"Ancient Mandara Flower, I've finally found it."
Lu Yunxiao let out a soft breath, a smile curling at the corner of his lips.
Mandara stared at the Ancient Mandara Flower as well, unable to conceal the excitement in her eyes.
Lu Yunxiao's starry eyes narrowed slightly as he swept his gaze across the plaza.
With his discernment, he could naturally tell at a glance that the plaza had been covered by a spirit array fraught with deadly danger.
That was also why Mandara had chosen to hide here in the first place.
Otherwise, an ordinary place would never have been able to stop Lu Heng.
The spirit array enveloping the plaza had reached the mid-level Grandmaster rank, enough to pose an enormous threat to an Upper Earthly Sovereign.
This had also been the most important reason Lu Heng had retreated back then.
Lu Yunxiao's gaze soon fell beneath the eight stone pillars in the plaza.
Eight skeletons sat cross-legged beneath those pillars. They seemed to have lost all vitality and were nothing more than ordinary white bones.
Yet the locations of those eight skeletons were precisely the central nodes of the spirit array before them.
In other words, they were the source of power for this spirit array.
Without further hesitation, Lu Yunxiao raised his right hand and lightly pointed.
Like a gentle breeze brushing across one's face, his finger descended lightly, and the spirit array covering the entire plaza vanished in an instant.
Lu Yunxiao stepped forward, with Mandara and the others following closely behind.
The group entered the plaza without difficulty, then quietly climbed the stone stairs.
At the end of the stairs, the blood-red lotus platform emitted a faint crimson glow. The bewitching flower rested atop it, giving off a dim light and appearing especially mysterious.
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