Blood Brow's sudden departure inevitably filled Song Wen with layers of doubt.
Yet not a single item in the cave abode had been taken away. The alchemy furnace, the formations for defense and isolating spiritual sense, the mid-grade magic treasure meditation cushion—all remained exactly where they had been.
Moreover, Song Wen was currently breaking through a cultivation bottleneck.
Thus, Song Wen did not dwell on it too much.
The breakthrough process lasted a full six months.
During that time, more than two hundred high-grade spirit stones were consumed before the requirements for a Nascent Soul advancement were met.
Song Wen opened his eyes and rose to his feet.
Having only just advanced, his cultivation had yet to stabilize. Ordinarily, he should have cultivated diligently for some time.
However, this was Blood Brow's cave abode. Song Wen did not wish to remain here for long, so he decided to return to Azure Gauze Mountain before entering seclusion for focused cultivation.
Blood Brow had not returned since leaving half a year ago.
"Where did Blood Brow go? Could dual cultivation with me have made her feel embarrassed, leaving her unwilling to face me? But judging by Blood Brow's usual conduct, she did not seem like someone so bashful?"
Song Wen shook his head, no longer dwelling on it, and strode toward the exit of the cave abode.
The moment he stepped out of the cave abode's formation barrier, he tried to summon back the Shadow Gu.
However, the Shadow Gu gave no response at all.
In the unseen depths, he could sense that the Shadow Gu had not died, but seemed to have been trapped by something.
Song Wen frowned, and a bad premonition rose in his heart.
His body turned into a streak of light as he prepared to flee this