Tracking the Target

Su Fang sat cross-legged in his room, silently cultivating. He continuously absorbed the spiritual power of the [Creation Golden Core], using it to temper his body without pause.

With every breath he took, the Solar Stone in his hand and the Yin Baleful Qi drifting around him neutralized one another, yet also produced a wondrous reaction. Accompanied by a tremendous suction force, they continuously flowed into his body.

Su Fang used a Soul Art and discovered a strange soul.

Sensing that the person's soul seemed to be moving, Su Fang, who had been cultivating, instantly opened his eyes.

"When we were eating earlier, I sensed something strange about that guy's soul. Where is he going now?"

Su Fang was extremely curious.

After absorbing the spiritual power within the [Creation Golden Core], Su Fang's strength had already broken through to the fifth level of the Martial Soldier Realm.

Su Fang rose lightly to his feet, took some supplies he had prepared, and began heading in the direction that person was moving.

Who knew what that person was thinking? The place he was heading for was actually so far away.

After winding and turning every which way, the two of them had actually traveled several thousand meters away from the area originally meant for habitation.

Although Su Fang could not see others, he could still sense a soul moving not far away.

It was not that this Soul Art was particularly formidable, but because the Yin Baleful Qi within the Gods and Devils Cemetery was simply too abundant. A person's soul within it was like a blazing sun.

It was even more like a firefly in the dark night, constantly drawing his attention.

"I want to see just how you plan to shake off the evil soul attached to you. If one has not cultivated a Soul Art, then upon reaching the Martial Spirit Realm, they might only barely be able to resist that evil soul."

The other person moved with incredible speed. With a few dodges left and right, he ran several li away, occasionally looking back as though searching to see whether anyone was following him.

He ran for a while, then stopped for a while, seemingly terrified that others would discover what he was doing.

The man leaped high into the air and landed atop a Red Yin Tree. He quietly surveyed the changes in his surroundings, then seemed to mutter something under his breath.

"If I remember correctly, that person is a disciple of Violet Star Palace who entered the Gods and Devils Cemetery not long ago.

After so much time, there has not been much change in his complexion. It seems he must possess a treasure capable of resisting Yin Qi."

"If nothing unexpected has happened, there must be a tomb formation where he is headed that has been broken. Otherwise, why would he come here?"

As he spoke, the man nimbly leaped onto another Red Yin Tree. After several shifts, he unexpectedly arrived at a rather vast cluster of tombs.

At the foremost and most conspicuous spot stood a tombstone more than two people tall.

Yet the man did not even glance at the tombstone, as though its presence was nothing unusual to him.

After arriving before the tombstone, he lightly patted a protrusion on it. A huge opening then appeared before him.

Only after he had entered the tomb and some time had passed—

Su Fang, who had been hiding in the shadows, slowly emerged.

Using the crimson light that filled the sky, Su Fang quickly recognized the many words inscribed upon the enormous stone tablet before him.

"I am the founding patriarch of the [Clear Profound Sect]. My cultivation had barely reached the realm of creation, and I possessed the abilities of an immortal. Yet the years slipped away, and time was never merciful. By the time I comprehended the many mysteries beneath heaven, I discovered that the years had already passed."

"Thus, I erected this monument within the [Gods and Devils Cemetery], so that my unfilial descendants might have a place to settle down and establish themselves."

Below that, the tombstone detailed how the [Clear Profound Sect] had risen to prominence and how, under the leadership of this founding patriarch, it had marched toward glory.

Unfortunately, this person had likely been buried here for who knew how long. Su Fang had never heard his name at all.

Instead, the three words [Azure Profound Sect] on the tombstone stirred a fragment of information from Su Fang's memories.

"So this is the burial ground of the Azure Profound Sect, which once swept across the world!"

Seeing the words [Clear Profound Sect], Su Fang inexplicably thought of another person: Xu Zhiye.

If Xu Zhiye of the Dao Sect was a peerless genius who suppressed an era, then the [Clear Profound Sect] was a sect that could suppress an era.

The [Clear Profound Sect] produced genius after genius. Many imperial dynasties were even willing to expend vast resources just to send their princes and princesses there to cultivate, so that their own lineages could continue.

Unfortunately.

The years flowed on, vast as an endless river. How many beings could escape the erosion of time?

Thus, the [Clear Profound Sect] had long since been buried beneath the dust of history, leaving behind only a few legends.

Looking at the incomparably weathered tombstone before him, even Su Fang, who had lived two lives, felt an inexplicable trace of sorrow at that moment.

Then he pulled out his shovel.

"Senior, please forgive this junior's offense!"

As he spoke, Su Fang began wildly swinging his shovel at the ground to the left and right of the tombstone before him.

For a moment, dust filled the air!

Yet within the Gods and Devils Cemetery, an invisible mighty force refilled the dust Su Fang had tossed aside. In an instant, only Yin Baleful Qi remained around the tombstone, without the slightest trace of dust.

Su Fang, who had long known such a change would occur, was not surprised. Instead, he used the surrounding dust to conceal himself.

In less than several dozen breaths, after creating an environment from which he could spy, Su Fang began waiting silently.

He remained exceedingly curious about this senior brother and the many traces related to Yin Wraiths lingering upon him.

"Yin Wraiths—or rather, souls—are the most fundamental form of existence. Ordinary methods simply have no way of removing them."

"It was precisely because of this that the Specter was able to blind my five senses back then, leaving me unable to detect its existence."

"Since this senior brother chose to come here, he must have discovered something good."

Su Fang could feel the overwhelming Yin Baleful Qi around him crazily gathering into his physical body.

Meanwhile, the Solar Stone in his hand emitted a faint fiery-red glow, attempting to block off the Yin Baleful Qi.

But after Su Fang activated the spiritual power of the [Creation Golden Core] within his body, the energy produced by the two actually began crazily pouring into his body.

The ground below churned like turbulent waves, and the Yin Baleful Qi began to shake violently, rushing into Su Fang's body as swiftly as a river descending from the Ninth Heaven.

The Solar Stone refused to be outdone, continuously releasing its supremely yang qi as well.

"What is going on?" Su Fang was somewhat startled. He truly had not expected this sudden change.