Just as Chen Miao completed his possession, Chen Cang, the old patriarch of the Chen Family, summoned its current head to the Ancestral Hall. The Chen Family was the only incense-burning family in Cangzhou Prefecture City.
"While I was cultivating in the incense realm just now, I sensed fluctuations of incense smoke that did not belong to our Chen Family."
"Go investigate. Someone else from the Incense Way must have come to Cangzhou Prefecture City. Find out which lineage they belong to."
Surprise showed on Chen Su's face. After accepting the order, he reported another matter.
"Ancestor, Brother Xian has returned."
Hearing this, Chen Cang drew his gaze away from the memorial tablets in the Ancestral Hall.
"Did Chen Xian gain anything from his trip to Lanzhou?"
Chen Su shook his head.
"Brother Xian went with Kong Xunzhen of the Kong Family to the place where the Blood-Haired Fiend once appeared. But despite staying there for quite some time, he never sensed fluctuations from any other practitioner of the Incense Way in the incense realm."
"However, he learned from the Flying Corpse Lin Family of Jiangya County that an Incense-Burning Heir who had reached at least the Divine Descent level once visited Jiangya County. As for who that person was, we have no leads yet."
Hearing this, Chen Cang said evenly, "An Incense-Burning Heir with a family inheritance could not have left no clues at all."
"Presumably, that person was a lone practitioner whose family's incense smoke had died out."
"Chen Su, do you think that Blood-Haired Fiend might be connected to that lone practitioner?"
Chen Su considered it, then shook his head.
"That seems unlikely. Too much time passed between their appearances. Besides, that person was an Incense-Burning Heir at least at the Divine Descent level. If the Blood-Haired