After sunrise.
The clamor of Wushang Prefecture City faded farther and farther away as Song Yan turned into sword light, racing like the wind and lightning across the wilderness before finally landing in a mountain forest a hundred li from the city.
"This place is secluded enough."
He looked around, his divine sense spreading like invisible ripples, and confirmed that there were no powerful cultivators' presences within several li.
Receiving the Void-Aspect Dharma Body here should not cause any problems.
As a major frontier stronghold of Great Tang, Wushang Prefecture City was also a place where dragons and snakes mingled because of the Myriad Treasures Thoroughfare. If he wanted to bring the Void-Aspect Dharma Body inside, it could never hurt to be cautious.
If he acted too casually and someone discovered it, that would only create unnecessary trouble.
Song Yan found a large rock sheltered from the wind and sat cross-legged in its shadow, concealing his presence as he quietly waited for the Void-Aspect Dharma Body to join him.
He did not waste the time spent waiting, either. Song Yan began considering his plans for cultivating his Sword Dao realm.
As the foundation of the Sword Dao, sword intent itself needed sufficient tempering to grow.
Yet both Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water and slaughter sword intent were actually legacies left by his predecessors. He had merely grasped them, and was not even proficient in them yet.
His own myriad manifestations sword intent was progressing at an even more worrying pace.
Back then, after his time at Ghost Mountain in Changping, Song Yan had already reached the first realm of the Sword Dao. Yet even now, he had not managed to find the slightest trace of its second realm.
This was also one reason Song Yan considered tempering