The Jade Slip felt warm and smooth in his hand. The patterns carved into it were exceedingly archaic, and it looked very old.
Back in the cave abode on Xin Mountain, Song Yan had given it a cursory glance and decided to bring it back.
Its contents concerned demons and Spirit Beasts.
Its wording and writing style felt very familiar to Song Yan.
Many years earlier, at the Spirit Source Marsh Night Market, he had bought a book from Shao Sichao's bookstall called the Complete Record of Immortal Dao Scenery.
It was a book describing all manner of strange tales and anecdotes from the cultivation world of this mortal realm, recording countless mysterious legends from every corner of the land.
The Complete Record of Immortal Dao Scenery had borne no author's name, so there was no knowing which senior had written it or what their name was.
But judging by the writing, the contents of this Jade Slip were very similar.
Song Yan therefore suspected that the two works might have come from the same hand.
This Jade Slip began with a short preface, chiefly explaining why the book had been compiled.
At the end of that preface, a name had been left.
Liang Ze Rogue Person.
Naturally, Song Yan had never heard this name before, which was perfectly normal.
In the cultivation world, people paid the most attention to Cultivation Methods and Daoist techniques, or else pills and Artifact Refining.
Even those who enjoyed such strange tales and anecdotes mostly flipped through them casually in their spare time. Few paid particular attention to the compiler's name.
Song Yan sank his divine sense into it and read carefully.
After just a few casual lines, the charm of mountains and waters came rushing out to surround him.
There were no obscure