Lin Mu nodded, then passed the jade slip to Elyon.
"The place you mentioned is real. Confirmed by both the Sect and the Temple. It's the Ashen Forest. What we thought was metaphorical? 'The Drowned Crescent swallowed by the gullet of the earth'? Turns out it was literal."
Elyon read through the slip, his brow lifting slightly as he saw the same name appear again and again. "So that forest lake is what's left of their base?"
"Most likely," Lin Mu confirmed. "But even if it's filled with water… the ruins beneath it might still exist."
Elyon tilted his head. "Wouldn't they have been flooded?"
"Maybe. But there are ways to seal off chambers even after destruction. Formations, stasis seals… It's possible that something still survived down there."
The wolfkin looked thoughtful. "I can scout the perimeter. If I can find traces of recent movement—or cult activity—I'll track them."
"We'll go with you," Lin Mu said.
