In fact, across the thousand-mile expanse stretching all the way to the frozen wasteland beyond the pass, there were no fewer than a hundred places with terrain like this. Secluded Valley was only one of them.
It was neither the largest nor the most conspicuous. It was as ordinary as they came.
This was the forbidden ground at the heart of Secluded Valley, where the sect's headquarters stood. Luo Yi had gone to considerable trouble to find it.
Had he not happened upon Heavenly Secrets Pavilion Disciples taking advantage of the chaos to plunder civilians on his way here—and had he not been unable to bear their suffering and kindly stepped in to save them—
otherwise, even if he had sent out his Divine Soul to probe the entire route, there was still a good chance he would have passed this place by.
Only by venturing deep into the valley could anyone discover what was unusual about it. A sweep of his Divine Soul across its surface would have revealed nothing amiss, and he would have passed it over.
There was barely anything unusual about the surrounding spiritual veins, either. Clearly, to keep their headquarters hidden, the people of Heavenly Secrets Pavilion almost never drew on the Spiritual Energy of heaven and earth to cultivate.
"For Heavenly Secrets Pavilion to become a sect that rivals Great Qi, and to commit evil from hiding in Secluded Valley for so many years without being rooted out—they really do have a few tricks."
Having worked it out, Luo Yi gathered his thoughts. He looked at the things before him, neither human nor demon, and could not help asking, "Is it really worth turning yourselves into this to grow stronger?"
Kunwu, who stood at their head, gave a derisive snort. "Boy, you're still wet