"Let's go. I've set a departure ward here. Once inside this entire residence, no living thing can leave from anywhere.
Only the place where I left the ward can be used to go outside."
Lord Heshan smiled faintly and casually pointed at the ground. The mud-and-stone vortex that had been spinning nonstop slowly decelerated, then gradually settled and returned to normal.
This was where he had left the ward.
Having done this, he took the lead and headed deeper into the Marshal's Mansion.
They could all sense that somewhere within the residence, demonic aura was continuously emanating.
To set up a facility brimming with demonic aura in such a residence was clearly the handiwork of that former dynasty martial artist.
The party consisted of four Great Demons, including a five-hundred-year Great Demon like Lord Heshan. One after another, they strolled along the paths of the residence like visiting guests at the Marshal's Mansion.
The demons were calm and composed. Before long, they reached a secluded rear garden.
Along the way, they encountered guards and maidservants, yet it was as if they were invisible. None of those people saw them at all.
The rear garden they had reached contained a dried-up pond. Dead vines coiled around the rockery, and every leaf had fallen from an old tree.
There was no clutter or trash on the ground, but an air of desolation seeped from every corner.
"It's underground," Yan Shanxun said in a low voice.
The demons exchanged glances.
One of the Great Demons' assistants, also a Shapeshifting Demon, began searching around the ground.
Very quickly, it found the entrance.
"Here."
The demon raised a hand and slapped the rockery.
At once, the rockery split apart by itself, revealing a stone stairway leading downward.
Lamps had been lit inside the passage, making