After Zhang Yu left the encampment, he sped onward for half a day and arrived at the southwestern Desolate Domain of Azure Yang Upper Continent.
Relying on the information provided by Master Artisan Weng, he searched the wasteland briefly and found a concealed shaft leading underground.
He had Wen Liang and the others wait outside while he transformed into a streak of rainbow light and descended.
Following the passage, he dropped in an instant to a depth of a thousand zhang beneath the earth. Before him stretched a broad, long, and deep passageway, with only faint light lingering around it.
With a single sweep of his gaze, he released his Heartlight Seal and soon discovered that this was a sizable underground military fortress. However, it appeared to have been abandoned for a long time. The aged objects and outdated layout all showed that these were things from fifty or sixty years ago.
Yet in this vast place, there was only one person at its deepest point.
His eyes shifted slightly as he walked inward along a cabin passage, all the way to the deepest part of the fortress. The hatch before him opened silently.
He stepped inside and saw a young man standing there. Upon seeing him enter, the man bowed and said, "Greetings. I was ordered to wait here for Your Excellency for a long time."
This was a Creator. His face had only eyes, ears, and a mouth, and there was not a single hair on his body. He looked like a half-finished product.
Zhang Yu looked at the man and said, "It seems Master Artisan Han has already left. Did he deliberately leave you behind to deliver some message?"
His gaze swept across the surroundings. Judging from the various traces here, the owner of this place had