A mere Dan Furnace pattern had been carved clearly into the ground.
Ning Xiaochuan carefully examined the pattern, trying to discern what was special about it. After all, something carved by a possibly immensely powerful deity should not have been ordinary.
Yet no matter how Ning Xiaochuan studied it, he could not detect anything unusual about the Dan Furnace.
The Dan Furnace carved into the ground consisted of only a few lines. It was entirely the simplest, most common sort of Dan Furnace design.
"Could it be that this senior wanted to tell those who came after him that, if they wished to leave this place, they had to find this Dan Furnace—or forge one?"
Ning Xiaochuan began calculating in his heart.
Just as Ning Xiaochuan was pondering carefully, the Dan Furnace pattern on the ground began to weather away, then swiftly vanished before his eyes.
The phantom vanished, and the Dan Furnace pattern vanished as well. Time truly was the most merciless thing, capable of obliterating everything. If not for the phantom's power protecting the Dan Furnace pattern, it might have disappeared long ago.
Staring at the ground where the Dan Furnace pattern had vanished, Ning Xiaochuan's expression grew increasingly solemn.
Such a Dan Furnace pattern had been left behind with such grave deliberation; it definitely concealed some great secret. Yet Ning Xiaochuan simply could not comprehend its hidden mystery, and the clues this Dan Furnace gave him were far too few.
Still carrying his doubts, Ning Xiaochuan continued onward.
Since he had already discovered some anomalies, Ning Xiaochuan believed that he would soon find other clues.
Sure enough, after continuing onward for half a day, a figure appeared before Ning Xiaochuan—a figure with whom he was very familiar.
The handsome young man in magnificent robes whom Ning Xiaochuan