Because spiritual perception was suppressed within the Ancient Battlefield, neither Su Xin and Judge Cui when they fought the White Tiger Divine Lord, nor the people from the Heavenly Court when they came to investigate, discovered Ye Jianan's traces. At the same time, Ye Jianan had not discovered them either.
Just as Wu Zhiqi had previously suspected, Ye Jianan had indeed entered the Western Regions because of the emergence of the Ancient Battlefield.
However, Ye Jianan had not known the Ancient Battlefield's true nature at the time. He had merely thought some strange treasure had appeared within, which was why he came to investigate. Unexpectedly, he had truly stumbled upon this place and accidentally entered it.
He had arrived more than ten days before the Nine Prisons Demonic Sects and the others. Ye Jianan's gains had been considerable—the jade-white skeletons before him were precisely his harvest.
When the Human Emperor had marched west in the past, his might had already reached its pinnacle. None in the Martial Arts World dared refuse his command. Aside from the demonic path, all other martial artists had chosen to submit beneath the Human Emperor's banner, naturally including those of the Buddha Sect.
Thus, quite a number of disciples from the ancient Buddha Sect had fallen here.
However, the Buddha Sect of that era had not yet developed into what it was today. Furthermore, these Buddha Sect disciples had all been slain in battle, so they had not left behind relics.
But that did not matter. What Ye Jianan wanted was not their relics, but these pristine, jade-like Buddha bones.
These dozen-odd skeletons had all been left behind by Yang Spirit Realm martial artists of the Buddha Sect. If placed in the present day, each would have been a figure on the level of a