Azure Astral Movement Talisman

Song Wen followed the Vertical Tunnel straight up and soon arrived at the mine shaft above.

With a sudden thought, he took out Chu Lingyun's body.

Song Wen had used Binding Soul Technique on the corpse, Chu Lingyun's soul was still trapped inside. Therefore, a soul search could be performed.

From Chu Lingyun's memories, Song Wen learned the reason why Chu Lingyun and Cui Yan joined forces.

Chu Lingyun, carrying the Limitless Island, has long been secretly colluding with the Cui Family.

He discovered by chance that a lake of molten lava was hidden deep underground on Mist-Hidden Island.

After he informed the Cui Family of this, the Cui Family's higher-ups suspected that the magma contained Yin Spring Stone.

Yin Spring Stone is a fourth-tier Ghost Dao spiritual material, a treasure used to enhance the strength of ghosts.

Therefore, Chu Lingyun plotted to frame the Tang Family, intending to seize Mist-Hidden Island, but in reality, he wanted the Yin Spring Stone in the underground Lava.

As for Jing Kai, Chu Lingyun had also secretly sent people to try to eliminate him.

However, after being rescued by Song Wen, Jing Kai was seriously injured and had been recuperating in his cave abode after returning to Limitless Island.

The people Chu Lingyun sent out simply couldn't find an opportunity to make a move.

Therefore, Chu Lingyun and Cui Yan never knew that Song Wen was the person they were looking for.

For this reason, neither of them ever had the idea of killing Song Wen.

On the contrary, they also had the idea of winning over Song Wen. After all, a third-level Alchemist with superb alchemy skills is a rare talent.

Chu Lingyun is an inner sect Golden Core elder of Limitless Island, and the Cultivation Method he practices is the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art>.

After absorbing his Essence Blood and soul, Song Wen's cultivation level advanced further.

Song Wen looked at the Vertical Tunnel in front of him, pondered for a moment, and then jumped into it.

After descending more than thirty li, Song Wen arrived at the middle of the Vertical Tunnel.

He summoned the Void-Breaking Blade and cut out square strips of stone, each ten feet wide, from the rock face.

Then, grooves were cut at both ends of the Vertical Tunnel, and rectangular stones were placed horizontally in the grooves.

In this way, Song Wen cut hundreds of long stones and backfilled the Vertical Tunnel several miles long.

Then, he smashed the rocks on both sides of the Vertical Tunnel, and the rocks fell down, gradually burying the Vertical Tunnel.

At the very top of the Vertical Tunnel, he dug out a huge rock more than ten feet thick and sealed the entrance.

The underground lava lake contains Yin Spring Stones, which can be used to enhance the strength of ghosts; they should not be easily given up.

Although Chu Lingyun and Cui Yan had searched, the time was too short, and the Lava's suppression of Divine Sense power was too strong. Therefore, the two only found a very small part of it.

Otherwise, Chu Lingyun wouldn't have gone to such lengths to seize Mist-Hidden Island; he had a long-term plan to mine Yin Spring Stones. Moreover, with Yin Fire Magma present, Yin Spring Stones would gradually be formed.

Song Wen planned to secretly search for Yin Spring Stones again when the storm had passed and the stone was scarce.

Having done all this, Song Wen walked along the mine shaft toward the exit.

He had just flown out of the deep pit at the mine exit when he heard Chu Qian's voice.

"Extreme Yin, you've come out. Why hasn't my father come out?"

Chu Qian stood atop the deep pit on his sword, seeing that only Song Wen had emerged. His gaze remained fixed on the pit below, clearly anticipating his father's return.

"Your father and Senior Cui are behind us, they'll be up shortly," Song Wen replied casually.

As he spoke, Song Wen's Divine Sense swept across the entire basin.

The basin was no more than a hundred miles in circumference, and the deep pit was located in the center of the basin. With the help of the Shadow Gu released in secret, Song Wen quickly took in the entire basin.

There are a total of five cultivators in the entire basin.

Besides Chu Qian, there were four other Miao Family Foundation Establishment cultivators scattered throughout the basin.

A flash of cold light, Void-Breaking Blade suddenly shot out.

A look of terror flashed in Chu Qian's eyes. Before he could react, his head was severed with a single stroke.

The four Miao Family cultivators died at the hands of the Shadow Gu.

After devouring the souls and Essence Blood of the five people and reducing them to ashes, Song Wen took to the air and left Mist-Hidden Island.

Song Wen returned directly to Extreme Yin Island.

He contacted the Shadow Gu left on the island and confirmed that everything on the island was fine during the days he was away, and that An Tong and An Yin had not done anything unusual. Only then did Song Wen arrive at the cave abode he had created.

After setting up the <Netherconcealing Void-Spirit Formation>, Song Wen began to check Cui Yan and Chu Lingyun's storage rings.

What particularly interested Song Wen in Chu Lingyun's storage ring were the three cyan talismans that Chu Lingyun had used.

This talisman is named 'Azure Astral Movement Talisman', a rare fourth-tier talisman. It contains Azure Nether Astral Winds that can greatly enhance a cultivator's speed for up to thirty breaths.

Next is Cui Yan's storage ring, which contains many treasures.

First, there was that World-Fallen Lotus.

Then there's Cui Yan's Life-Bound Treasure, the Ghost Banner.

The fourth-tier Ghost Emperor within the Ghost Banner has perished, but the Ghost Banner itself contains a vast amount of Ghost Banner energy and is of exceptional quality. Song Wen plans to use it to reforge the Yin Soul Banner in his spare time.

It is worth mentioning that Song Wen found a total of twelve Yin Spring Stones in the two people's storage rings.

After checking his storage ring, Song Wen began to heal his injuries.

In an attempt to stop Cui Yan from escaping, he activated the Blood Sea Seal and clashed head-on with Cui Yan, resulting in him suffering severe internal injuries.

Ten days later, with the help of healing pills, Song Wen's injuries had basically recovered.

During his recovery, Song Wen discovered that after absorbing the souls of Cui Yan and others, his Divine Sense once again showed signs of breaking through to a higher level.

After his previous failed attempt to break through his Divine Sense, Song Wen knew that raising his Divine Sense to the Nascent Soul Realm would be no easy task.

Therefore, he did not go into seclusion to break through, but planned to devour some more souls before making another attempt.

Song Wen left the cave abode and headed towards Limitless Island.

After arriving at Limitless Island, Song Wen first strolled around the market. Then, he took out Jing Kai's Message Jade Slip.

[Young friend Jing, how's the investigation into the Spirit Candle Fruit going?]

A moment later, Jing Kai replied to the message.

[This junior is ashamed. I was seriously injured in the Rotten Bone Mine and have been in seclusion to heal since returning to Corpse King Valley. I only emerged from seclusion two days ago. Therefore, I haven't had much time to interact with Han Wu. I apologize for my incompetence and ask that you forgive me, senior.]

[It's alright. Your injury is serious. If it leaves any hidden damage, it might be detrimental to your future cultivation.] Song Wen appeared considerate and caring.

Thank you for your understanding, senior. I will complete the task assigned by you as soon as possible.

After ending his communication with Jing Kai, Song Wen took out Zhu Yin's Message Jade Slip.

[Fellow Zhu Yin, I have obtained some information about Purple Salvia Root.]

"[What information?]" Zhu Yin replied.

[Fellow Daoist, have you ever heard of Illusory Spirit Valley?] Song Wen Wendao.

Just now, Song Wen visited several shops that sold information but couldn't find any news about Illusory Spirit Valley, so he asked Zhu Yin for help.

"Are you referring to the Illusory Spirit Valley Secret Realm of the Two Forms Sect?" Zhu Yin asked.

That's right.

[Is there Purple Salvia Root in the Illusory Spirit Valley?]

[This is the information I received.] Song Wen Wendao.

"Wait for me a moment, I'm going to the sect's Classics Pavilion to look for some books about Illusory Spirit Valley," Zhu Yin transmitted.