Shattered-jade light surged through Wushan Valley, and Song Yan appeared there.
But the mysterious figure was already nowhere to be seen.
Although this place lay within the Chu Kingdom, he judged that the Sword Sect's mountain gates should stand where Lin Province of the Chu Kingdom, Qi Province of the Ning Kingdom, and Yang Province of the Yue Kingdom met.
They lay in the deepest reaches of the Qingweiwu Mountain Range, and the sect-protecting formation contained binding, maze, and illusion formations alike.
Mortals could hardly set foot there, and cultivators without guidance could not find it either.
Wushan Valley was merely the exit of a teleportation route from one of the mountain gates.
He looked at the Jade Seal in his hand, his feelings complicated.
Passing through Lin Province this time, he had wanted to seek out his grandfather's past, only for events to turn out entirely beyond his expectations.
His grandfather had temporarily lived in the thatched shed in Wuzhiping back then, falsely claiming that it was their ancestral home. Clearly, there had been a deeper meaning to it.
Now it seemed highly likely that the old man had known about the Sword Sect, and might even have had some connection with the Straw-Cloaked Old Man.
Yet countless questions about his grandfather remained unanswered for now.
"Forget it. I should head back first, before Xiao He and Xiao Ju grow anxious waiting."
All in all, this trip had still been a welcome one.
Not only had he stumbled upon the Sword Sect ruins through a fortunate coincidence, but his cultivation had also broken through to the ninth layer of Qi Refining.
Although he had not managed to enter the Inner Sect and investigate, obtaining this Jade Seal and the Sword Qi Pill Furnace was already a considerable haul.
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