"Really? It seemed that island truly had some connection to this place. But the island lay outside the Heavenly Puppet Palace—how could it be linked to here?" Nie Caizhu was quick-witted and immediately grasped the connection, her delicate brows knitting slightly.
"None of that matters. I suspect the place where that Refined Corpse is now is the burial ground mentioned on the stone stele. Even if it isn't, the two must be closely related," Shen Luo said, shaking his head.
"That's wonderful. It saves us from searching blindly. This Dark City looks enormous, and searching it would be quite troublesome," Nie Caizhu said happily.
Shen Luo nodded, then looked at the stone stele again. With a flip of his hand, he drew a Pure Yang Sword and slashed horizontally at the base of the stele.
A dazzling streak of sword light flashed, severing the stone stele at its base...
He swept out a streak of crimson light with his sleeve and stored the stele inside the Free-and-Easy Mirror.
Che Qingtian had done such a thing on the third level, so Shen Luo naturally felt no guilt whatsoever about taking the stele now.
"Let's go. This place looks strange, and there may be danger. Be careful." Shen Luo summoned the Thousand-Dipper Golden Goblet and headed deeper into the Dark City.
Hearing this, Nie Caizhu activated two Magic Treasures. One was a yellow, sail-shaped Magic Treasure, while the other was the Jade-Purity Vase. They formed a white and a yellow light barrier around her as she followed closely behind Shen Luo.
Since they had only just arrived and knew nothing about the Dark City, neither of them flew. They chose to proceed on foot, passing through one ruined building after another for nearly half an hour.
The farther they went, the taller