Song Yan never believed in coincidences.

So, after he defeated and absorbed Grandma Hong and the ancient General, he felt a new abnormality coming from the Evil Land.

He wouldn't be careless, especially when facing the unknown, even more so.

Thus, he began to analyze.

There were three apparent abnormalities that formed the coincidence:

First, after he defeated Grandma Hong and the ancient General, the Evil Land Core suddenly went into turmoil.

The turmoil of the Evil Land Core after defeating Grandma Hong and the ancient General could normally be attributed to "a backup plan left by the two Fox Demons," akin to the kind of act of "if I don't return, blow up the opponent's base." But both Grandma Hong and the ancient General had become his spirit slaves, and they hadn't done any such thing at all.

Second, Wang Susu, who could provide him with information about the Evil Land Core, disappeared;

However, not only did Wang Susu disappear, but also his previous junior disciples. This doesn't really explain anything because Wang Susu, Shen Nongjia, Yueyang Luo, and even those Skin Masters who merged with Shadow Puppet Peak had strength levels that were too low. No matter how they acted, it should not have caused such turmoil.

Third, he needed to use the "Washing Profound Divine Technique" to enhance his Profound Root at the Evil Land Core.

Whether "Washing Profound Divine Technique" was effective or not, he still didn't know, but this point could be easily verified.

Song Yan grabbed the many Puppet Sect inheritances and stuffed them one by one into his storage space, ready to study them one by one, while holding the "Washing Profound Divine Technique" in his hand, ready to try it later.

The matter of the Evil Land had too many possibilities.

He pondered along the way and walked out of the secret chamber together with Blood Cliff.

As soon as they stepped out, a cold wind blew over from afar, mixed with fine snowflakes, carrying a sharp scent of blood.

Blood Cliff was used to it; spring, summer, autumn, and winter didn't matter to her. She had little lifespan left and had planned to settle down a bit after fleeing with Gu Huangzi and then break through, but circumstances changed, and she returned here. Now, she also needed to help the demon cultivators below deal with the tricky Fox Demons.

Seeing that Song Yan had acquired the inheritance, and she had already killed quite a number of Fox Demons outside, she took the opportunity to make this plan.

Song Yan agreed.

Blood Cliff respectfully intended to step away.

Song Yan suddenly called her back, asking, "Blood Granny, you've lived long enough. I want to ask you two questions."

Blood Cliff quickly said, "Master, please ask."

Song Yan said, "First, which cultivators above the Crimson Palace Realm are in the Evil Land?"

Blood Cliff said, "Originally, there were two in the Middle Stage of Crimson Palace, Two-Faced and Ghost Chixia. One in the Late Stage, Zhang Han. But after the previous incident with Elder Miss Fox, Two-Faced died, and Zhang Han was seriously injured."

Song Yan had already obtained this information from various sources, and as he pondered, he really couldn't see where this information could be falsified.

If Ghost Cultivator was hiding his strength, why secretly let Two-Faced infiltrate Shadow Puppet Peak and then abduct it? If Zhang Han were so powerful, how could he have been killed by Elder Miss Fox right in front of everyone's eyes, along with Two-Faced and the Stone Seat Elder?

Song Yan said, "Second, how much do you know about Zhang Han?"

Blood Cliff paused, recalling, "When this old woman joined the Puppet Sect, Zhang Han had already disappeared for over a hundred years. However, I heard he was once a Loose Cultivator dominating the Three Kingdoms, overpowering both the Puppet Sect and Nanwu Sword Sect. Then he suddenly disappeared, but unexpectedly appeared in the Evil Land, possessed by an evil spirit and became a Ghost Cultivator.

I heard from Gu Huangzi that his kind of Ghost Cultivator is quite special, born of the land, hence bound to the land and unable to go out. Even during Lady Wang's wedding, the alliance between our Puppet Sect and the Evil Land, he did not appear.

However, these should have nothing to do with the real Zhang Han anymore.

The current one is already Ghost Cultivator Zhang Han, a newly born entity with no relation to Zhang Han."

Song Yan nodded.

Blood Cliff saluted again and then left.

Song Yan stood alone on the spot.

The snowflakes continued to fall, lightly touching his body with coolness, which suddenly made him recall the previous scene of playing snowball fights with Junior Sister An Li. He raised his hand to touch his cheek, remembering that silly girl's playful attacks on him with snowballs vividly.

...

Song Yan stopped thinking further. He quickly returned to his cave mansion, went to the cultivation chamber, and began to study the "Washing Profound Divine Technique."

Spending a lot of effort, he loaded it onto the panel and then invested life span to comprehend it.

[In the eleventh year, you've cultivated "Washing Profound Divine Technique" to perfection. You realize that it is merely a secret technique, and whether it's perfected or not doesn't really affect its application. The core of this technique is not the technique itself but the heavenly materials and earthly treasures that nurture your body, and the environment you are in.]

[To improve Ghost Profound Root, the core material listed in the "Washing Profound Divine Technique" is "Soul Drowning Grass." Grass has no soul, and through the wandering souls of lonely ghosts, the flow of Evil Qi remains soulless. With decades or a century, it may undergo a transformation and morph into Soul Drowning Grass. This grass can solidify the soul base, aiding in stabilizing the divine soul when enhancing the Profound Root Talent. If you desire to enhance it to Middle-Grade Ghost Profound Root, you need at least two nearly millennia-old Soul Drowning Grass. The older they are, the greater the success rate.]

Nearly millennia-old Soul Drowning Grass?

Song Yan didn't need to look to know this was a rare commodity.

Having been a Pill Master, albeit a lousy one, he still had some understanding of Profound Flowers and Profound Grass.

In the Three Kingdoms territory, a few hundred years old grass is already rare, let alone nearly a millennia.

However, upon realizing that the purpose of "Soul Drowning Grass" was to stabilize the divine soul, not to enhance the divine soul's strength, he suddenly felt he might not need this thing at all. His sweat, wisdom, and the Cold Ice Hell Bracelet could solve this problem.

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