Shi Yin, Unseen for Many Years!

Clear Blue Kingdom, Qing Province.

The site of the Purity Sect Mountain Gate, now the capital "Clear Heaven Immortal City," was also built on this location.

This majestic immortal city, situated at the heart of the six states, is heavily fortified with arrays, and the aura of Nascent Soul stage experts sweeps across the sky from time to time.

Three hundred miles outside the city lies a desolate, rocky forest.

The soil churned up, and the Lord Rat poked half its head out, cautiously looking around.

He relied on the earth escape method and the rat demon's concealment talent to avoid the detection of more than a dozen patrol formations. It took him three months to reach the edge of the capital.

"The coordinates given by the ancestor are right here, so why haven't we even seen a shadow of a bear?"

The Lord Rat muttered something to himself, then retreated underground to wait patiently.

This wait lasted for a full three months.

Three months later, one night, dark clouds obscured the moon.

A biting Cold Wind swept through the rocky forest. The temperature plummeted, and a layer of white frost instantly formed on the pebbles on the ground.

A giant white bear, about ten feet long, appeared in the open space.

Compared to back then, Shi Yin's size hadn't increased; in fact, it had shrunk slightly. However, his aura was now extremely cold, with faint ice-blue runes flickering among his white fur.

Its aura was clearly that of Foundation Establishment Late Stage, or even faintly at the peak of that stage.

Shi Yin stood still, his gaze sweeping over a huge rock.

"Come out, there's no need to hide anymore."

Shi Yin spoke, his voice hoarse, with a metallic quality to it.

The soil broke open, and the Lord Rat emerged, marveling at the Shi Yin before him.

"Goodness, you've been hiding your aura quite well."

"If the Ancestor hadn't given me the coordinates, I wouldn't have been able to detect the Yao Qi on you." The Lord Rat patted the dirt off his body.

Without wasting words, Shi Yin opened his mouth wide, spat out a gray Storage Bag covered in saliva, and threw it at the feet of the Lord Rat.

"Take these things back to the Ancestor."

The Lord Rat picked up the Storage Bag, probed it with its Divine Sense, and its eyes widened immediately.

It was filled with countless Jade Slip, and a dozen or so jade bottles with sealing talismans on them.

"This Jade Slip contains a roster of personnel transfers in the Clear Blue Kingdom over the past few decades, including the distribution of spies in each prefecture's protectorate, as well as the troop deployments of the Grand Purity and Profound Purity sects on the border."

Shi Yin spoke calmly, as if he were talking about a trivial matter.

The Lord Rat gasped.

If this intelligence were to leak out, it would be enough to unleash a bloodbath on the three major sects.

"Those jade bottles contain... the various high-level Demon Beast Pill Formula that Zhou Tianle has exchanged over the years using the sect's contributions, as well as several concealment cultivation Cultivation Method suitable for Demon Race practitioners."

"Zhou Tianle is a genius, the grandson of True Person Luan Shan, and one of the current Core Formation candidates within the Supreme Purity Sect."

Shi Yin paused, his gaze sharpening.

However, none of these are the most important things.

"Most importantly, inside is that red Jade Slip."

The Lord Rat quickly took out the red Jade Slip and stuck it to his forehead.

After a moment, he removed the Jade Slip, his breathing becoming slightly more rapid.

"The Wind Dao Heaven and Earth Qi?"

"Is this clue... accurate?"

Shi Yin nodded.

" In Di Prefecture, one of the six prefectures of the Clear Azure Kingdom, near the former site of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, lies an ancient secret realm suppressed underground, known as ' Nine Winds Valley '."

"This secret realm is very hidden; it was a small secret realm opened up by a Nascent Soul True Lord. However, due to some reasons, the information about the secret realm has been lost."

"But don't worry, I obtained this information about the secret realm by chance when the Supreme Purity Sect was purging the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect."

"The source of this information is reliable; no one else besides you and me knows about it. Lord Rat, take this information back to the Ancestor and let him find a way to seize this little secret realm."

Shi Yin looked at the Lord Rat, his tone grave.

"This Nine Winds Valley not only contains the Wind Dao Heaven and Earth Qi, but also a large number of wind-elemental spiritual materials, and the secret realm only allows cultivators below the Golden Core to enter."

"In the future, all the tribes of my Demon Beast may have something to scheme against."

The Lord Rat gripped the Jade Slip slip tightly, his heart pounding wildly.

The Wind Dao Heaven and Earth Qi!

This is the ticket to the Golden Core Path! Although the Ancestor has three Blessed Land under his command—thunder, fire, and earth—each additional type of Heaven and Earth Qi means the Demon Race has an extra layer of foundation.

"This news is devastating."

The Lord Rat swallowed hard, carefully tucking the Storage Bag into its body. "So, how are things going on here?"

"So Zhou Tianle didn't suspect you, did he?"

Shi Yin smiled, his seemingly honest face revealing a hint of cunning:

"Don't worry, he won't suspect anything."

"The beast-taming contract I signed with him is very special. Although my life is controlled by him, it is also affected by me."

"Over the decades, my son's character has been warped by me. He trusts me completely and even regards me as family."

"I will then use my special methods to corrupt his soul day and night. Now, I am the one in control, and this boy is merely a puppet."

Upon hearing this, the Lord Rat cackled wickedly.

The Demon Beast took control of a promising Human Race genius whose grandfather was Golden Core True Person and who had even become a disciple of Nascent Soul ancestor.

My ancestor's move to use the flag back then was truly brilliant!

"Alright, we shouldn't stay here any longer."

Shi Yin withdrew his gaze. "You must return to White Cloud Temple immediately and report this matter to the Ancestor. Find out the location of Nine Winds Valley as soon as possible."

"If our ancestor wishes to seize this place, he needs to make plans as soon as possible."

The Lord Rat nodded solemnly and clasped his hands in a fist salute.

"Take care of yourself."

"The same as you."

Shi Yin transformed into a streak of white light, his aura instantly disappearing as if he were nothing. The Lord Rat dared not delay and immediately used Earth Escape Technique to rush towards the direction of White Cloud Temple.

The night wind howled, and the rocky forest returned to deathly silence.