At the end of Red River Nine-Bend Bay lay an enormous lake. Clear water from melting snow on the mountains flowed into it and turned blood-red.
The lake's surface stretched for hundreds of kilometers, with no end in sight.
The moment Nie Yun arrived and glanced around, he could not help feeling helpless.
The vast lakeshore was already packed with people. Independent cultivators, noble clans, sects—countless forces had claimed advantageous positions in groups, guarding the huge lake before them as though it contained the most precious treasure in the world.
Nie Yun had expected that leaked news would draw quite a few people, but he had never imagined there would be so many. The sight was a dense sea of figures, at least tens of thousands strong!
Competing with tens of thousands for the Red River Spirit Blood... he truly had no confidence.
Shaking his head, Nie Yun stopped dwelling on their numbers. He had come here to find Tantai Lingyue; nothing else mattered. Obtaining the Spirit Blood would be a stroke of luck, but if he failed, he would not be disappointed.
"Is this the Red River Secret Valley? Shouldn't it be a valley? Why is it a lake?"
"I'm not too sure of the exact reason either!" Meng Jiang explained, then continued, "It seems the last Brocade Buckle has yet to be released. Let's wait a while!"
"Alright!" everyone answered at once, finding a suitable spot and no longer advancing.
The Brocade Buckles were said to be the keys to opening the Red River Secret Valley. The lake was currently calm and without a ripple, with no changes whatsoever. There was only one possibility: the final Brocade Buckle had not yet been offered.
"You wait here. I'll go take a look around!"
Nie Yun's purpose differed from the