Not long after Xiao Ze stored the ten puppets in his Storage Ring, the tightly shut stone door began to rumble with the sound of turning mechanisms.
The heavy stone door slowly swung inward. As the gap widened, an aura steeped in ancient desolation quietly spread out.
"Now we'll see how good you are at finding medicinal ingredients." Xiao Ze turned to Zi Yan.
He had cleared away all the obstacles along the way. Now it was time for them to reap the rewards.
"Leave it to me, Big Brother Xiao Ze! When it comes to finding medicinal ingredients, I call myself second, and no one dares call themselves first!" Zi Yan said with a grin, patting her chest.
After all that hardship on the road, it was time she had a good meal.
Xiao Ze didn't waste words. He led the two of them straight through the stone door and raced inside.
When they reached the front, a vast hall came into view. Standing inside it made them seem especially tiny, and numerous corridors branched off around the hall.
"Zi Yan, can you sense anything?" Xiao Ze asked, frowning slightly as he looked at the seemingly endless passageways.
There were so many entrances that trying them one by one was clearly impractical.
"I can smell a little of the medicinal ingredients, but it's faint. Take the passage on the left side of the hall," Zi Yan said after sniffing carefully.
Xiao Ze nodded and flew straight toward the passage on the left.
The corridors in the vast hall were extremely spacious. From time to time, pavilions stood along either side, but Xiao Ze didn't linger. He truly wasn't interested in ordinary things.
After flying through the corridor for nearly fifteen minutes, Zi Yan signaled for Xiao Ze to stop.