From behind the stone pillar, a figure slowly emerged.

"Shen Muyu, are you really going to clean house?"

"Xu Guang!"

Xu Guang was also somewhat curious to see these two here.

He had almost traversed these regions recently and nearly provoked a Fourth Grade Fierce Ghost.

Finally discovering the role Lanshan played in the ancient battlefield.

This is the ritual site of the ancient battlefield.

The stone forest before his eyes was built during a very ancient era for rituals, with every person or beast on each stone pillar being a sacrifice from that era.

"Why are you here?"

Shen Muyu approached Xu Guang, asking in surprise.

"I'm on the run, and I wanted to ask you guys how you ended up here?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Muyu thought of Xu Guang's situation, feeling a bit awkward, "I heard from Elder Jin that if you want to return to Jiufeng Mountain, you can go back anytime..."

Xu Guang waved his hand, "No need."

"Hmm?"

Shen Muyu frowned, "Are you going to betray the sect?"

Xu Guang retorted, "Wasn't I expelled from the sect?"

Shen Muyu was speechless.

She could understand Xu Guang's thoughts.

From Xu Guang's perspective, he felt very wronged, knowing he was innocent. Yet, when Dragon Gate hunted him, when he most needed the sect's help, it was Zouchuan Dao who declared Xu Guang's expulsion from the sect.

"So you in the future..."

Xu Guang waved his hand, "We'll talk about future matters in the future."

Shen Muyu snorted, "Still, you should thank Zi Yun. If it weren't for him, Dragon Gate would have had a Fourth Grade True Man chasing you by now."

Xu Guang was stunned, looking at Jiang Zi Yun in confusion.

Shen Muyu directly told Xu Guang about Jiang Zi Yun returning to the Jiang Family's main house to petition the ancestral sect.

Xu Guang looked peculiar, feeling touched yet helpless.

In contrast, he felt increasingly disgusted with certain people at Jiufeng Mountain.

Jiang Zi Yun reached out to assist him, while Jiufeng Mountain sought to use him.

Actually, when he agreed to trade with Li Qian, it indicated his absence of intent to return to Jiufeng Mountain.

Of what use is a sect unwilling to protect even its own inner talents?

"Zi Yun, I..."

Jiang Zi Yun smiled, "Don't say too much. When we first met, what you gave General Wei, if you give Little Mink a portion like that, it's enough."

Xu Guang nodded vigorously.

In Ghostly Land, acquiring experience doesn't match the outside world, but the Ghost Hearts obtained are unimaginable.

Currently, Xu Guang's Celestial Merit has exceeded three hundred thousand, and unexpected as it may be, the next setting in the Celestial Register will surely upgrade him, and given the speed at which he's acquiring Ghost Hearts now, advancing from Seventh Grade to Fifth Grade by next year isn't impossible.

By then True Blood won't be so scarce.

Shen Muyu didn't want to watch the two thank each other, so she spoke, "Zi Yun, with Xu Guang here now, I feel we might try to go up and see."

Jiang Zi Yun looked at Xu Guang with some reluctance.

Xu Guang did not refuse; he smiled and said, "Traveling together is good."

Shen Muyu herself was purely a burden, but she carried Third Grade Sword Qi on her, which could save her life in crucial moments.

Jiang Zi Yun needed no further mention; he liked reading ancient texts, knowing much about old things, and would surely provide many useful clues exploring such an ancient place.

The two quickly saw the shrunken General Wei, and it wasn't unexpected; Ah Wei's shrinking ability had already been exposed due to Xu Guang's escape.

This stone forest is really large, and the range Xu Guang's Divine Thought can cover is nothing but a drop in the ocean.

"Brother Guang, look, I've mapped out this Earth Realm during this time, though the size of the Ghostly Land is only estimated and inaccurate. Look here, between the Zhen position and Li position, there's a faint line, like a backdoor."

Jiang Zi Yun unfolded a map, discussing it quietly with Xu Guang.

Xu Guang compared the map, a bit surprised, then carefully examined it. Once marking some accurate areas of the Ghostly Land, that hidden line became clearer.

Indeed, such hidden lines aren't the only one.

"Perhaps, going there, we truly can ascend Lanshan."

Xu Guang spoke.

The three set off, continuing their journey through the eerie and terrifying stone forest, occasionally seeing human and beast heads falling from the stone pillars, shocking and unsettling.

After walking for about three to four hours, Xu Guang suddenly halted.

"What's wrong?"

Xu Guang gazed at the distant stone forest, frowning, and said.

"Along this path, we frequently encounter the heads falling off the stone pillars, but look at these pillars, there seem to be heads on all of them, and that one, it's still bleeding!"

Shen Muyu looked at the stone pillar and frowned.

Until Jiang Zi Yun saw that head, her face turned pale.

"That is a tributor of the Xu Family from Shouyang Prefecture, known in Jianghu as Golden Saber Chen, Chen Gouzi!"

Xu Guang couldn't be bothered to mock this 'awfully imposing' name, instead furrowing his brows.

"So someone killed Chen Gouzi and hung his head on a stone pillar!?"

"Who killed him?"

Xu Guang shook his head, squinting his eyes, and said quietly, "I didn't sense any disturbance in the Power of Heaven and Earth, nor any remnants of Qi Force..."

Normally brave, Shen Muyu felt a chill at Xu Guang's words.

Looking at Chen Gouzi's head, his time of death was definitely short, yet they hadn't heard any commotion.

She couldn't help but imagine a High-Level Fierce Ghost, hidden within the stone forest, coming and going without a trace, easily able to slay Peak Sixth Grade like Chen Gouzi.

Jiang Zi Yun also felt a chill down her spine.

Only Xu Guang, gently shaking his arms, saw black-red mist condense in the air, vaguely struggling with a black aura within.

"It's not Qi Force, but it doesn't seem like Yin Qi left by a Fierce Ghost either."

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