen found the cave with the array.
This cave was originally there, and the array within it had an extremely strong ability to conceal energy. If it weren't for the Shadow Gu's warning, Song Wen would never have noticed that someone was secretly monitoring him.
"It must be people from Limitless Island. Why would Limitless Island be monitoring Extreme Yin Island? Could it be that they already know that I killed Yuan Qing? But how did Limitless Island find out about this?" Song Wen had many questions in his mind.
To avoid alerting the two inside the formation, he did not rashly break the formation. Instead, he quietly retreated without disturbing them.
Song Wen took out the Message Jade Slip for the Shan Yue and sent a message.
[At midnight tonight, go alone to the cliff on the west side of the island. I will be waiting for you there. Be careful to conceal your presence and scent. Do not tell An Tong and her sister about this.]
After seeing the message, Shan Yue's expression turned somewhat strange.
"He actually wants me to go out in the middle of the night? Has he come up with some new trick?"
Shan Yue looked somewhat resentful; she harbored considerable dissatisfaction with Song Wen. Song Wen would summon her whenever he needed her, and then dismiss her afterward, seemingly treating her merely as a tool.
Midnight (11 PM - 1 AM)
Night had fallen.
At the foot of the cliffs on the west side of the island, waves crashed against the rocks, creating a thunderous sound.
The Shan Yue, draped in a black cloak, arrived quietly.
She looked around but couldn't find Song Wen.
She was filled with doubt, but remembering Song Wen's special instructions in the message to conceal her presence and aura, she did not make a sound.
Suddenly, a tiny Gu Worm crawled out from among the rocks and disappeared into the waves.
"Does Extreme Yin intend to operate underwater?"
Shan Yue blushed slightly, a hint of anticipation in her eyes, and then she submerged into the water.
The Shadow Gu seemed to be waiting for her on purpose, and its movement in the water was not fast.
Half an hour later, Shan Yue was surprised to find that, guided by the Shadow Gu, she had arrived at the deserted island where she had once stayed.
She met Song Wen in a makeshift underwater Cave.
"Extreme Yin, it's been a while since I've seen you. What do you want with me here?"
Shan Yue also noticed something was wrong.
If it's just for sexual pleasure, there's no need to sneak around and travel hundreds of miles to a small island.
"Extreme Yin Island is being watched; someone is secretly monitoring it. You and I must leave," Song Wen said.
Shan Yue had many doubts, but she didn't ask Song Wen what trouble he had gotten into, nor did she ask where he was going. She simply nodded slightly.
Song Wen summoned a small flying boat, took Shan Yue with him, and disappeared into the night.
As for the two sisters, An Tong and An Yin, neither of them mentioned them.
They relied on Song Wen's protection and enjoyed the rich Spiritual Qi on Extreme Yin Island, but they were of no value to Song Wen. Therefore, they should be prepared to be abandoned.
Before the arrival of the Shan Yue, Song Wen had already counted the three storage rings he had obtained from Yuan Qing.
First, there's Yuan Qing's.
What Song Wen was most looking forward to was the formula for the Natural Infant Spirit Pill.
The formula for the Infant Spirit Pill is recorded in a notebook, which involves more than seventy kinds of spiritual herbs. More than sixty of these herbs are relatively common, while the other ten or so are quite rare.
Of these rare spirit medicine, Yuan Qing possessed all but four of them in his storage ring, and he had at least two of each spirit medicine.
It is worth mentioning that there were also two * Earth Dragon Ganoderma.
Therefore, his statement to Zhu Yin in the seabed crevice that he had not found any more Earth Dragon Ganoderma was also a lie.
The four missing spirit medicine are: Spirit Candle Fruit, Third-Order Blood King Honey, Profound Ice Flower, and Purple Salvia Root.
Song Wen possessed third-tier Blood King Honey, so he only lacked Spirit Candle Fruit, Profound Ice Flower, and Purple Salvia Root.
Yuan Qing had already collected the former, but he planted it in the spirit medicine garden on Limitless Island.
In Yuan Qing's memory, Song Wen also obtained some clues about the Profound Ice Flower, that the Xing Family of Fangzhu City possessed this spirit medicine.
After Xing Yixuan arrived at the Treasure Pill Hall on Limitless Island, Yuan Qing visited her several times, all for the sake of the Profound Ice Flower.
Xing Yixuan, on the other hand, wanted to obtain the Cold Marrow Wood.
This is why Yuan Qing was extremely angry when the Cold Marrow Wood was taken away by Purple Cloud of the Two Forms Sect in the Rebirth Valley.
Initially, Si Xi's request for the Cold Marrow Wood was merely a ruse by Yuan Qing to deceive others.
Yuan Qing was devoted to body refinement. Therefore, he had a lot of pills and spiritual herbs for body refinement in his storage ring. Among them were eight Blood Jade Coral plants, which could be used to make Corpse Curse Water, enough for Song Wen to cultivate for nearly twenty years.
That black spear was Yuan Qing's Life-Bound Treasure, but it wasn't of much significance to Song Wen.
There was a Corpse Puppet in the storage ring, which belonged to Zhu Yin and was later seized by Yuan Qing; it was a Corpse Puppet at the Peak Golden Core Stage.
Yuan Qing himself did not refine corpses and did not possess any Law Treasure such as Corpse-Nurturing Coffin. Therefore, it was somewhat of a waste for him to casually throw the Corpse Puppet into his storage ring.
The Corpse Puppet still bears the soul imprint left by Zhu Yin after her refinement. If Song Wen wants to control this Corpse Puppet, he needs to erase Zhu Yin's soul imprint.
Song Wen's Divine Sense was comparable to Zhu Yin's, both at the Peak Golden Core Stage. Erasing it wouldn't be difficult, but it would require some painstaking effort.
The Corpse Puppet has a hole the size of a bowl on its chest, which can be repaired by consuming some corpse-path spiritual materials.
To Song Wen's disappointment, Yuan Qing's storage ring did not contain the Cultivation Practice Method for "Undying True Corpse Transformation".
Next up is Si Xi's storage ring.
What attracted Song Wen most in this storage ring were the complete sets of formations that had been successfully drawn.
Based on the different methods of deployment, battle formations can be roughly divided into two categories.
One type is a complete set of formations where the formation patterns have already been inscribed on the Formation Flags and Formation Plate.
This type of formation can be quickly set up by any cultivator with sufficient Law Power, as long as the formation Formation Flags and Formation Plate are refined.
The second type requires temporary inscription of array patterns.
Only array masters can set up this type of formation, and it is generally quite time-consuming; however, this type of formation is often quite powerful.
Within Si Xi's storage ring, there are three complete sets of formations useful to Song Wen: the <Netherconcealing Void-Spirit Formation>, the <Yellow Springs Ghost-Slaying Formation>, and the <Nine-Star Demon-Subduing Formation>.
These three formations are all exquisite, high-level third-tier formations, each possessing immense power.
The <Netherconcealing Void-Spirit Formation> possesses both concealment and defensive capabilities. Once deployed, it is difficult for even the Divine Sense of an ordinary Nascent Soul Cultivator to detect.
The Yellow Springs Ghost-Slaying Formation is a formation designed to trap and kill enemies.
The Nine-Star Demon-Subduing Formation is a formation that uses the power of stars to trap and kill Demon Beast.
The third storage ring contained only a Pill Furnace, a Jade Slip, and a Meditation Cushion.
These three items were obtained by Yuan Qing from the underwater tomb.
The Jade Slip are Jade Slip containing Alchemy insights left by the tomb's owner.
The Pill Furnace is a top-grade Law Treasure, extremely rare in the entire Heavenly Origin Realm.
The Meditation Cushion is a mid-grade Law Treasure used to aid in cultivation.
Perhaps it was because Yuan Qing had spent a great deal of money collecting the spirit medicine needed for the Infant Spirit Pill, while Si Xi was engrossed in array formations. Neither of them had many Spirit Stones in their storage rings, totaling only about forty Superior Spirit Stones.