The Great Elder glanced around.
Among the Crimson Palace realm cultivators gathered here, his Southern Wu Sword Sect had only one person, but the Puppet Sect had a full three...
In this great battle, his Sword Sect suffered heavy losses.
The Great Elder’s expression suddenly turned gloomy, and he spoke, "The Great Fox Mother has not yet been found, and Song Yan is also missing, his fate uncertain. Do you really want to turn against my Sword Sect at this time?"
The atmosphere immediately became tense...
Gu Huangzi chuckled eerily, then said, "That cunning boy might have fled to your Wu Kingdom. If he ends up in your hands and you privately take the secret, wouldn’t I suffer a great loss?
Turn against each other?
Even if we must, haha... you’re the ones forcing it!"
The Great Elder’s expression was uncertain, his fist clenched tightly in his sleeve. He then took a deep breath and said, "Then let’s search together, find the Great Fox Mother and Song Yan first, and then we’ll discuss the rest."
"Fine," Gu Huangzi responded, then seemed to recall something, saying, "I remember Song Yan used to have a furnace companion named Cao Yuzhuang, but after the great battle at Cold Pool Valley, many were killed or wounded, and it’s unknown if she’s still alive... If you have information about this woman, remember to tell me."
The Great Elder said, "The Great Fox Mother still has remnants in the Imperial Capital, so let’s join forces and conquer the Imperial Capital first."
Gu Huangzi said, "Great Jin is about to attack anyway, that’s mundane affairs, we shouldn’t bother."
The Great Elder said angrily, "Gu Huangzi! You want to take everything for yourself?!"
Gu Huangzi asked in surprise, "Take everything for myself?"
The Great Elder snorted coldly, "The Great Fox Mother went out to battle and never thought not to return; how much can her storage bag hold?"
Gu Huangzi, seeing his bluff called, said impatiently, "If there are benefits then, I’ll let you have some, why rush?"
"You old demon!"
"Alright, alright, together then, stop being so anxious, haha..."
Gu Huangzi was at ease, and the Great Elder was furious.
The balance between both sides was also broken after the Great Fox Mother’s battle...
... 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮
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Three months later...
Within the Wu Kingdom, in a desolate mountain cave devoid of Profound Qi and devoid of human presence.
Song Yan exhaled deeply and slowly opened his eyes.
In his sight, a waterfall cascaded down.
With the thaw of spring and the gradual abundance of water, it was now early summer, so the waterfall’s flow grew stronger, crashing down upon the green rocks below and splashing countless water drops, shimmering vividly in the daylight.
This place is near snake nests and poisonous insect nests, but Song Yan hadn’t dealt with it because those snakes and insects did not dare to provoke him; even this cave he occupied was originally a huge python’s lair.
But by merely releasing his aura and standing in front of the lair, the python obediently relocated.
Wild beasts are more sensitive to Qi Blood than humans, so seeing Song Yan, they knew he was the top predator of the food chain to be avoided.
Song Yan had holed up in this cave for three full months without going anywhere, and on seeing the sunshine and feeling the heat, he suddenly got interested.
He stood at the cave entrance, took off his outer garment, revealing his muscular physique.
And on his back, there were vaguely mysterious and colorful patterns.
Each black line forming the pattern seemed to writhe, like a ghost creeping slowly, and in the center of all these patterns, a more terrifying image emerged, a bizarre fox head.
The fox head looked like a mad artist had sketched it randomly, with craftsmanship that seemed created by a master painter, though the lines were wildly crazy and eerie. Even a mere glance would make ordinary people’s legs weak and their hearts tremble with unspeakable fear.
The man leaped down from the height along with the waterfall, into the deep pool below.
The water pythons were startled, scrambling to escape.
The man swam comfortably in the water, stretching out, after swimming a circle, he went to the shore naked, picked some unknown fruits, washed them briefly in the water, and sat cross-legged to eat.
With a slight thought, a transparent white fox spirit floated down beside him, and the "fox head" on his back naturally disappeared.
’Master.’
The Great Fox Mother respectfully addressed him in his Divine Sense with a voice only Song Yan could hear.
Song Yan looked at the white fox spirit, and with a smile in his Divine Sense, replied: ’Feeling unwilling?’
After speaking, he didn’t wait for a response, continued on his own: ’Although Crimson Palace cultivators are powerful, as you have demonstrated being able to dominate forces at the same realm level, there are no others. Especially in the Puppet Sect’s Evil Land, there exists someone so formidable that even Gu Huangzi is wary.
That place, you could also dominate, it’s incredibly unbelievable.

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