Someone Has Arrived

As Gu Sheng's thoughts raced, the heavy stone doors of the hall finally opened completely.

An even denser gust of air rushed toward them, carrying ancient dust, the stench of blood, and strange energy fluctuations.

"Master, the door is open!"

Gu Yuanyuan's voice carried both excitement and tension.

Gu Sheng composed himself and temporarily set aside his speculation about Nether River Venerable's scheme.

The urgent matter was to explore the Hall of a Thousand Souls, find the trapped disciples of the Sacred Academy, and stop the Boundless Sect's possible sacrificial plan!

"Let's go."

Gu Sheng stepped forward first and entered the hall's deep, gaping entrance.

Gu Yuanyuan followed closely behind.

The interior of the hall was exceptionally vast, over a hundred zhang high and supported by countless massive black stone pillars.

The pillars were carved with lifelike reliefs of ferocious ghosts and gods in various forms, radiating a chilling pressure.

The floor was paved with heavy black stone slabs, covered in dried, blackened bloodstains and deep marks left behind by battle.

The air was thick with an inescapable stench of decay and death. Faintly, they could hear the wind echoing through the empty hall.

"Master, I remember that there is a treasury on the second floor of this hall!"

Gu Yuanyuan cautiously observed her surroundings as she spoke softly to Gu Sheng.

"Back then, before I was sucked into this place and fell unconscious from severe injuries, that nine-colored demonic beast seemed to have taken me near the treasury. Later, I was fortunate enough to wake up and found some scattered Spirit Stones outside the treasury. That was how I replenished my Spiritual Power and managed to escape.

"But the depths of the treasury were protected by powerful restrictions. I could not get close at all back then."

"A treasury?"