Within the courtyard.
Feng Sen watched Lu Feng's face as he focused intently on sensing something, growing ever more curious. "What exactly is His Lordship trying to accomplish with all this?"
Artisan Hero looked toward the top of the Four Aspects Sinful Karma Cage. The pressure radiating from that Nether God statue seemed more than twice as strong as before, leaving him deeply startled. "I've traveled north and south over the years and seen my share of rare treasures, but this is the first time I've ever seen such a bizarre cage."
"A faintly ferocious and terrifying formation pressure seeps out from within. It seems like some sort of judgment formation that was lost who knew how many years ago, containing supreme Soul Power."
Hu Xianxian smiled knowingly, paying little heed to it. "Did Father and Mother lack strange and unusual things back then? You should all know better, yet you're still making such a fuss."
Feng Sen and Artisan Hero both froze, then exchanged a glance and broke into laughter.
The few people kneeling nearby looked at one another, each carrying a trace of vigilance and unease. They feared that someone beside them might be a spy, and feared even more that something might happen to the leader who had entered the Four Aspects Sinful Karma Cage—that they would be next.
"Nothing in particular."
Lu Feng raised a hand and opened the Four Aspects Sinful Karma Cage, releasing the burly man.
Though he had been focused on the inside of the cage, he had heard Feng Sen and the others' conversation as well. With an independent consciousness remaining outside, he would be able to react at once if there were the slightest danger.
"His Lordship—"
After coming out, the burly man steadied himself before kneeling directly in front of