Over the next few days, Shadow City grew livelier and livelier.
More and more Experts came rushing in from every direction, gathering in this neutral city hanging alone in the deep sea.
In teahouses and taverns, in the streets and alleys, everyone was discussing the same topic... the Ancient Black Emperor's ruins.
Some said the ruins held the techniques and divine abilities the Ancient Black Emperor had cultivated over his lifetime, and that obtaining them could allow one to break through to Heavenly Supreme.
Some said the ruins contained sacred treasures left behind by the Ancient Black Emperor, worth entire cities.
Others said the ruins held the Darkness Origin Bead left behind by the Ancient Black Emperor, and that after refining it, one could command the supreme power of darkness.
Opinions varied, and no one could agree, but everyone understood one thing... whoever seized the greatest opportunity once the ruins opened might become the next Ancient Black Emperor.
Lin Langtian and Yin Ruoshui kept a low profile. Aside from occasionally going out to gather information, they spent most of their time inside the inn.
Using the Black Heaven Bead's resonance, Yin Ruoshui had already roughly confirmed the ruins' location... in the deep sea roughly a thousand li southeast of Shadow City.
There was a powerful restriction around the outer perimeter of the ruins. It had not yet dissipated, and they still had to wait a few more days.
And during these few days, Lin Langtian also learned important information regarding the Black Heaven Beads.
It turned out there was not only one Black Heaven Bead, but eight in total, scattered throughout the Great Thousand World.
Legend had it that before the Ancient Black Emperor died, he sealed all he had learned in his lifetime along with his treasures inside the