Divine Being

With the two highlands as landmarks and the map to guide them, they soon reached the vicinity of the Ancient Cultivator Cave Abode.

Only after another exhaustive search did they finally pinpoint its location.

"This should be the place?"

Chen Lin looked at the two enormous stone slabs exposed beneath the snow as he spoke.

Excitement spread across Du Dahai's face, and he nodded repeatedly. "That's right, this is it. I'll open it!"

As he spoke, he walked over to the slabs and stepped on a protrusion.

Chen Lin backed away and took a defensive stance.

Nothing unusual happened, however.

With a series of mechanical noises, the stone slabs slowly slid apart, revealing a staircase leading down.

Neither the opening mechanism nor the construction of the stairs differed much from those in the Three Kings Grotto. Moreover, this place had already been explored, so it lacked the energy fluctuations that accumulated over the years in an Ancient Cultivator Cave Abode and would not attract the Tianluo Race.

"I'll go down first!"

Du Dahai volunteered.

Over the course of their journey, he had gained a thorough understanding of Chen Lin's approach: the man was even more cautious than he was. Even if he did not volunteer, Chen Lin would order him to go.

Chen Lin watched Du Dahai descend the stairs and followed only after confirming that nothing was amiss.

After a moment's thought, he reached back and pressed a protrusion on the inner wall, slowly closing the stone doors again.

Although doing this would make escape more difficult if danger arose, leaving the doors open meant that any use of mana inside might be detected by the Tianluo Race.

On balance, closing them was the better choice.

Moreover, once the stone doors closed, Chen Lin felt the sensation of being