Several days later...

The "looting" continued...

At dusk, Song Yan sat in the cultivation chamber.

On the wall beside him hung several new skins; skin making was his lifelong passion, so whenever he had some spare time, he would engage in it.

In front of him were bottles and jars arranged.

They contained various demon beast essence blood.

However, very few of them caught Song Yan's eyes.

So, he merely picked out two bottles and then tossed the remaining aside, so that the steward from Paperman Peak who would arrive tomorrow could take them back.

The two bottles he picked.

One bottle contained the essence blood of an advanced demon beast called "Silver Armored Elephant." This demon beast originated from the depths of "Secret Realm Giant Elephant Plain," and its fixed palace blood belonged to the former Peak Master of Shadow Puppet Peak, Two-Faced Man. The skin was made into two shadow puppets, the good one left to Two-Faced Man, the inferior one given to Cheng Danqing.

The Silver Armored Elephant indisputably enhanced physical strength and was top-tier among the demon beasts at the Refining Profound level, and body strength was what the Skin Master lacked most.

With this blood enhancing the Nine Palaces, all body refining techniques could receive a boost.

For Song Yan, this blood was merely slightly better than none, the kind that "in case of an urgent need to enhance power and no suitable blood is available, it can be used."

The other bottle contained the blood of an early stage Crimson Palace demon beast called "White Bone Demon," which was quite rare and left behind by Gu Huangzi.

Back then, Gu Huangzi somehow acquired this "White Bone Demon," and after fixing its essence blood at the Central Palace, he discarded the ordinary blood at Puppet Sect.

Song Yan had long known the purpose of the White Bone Demon blood.

It was: move the soul an inch, hide the soul in the bone, when the body is destroyed, the bone remains, and it can slowly heal.

Back then, he had already advanced to Gu Huangzi, thoroughly controlling the situation, yet almost lost the upper hand in that condition.

What Gu Huangzi relied on was this "naturally despicable and shameless" White Bone Demon blood.

This thing was pretty good, but the effect was evidently inferior to essence blood.

Song Yan naturally carried it as a backup blood for the Left and Right Two Palaces of the "Third Palace."

Of course, there was another bottle brought out from the Nanwu Sword Sect, containing "Wind Profound Crane Essence Blood."

In close combat, within a square inch, a bit of agility could be deadly.

As the fixed palace blood of the Grand Elder, the strongest in the Nanwu Sword Sect, the Wind Profound Crane naturally qualified as his backup blood.

After securing the essence blood, Song Yan stood up.

His spell system was currently of two types:

One, soul system.

Two, sword system.

His strongest attack methods were still "Hundred Forms Demon Body" and "Sword Evil Demon Dragon." However, with the Nine Palace Blood and newly learned spells, he could add many new offensive and defensive tactics during combat, encapsulating various attack methods, making his overall capabilities more comprehensive.

At this moment, he was still waiting.

First, for the paper infused with the blood of six Crimson Palace strong men to form;

Second, for news about the "Thousand-Year Soul Drowning Grass";

Third, for the elders outside to return one after another;

Fourth, for the repair progress of the ancient teleportation array, and to find a way to hasten it, though coming hard against the Sword Sect people wouldn't work due to their mortal feud.

If the first three conditions were met, he would conduct a second exploration of the core of the Evil Land, then try to complete the enhancement of his Profound Root talent there. As for what was happening there, he would figure out if he could, if not, he wouldn't mind.

Thinking briefly, he walked out of the cultivation chamber, stood in the courtyard, and awaited the sunset and Celestial Nether, intending to release the illusion crow without a body.

And at this moment, suddenly rapid footsteps came from outside, Song Yan paused his actions and turned his head, only to see Miss Su Seven hurriedly approaching.

When Su Yao saw him, she surprisingly sped up, and upon reaching him, deeply bowed, saying, "Thank you!"

Today, just like usual, she went to her eldest brother Su Changyi's gravestone to lament but unexpectedly saw a second gravestone.

Engraved on the gravestone were the words "Tomb of Su Gong Yingren."

The tombstone was new, evidently recently erected by someone.

Su Yao then inquired further and learned that "one of the six bodies from Blood Corpse Peak seemed to have been taken away by the Sect Leader." She immediately knew what had happened, and hurriedly returned, a single "thank you" was enough to express her excitement and complicated feelings.

Song Yan stared at her for a moment before suddenly saying, "Do you want to go back?"

Su Yao was momentarily stunned.

Song Yan said, "Since you have already survived the hardest times, regained the belief in living and growing stronger, why remain here?

Puppet Sect is ultimately not a place for good people to settle for long, better to return home soon."

These days, seeing Song Yan's demeanor, she roughly understood this Song devil was still the Song Yan she knew before, and the Fox Demon Illusion Technique could indeed transform into a fake Song Yan to damage his reputation, the Great Elder's character before death seemed oddly disturbed and lost his path heart.

Yet since Song Yan was the Puppet Sect Leader, eradicating the debt with the Nanwu Sword Sect would be impossible to avoid.

However, Su Yao's heart began to grow complex.

She hated Puppet Sect,

But she could no longer hate Song Yan.

This thought surged in her mind, her delicate body trembled, and looking at the man before her, numerous memories flashed by, and strange emotions began to emerge from her heart.

She wanted to ask him, "Are you trying to make me leave?"

But she also knew that if she said it, that tiny bit of emotion would be hard to suppress again, and this meant willingly becoming Song devil's woman, truly standing on the opposite side of the remaining disciples of the Sword Sect, and she would have no face to meet the ancestors of the Su Family after death.

Su Yao slightly lowered her head.

Suddenly, she felt a large hand touch the side of her face.

"Let's go, take Yuzhuang with you. If anyone in the courtyard wants to leave, take them along as well."

After Song Yan spoke, he put the "Bodyless Illusion Crow" before him and said, "Take this crow to the ancient teleportation array, then kill it in front of them to show that you've never truly joined the Puppet Sect. Otherwise, it will be difficult for them to accept you again.

Soon, I'll prepare some intelligence on the Puppet Sect for you to bring back. This way… you'll appear to be a cultivator enduring humiliation to infiltrate the Demon Sect and steal intelligence."

Su Yao:...

Song Yan said, "Isn't this what you previously did at South Bamboo Peak?

But you failed that time, whereas this time… you will succeed beyond your wildest dreams.

Because I'll prepare comprehensive intelligence for you, even including the Puppet Sect's cultivation technique."

Su Yao:...

Song Yan said, "But remember, once you've done this, make sure they accelerate the repair of the teleportation array, as quickly as possible!

Tell them that if it's not completed, Demon Song may come to kill them.

Then, find an opportunity to report the progress back to me in a timely manner."

After speaking, he took out a second "Bodyless Illusion Crow" shadow puppet and said, "This crow will be your contact."

Su Yao:...

Song Yan pulled her into his arms and softly said, "I believe in you."

Su Yao sighed gently, saying, "I truly can't understand what kind of person you are."

Song Yan sincerely replied, "I'm just someone who wants to live a peaceful life."

Su Yao couldn't help but laugh, nearly shedding tears, murmuring, "How could there be someone like you in this world, how could there be?"

Repeating this several times, she suddenly pushed Song Yan away, fiercely saying, "Fine, I believe in you!"

After saying that, she ran off.

...

Several days later.

Su Yao and Cao Yuzhuang, holding the Puppet Sect Leader Order, left with the princess and maids from the courtyard.

Song Yan sent a fox demon shadow puppet to follow secretly, in case of an accident.

Then he began to wait patiently.

Yet, patience was truly difficult at this time.

He felt like a grasshopper on a hot skillet, constantly thinking about moving quickly.

But for the entire Three Kingdoms, this was the only Evil Land Core.

If he wanted to breakthrough to the Purple Mansion Realm, this was his sole chance.

Though he couldn't understand the meaning behind "Profound Heart diligent cultivation never separates, Divine Soul initially merges with heaven and earth," he knew that at least a middle-grade profound root was required to step into the Purple Mansion Realm.

He began creating shadow puppets to increase his number of trump cards and stabilize his spirit.

The shadow puppets were fox demon shadow puppets.

The skins of fox demon offspring slain by the Puppet Sect were being delivered to him one by one.

He made three cards every day, each extending life by several decades.

Thus, upon finishing the one hundredth card, the fox demon skin was depleted, and the paper soaked in the blood of six early-stage Crimson Palace experts has formed.

So, Song Yan cut the paper, while creating more shadow puppets from other demon beast skins.

He made one yang paperman, twenty yin papermen, one hundred paper tools, and one paper house with a small courtyard.

And his lifespan changed from "[Life Span: 35/1378]" to "[Life Span: 35/11625]."

Another month passed, and Su Yao's message arrived from afar: the ancient teleportation array was destroyed again, severely damaged.

Su Yao even showed the situation to him through the memory jade.

Battered array patterns and cracked rubble were everywhere, making the ancient teleportation array resemble a ruin, while Yu Xuanwei looked haggard, her eyes reddened, as she searched the ground bit by bit.

Song Yan felt a chill in his heart.

At this point, Gong Libai finally transmitted information about the "Thousand-Year Soul Drowning Grass" back.

Sure enough, the market couldn't find the "Thousand-Year Soul Drowning Grass," but luck wasn't too bad; they found two "eight-hundred-year-old" plants.

Could the eight-hundred-year-old soul drowning grass vaguely meet the requirements of the "Washing Profound Divine Technique"?

At least, the age was close enough to try.

So, does this count as "getting what you wish for"?

If it does, the age doesn't match.

If it doesn't, it seems worth a try.

Meanwhile, the elders returned one after another, and Blood Cliff completed the Fixed Palace of the Third Central Palace. She chose just the refining profound level demon beast essence blood, making the Third Central Palace relatively safe.

Sixteen Crimson Palace elders assembled beside Song Yan, respectfully awaiting orders.

Song Yan led them to the edge of the Evil Land Core, looking at the distant dim, chaotic place where skins and bones flew about, and slaughter liquid silently lurked; the Life Forbidden Area. He waved his hand to summon a shadow puppet ancient general, looked ahead without saying things like "exploring for the Puppet Sect ally's disappearance," instead calmly saying, "Enter, and find out what's happened here."

His gaze swept across sixteen elders, saying, "Rest assured, I'll be behind you to support the array."

After speaking, he stepped back, silently letting everyone stand in front of him then said, "Go ahead."

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