Strong liquor!

What could be better than drinking a pot of fiery strong liquor in the dead of winter, and then snuggling up with a beautiful woman for a comfortable sleep?

The identity of this woman doesn't matter at all.

What's important is that as long as she's pretty, doesn't ask for anything in return, and preferably isn't a good woman, that's enough.

He suddenly thought of An Li.

He regretted having been a partner with An Li.

If he could do it all over again, he would undoubtedly never get involved with An Li.

An Li was the kind of girl one needed to stay with for a lifetime, never to part even white-haired.

And he simply couldn't do it.

Thus, he had wronged her.

He didn't mean to wrong anyone else.

But he ended up doing so anyway.

That was the only person he had truly wronged in his life.

Song Yan suddenly found it odd that someone who dealt daily with schemes, was vile and unscrupulous, and yet cared about a "little female cultivator he once wronged a hundred years ago," worried about whether "she has waited long and if she's heartbroken."

Why did such trivial matters weigh heavily on his mind?

Making him think of that Refining Profound Level female cultivator, wondering if she survived the Crimson Palace Realm.

And if she did survive, what she might look like now.

Song Yan didn't think any further, he lay back comfortably, pouring himself another drink, as for the woman to accompany him to sleep... he didn't have one right now, but he soon would.

Because he had already asked the Outer Sect Steward of the Mo Sword Sect to check if there was any young lady from the mountain willing to become an "Immortal Sect Maid."

If there was, the young lady would be sent to his Cave Mansion to become his Furnace, and he would provide some simple cultivation methods as a reward.

If she had Profound Root, he would willingly recommend her to the Sect; if not, he would also gift her numerous elixirs and martial arts sought by mortals.

Thus, everyone would think that "Song Han" intended to stay longer.

Those Purple Mansion servants and Changwang cubs would, of course, not think that "the old monster eager to leave is, instead of clearing out the Cave Mansion, arranging staff within it to show he's planning to reside here leisurely..."

To desire leaving, first make people think you plan to stay long.

This kind of maneuver was already second nature to him.

Gulp... Gulp... Gulp...

The strong liquor infused with Moonlight Grass trickled down his throat, entering his five viscera and six bowels.

A shallow flame burned quietly, lulling him into a daze.

Song Yan comfortably belched after drinking, but his Divine Sense remained locked on the "Moyun Palace" several miles away.

Even though his Divine Soul was strong, if he didn't focus on a certain place at a certain time, no matter how strong, he couldn't possibly know what happens there.

If it weren't for the Immortal Mother informing him about "the joint testing of Mo Sword Sect's Elder by the three Ancient Races today at the Moyun Palace," he wouldn't have known that the testing was at this time, in such a remote place as Moyun Palace.

The distant testing soon commenced...

Song Yan's powerful Divine Sense enveloped the area, everything inside was clear to him.

He could see everyone inside, but none could detect him.

Song Yan was very interested in exploring the changes within himself, but not now, as the current Mo Sword Sect couldn't provide such information.

There were a total of sixteen elders from the Mo Sword Sect, and each was now taking out their "Divine Jade Scroll" for testing.

They resisted the pressure from the Jade Scroll with their Divine Soul Power, and when they achieved balance, the Jade Scroll would display the result.

In recent days, aside from Tang Yi of the Formless Ancient Race, the emissaries of the other two Ancient Races had arrived, watching together to see if any of the testers had good "Divine Soul Talent."

In the halls, judgmental voices echoed intermittently.

"Average."

"Next one."

"This one is alright, but not enough."

"Next one."

The Ancient Race emissaries carefully observed the Divine Soul Talent displayed by the "Divine Jade Scroll," yet they didn't realize that the one watching above them was looking for something else.

Song Yan was discerning aura.

Changwang aura!

Changwang is cause and effect, entangled with the Divine Soul, it's extremely difficult for outsiders to discern if a soul has been seized. Because the black tiger Changwang mark has already fused into the Divine Soul, how could anyone pry open the Divine Soul to look?

But Song Yan was different.

He might be one of the only two beings in the world who controlled the "Changwang Tiger Blood," making him extremely sensitive to the Changwang aura.

Normally, if the Changwang ghost didn't use Divine Soul Power, he might find it hard to detect, but the moment they held the "Divine Jade Scroll" and had to use Divine Soul Power to resist, the faint Changwang aura could no longer hide.

As for the excuses of "feigning illness" or "absenteeism," those didn't exist here either.

The Ancient Races were the Upper Envoy.

Which elder of the small Mo Sword Sect dared to be absent?

"Reversing positions" was Song Yan's plan.

Without the Immortal Mother, he couldn't execute the plan because he had no chance to identify which cultivators were Changwang ghosts.

But now, the opportunity had arrived.

As for why he needed to do this?

The reason was simple.

It's because he wanted to preserve the winners of this "Hidden Dragon Association," allowing them to successfully pass through the Ancient Teleportation Array into the Ancient Country, and then disperse across various places, thereby becoming his "shields."

The Demon Monk wouldn't know who he was but would see many cultivators heading north through the Hidden Dragon Association.

The Demon Monk would definitely acquire the list of these cultivators, and then... pursue and kill them one by one.

If these people hadn't gone north and died here instead, wouldn't that be reducing a lot of work for the Demon Monk?

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