After returning to the surface, Lin Qing searched for Astral Gale Canyon while keeping an eye out for clusters of buildings buried deep underground.
There were quite a few such clusters, but not every one yielded anything for him.
Some had been hammered into the earth over the years as the Ruins repeatedly opened and closed. They had already been looted before that happened.
Others had been picked clean by cultivators with the same idea. Knowing there was little left on the surface, those people headed straight underground as soon as they entered the Ruins, tunneling through the earth in search of treasure.
During that time, Lin Qing encountered many other cultivators.
He had entered the Ruins intending to embark on a killing spree. But when he saw that most of these people, like him before, had been captured and brought to Sin Abyss, then had no choice but to hunt for treasure in the Ruins, he ultimately left them alone.
The world had no shortage of people who deserved to die. He was not dueling an Immortal King tomorrow, so there was no need to slaughter the innocent.
He could make up for the time spent here by killing a few more people on the battlefield later.
Ever since obtaining Myriad Transformations Devour Origin, Lin Qing had planned to go to the battlefield. There was no better place to put that Divine Ability to use.
But the battlefield was perilous. Lin Qing decided to wait until he broke through to the Immortal Realm and prepared some powerful means of staying alive.
After searching the Ruins for more than half a month, Lin Qing still had not found Astral Gale Canyon, though he had come across several untouched places like it.
Fortunately, the fallen cultivators had Storage Rings on them.