"There is indeed a bit of trouble.
However, don't worry, nothing will happen."
Ye Yunfei said.
"But, there are so many of them. Can you defeat them?"
Da Di Daozhang asked worriedly.
Looking at the numerous Minor Mystic Pill Realm experts surrounding them, Da Di Daozhang felt extremely insecure.
"I can't defeat them."
Ye Yunfei shook his head.
With over sixty Minor Mystic Pill Realm late-stage, over eighty mid-stage, and over a hundred early-stage cultivators present, given his current combat strength, Ye Yunfei indeed couldn't win.
"You say 'nothing will happen' even though you can't defeat them..."
Da Di Daozhang was somewhat speechless.
"Who told you to go fight them head-on?"
Ye Yunfei curled his lip.
"You mean..."
Da Di Daozhang was taken aback.
"Ignore them.
Let's go, we're going in."
Ye Yunfei said, stepping forward towards the door of the green palace before them.
"Haha...
Su Ye, this is the place where True Lord Dongzhuo went into secluded cultivation. It's protected by numerous high-level Formations. Even if all of us here combined our strength to break the Formations, who knows how long it would take to succeed?
Do you two really think you can break in just by yourselves? Is it even possible!
Are you so desperate you're panicking and can't find your way?"
Seeing Ye Yunfei act like this, Ouyang Feng couldn't help but laugh heartily.
The others all sneered.
Everyone agreed with Ouyang Feng, thinking Ye Yunfei was so panicked that he couldn't find his way.
It was evident that layer upon layer of Formations were arranged before the palace doors, emitting an oppressive Formation energy that made one's heart palpitate. Trying to force their way in without breaking these Formations was undoubtedly suicidal!
One must remember, these Formations were left behind by True Lord Dongzhuo, so one could imagine their power.
"The two of you now have only one choice: come over here, kneel down, and hand over the herbs you just harvested!"
Lu Fengxian said coldly.
"Unless..."
Da Di Daozhang, on the other hand, became extremely excited and immediately followed closely behind Ye Yunfei.
In the entire place, only Da Di Daozhang knew about Ye Yunfei's monstrous talents.
Even the Aoyue Demon King of the Ancient Demon Clan couldn't freely enter and exit the spatial rift on the Tianxuan Continent, yet Ye Yunfei could come and go as he pleased. That alone spoke volumes!
Boom…
The moment Ye Yunfei and Da Di Daozhang approached the palace door, there was a reaction. Dense swarms of Formation symbols surged into the air, flooding towards the two of them.
The vast and mighty Formation energy shook the space before the door, making it rumble and roar.
"Haha...
Du Fan, Su Ye, who would have thought the two of you would die here!"
Seeing this, Ouyang Feng couldn't help but let out a carefree laugh.
As long as Ye Yunfei and Da Di Daozhang died, he was absolutely confident he could become the next sect master of the Houtu Sect!
This was something he had been anticipating for hundreds of years!
Naturally, Ouyang Feng couldn't help but be excited.
"Such a pity!"
The disciples from the Tianxuan Sacred Land and Jiuhua Sacred Land shook their heads.
What they pitied were the herbs on Ye Yunfei and his companion.
Several thousand dao herbs and tens of thousands of precious herbs, even for the two great Sacred Lands, represented an enormous fortune!
However, at that very moment.
"Watch my footsteps carefully. Absolutely do not step in the wrong place."
Ye Yunfei reminded Da Di Daozhang.
Then.
Ye Yunfei's speed suddenly increased. Every step he took landed on a special spatial node, giving off an incredibly profound and mysterious feeling.
In the blink of an eye, he charged right up to the door.
Ye Yunfei raised his fist, the nearly eighty million catties of physical strength within his body pouring out as he punched the two bronze doors.
This punch also landed with precise calculation, just breaking through the final protective Formation layer.
Rumble…
The two doors of the palace were slowly pushed open on the spot.
Da Di Daozhang followed behind, not daring to be the slightest bit careless. Every step he took followed the precise points where Ye Yunfei had stepped earlier.
He only felt infinite, terrifying Formation energy angrily roaring around his body.
Yet, oddly, this fearsome Formation energy did not attack him!
"Incredible!"
Da Di Daozhang's heart trembled with fear, yet he also felt incredibly stimulated, and couldn't help but exclaim.
"Let's go in."
Ye Yunfei gave a faint smile, leading Da Di Daozhang into the two slowly opening bronze doors, disappearing from everyone's sight.
"How could this be?
They actually went inside!"
This scene made everyone present utterly dumbfounded.
Ouyang Feng was so furious that his face contorted and his entire body trembled, looking utterly ferocious.
"Not good!
This is True Lord Dongzhuo's real cultivation cave abode. The Heavenwood Ethyl Pearl might very well fall into their hands!
We must hurry and force our way in!"
A disciple from the Jiuhua Sacred Land suddenly cried out in alarm.
"Let's attack and get in!"
Lu Fengxian shouted sternly.
Then, leading the disciples from the Tianxuan Sacred Land, he charged forward and began attacking the Formations.
Whoosh!
Right at that moment, from a distance, a figure in a green skirt flew across the sky and landed before the palace doors.
Saintess Lin Qingwei of Jiuhua Sacred Land!
Everyone's gaze instinctively sharpened, looking at her with both admiration and wariness.
"What's going on?"
Lin Qingwei frowned as she asked.
"Senior Sister Lin, here's what happened."
A disciple from the Jiuhua Sacred Land immediately stepped forward and eagerly recounted the events.
"Senior Sister Lin, the Heavenwood Ethyl Pearl must be inside this palace. Let's join forces, disciples from both our Sacred Lands, and attack our way in!"
Lu Fengxian said with an ingratiating tone, his gaze toward Lin Qingwei burning with intensity.
"Break the Formations!"
Lin Qingwei's voice was as cold as ice. With a wave of her fair hand, a green silk ribbon shot out from her body, crashing towards the Formations ahead.
"All of you, come over here as well, break the Formations together.
After they are broken, I will allow you to enter to search for treasures together."
Lu Fengxian shouted to the people from the other forces gathered around.
"Let's all go together!"
Upon hearing this, the members of the other forces were overjoyed. They surged forward, swarming towards the palace entrance, and began attacking the Formations ahead.
Everyone knew that this palace was True Lord Dongzhuo's real cultivation cave abode.
The things collected inside would be the most precious!
At the same time.
In the Sacred Domain of the Xuanhuang Star.
Within the headquarters of the Heaven's Secrets Sect, a mountain peak floated mid-air, shrouded in clouds and mist. Spiritual energy condensed into a drizzling mist constantly falling, making it look like a dwelling for immortals.
On this mountain peak stood a resplendent, magnificent palace.
Inside the main hall of the palace.
A gaunt elder sat cross-legged on the floor.
Before the elder was a low, dilapidated wooden table.
On the table's surface lay two pieces of tortoise shell, several copper coins, and a red thread.
Beside the elder stood several powerful figures whose auras were as profound as the deep sea, their every breath carrying a faint sound like thunder.
Everyone's gaze was fixed on the gaunt elder.
The gaunt elder's eyes were tightly shut. His hands moved like butterflies flitting through flowers, incredibly nimble, constantly forming one mysterious hand seal after another.
He then imprinted these hand seals onto the tortoise shell, copper coins, and red thread on the table.
If one listened carefully, one could also hear the gaunt elder chanting strange syllables with his mouth.
No one knew how much time had passed.
"The traces of Ye Yunfei, reveal!"
The gaunt elder suddenly roared, pointing a finger at the table.
On the tabletop, the positions of the tortoise shell, copper coins, and red thread instantly shifted, arranging themselves into a pattern indicating direction.
"Ye Yunfei is in the Northern Wastelands."
The gaunt elder said slowly, staring at the table.
Pfft!
As soon as the words were spoken, the gaunt elder spat out several mouthfuls of blood in succession. His aura instantly became utterly feeble, his face as pale as paper.
"This Ye Yunfei is no ordinary person. To divine him involves cause and effect too immense.
Just now, I saw glimpses of images—scenes of mountains of corpses, seas of blood, of cataclysm and utter devastation…"
Before the gaunt elder could finish speaking, his head tilted to the side and he passed out.