After questioning him for a while, Silver Fairy let Chen Lin leave the room.
"That lad wasn't entirely truthful. He seems to have concealed something. Did you know about this, Fellow Daoist Yun?"
Once Chen Lin had left, True Lord Huanling glanced at Silver Fairy and spoke calmly.
Silver Fairy smiled. "How could anyone emerge from the Nightmare Realm unscathed without a few secrets? But this shouldn't affect our plans. He may be my disciple, but I can't monitor everything he does."
"True enough. He is only a foundation establishment early stage cultivator, after all." True Lord Huanling nodded. "We can now confirm that there is no space node connecting to the Nightmare Realm near that mine. Those cultivators were drawn into the Nightmare Realm entirely because of the object sealed inside the stone coffin. I suspect it is an untamable Nightmare Artifact, most likely connected to the Scarecrow Cottage."
"Could it be a nightmare realm creature?"
The Withered Wood Elder, who had barely made his presence felt, suddenly spoke.
True Lord Huanling pondered for a moment, then slowly shook his head. "Unlikely. A nightmare realm creature must continually absorb nightmare realm aura to survive. That mine had been operating all along. If nightmare realm aura had been leaking from a space node, it couldn't possibly have gone unnoticed."
The elder nodded and said no more.
True Lord Huanling looked rather excited. "It has been a long time since I last entered the Nightmare Realm. I wonder whether we might obtain a Nightmare Artifact from the Scarecrow Cottage. If we could get one that can be tamed, this trip would truly have been worthwhile."
But he immediately sighed again. "Unfortunately, Nightmare Coins are too difficult to obtain. Otherwise, if we could buy a Road Guide, our chances of reaping benefits