Time rewound to when True Lord Tianluo parted ways with Ye Chongshan and the others.
True Lord Tianluo flashed away and arrived in a valley, where an old man in blue already stood.
He was an old man in his fifties, with a slightly dark complexion and three short wisps of beard. He stood in midair, radiating the aura of the Nascent Soul Tribulation Realm.
He held a metal compass in his left hand and stared down at a gray-black patch of ground several dozen meters across.
"Hall Master!" Upon seeing Tian Luo appear, he hurriedly bowed.
"Du Wang, how many pieces have you found?" Tian Luo raised a hand to stop him and asked gravely.
"This is the second!" Du Wang said solemnly. "This thing spreads very quickly. It's already spread several dozen meters here. At this rate, I'm afraid it could spread a thousand meters in a day!"
"What an overbearing power. All life here has been completely extinguished!" Tian Luo narrowed his eyes and said gravely, "Hurry up and dig it out, then seal it. The other side may discover this ahead of time. We must retrieve all the black crystals as quickly as possible!"
"Yes, Hall Master!"
Du Wang hurriedly nodded and struck out with his palm. The ground exploded, and a black crystal flew out. He launched a jade box, opened it, and caught the black crystal inside.
Then Du Wang hurriedly applied one seal after another, sealing the jade box.
"Hall Master, please take these!"
Du Wang waved his hand, and two jade boxes immediately flew before Tian Luo. True Lord Tianluo swept them away with a wave. "Let's go. Straight to the next location. We must move faster!"
"Yes!"
Du Wang answered and took out his compass. Its needle spun in a circle,