That day, two different figures emerged from the cavern passage outside their hiding place.
One was tall and lean, dressed in a Black Martial Robe, with a Sword Case on his back, yet not the slightest trace of Spiritual Power showed around him.
Most peculiar of all, a strip of black cloth covered his eyes.
He looked for all the world like a blind mortal martial artist.
The other figure was somewhat smaller, but very nimble. As she emerged from the cavern and revealed her face in the sunlight, it proved to be the face of a Mechanism Puppet.
"Young Hero Song, why have you covered your eyes?"
These two were, of course, Song Yan and Ruan Zhi.
After deciding that day to investigate the book repository, they had not set out immediately, instead making considerable preparations to ensure their safety.
"It's a long story. Let's get moving first, and I'll explain along the way," Song Yan said.
Ruan Zhi nodded. "All right."
The two immediately set off toward Ruan Tongchen's Pavilion.
Here beneath the Spirit Abyss, the only danger Song Yan feared came from the Nascent Soul Realm cultivator named Deng Ruikai.
If that man truly discovered him and decided to kill him, there was no reason he could possibly survive.
Fortunately, according to the Purple-Robed Puppet's description, Deng Ruikai stayed in a place thick with Yin Qi to cultivate and rarely appeared.
Almost everything he needed for cultivation was cultivated and gathered for him by the Golden Core Realm puppets he had made.
Coupled with the fact that Miss Ruan had been there once, stayed for several days, and seen nothing unusual, this was why Song Yan had decided to risk investigating.
Still, since there was a risk of encountering a Nascent Soul cultivator, he had to prepare