Identity Exposed

Song Wen curled his lip and did not let the Nether Fox out again.

If even a beast like the Nether Fox could tell this was a poison pill, its toxicity was probably no small matter.

Song Wen took out a jade bottle, put the two pills inside, and flashed out of his cave dwelling.

It was dusk. The setting sun blazed like molten gold, dyeing the horizon orange-red.

Song Wen looked up and saw Zhou Siyi on the mountaintop. He flew over to her and asked,

"Senior Sister, what has put you in the mood to admire the scenery up here alone?"

Zhou Siyi rolled her bright eyes at him.

"I'm hardly in the mood to admire anything. The Shadow Gu's growth has slowed noticeably lately, and I can't find a solution. I felt stifled, so I came up here to clear my head."

It had been many years since the Shadow Gu advanced to the third rank.

During those years at Song Wen's side, the Shadow Gu had eaten plenty of cultivator and demon beast corpses, along with all kinds of spirit herbs and pills. Its strength had barely grown, but those meals had greatly deepened its reserves.

After Zhou Siyi took over its care, the Shadow Gu she raised grew stronger quickly.

She had originally expected it to reach the middle stage of the third rank within two or three years.

Yet as time passed, its growth slowed noticeably.

Zhou Siyi could not help feeling troubled.

"Take it slowly, Senior Sister. There's no need to rush."

As he spoke, Song Wen took out the pill he had just refined.

"Senior Sister, have a look at this pill for me."

Zhou Siyi took it, examined it, and asked,

"Is this the Blood Demon Pill you refined using the