The divine sense sweeping through the cave found not a trace of Spiritual Power, not a wisp of Qi and Blood, and not the slightest fluctuation of a soul.
There was only dry dust, a few dead poisonous insects, and a shriveled piece of granite leaning against the stone wall. It had weathered for who knew how many years, and its inner structure had begun to rot.
The divine sense lingered on the granite's surface for three full breaths.
For those three breaths, the wilderness lay silent. Only the sails of the flying vessel high above snapped in the wind.
In the end, the divine sense found nothing amiss. It withdrew from the cave in disappointment and spread toward the depths of the Savage Marshlands.
Only when it had traveled far away and vanished beyond the horizon did anything change.
Beside the stone wall, the skin of that "shriveled granite" relaxed ever so slightly. It did not immediately come back to life.
Su Yueli knew all too well that the old monsters of the cultivation world were foxes that had grown cunning with age.
Today's search was only the beginning.
For the next three years, five years, perhaps even thirty years, this wilderness would be a meat grinder in the struggle between cultivators of the two nations.
Whoever lost patience and moved first would become prey for everyone else to carve up.
"An immortal warrior may have nothing else, but patience is one thing I have."
"If you're in such a hurry to gamble with your lives, I'll stay right here and wait you out."
Su Yueli murmured silently to herself.
Thump...
Her heart beat again, dull and slow.
The second beat came a full hour later.
The third came a year later.
Su Yueli slowly closed her eyes. Beneath