Qin Fengming naturally recognized the old man who had appeared. Hidden a hundred zhang deep within the secret water, he was still greatly shocked when he saw the unscrupulous old man emerge.
This old man, whose face and figure both looked exceedingly wretched and cowardly, was precisely the short, thin old man who had once partnered with Qin Fengming after he entered the Yellow Springs Secret Realm.
At this moment, the still exceedingly wretched old man's aura had already grown immensely powerful. As Qin Fengming looked at him, the body he had been about to move instantly returned to its original state.
Qin Fengming had been able to hide within the secret water because, when he was returning from the depths of Yellow Springs Lake, he had suddenly discovered that towering altar when he was still two or three hundred zhang from the surface. The altar floated above the lake, appearing exceedingly strange. Caught off guard, Qin Fengming's rapidly moving body abruptly halted.
In this place, where sinister energy was dense, such an altar had suddenly appeared floating above the lake. It looked extremely ancient, and anyone who saw it would naturally be overcome with curiosity.
When his spiritual sense swept over the altar, he was even more shaken.
Upon the altar, five Great Cultivators were actually casting secret techniques. Surrounded by nine enormous cauldrons, a tall young man several zhang high was bound to a huge stone pillar.
With only one glance at that tall young man, Qin Fengming's mind trembled. An immense soul aura, powerful enough to destabilize even his mind, permeated that tall body.
If not for the extraordinarily profound formation formed by the nine enormous cauldrons, the slightest unreleased trace of soul aura contained within that tall body would unquestionably have instantly killed any nearby cultivator.