"No proof?" Gu Duanhe was taken aback.
King Mingcheng's expression also turned grave. He had known nothing of this either; like Gu Duanhe and Yang Chen, he had only come here after receiving the news from Liu Feng.
The Wind Emperor sighed. "That's right. We don't know where this rumor came from either. Out of nowhere, word spread that the Ancient Dao Dragon Pattern Banner had been placed inside the Heavenly Crystal Snake Spirit Pagoda."
"Then have you not entered the Heavenly Crystal Snake Spirit Pagoda to verify it?" King Mingcheng asked.
Hearing this, the Wind Emperor helplessly shook his head.
Then the First Prince at his side promptly said, "Lord Mingcheng, you may not know this, but the Heavenly Crystal Snake Spirit Pagoda was created by one of our Snake People Clan ancestors, a Heavenly Mandate Realm expert who reached the World Life stage. The pagoda itself contains that lord's lifelong essence. After that lord passed away, according to legend, their inheritance fell upon the top of the Heavenly Crystal Snake Spirit Pagoda. Yet reaching the top is incomparably difficult."
"Difficult? In what way?" King Daoguang asked.
The First Prince, Mo Dao, explained, "First, the prerequisite for entering the Heavenly Crystal Snake Spirit Pagoda is cultivation—you must reach the Transcendent Realm. Yet even with Transcendent Realm cultivation alone, entering the first three levels of the Heavenly Crystal Snake Spirit Pagoda is nothing more than a fool's dream. The Heavenly Crystal Snake Spirit Pagoda has ten levels in total. Since Heavenly Mandate Realm experts cannot enter, those of us at the Heavenly Separation Realm are the ones with the greatest chance of reaching the top."
"So over the years, your clan has been unable to enter the top of the pagoda and investigate?" King Mingcheng asked.
"Precisely. In the millions