Inside Outer Lake Cave Abode No. 98.
"Has Zhaoli sent a letter?"
Lin Changheng raised his brows slightly, already having a guess.
Whenever he went into seclusion, he left his [Purple Pole Sect] token with Yan Mingyi, precisely to prepare for situations like this.
He had also entrusted her with handling the "blood donation duties" of the [Deep Lake Spirit Clam] and [Black-Armored Earth Turtle].
"That's right." Yan Mingyi smiled and handed him a letter.
"Where is Deng Changsheng?"
Rather than opening the letter immediately, Lin Changheng asked Yan Mingyi another question.
Not counting his brief return midway, Deng Changsheng had been gone for over five years.
It seemed he had only returned to report after collecting all one thousand portions of [turbid baleful essence blood].
Meanwhile, the fighting on the Beast Tide front had largely drawn to a close. The [Azure Rosy Clouds Temple] had led the cultivators in pushing the battle line back another fifty-odd li before reaching a stalemate.
Although several hundred li of territory remained overrun, they had no plans to advance again, and the opposing Beast Tide showed no signs of gathering for another assault.
He did not know whether the street rumors were true-that the Core Formation True Persons of the [Azure Rosy Clouds Temple] had reached an agreement with the high-tier Demon Beasts in the Savage Wastes to end hostilities.
Overall, however, the [Azure Rosy Clouds Temple] had suffered staggering losses, yet this great sect had truly held its nose and swallowed them.
That meant the Frontier Reclamation cultivators who had died earlier... had died for nothing.
This gave Lin Changheng an even deeper understanding of the talk of a "man-made calamity" he had heard before.
"He rented a courtyard in the Immortal City's Inner City and settled there. He also left