From when did it begin, everywhere was pitch black and you could not see your own hand before your face. The pearl light meant for illumination could not pierce past ten feet. Even Longevity True Mans like Black Robe and Elder Long were unable to penetrate the darkness to see fifty feet beyond.
Zhai Que'er and her party, however, were alarmed rather than pleased. Previously, the Mystic Talisman Spirit Sealing Divine Ability Forbidden Zone followed established rules—steady, unhurried, revealing neither mountain nor dew—leaving people unable to find any flaws, and forcing everyone to waste half a month and more within the forbidden zone. Yet now, although this scene was far more intense, it at least gave them a chance to calculate.
Only half a day later, Zhai Que'er's group found this place. Beneath their feet was a rather rugged mountain path. Darkness still obscured everything, but the highest-cultivation members of the team—Black Robe and Elder Long—had already sensed something. Advancing a bit further brought them near the summit, and faint, heavy outlines began to emerge.
Zhai Que'er laughed softly. "It's said that the Yellow Springs Secret Mansion harnesses earth-energy to raise seven peaks, each peak possessing halls and pavilions. The treasures collected by this lineage over more than ten kalpas are distributed among them. I wonder which one is before us?"
Black Robe's mood during this time was not very good. The chained fire he had planted was tossed about everywhere, clearly making a fool of him. Hearing Zhai Que'er's pointed words at this moment, he sneered, "No matter what treasure is placed before my eyes, I only want the cultivation method of the Twelve Heavens of Jade Firmament's Profound Passage. I will take nothing else. But if anyone dares to play cunning tricks and ruin my good deeds, I