"Xugeng, was everything Mi He said true?" Song Wen asked Xugeng within his sea of consciousness.
To let Xugeng hear Mi He's words, Song Wen had deliberately opened his sea of consciousness, allowing Xugeng to sense everything outside.
Xugeng said, "It seems your guess was correct. Blood Year is most likely Fallen Immortal Blood. Mi He was not lying; Fallen Immortal Blood indeed possesses no intelligence and cannot be bound as a spirit beast. The concealment formation she mentioned should be the Blood Shadow Formless Array. I brought this formation down from the upper realm. It cannot block cultivators' spiritual sense, but it can deceive Fallen Immortal Blood's perception."
Not long afterward, thick fog appeared before Song Wen and Mi He.
"Extreme Yin, once we pass through this fog, we will reach Year Mountain," Mi He said as she flew into the mist.
Song Wen followed close behind and asked, "Fellow Daoist Mi He, what kind of formation is this fog?"
"It is merely an ordinary illusion formation, meant to prevent outsiders from spying on Year Mountain." Mi He did not seem inclined to elaborate and answered casually.
"Your sect uses only an illusion formation to confine Blood Year. Aren't you afraid it might suddenly lose control and slaughter your sect's disciples?" Song Wen asked.
Mi He said, "As long as Blood Year is not disturbed during its slumber and is given enough blood food each time it awakens, it will not lose control. And even if it does, as long as it is fed in time, it will fall asleep again."
"She did not tell the whole truth." Xugeng's voice suddenly rang out in Song Wen's sea of consciousness. "This fog should be a combination of a fourth-rank illusion formation and the Blood Shadow Formless Array. It can both