According to Xiao Yutian, an extremely well-hidden treasure site lay within this land of wind and sand.
Xiao Yutian had not discovered it himself. His master had stumbled upon it ten thousand years ago, when Emperor Fall Land last opened.
His master had been a prodigy in that expedition, but while exploring this region, the treasure site's guardian Puppet had beaten him until he coughed blood again and again. In the end, he had no choice but to retreat.
Xiao Yutian's master had recorded the treasure site's location and the method of entering it, then passed both on to Xiao Yutian so he could explore it when he entered Emperor Fall Land this time.
"A secret kept for ten thousand years. Looks like I might be the one to reap the rewards today."
Qin Yan murmured to himself, then stepped forward and vanished into the wind and sand filling the sky.
The swirling sand immediately swallowed his comparatively tiny figure.
Inside, tornadoes swept toward Qin Yan like beasts that had scented prey.
Each tornado held enough power to tear a grandmaster apart. Countless tiny stones and grains of sand spun within the rushing air like whirling blades.
Qin Yan faced the oncoming tornadoes without a flicker of expression. Purple-gold light blazed around him.
The Cangwu Heavenly Garment and Holy Son Robe shielded him together. Tornadoes capable of shredding an ordinary grandmaster struck the purple-gold barrier as though they had hit an invisible divine wall, then burst apart into clouds of dust.
Tornado after tornado charged at Qin Yan. One, two, three, ten, twenty...
Qin Yan counted silently as he withstood their impacts, keeping track of each tornado's number.
When the forty-ninth tornado arrived, Qin Yan abruptly withdrew the purple-gold defenses around him and let it sweep him inside.
That forty-ninth