"Moreover, given how cautious and meticulous my master was, he could not fully trust even me at the time. Before he passed away, he placed the Crystal Transformation Stele elsewhere.
"I believe that, with my master's ability to leave nothing to chance, he must have arranged sufficient measures to ensure that only his reincarnation could obtain it.
"But in the end, Fellow Daoist Ning obtained it instead, so one can only say it was fate.
"Fortunately, it was Fellow Daoist Ning who obtained it. Otherwise, if Yan Jingchen had acquired this Crystal Transformation Stele, I fear I would have been utterly unable to stop him from coming here."
Ning Fa's expression suddenly shifted upon hearing this. So the Crystal Transformation Stele had been left behind by Daoist Yan Yuan for his own reincarnation. No wonder it had been hidden so thoroughly.
Moreover, Ning Fa recalled that several strange black stones in that concealed cave had formed a peculiar barrier, faintly emitting divine soul fluctuations.
At the time, Ning Fa had thought it might be some special defensive barrier. But now that he heard this, those unusual divine soul fluctuations seemed more like they had been meant to draw Daoist Yan Yuan's reincarnation there.
Thinking of this, Ning Fa could not help but sigh inwardly. What Liuying had said about Daoist Yan Yuan leaving nothing to chance was indeed not the slightest exaggeration.
That he had managed to obtain this Crystal Transformation Stele could entirely be called a fortuitous coincidence.
If Su Wanwan had not taken him there, and if he had not possessed the Star Roaming Compass, he could never have obtained this Crystal Transformation Stele.
At this thought, Ning Fa's heart stirred. Faced with the barrier around this valley, could his Star Roaming Compass still penetrate it and enter