Without any delay, led by Yao Ming, the group headed straight for the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet. Leaving the cluster of buildings and entering the mountains, they stopped atop a massive altar after roughly ten minutes.
This was an enormous, ancient altar, built atop a rather towering peak amid the mountain range. It was called enormous because nearly one-third of the mountain itself formed part of the altar.
The altar stood a thousand meters high and was entirely constructed from bluestone. Perhaps because it had been neglected for too long, moss had grown between many of the stones. Yet even after who knew how many years, the altar remained completely intact, radiating an ancient, primitive aura. Such a structure that had endured across the ages gave one the feeling of glimpsing the past.
At the center of the altar stood a pale yellow stone tablet roughly a hundred zhang tall, embedded firmly into the altar like a gemstone.
The tablet was also covered in countless runes. Even Yao Ming could not recognize all of them. At the moment, however, the runes emitted neither light nor much energy fluctuation. Perhaps because it had yet to be activated, aside from looking somewhat imposing, the stone tablet possessed no other obvious peculiarities.
Yao Ming first bowed respectfully to the tablet, then turned to Xiao Heng. "Brother Xiao Heng, this is the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet. Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and the Demon Sage's blood essence are hidden within. Whether you can obtain them will depend entirely on you. Still, Brother Xiao Heng, there is no need to take it too seriously. Even if you fail, I will prepare another generous gift for you."
"No need to say such things, Brother Yao Ming. I, Xiao Heng, am not a man of insatiable greed. Brother