A Thread of "Divine Sense" and the Second Stage of Divine Shadow Escape

"Shang offers his thanks for Envoy Ding's patronage!"

Shang Xiangyu knelt again. Ding Ze walked up before him and raised a hand to help him up. "Pharmacist Shang, there is no need for such formality."

Suppressing the greed in his eyes, Shang Xiangyu said, "To see the envoy is as if the Sect Leader himself has arrived. The rites cannot be neglected."

Ding Ze smiled. "This batch of Blood Food Pills is something the Sect Leader urgently needs for his cultivation. Since I have obtained them, I will not linger here any longer. Pharmacist Shang, until we meet again!"

Having said that, Ding Ze turned and walked out of the cave.

"Farewell, Envoy!" Shang Xiangyu called out. Once Ding Ze's figure had left the cave, he too walked outside, only to find the space beyond the cave empty. Ding Ze was already nowhere to be seen.

Shang Xiangyu turned his head and glanced at the attendants still kneeling in a mass on the ground. "You have all worked hard these past few days. Go and rest."

Hearing this, the attendants felt as though they had been granted a pardon. After kowtowing in thanks, they shoved and jostled their way out of the cave. Many had long since exhausted themselves to the limit, their steps already unsteady.

After everyone had left, Shang Xiangyu walked to a corner of the cave and pressed the enormous black stone back down, forcing the gurgling lava back beneath it.

Deprived of replenishment, the lava in the pit tunnel gradually dimmed.

Shang Xiangyu walked over to a large stone not far from the pill furnace and sat down cross-legged. Letting out a long breath of foul air, he muttered to himself, "After waiting all these years, the fourth layer of the Filthy Blood Divine Skill is