His continued failure to find the other two Triangular Bone Shards gave Chen Lin an uneasy feeling.
Back then, the Spirit Demon Ancestor had managed to take a Bone Shard to another plane, so others might have done the same. Even if they were still in the Spirit Demon Realm, this realm was vast, and the shards could not sense one another. Finding them would be no different from fishing a needle out of the sea.
There was no telling how long it would take before he could make use of the Heaven-Connecting Secret Realm route.
After pondering for a while, Chen Lin took out a pipe.
It had a copper bowl and a wooden stem, and reeked of tobacco tar.
Its smooth, rounded patina spoke of its age. One glance was enough to tell that it had seen frequent use.
Aside from its dense Nightmare Realm aura, there was nothing special about it. No form of energy could activate it.
After examining it, Chen Lin had the Scholar stand guard for him and allowed its Nightmare Realm aura to envelop him.
His vision blurred, and he appeared inside a great hall.
Many scrolls without any pictures hung on the hall's walls, while a tall, bizarre statue stood in the center.
He had already been here once, inspected everything, and completed the departure mission. After looking around and finding nothing changed, he went to the hall's entrance.
About three feet from the doors, there was a Formless Barrier that he could not pass through.
Chen Lin did not try to force his way through.
If even the permission granted by his Level 3 Road Guide could not get him past the first Road Guide Barrier, there was only one explanation: this scenario was Silver Grade or higher.
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