"Fellow Daoist Shen, Fellow Daoist Hong, this is the core region of the sect ruins!"
Fu Jianghuo pointed at the enormous formation in the center of the ruins and said expectantly to Shen Mo and Hong Gu, "We have explored most of the outer regions and found neither the sect treasury nor important sites such as cultivation manuals and archives. We can basically conclude that those places are all within this area."
"When breaking the formation, I hope neither of you will begrudge the expenditure of true essence!"
"On behalf of the Clear Heart Sect, I can make this promise: once the matter is done, the two of you may each copy a set of every cultivation manual and secret scroll. If there are magic treasures or spiritual items in the treasury that catch your eye, you may also choose first..."
Time had flown by, and the Clear Heart Sect had been excavating this ancient sect ruin for several years.
During that time, Shen Mo and Hong Gu had also reached an agreement with the Clear Heart Sect. They would assist the sect in exploring the outer regions, and only needed to hand over a portion of their gains to the Clear Heart Sect.
The Clear Heart Sect's accommodating attitude was not because Fu Jianghuo and the other sect higher-ups were kindhearted, but a compromise born of necessity.
This ancient sect ruin was simply too vast, its area comparable to the entire territory of the Colorful Garment Kingdom.
Ordinary sects were mostly built against mountains, but this sect's mountain gate encompassed vast stretches of mountains and rivers. By rough estimate, it could accommodate over ten million disciples cultivating within it!
Moreover, this ruin did not possess merely one mountain-protecting grand formation. Countless formations and restrictions lay layered upon layer over