Xiao Wujiu chatted with Ling Qingzhu while also studying the formations here. He discovered that, like Rune Puppets, they were a new path worthy of further research.
After memorizing the grand formation here, he gained a rudimentary understanding of formations. With his talent, he had not only mastered the formations here, but could also draw inferences from them without issue.
As for deeper study, he would need more material. To get some practice, he thoughtfully made a few alterations to the path ahead for Lin Langtian and the others, adding a little difficulty to see how well he had learned.
As he experimented while walking, a bronze gate suddenly appeared amid the sea of flames ahead. It was tightly shut, with seals and Runes faintly flickering across its surface.
"Looks like this is it—the true core of the Ancient Tomb Mansion, where the Nirvana Heart lies."
"Leave breaking open this bronze gate to Qingzhu."
Seeing that Xiao Wujiu had brought her to the core of the tomb mansion, Ling Qingzhu volunteered to handle the final bronze gate.
With her knowledge and their familiar conversation earlier, she could more or less determine that he was not from the Great Yan Dynasty either. Though she did not know his exact identity, she still placed his standing above that of Lin Langtian and the others.
Her slender fingers moved slightly, and the Azure Sky Lotus beneath her feet released another beam of azure light. When the lotus petals landed upon the bronze gate, the seals and Runes melted away like snow beneath the warm sun. The gate's restrictions vanished just like that.
Once the gate opened, Xiao Wujiu and Ling Qingzhu exchanged a glance before flashing inside.
The instant they entered, the crimson glow of the sea of flames was cut off, and