"After that old woman from the Xiao Family escapes, she will definitely summon the Xiao Family's people to chase after us. We must immediately erase all traces we left in this area of space, then leave this place. From now on, we need to conceal our tracks as much as possible. It's best if we aren't found by the Xiao Family."
Having already lost sight of Ye Yunfei, those few Heavenly Immortals stopped in their tracks, their faces all somewhat unpleasant. One of them spoke.
They had originally set a trap here to surround and kill Liu Laolao, thinking they could certainly kill her. They never imagined she would actually escape now.
These Heavenly Immortals understood that the Xiao Family was a great clan with a quite powerful overall strength. Now that a member of their clan had been targeted for assassination, the Xiao Family definitely wouldn't let it go easily.
"Alright, let's get to work. Erase all the aura we left here."
One of the Heavenly Immortals spoke.
Then these Heavenly Immortal experts acted together, utilizing the various secret arts they had cultivated to erase the traces they had just left in this space-time.
These Heavenly Immortal experts had considerable cultivation in aspects of time and space. After a short while, they forcibly erased the imprints left by the events that had just occurred in this space-time.
Next, these Heavenly Immortals took their remaining subordinates and split into two groups, leaving separately.
At this time, Ye Yunfei had already traveled far from that previous location, arriving in another area of space in the distance.
Ye Yunfei found a remote spot, laid out several dozens of concealment formations to create an independent small space, then entered this small space and, subsequently, entered the Phantom Tower.
"Now, answer my questions honestly."
Ye Yunfei arrived in front of five Golden Immortals, looking at them with indifferent eyes as he spoke coldly.
These five Golden Immortals were exactly the ones Ye Yunfei had captured and imprisoned within the Phantom Tower earlier.
"Kid, you have some nerve! Do you know our origins? You dare to capture us and bring us here..."
Facing Ye Yunfei, these five Golden Immortals were both terrified and furious. One of them shouted.
Ye Yunfei reached out with a palm strike. His palm continuously enlarged, directly shattering the physical bodies of these five Golden Immortals completely. Only their five Soul Bodies remained, floating there with terrified expressions.
"Huang Shang, it seems they aren't very cooperative. You entertain them first."
Ye Yunfei spoke.
"Good. Hand these guys over to me. I'll have a little play with them."
Huang Shang appeared beside Ye Yunfei and said with a smile.
"You are a ghost cultivator!"
The five Golden Immortals stared at the pitch-black and shiny Huang Shang, sensing the sinister ghostly aura he emitted. They retreated in fear.
They were now in the state of Soul Bodies. Facing Huang Shang, they felt a deep-seated fear stemming from their very souls.
Huang Shang waved a hand, conjuring a sky full of ghostly mist that instantly enveloped the five Golden Immortals' souls within the rolling miasma. In the next moment, the five Golden Immortals released utterly wretched screams, as if suffering the most terrifying torment imaginable.
A short while later, the surging ghostly mist dispersed.
"Now you can ask them your questions. I believe they will be very willing to answer honestly."
Huang Shang said to Ye Yunfei with a smile.
"Now tell me, where are the Xiao Family twins now?"
Ye Yunfei asked.
"The Xiao Family twins are currently being pursued by our Black Wind Group. However, I think they should have already fallen into our hands by now."
One of the Golden Immortals rushed to answer.
After being tortured by Huang Shang using ghost cultivator techniques, these five Golden Immortals were all on their last breaths, speaking weakly.
"What exactly happened? Weren't the Xiao Family twins with that Liu Laolao? Did your Black Wind Group or Zhan Yuan trick them away to deal with them separately?"
Ye Yunfei asked.
"The Xiao Family twins were originally following that Liu Laolao. However, while exploring a secret realm, the Xiao Family members encountered danger and fled the realm in separate groups, becoming scattered. Our Black Wind Group just happened to discover them.
Our Black Wind Group immediately contacted Zhan Yuan. We jointly dispatched two teams—one to pursue the Xiao Family twins, and the other to deal with Liu Laolao.
This was Zhan Yuan's idea.
According to Zhan Yuan, if he captured the Xiao Family twins, Liu Laolao would certainly go to great lengths to rescue them. So, the safest method was to kill Liu Laolao.
Therefore, Zhan Yuan paid our Black Wind Group to deal with Liu Laolao and several other Heavenly Immortal experts from the Xiao Family."
Another Golden Immortal rushed to answer.
"Oh? Your Black Wind Group plans to kill all the Xiao Family's Heavenly Immortals?"
Ye Yunfei was somewhat surprised.
"Not kill all of them, just kill a portion. I heard from our leader that Zhan Yuan actually has collusion with someone inside the Xiao Family. So we won't kill all of their Heavenly Immortals."
Yet another Golden Immortal spoke.
These five Golden Immortals had been thoroughly terrified by Huang Shang's torture, afraid that if they answered too slowly, they would suffer that dreadful torment again.
"So that's it.
Then, do you know where the Xiao Family twins are now?"
Ye Yunfei thought for a moment before speaking.
"We don't know their precise location. But we know the general direction, because our people have already chased in that direction."
One Golden Immortal rushed to answer.
"Take me to find them immediately. If you can lead me to the Xiao Family twins, I might spare your lives."
Ye Yunfei said.
Hearing Ye Yunfei's words, all five Golden Immortals perked up.
"Although we don't know their exact location, we Black Wind Group members have identity tokens that allow mutual sensing between us. So, as long as we find the right direction, we might be able to locate the group members who are pursuing the Xiao Family twins."
One Golden Immortal said.
"That's perfect. Point the way now."
Ye Yunfei said.
Next, Ye Yunfei had these five Golden Immortals guide the way, heading rapidly towards a specific direction.
Utilizing his Time Boots and a Space Teleportation Token, Ye Yunfei traveled at an astonishing speed.
Approximately half an hour later.
"I sense our Black Wind Group members!"
Suddenly, all five Golden Immortals cried out simultaneously.
"Where?"
Ye Yunfei was also somewhat pleasantly surprised and immediately asked.
"In that direction."
One of the Golden Immortals pointed towards the right front.
Extending his Soul Power perception in that direction, Ye Yunfei discovered an entrance to a world at that location.
"Are your Black Wind Group members inside that world?"
Ye Yunfei asked.
"Yes. I can sense that there are definitely members of our Black Wind Group inside that world."
One of the Golden Immortals pointed at the world's entrance and said.
"Good. Let's go in now."
Ye Yunfei's figure flashed as he rushed before the world's entrance and walked inside.
"In that direction!"
Upon entering this world, the five Golden Immortals pointed in unison towards a direction.
Ye Yunfei propelled his movement technique, charging in that direction.
"What is that?"
A short while later, Ye Yunfei suddenly saw a magnificent, resplendent, enormous palace ahead.
A large group of beings surrounded this palace, their eyes gleaming as they stared fixedly at the structure ahead.
The palace seemed to be constructed from the world's most beautiful divine stones, exquisitely crafted, its entire body radiating surging divine light. A terrifyingly powerful energy aura emanated ceaselessly from within.
Even more enticingly, faintly discernible, illusory projections of numerous treasures were being cast out from inside the palace, floating in the space above and around the edifice. Each treasure seemed to be of unimaginable value.
"How comfortable!
The energy aura released from within this palace seems to have instantly boosted my strength significantly!"
"This is definitely the aura of a Deity. Sensing this Deity aura, my thoughts have never been clearer. My comprehension seems to have also risen a level!"
"Does that mean there truly are Deity-level treasures within this palace?"
"Do you even need to ask? Such a sight is only possible for a Deity's treasury.
It has long been said that the Void Secret Realm likely contains Deity-level treasures. Who would have thought we'd actually run into one!"
...
All the beings before the palace were extremely excited, their faces filled with greed.
"What are we waiting for?
Let's go in and seek treasures!"
"I already saw someone go inside earlier. We should hurry up; otherwise, the Deity treasures inside will be snatched up by others!"
...
Soon, beings began to act, charging headlong towards the palace's gate without looking back. "Go in!"
More and more beings continuously charged inside.
At the same time, beings constantly received the news, entered this world, came to this palace, and then rushed in.
"This palace seems a bit off."
Standing before the palace, Ye Yunfei observed the magnificent, towering, resplendent structure with a slight frown.
For some reason, Ye Yunfei always felt that the aura of this palace ahead was a bit odd.
Especially the illusory projections of treasures cast from inside the palace—they looked extremely alluring, but Ye Yunfei felt they weren't quite real.
However, even those advanced Heavenly Immortals who came before this palace had their eyes gleaming, noticing nothing amiss before charging straight in.
"Senior, I think this palace seems a bit off.
Do you have that feeling as well?"
Ye Yunfei transmitted a sound message to the Remnant Soul.
He knew this Remnant Soul's perception was even sharper than his own.
"Yes.
Indeed, it is off.
But I can't say exactly what it is; it seems more like an intuition.
Do you also feel this way?"
That Remnant Soul replied.
"Yes.
I also can't pinpoint the reason, but I just feel something is off.
This palace seems a bit unreal."
Ye Yunfei nodded.
"Master, could it be that all those treasure projections cast from inside this palace are illusions?
But I don't sense the slightest hint of illusionary energy or laws of illusion.
Our kind is naturally very sensitive to various illusions. If those treasure projections were illusions, I should be able to detect it."
Hu Miao said to Ye Yunfei.
"Our Black Wind Group members have definitely also entered the palace.
I sense the aura they left behind."
Just at this moment, a Golden Immortal said to Ye Yunfei.
"I also perceive the aura left here by the two Xiao sisters. The two of them must have been here; it's highly likely they also entered that palace."
The Remnant Soul said.
"Since it's like this, I can only go in and take a look."
Ye Yunfei felt this palace was not quite right and might harbor immense danger. Originally, he wasn't too keen on entering, but since Xiao Huanhuan and Xiao Yueyue had probably already entered, he had no choice but to go in.
Ye Yunfei's figure flashed, rushing through the palace's gate.
Rumble...
The moment he entered the palace, Ye Yunfei felt a surge of peculiar energy sweep over him. A dizzying sense of disorientation made his entire head feel woozy.
"What kind of energy is this?"
Ye Yunfei was startled.
One must know that with Ye Yunfei's current strength, ordinary teleportation energies wouldn't induce feelings of vertigo.
It wasn't until a moment later that Ye Yunfei felt himself land on solid ground. Casting his gaze around, he saw himself standing on a long and wide street.
"This appears to be a terrifyingly massive city with densely packed streets everywhere, as well as various pavilions, towers, artificial hills, ponds, and palatial buildings.
You are currently standing on one of the streets."
The Remnant Soul told Ye Yunfei.
"Yes, I also sense that the surroundings are filled entirely with densely packed streets, scattered like stars in the sky."
Walking forward while perceiving his surroundings, Ye Yunfei nodded in reply.
"Where did all those guys who entered earlier go?"
Hu Miao said curiously.
"Possibly because the scale of this city is too vast, the beings who entered earlier were teleported and scattered to different locations."
Hun Lao said.
"Immediately sense where your Black Wind Group members are."
Ye Yunfei said to the five Black Wind Group Golden Immortals.
"Can't sense anything for now.
That's strange. In principle, our Black Wind Group's identity tokens are specially refined, and the mutual sensing force between them is very strong. Within a single city, we should definitely be able to sense each other's tokens. But right now, I can't seem to sense the tokens of our other Black Wind Group members."
One of the Golden Immortals said.
"We can't sense them either."
The other four Black Wind Group Golden Immortals also spoke up.
"Let's search first.
Be careful. The aura within this city is a bit eerie; it seems to harbor some very unique restrictions or laws. I can't clearly perceive what exactly it is either."
That Remnant Soul said.
Ye Yunfei cautiously moved forward.
"Eh? It seems like something is peeking at us from the shadows!"
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm suddenly cried out softly.
"Yes, I also sense it.
We seem to be followed. There's some being nearby watching us."
Ye Yunfei nodded.
"The target seems faintly discernible, coming and going. Too strange.
Be careful. This city definitely conceals unimaginably immense danger!"
That Remnant Soul spoke in a grave tone.
Ye Yunfei carefully advanced while continuously perceiving his surroundings.
The street was empty and silent, with only Ye Yunfei present. Aside from Ye Yunfei's footsteps, there were no sounds from any other being.
After a moment, Ye Yunfei reached the end of this long street, turning onto another street.
Over the next stretch, Ye Yunfei passed through five or six streets consecutively.
"Eh, something's not right?
Why have you returned to the street we first appeared on?"
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm suddenly cried out.