After the Demon Venerable Eye's intermittent probing, Ye Tian seemed to have caught onto something within this cramped space.
Beneath that dilapidated Teleportation Array, there seemed to be a cellar door that could be opened!
Ye Tian tried to open it, but it did not budge.
"What should I do?" Ye Tian pondered, spotting an unusual rune-stone slot.
Although this immortal formation was far too powerful and had no record in the formation manuals, immortal formations had certain underlying logical rules.
This rune-stone pit clearly did not conform to such a rule.
Ye Tian had gathered quite a few rune stones after leaving that palace, and he still had some to spare.
As it happened, these rune stones were all roughly the same size. Ye Tian used the White Jade Dagger to shave one down, then fitted it into the slot.
The moment it was placed inside, the entire palace began to shake violently.
The Teleportation Array immediately spun open like the revolving door from before, revealing a bottomless underground cavern below.
Ye Tian chose to jump down. No matter how deep it was, a fall could not harm him.
After falling for nearly ten seconds, Ye Tian finally landed on the floor below. Ahead of him stood a pitch-black spiral staircase.
Ye Tian walked down the stairs, passing numerous wall fixtures where torches had once been placed.
To verify their age, Ye Tian pinched up some of the remaining black ash and brought it to his nose.
An ancient scent, weathered by countless years, drifted into his nostrils.
Everything seemed to indicate that this place had indeed been abandoned for a thousand years.
At the bottom of the spiral staircase stood a house of neither large nor small size.
Inside were four beds. Chains were locked beside each bed,