Wuchen jerked his head up.
Zhou Xuan tapped his finger on the fragmentary map.
"The question now isn't whether we go in."
"It's that we know too little about the Return to Void, the Supreme One Token, and the token-keeping lineage."
"Charging straight in with half a tattered map and a pile of broken sentences is throwing our lives away."
Lin Qingzhu's expression eased slightly.
"So?"
Zhou Xuan picked up the Supreme One Token and wrapped another layer of Taiyi Divine Power around it before putting it into his Storage Ring.
The Command Token still trembled softly inside the ring.
He could feel that pull lingering, only a little weaker.
"First, we investigate."
"Find out who brought the Supreme One Token down back then."
"Find out exactly what the token-keeping Lineage was guarding."
"Find out why the most crucial section of the Return to Void map is missing."
Wuchen hesitated for a moment.
"Those things... are probably all in Purple Gold's Hall of Historical Archives."
Zhou Xuan looked at him.
"Then we'll go to the Hall of Historical Archives."
A troubled look crossed Wuchen's face.
"Young master, the Hall of Historical Archives isn't an ordinary library."
"It holds every secret sealed away since the founding of the Purple-Gold Immortal Vein, the personal writings of successive Vein Masters, the original records of the Immortal Court's descent, and... the ancient scrolls the token-keeping lineage entrusted to Purple Gold."
"It cannot be opened unless the Vein Master comes in person."
Zhou Xuan watched him without replying.
Wuchen steeled himself and continued.
"Even if this old servant leads the way, we won't be able to enter."
"The Restrictions on the hall doors recognize the Purple Gold Vein Master's Origin Source seal. Without the Alliance Leader's permission, coming within thirty feet will trigger the suppressive