A new top-tier spell [Proficient]! Further progress on precious herbs for Nascent Soul Formation

As the saying went, eight or nine things out of ten in this world failed to go as one wished.

Lin Chang once again felt the truth of heaven tormenting men and fortune toying with them.

After leaving the Mountain Valley that [True Person Lustrous Light] had chosen as his own burial ground, Lin Changheng had flown straight toward the headquarters of the [Iron Bone Gate].

Unlike the [Hehuan Sect], this sect had not relocated. Its headquarters remained at its old location, immediately west of the [Hehuan Sect]'s former grounds.

Although a little under half its territory had now fallen, turning the [Iron Bone Gate]'s domain into the border between the Jin and Yan kingdoms, it was at least still under Jin cultivators' control.

That was not the key issue. The key was that, through "questioning" some helpful people, he had learned that [True Person Stele-Splitter] of the [Iron Bone Gate] had not appeared in a long time. Officially, he was in secluded cultivation.

In reality, however, he might have fallen in some battle on the Golden Swallow Battlefield. The specifics had never been made public, for fear of causing panic and undermining the will to resist.

At that time, [True Person Stele-Splitter]'s cultivation had still been at the core formation middle stage peak.

He had made no progress since leaving the [Nascent Soul Cave-Dwelling Ruins], remaining firmly stuck.

Learning all this gave Lin Changheng a headache.

If True Person Stele-Splitter was still alive, things would be simple. He could go straight to him and trade, threaten, or entice him. There would always be some way to obtain the [Grand Teleportation Token].

But if the man was dead-

Then the [Grand Teleportation Token] would naturally have fallen into the hands of the enemy who killed him.

In that case, questioning