Originally, Song Yan and Ruan Zhi had not gone out that day, staying in their Hideout to cultivate quietly.
But the commotion caused by the two Nascent Soul True Lords was simply too great. He had come out to take a look, never expecting to run straight into Deng Su and the others.
He immediately understood: the Heavenly Mechanism Sect had finally come to settle its internal affairs.
The pressure of escaping this place suddenly eased considerably.
Once the Heavenly Mechanism Sect cultivators brought Deng Ruikai to justice, he ought to be able to leave smoothly.
However, since Song Yan was not quite sure how powerful the sect's arrivals were, he still intended to follow his original plan, giving himself double insurance.
That way, if Deng Ruikai had developed some formidable cultivation method or secret technique during his centuries Below the Abyss and killed the Heavenly Mechanism Sect disciples sent to capture him, Song Yan would still retain a chance of survival.
Song Yan had changed considerably over these past two years.
Back when he went with Ruan Zhi to the Fire-Refining Ruins in search of Fourth Tier formation flags, their painstaking search had yielded only two. All the others were Third Tier or lower.
Left with no choice, they could only expand their search and proceed slowly.
What surprised Song Yan was that, after keeping his eyes covered all year round to guard against Yin Wandering Souls, his understanding of the Clear and Bright Sword Heart, the First Realm of the Sword Dao, had grown ever deeper.
Over this last year, he had sometimes vaguely entered a wondrous state when unleashing his sword.
There was no telling when this state would come, but it usually vanished in an instant. Asked to recall it, he could not explain it.
Mystery