When they arrived at this desolate place, Cou Ling stopped and began to walk at a slow pace. From time to time, she would pick up a stone, examine it carefully, and then place it back where she had taken it. Clearly, she was searching for something specific. Although Yan Xiaobao was incredibly curious, he focused all his attention on observing the woman before him.
Traversing the area, the woman finally started to quicken her pace. After fifteen minutes of inspecting one stone after another, they arrived at a small stone altar. The altar was black, but the runes engraved on its rough surface at the top were incomprehensible to Yan Xiaobao.
