On the twenty-first of June, in the barren mountains near Saltwater Ravine.
A gentle breeze blew past, lifting dust and leaves from the ground.
The grass swayed, bending slightly in the direction of the wind.
Without a sound, a figure quietly materialized from head to toe.
The figure who had suddenly appeared was none other than Fang Qianyuan. He still wore the gray-black robes common among rogue cultivators and a veiled hat, and stood in silence.
Another mountain breeze blew past, stirring the black gauze and faintly revealing the white mask beneath it.
Fang Qianyuan stood where he was, musing to himself. This should be the area. In theory, when a grotto-heaven world appeared here, the Spirit Taming Sect should have discovered it first, then explored and excavated it. Yet no accounts of it ever circulated elsewhere in Central Province. Most likely, those at the top forcibly suppressed the news.
Although Father came from humble origins, after that upheaval, he wandered the wilderness, stepped beyond his old circle of life, and came to know the world anew.
That was why he suspected his enemy might have one of three identities!
First, the elder stationed at the Stellar Origin Training Institute back then!
He oversaw the institute and could travel to and from the Golden Source Market District with ease. He might have inadvertently learned of Father's fortuitous encounter, conceived malicious intentions, and plotted against him!
Second, an Earth Rank expert from the Earth Baleful Gate, the Four Seas Trade Association, or some other organization in the Golden Source Market District-or even a rogue cultivator.
*During their occasional visits, they might have noticed Father entering and leaving the market district, buying and selling treasured materials an ordinary Human Rank Spirit Tamer should never have had access to. Then they followed the