As a member of the Black Swallow Clan's Hall of Elders, Chao Zhang could be called the person with ultimate responsibility for Ancestor Daoyan's affairs. Over countless years, dozens of elders had devoted themselves to this undertaking.
Those in the Hall of Elders responsible for this matter knew the records left behind by Ancestor Daoyan in meticulous detail.
Blood Crane Mountain, however, was merely the place responsible for carrying out Daoyan's task. Although the clan had some records, they were far from detailed.
Xu Hong and Chao Fei had previously told Qin Fengming that only one cultivator had ever deciphered the valley's restrictive spell, but that was merely what Blood Crane Mountain's records stated. In truth, four people had come to Blood Crane Mountain and deciphered the valley's restrictive spell.
Whether chosen by the divine sense avatar Ancestor Daoyan had left in the True Ghost Realm or by the lingering obsession he had left in the lower Ghost Realm, every one of them was naturally someone utterly devoted to formations and runes.
On hearing that a formation personally left behind by Ancestor Daoyan lay here, and that it could greatly aid cultivators in comprehending formations, anyone would have come to take a look.
Yet how could any of them have imagined that this place, personally arranged by Ancestor Daoyan, would be the final destination where their lives were buried?
As he listened to Chao Zhang, Ye En suddenly found it difficult to keep his heart steady.
He had never imagined that Ancestor Daoyan's plan reached so far. When Ye En became patriarch of the Black Swallow Clan, Chao Zhang had discussed the plan with him, entrusted him with control of the cave abode holding the items required for the altar, and taught him all the runes and incantations needed to