Half a day later, after Luo Hong had refined all the valuable buildings in this palace complex, he successfully obtained ten thousand crystals of Primordial Qi.
Han Li, however, had gained little, finding only a few immortal herbs of decent age.
After regrouping, the two continued onward. About half a shichen later, the plain ahead suddenly caved in, revealing an enormous valley out of nowhere, with what appeared to be a cluster of palaces at its bottom.
Without a second word, the two flew toward the palaces.
After landing, Luo Hong looked around. The valley was immensely vast; even his spiritual sense could not reach its edges. Yet its aura differed from that of an ordinary valley.
"This place was likely once a great lake. I wonder what kind of fierce battle turned it into this."
From this small glimpse, Luo Hong could already imagine how intense the great battle of that year had been.
The valley floor was flat and covered everywhere with a layer of white jade.
Luo Hong investigated and found that the jade was not Law Spirit Material, so he abandoned the thought of tearing up the ground.
"There are far more remains here than in that palace complex just now. This must originally have been a rather important place within the True Word Sect."
As they ventured deeper into the valley, Han Li saw more and more corpses. Some had belonged to True Word Sect disciples, but even more wore Heavenly Court attire.
After exploring together for several shichen, the two had gained very little. Fortunately, a grand hall that was clearly extraordinary then appeared before them.
Before the hall lay an enormous plaza, where some True Word Sect disciples evidently gathered from time to time.
The hall itself was entirely constructed from a crystalline