Mystic Sting suppressed his impatience and tried hard to recall. "I... I remember searching all over this secret realm for spirit flowers back then and stumbling upon a stone wall covered in vines."
"There were some strange patterns carved into that wall. I just thought they looked beautiful, so I stared at them for a while."
"As I kept looking, something suddenly appeared in my mind. From then on, I started cultivating according to those methods, and gradually entered the Origin Tracing Realm."
Little Devourer quickly followed. "It was much the same for me. Back then, I was digging holes everywhere to find food. Once, I dug through a stone wall and found a small cave behind it, with designs carved into its walls."
"I stared at those designs for a long time, and then... then I felt as though I understood something. After that, I just followed what they taught me."
After hearing the two insects' answers, Li Bufan found his suspicions tentatively confirmed.
He said, "I've reached a place that might be connected to the inheritances you received before. Would you like to take a look?"
The two insects nodded. "Sure! We can see what secrets this spider's territory holds."
Li Bufan withdrew his spiritual sense from the Small Cauldron and examined the statue and its nine bluish-white jade pillars again. Then he released the two insects.
Just as Li Bufan was studying the stone pillars before him, Little Devourer and Mystic Sting, whom he had just released from the Small Cauldron, cried out simultaneously.
"Master! These jade pillars... something on them is drawing me in!" Little Devourer's voice held an unprecedented urgency, his compound eyes fixed on a pillar carved with a beetle design.
Mystic Sting followed immediately, his gaze falling on the jade pillar carved with