An old acquaintance from a century ago

Song Wen took out seventy-two Superior Spirit Stones and placed them into the seventy-two grooves on the edge of the Teleportation Array.

Then, he took out the blood-red teleportation array disc and began to perform the array incantation.

As the Method Formula was cast into the Formation Plate, the array beneath his feet was activated.

The array patterns flickered with a blue light, which gradually intensified.

Suddenly, a blue light shot straight into the sky.

In the dazzling light, Song Wen's figure suddenly vanished without a trace.

The edge of Endless Desert.

Inside an underground palace.

Song Wen's figure suddenly appeared.

The teleportation spanned billions of miles, and Song Wen felt dizzy and his stomach churned.

He endured his physical discomfort and quickly extended his Divine Sense.

However, the palace was filled with an extremely dense ghostly mist, dozens of times denser than the ghostly mist near the reef mountain from which Song Wen had been teleported. Song Wen's Divine Sense could only extend a few feet before it could not be extended any further.

Song Wen remained calm, as he had anticipated all of this.

He headed towards the exit, following the location he remembered.

Stepping out of the inner hall and into the outer hall, the concentration of ghostly mist was much weaker, and the suppression of Song Wen's Divine Sense was also much lower.

His Divine Sense swept across the outer hall, then extended to the plaza outside the palace, and then to the entire underground cave where the palace was located, all of which were empty, without any sign of any living person or creature.

Song Wen emerged from the underground cave, traversed the long tunnel, and arrived at the surface, where he was greeted by an endless expanse of yellow sand.

He took off and flew towards the northeast.

Four days later, Song Wen arrived at East Birch Market.

Song Wen had cultivated in this market town located between the Beast Taming Sect and the Lei Clan for several years, so he was quite familiar with everything in the market town.

More than a hundred years have passed, and the market has not changed much.

It was still bustling and lively.

Song Wen wants to obtain the follow-up Cultivation Method of the <Corpse King Reincarnation Art>, and there are currently three different approaches.

First, according to Bie Chou, the former site of the Divine Blood Sect was in the Vast Azure Mountain Range.

However, the Vast Azure Mountain Range are vast, and even the three major demonic sects only occupy a portion of the mountain range.

Searching aimlessly, Song Wen spent his entire life searching, but he could never find the ruins of the Divine Blood Sect.

Song Wen guessed that the three major demonic sects— the Corpse Demon Sect, the Mysterious Yin Sect, and the Crimson Blood Gate —must have some clues about the ruins of the Divine Blood Sect.

Furthermore, one of the three major demonic sects even received a portion of the Divine Blood Sect's inheritance.

Secondly, Blood Brow.

Blood Brow was originally a Nascent Divine Blood Sect Nascent Soul Cultivator from Blood Cloud Cave. Furthermore, she had always harbored a great obsession with the <Corpse King Reincarnation Art>.

Therefore, she must know many clues about the Divine Blood Sect and the <Corpse King Reincarnation Art>.

Thirdly, the Longevity Hall.

Back then, Su Gan, the patriarch of the Su Clan of Clearpeace Mountain, and Qingyan nun of the Beast Taming Sect, entered the Longevity Hall Secret Realm and obtained the method of prolonging life— the Devouring Essence Array.

The Longevity Hall is clearly a subordinate force of the Divine Blood Sect. Therefore, it may contain clues about the <Corpse King Reincarnation Art> or the Divine Blood Sect.

Of these three clues, the information that Blood Brow knew was undoubtedly the most valuable.

However, Song Wen didn't know Blood Brow's whereabouts, or even whether she was alive or dead.

Regarding Blood Brow's whereabouts, the only person Song Wen could think of was Tai He, Nascent Soul Cultivator from the Nine Palaces Sect, who might know Blood Brow's location.

After all, when Song Wen left through the Teleportation Array, the two of them were together and had even reached a cooperation agreement.

A hundred years ago, Tai He was already Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator. It wouldn't be easy to get the whereabouts of Blood Brow out of him.

As for the first clue, it was too broad, Song Wen couldn't think of a direction to investigate for the time being.

Therefore, Song Wen decided to start investigating from the third clue.

Song Wen deduced that the ruins of the Longevity Hall should be located near the Beast Taming Sect.

He had some acquaintance with Zhou Siyi and Rong Jingyun, especially Zhou Siyi, who was trustworthy. Through them, he could investigate clues about the Longevity Hall from the ancient books of the Beast Taming Sect.

Song Wen disguised himself as a Golden Core Early Stage and entered a shop in the market.

This shop is located in a small alley, which makes it seem a bit remote, and it sells a wide variety of goods.

This shop secretly sells intelligence.

The shopkeeper was a slightly overweight female cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Realm. When she saw Song Wen enter the shop, she trembled slightly and hurriedly spoke respectfully.

"Senior, what brings you to our humble shop?"

"I need to ask you something," Song Wen said.

"Senior, may I ask?" the female cultivator asked.

"Do you have any information about Rong Jingyun and Zhou Siyi from the Beast Taming Sect?" Song Wen asked.

The female cultivator looked troubled. "Senior, these two are both Golden Core cultivators from the Beast Taming Sect. Our shop doesn't know much about them."

Upon hearing this, Song Wen was slightly pleased.

The female cultivator's words had provided him with extremely important information.

Rong Jingyun and Zhou Siyi are not only still alive, but they have also both advanced to the Golden Core stage.

"Tell me everything you know," Song Wen said calmly.

The female cultivator said, "Senior Rong Jingyun has already reached the Late Golden Core Stage and currently holds the position of Deputy Peak Master of Pill Peak. Senior Zhou Siyi has lived a secluded life since successfully forming her Golden Core sixty years ago, rarely appearing in public. Her current cultivation level is not well known to the outside world. This is all I know."

Song Wen nodded; the information provided by the female cultivator was sufficient.

"What is the current situation between the righteous and demonic paths?" Song Wen asked.

The female cultivator gave Song Wen a strange look, seemingly puzzled as to why Song Wen would ask such a well-known question.

"Since the five major righteous forces besieged the Corpse Demon Sect more than a hundred years ago, the righteous and demonic sides have been at peace for a century."

Song Wen raised his hand and waved it, and ten crystal-clear Spirit Stone appeared in mid-air and landed on the counter.

The next moment, Song Wen's figure disappeared into the shop.

The female cultivator looked at the ten Spirit Stones on the counter, and the corner of her mouth twitched involuntarily.

A dignified Golden Core cultivator, yet he can casually offer a mere ten low-grade Spirit Stone!

When Song Wen was forming his Nascent Soul, the island's Spiritual Qi was insufficient, so the cost was enormous, consuming more than four hundred Superior Spirit Stones.

Including previous expenses, Song Wen now has less than a thousand Superior Spirit Stones on hand.

After leaving the shop, Song Wen arrived at a small lake a hundred miles away from the Beast Taming Sect.

This place is very close to the Beast Taming Sect, and disciples of the Beast Taming Sect often fly over the lake.

Song Wen concealed his aura, stood in a dense forest by the lake, and took out Zhou Siyi's Message Jade Slip.

[Senior Sister Zhou, it's been a century! How have you been?]

After delivering the message, Song Wen stood quietly by the lake and waited.

However, one hour, two hours...

Ten hours later, it was already the next day, and Song Wen still hadn't received a reply from Zhou Siyi.

"What happened? Did Zhou Siyi throw away or lose my Message Jade Slip? Or is she in seclusion cultivating? Or perhaps she's Alchemy?" Song Wen wondered.

It is common for cultivators to miss the Message Jade Slip when they are in seclusion or Alchemy.

Having waited for almost a day, Song Wen decided to stop waiting and took out Rong Jingyun's Message Jade Slip.

[Elder Rong, it's been many years. How have you been?]

Rong Jingyun replied to the message quickly.

[You are Wu Sheng! No, I should call you 'Extreme Yin'. You actually survived and dared to sneak back into the Beast Taming Sect?]