Yan Yiwen's Recent Whereabouts

"Yan Yiwen?" The old man thought for a moment, then asked.

"Do you mean the personal disciple of Tai He, the Nine Palaces Sect's Nascent Soul elder?"

Song Wen nodded.

The old man glanced toward the street outside the shop, then raised a hand and formed a soundproof barrier.

"I don't know much about Yan Yiwen. Since she formed her Golden Core eighty years ago, she has rarely appeared in public. Even many Foundation Establishment Realm members of the Nine Palaces Sect have never seen her."

"Do you know whether she's still alive?" Song Wen asked.

"She should be," the old man said, sounding uncertain. "She appeared within the Nine Palaces Sect a year ago."

"What was her cultivation then?" Song Wen pressed.

The old man shook his head. "I don't know. My information came from a Foundation Establishment Realm friend in the Nine Palaces Sect, and she didn't see Yan Yiwen herself. Even if she had, she probably couldn't have discerned her cultivation."

Song Wen pondered for a moment, then asked another question.

"How much do you know about Tai He?"

The old man's pupils contracted slightly. He seemed unable to believe that Song Wen dared inquire about a Nascent Soul elder.

"I only know a few things about Elder Tai He that are common knowledge," the old man said.

"Tell me in detail," Song Wen said.

"Elder Tai He is six hundred and fifty years old. He advanced to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage a hundred and thirty years ago and is renowned throughout the Cultivation World for his skill in drawing Minor Teleportation Talismans..."

The old man went on at length, but little of what he said was useful.

"What realm is he at now?" Song Wen asked.

That was the question Song Wen cared about most.