The old man waved his large sleeve, and a dark light appeared on the stone wall in front of him. Inside, one could vaguely see the figures of Mo Zi Chen and Ji You Fei, but they were extremely blurry, only able to make out that they were two young people, but their faces couldn't be seen at all.

  A short and stout old man beside him twirled his long mustache and said, "But they are just two little kids, how did they manage to rush through the three gates and arrive here?"

  The old man with white eyebrows hummed: "How would I know? Did the disciples responsible for guarding the gate not discover that the seal was activated at all?"

  A middle-aged Taoist stood up and bowed, saying: "I just sent out a warning to investigate in all directions. Indeed, the battle on the mountain top is fierce, and some disciples have reported that the ancient tomb's door has been opened, but there was no alarm for anyone breaking in. Even the four spirit symbols pasted on the tomb door did not react at all. I don't know what method they used to sneak into this place quietly."

  As soon as these words came out, everyone in the room was shocked.

  The stout old man said, "The four spirit talismans at the entrance of the tomb are the Four Season Spirit Talismans passed down from ancient times by the demon cultivators. They embody the rotation of the four seasons in heaven and earth, respond to the changes of the twelve time periods, and everything is within their scope. How can they be obscured by someone?"

  An old man with white eyebrows said coldly, "What's so special about that? The world is vast, and those famous sects have many treasures. The Guiyuan Sect has a treasure called the 'Xumi Pearl', which can contain Mount Sumeru in a mustard seed, create a cave heaven, and shrink all things to the size of an inch. It's just breaking through a small barrier, what's so special about that?"

  The middle-aged man said, "Elder brother, this is not necessarily the case. These few who rushed in are at most building their foundation and cultivating their skills. Would their masters be willing to entrust such a precious treasure to these children to carry with them?"

  The old man with white eyebrows said, "What you say also makes sense. But these few young ones, especially the two who have already entered the last forbidden land, must be disciples of a famous school. Our great affair is approaching, and we cannot easily provoke them. If we ruin our senior brother's affairs, it will truly be unforgivable. If things go wrong, those old guys who have been hiding for many years will come out, and several heads won't be enough to chop off. Now everything must be put aside first, let our senior brother form the yuan fetus as the priority."

  The middle-aged man said: "Then what should be done with these four little dolls? Please enlighten me, senior brother."

  The old man with white eyebrows said: "The first two are easy to deal with, they're still circling around the Eight Gates Golden Lock, just let them continue to turn. These two are a bit more troublesome..."

  He hesitated for a moment, then said: "Give them a detour, lead them to another place!" He stood up and said heavily: "There are still three days! All other things must be put down first, after these three days, we will destroy all traces, at that time no one can do anything to us. Even the Xuanji Dan of that demon path will not fall into the hands of outsiders!

  Several others stood up in unison, bowing their heads in response. The white-browed old man pressed his hand on the stone pedestal, feeling the warmth beneath, and said in a low voice: "Elder brother, this time you've invested all of our sect's power, you must not let everyone down..."

  Mo Zi Chen and Ji You Fei continued to move forward without stopping, fortunately this path only had one route and no forks, so they didn't have to worry about taking the wrong road. But the further they walked, the more frightened they became.

  Along this narrow stone wall, the spiritual veins outside can be seen at a glance. As one walks further forward, the space in the belly of the mountain becomes wider and more expansive, with paths leading in all directions. Apart from this main spiritual vein, there are countless branches that constantly emerge from all sides. Even Mo Zi Chen felt that the spiritual energy within his body seemed to be stirring restlessly. This spiritual vein seems to have a mysterious magical power that can absorb the spiritual energy within one's body.

  Ji Youfei's face grew increasingly solemn, his expression tense and unyielding. Mo Zichen couldn't help but speak up, "This place is truly eerie! With my shallow cultivation, I can even feel the thin spiritual energy within me being drawn out. Brother Ji, don't you feel it?"

  Ji You flew shook his head: "This is just like two pieces of magnetite, the greater the magnetic force, the greater the suction. The gravitational pull I feel can only be stronger than yours." His pace had slowed down at this time, and he kept staring at the spiritual pulse outside, "I think, I have found the hidden path mentioned in the summons."

  Mo Zi Chen heard the unspoken implication, and exclaimed in surprise: "You mean to say that the reason for the spiritual energy deficiency of the Jing Tan Sect's spiritual vein is because it was absorbed by this place?"

  Ji Youfei nodded: "Not bad. We were all wrong before, perhaps the disciples of Jingtan Sect deliberately misled us, and the real reason should be that it was absorbed by this spiritual vein."

  They were now deep underground, and it was only natural that they could see the deepest part of Lingjingshan, where the spiritual veins did not stop at just one vein opened up by Jingtan Sect, but instead stretched out in all directions like a spider web.

  Ji Youfei said: "In Lingjing Mountain, the Jingtan Sect also excavated a few small spiritual veins, but now it seems that they were just used to deceive people."

  Mo Zi Chen nodded and said, "That's right. If a spiritual mountain of this size doesn't have any spiritual veins, it would be too abnormal. On the contrary, having several small spiritual veins can cover up the truth better, making it less noticeable and not standing out. This way, they can hide their secrets underground more easily."

  Ji Youfei glanced at her and said, "I think before this, the spiritual vein was quietly absorbing spiritual energy, it wasn't as crazy as this until recently. It has absorbed all the spiritual energy from the spiritual veins in the mountain. Probably the disciples of Jingtan Sect are afraid that things will be exposed, so they issued a summons order, attributing the matter to the demon beast. It's a means of covering people's ears and eyes. But by doing this, aren't they trying to cover up but instead revealing the secret underground?"

  About this, Mo Zi Chen couldn't understand either. After all, using one trick to cover up another is usually only done by those who pretend to be clever. This doesn't seem like the style of someone who is experienced in handling matters.

  However, she didn't think that if it wasn't for the jade pendant on her body, not to mention those young disciples, even a Golden Elixir cultivator wouldn't be able to see through the ancient tomb's seal. They could only make it this far because of bad luck on the part of the mastermind, running into an oddball like her.

  Ji Youfei said, "This matter, nine out of ten is the work of people from Jingtan Sect. They hide their spiritual veins here, which is not a big deal after all, it's our sect's territory. But this spiritual vein has been used by someone with demonic gate techniques to refine and cultivate, which is a great taboo for cultivators. I must report this back to the sect!"

  "What should we do now?"

  Ji Youfei said: "First follow the original road back, we need to find the exit before talking!"

  His words had just left his mouth when Mo Zi Chen suddenly shouted, "Be careful!" The two words were not yet out of her mouth when the ground beneath their feet began to shake violently.