Cultivation through Skin Making

Chapter 735: 258. Deep Thoughts Concealed, Unifying the Western Abyss (5.7K characters – Subscription Request)_3

He began to be rapidly digested.

Just as he was about to be completely consumed, one last remnant of his consciousness witnessed the tearing apart of a secondary Secret Realm, with the sky like a great mirror shattered by a heavy hammer, scattering infinite fragments, revealing two giant faces behind, mockingly smiling downward.

“Miss Bai Wu, if we hadn’t deliberately let this go, how would this bait fall into your mouth?”

“This time, your hiding place is gone too. Where else do you think you can flee?”

Three forces fiercely interwove.

Song Yan’s final lingering thought also vanished without a trace.

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“What’s wrong?” Little Bell felt her man suddenly twitch. Like a vigilant cat, she turned her head to understand what he was thinking.

Song Yan didn’t answer but continued to stroke Little Bell’s smooth, long hair.

Little Bell didn’t ask anymore and obediently lay on his chest, her eyes closing in happiness.

Song Yan squinted slightly, a trace of fierceness lurking within.

Just then, his “Outer Body Incarnation He Wuya” had already died.

His gain was immense, for he saw the owners of those two giant faces wearing the Sword Robes of the Celestial Wondrous Sword Palace. Yet their aura bore no resemblance to the Sword Palace’s brightness, filled instead with bloodlust and evil.

And at that moment, the three parties completed the most advantageous game.

The people of Celestial Wondrous Sword Palace saw his arrival and allowed him to proceed forward, using him as bait to draw out the female Ghost Cultivator.

The female Ghost Cultivator used treasure as bait to lure him into the Secret Realm, intending to digest and heal herself.

As for him, he utilized the female Ghost Cultivator to destroy evidence. From afar, the Sword Cultivators of Celestial Wondrous Sword Palace might not notice the clues of “He Wuya,” but up close, they would certainly detect anomalies.

Since Celestial Wondrous Sword Palace came looking for him, naturally, he had to destroy the evidence, and so… at that moment, he went with the flow.

And all three parties achieved their goals.

“Little Bell, Little Wei’er, I’m afraid we have to stay here for a very long time.”

“Mm.” Han Lingzi responded.

Han Weizi continued her sham slumber.

She thought that after bonding with this man so many times, she would be able to adjust her mindset. Yet, for some reason, that sense of “betrayal” became her Heart Demon.

Whenever this man touched her, she’d think of the impression of Li Xuanchan, then in feelings both odd, exciting, and shy, she’d lose herself night after night.

A moment later…

Outside the window, the morning light had appeared.

The faking-to-sleep Han Weizi suddenly stopped her fake act; she opened her beautiful, big eyes, then stretched her bare leg out of the covers, dressed quickly in blue pants with white flowers like a rustic village girl, slipped on embroidered shoes, then escaped like someone fleeing to chop wood and cook porridge.

At the moment of lifting the curtain, her hair turned from black to white, her skin from fair to slightly yellowish, from smooth to wrinkled…

If one wanted to play in the mortal world, naturally, one must go from youth to old age, experience life, and then assume another identity after dying of old age.

On the bed, Song Yan sat cross-legged, channeling the carefree energy he obtained that day, continuing his cultivation.

He had already confirmed the chaos outside.

Since it’s chaotic, he wouldn’t get involved in muddy waters.

In a chaotic situation, even if one has no intention, they may be passively drawn into all sorts of absurd matters.

The so-called “A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall,” compared to a mindset of survival, choosing an “environment suitable for survival without hindering his growth” is more important.

Moreover, he had already witnessed those two strange Sword Cultivators from Celestial Wondrous Sword Palace.

He had thought very badly of the emissaries from Celestial Wondrous Sword Palace, yet now, he found his conjectures still lacking. He felt… rather uneasy.

Through cultivation until noon, Little Bell awoke, playing the role of a busy farmwife.

Meanwhile, Little Wei’er placed a bowl on an old-fashioned wooden table in the yard, calling, “Old companion, old companion, dinner’s ready.”

Song Yan stepped out, instantly appearing aged as well. He shakily said, “Coming, coming.”

After the meal, come evening, a young man ran frantically, reaching the mountain top and upon seeing Song Yan, wailed, “Master Shi, Grandpa, Grandpa is gone!”

This young man’s grandpa was none other than “Poetry Absolute” Li Zhaoye.

Song Yan asked in shock, “How did he go?”

The young man cried, “Yesterday dead drunk, returning not all night, today someone found Grandpa in the water by midday. Master Shi, you were Grandpa’s lifetime confidant, you… woo woo woo…”

Song Yan set his chopsticks down, mournfully, “Brother Zhaoye~~”

Han Weizi blinked, looking at her dramatically involved lover.

Moments later, a little ice-blue finch landed on her shoulder, watching Song Yan’s hurried departure, saying nothing.

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Next year…

Sea Break Sect.

A remote wilderness.

Wen Qing landed, looking at a red-haired, blue-eyed cultivator trapped in a large formation not far away, smiled and said, “A wise man knows his circumstances, Sea Slaughter Demon Monarch, the great tide is gone from Sea Break Sect, why not join our Immortal Dynasty?”

Sea Slaughter Demon Monarch looked at him, taking step after step inward.

Wen Qing gazed indifferently, feeling everything was under control. Having reached the Profound Yellow Realm and with such notorious reputation, where was there loyalty? Where would one sacrifice one’s life for a sect?

He smirked, “Join our Immortal Dynasty, and you shall no longer be a Demon Monarch but a General of Sea Slaughter, how about it?”

Sea Slaughter Demon Monarch didn’t answer and continued advancing within the formation.

Suddenly, his form shook, body and Divine Thought accumulating a strong oppressive presence, and before Wen Qing could react, Sea Slaughter Demon Monarch exploded around.

The exploding power tore a hole in the great formation, Sea Slaughter Demon Monarch grabbed hold of Wen Qing, yelling fiercely, “Let’s die together!!!”

Wen Qing was dumbfounded, shouting in surprise, “Are you crazy?! It’s so early yet? What’s worth self-destructing here?!!”

Sea Slaughter Demon Monarch roared, “Die!!”

Wen Qing urgently said, “Let go!”

Sea Slaughter Demon Monarch said, “Die!!”

Boom!!

With violent trembling, Sea Slaughter Demon Monarch exploded entirely, shattering all surrounding Secret Realms, and beyond, the sky suddenly wrinkled, ripping open a dark hole.

Outside the hole, space-time turbulence flurried like snowflakes, carrying the Star Domain’s space, truly capable of instantly killing any presence below the Profound Yellow Second Realm…

Moments after, the hole healed.

This Outer Body Incarnation of Sea Slaughter Demon Monarch finally completed erasing evidence.

Thus, for Lu Jueyun and those youngsters to hide, was indeed normal.

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Soon, twenty more years passed.

Changfeng Immortal Dynasty swept over the Western Nether Realm like a hurricane, incorporating the Sea Break Sect and Crane Spirit Sect into its fold, achieving unification, and then began secretly investigating all anomalies on this land as instructed by the Upper Envoy.

However, upon investigation, the greatest anomalies might’ve been why the resistance of “Crane Spirit Sect” and “Sea Break Sect” was so weak, and where the Ice Abyss Phoenix went?

But this wasn’t really abnormal, because “Crane Spirit Sect Sect Leader He Wuya perished tragically while visiting Cyan Nether Merchant Association,” likely scattering the sect, causing many sect cultivators to flee, hide;

As for “Sea Break Sect,” it was quite normal as “Sea Slaughter Demon Monarch” perished in battle, his son and two favored Elders disappeared, this, too, is natural.

As for Ice Abyss Phoenix, such an innate third-class Divine Beast might simply have embarked on interstellar travel, leaving the Western Nether Realm, after all, it was never truly tamed by Crane Spirit Sect.

Though everything seemed abnormal, they all could be explained.

Yun Linzi, Ming Ruyin kept searching for long without finding any trace of Song Yan.

The two deliberated again.

“He is only at Profound Yellow First Realm, even having left the Rusted Sword Blood Abyss, it’s impossible for him to go far, he must leave a trail.”

“Daoist Yun, why not use the Cause and Effect Forbidden Technique, though exhausting, it is better than searching aimlessly. As long he remains in this region, he can be found.”

Yun Linzi pondered for a moment, nodded.

Then, he raised his hand and grabbed a pair of cultivators from his Personal Secret Realm.

This pair were a couple, Tang Yi and Huo Lanxin.

They were secretly captured by them in the Lower Realm from the Celestial Wondrous Sword Palace when sneaking out, both having causal connections with Song Yan.

Since many eyes were on Song Yan in the Lower Realm, the cultivators responsible for hiding celestial secrets repeatedly warned them “not to capture the main few,” so… Tang Yi and Huo Lanxin, those “less crucial ones” became the unfortunate ones.