It had taken Wang Sheng and Fei Lianzi quite some effort to locate the Ziyan Temple. Fortunately, they had already reached the Seed Formation Realm. Although the mountain paths were rugged, they hadn't disheveled the two too much.0

Upon reaching their destination, Wang Sheng couldn't help but feel a little disappointed again. The temple looked like a scaled-up version of the courtyard in Wudang; it was anything but grand.0

The outer walls were in ruins, and the front gate was barely intact. Even the colors of the two main doors on either side were mismatched. Moreover, the plaque bearing the three ancient characters for "Ziyan Temple" had lost most of its paint and was riddled with winding holes.0

If a few vines and dead leaves were added to the scene, it could have been more convincing to call the place Lanruo Temple[1].0

The temple gate was half-open, and a few monks could be seen sweeping the courtyard inside. As Wang Sheng extended his spiritual consciousness across the grounds, he immediately sensed the presence of over twenty cultivators, most of them at the Breath Condensation and Spirit Convergence Realms—realms that Wang Sheng could easily see through. He also discovered several places that his spiritual consciousness could not penetrate, which were...0