Ever since entering the Eight Extremes Sect, Qin Fengming had been intensely interested in the marks carved deep into its mountain walls. That was why he had asked to study the sect's many runic patterns.
Now that he heard there was a place within the Eight Extremes Sect containing even more runic patterns, delight naturally stirred in his heart.
Yet he also detected something unusual in the words of the cultivator surnamed Yan before him. The elder had actually asked whether he "had the courage" to visit that place. That certainly gave him pause.
"Martial Uncle Yan, are you suggesting that Fellow Daoist Fei enter that dangerous place in our Eight Extremes Sect? Is... is that appropriate? If anything happened to Fellow Daoist Fei, it would be impossible to undo."
Before Qin Fengming could answer, the expressions of the three Ghost Commander elders beside him changed at once. Chong Ruo hurriedly spoke up. The meaning behind those words was unmistakable: that place was dangerous.
"A dangerous place? Could there be some danger in the location Senior Yan mentioned?"
Confusion appeared on Qin Fengming's face, and he was deeply puzzled. Could a sect with Ghost Lord cultivators really allow a dangerous place to remain within its grounds?
"Hahaha! You are correct, Fellow Daoist Fei. Some strange things have indeed occurred in the place I mentioned. No one knows how many years it has existed, but it certainly predates our Eight Extremes Sect by a great many years.
"When our sect's forebears first established the sect here, they entered that place as well. A peak Ghost Lord cultivator even ventured inside alone. After coming out, he set up an extremely powerful formation there and left a decree forbidding disciples of later generations from entering without permission.
"Tens of thousands of years have