Although mist shrouded the area, it presented little obstacle to Qin Fengming's divine sense. The surrounding terrain remained within its reach.
At the foot of the mountain several hundred feet ahead, he saw a pitch-black cave several dozen feet wide. Thick black mist billowed ceaselessly from its mouth, lending it an eerie air.
Qin Fengming did not stop. With his divine sense fully extended, he walked toward the dark cave.
"Martial Uncle Yan, this place is exceedingly strange. Although we have never heard of anyone dying here, our sect has issued explicit orders forbidding disciples of the Eight Extremes Sect from entering without permission. Why did you insist on having Fellow Daoist Fei enter?"
Just after Qin Fengming vanished into the dense mist within the valley and the valley's restrictive spell activated, the sect master of the Eight Extremes Sect, standing outside, immediately voiced his confusion.
His question was precisely what the other two prominent elders of the Eight Extremes Sect were wondering.
"This man's origins are exceedingly mysterious. From what the Grand Elder and I can judge, he must have an immensely powerful backer, someone our Eight Extremes Sect absolutely cannot confront head-on. The death of the Li household's patriarch alone gives us some indication of that.
"Moreover, he very likely came to our Eight Extremes Sect for the rune patterns carved into our mountain walls. Those patterns are of no use to our sect. The Grand Elder feared that denying him his wish might bring an undeserved calamity upon us, so he instructed me to let him enter this place.
"If he gains something, all the better. If the strange presence inside imprisons him for a time, that will have nothing to do with our Eight Extremes Sect. He will certainly receive quite a fright and abandon his