Yue Long stopped about five meters before the Black Pillar, sending out strands of Soul Consciousness to probe it cautiously.
The instant his Soul Consciousness nearly touched the Black Pillar.
A powerful wave of Soul Consciousness suddenly exploded through Yue Long's mind.
"Who dares trespass into my Sima Family's forbidden ground!"
Yue Long's entire body jolted. Overwhelming terror uncontrollably surfaced on his face.
From that Soul Consciousness, he sensed an aura even more formidable than his master's. The pressure it gave off alone nearly left him unable to breathe.
"Senior~" Yue Long's expression tightened. He did not dare display the slightest disrespect as he respectfully greeted, "This junior is a descendant of Jing An Daoist. My ancestor once had ties with Senior's clan, and that jade talisman just now was produced by this junior. This junior had no intention of offending Senior. I beg Senior's forgiveness."
"So that is how it is."
The Soul Consciousness surfaced in Yue Long's mind once more, though much of its previous murderous hostility had faded.
As Yue Long sensed this, he could not help secretly letting out a breath of relief. At the same time, he rejoiced that the jade talisman had vouched for him. Otherwise, this Soul Consciousness might have wiped him out in a fit of rage.
The jade talisman did indeed originate from Jing An Daoist, but his identity was false.
Jing An Daoist's descendants had long since died out. A century ago, the jade talisman and a chronicle manuscript had been unearthed from a graveyard, eventually passing through several hands before falling into the Saint Sect's possession.
After analyzing that chronicle manuscript, the Saint Sect secretly searched for decades before finally confirming the location of this hidden realm within Azure Lake Ridge.
Only then had today's intrusion come about.
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