This valley lay within the Hidden Dragon Mountain range. Bathed in sunlight, it was tranquil and secluded, lush with green leaves. Even in the depths of winter, it remained exceptionally beautiful.
The warm winter sunlight streamed down from the sky, making the place seem incomparably lovely.
Looking at the scene before him, Li Qing praised, "This really is beautiful. I never expected Hidden Dragon Mountain to contain such a little valley."
Wu De shrugged beside him. "The scenery here truly is good. From a feng shui perspective, it is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with only a single narrow path leading in."
"It can be called a Dragon Lock Formation. And with sunlight shining over it, what it locks is a radiant dragon pearl."
"So long as the terrain remains unchanged, this will be an excellent feng shui treasure ground for centuries, even millennia."
"I found an underground palace passage in the very center of this valley."
"The material inside is quite peculiar—something even I have never seen before."
"This material naturally possesses a powerful repulsion toward vital essence."
"This material was used to construct the entire underground palace, and it is densely carved with strange runes."
"These runes are particularly unusual. They seem able to meld with the material itself and suppress any cultivator."
As he spoke, the two had already arrived at the center of the valley.
There was a small hole in the ground. The two crawled inside, only to find that it was a rocky cave.
Hard stone surrounded them on all sides. The interior of the entrance was about the height of a person, just enough for the two of them to pass through.
The cave sloped gently, though it twisted and turned somewhat.
Li Qing felt that the two of them had walked