"Why hasn't Brother Li come out yet? Could something have happened to him?"
Outside the valley, Qin Tian paced back and forth, deeply worried about Li Changqing's safety.
Suddenly, the mist in the valley dispersed, revealing its true appearance. The currents of extreme heat and cold that had kept Qin Tian from venturing deeper vanished as well.
Without the slightest hesitation, Qin Tian headed straight inside to search for Li Changqing.
Meanwhile, another group arrived outside the valley.
"Thunder Venerable, is that the place you said held treasure?" a slender old man asked mildly.
Beside him, a burly man with thick, knotted muscles replied, "Indeed. It was filled with extremely dense currents of bitter cold and searing heat. A Dou Zong elder of our Wind-Thunder Northern Pavilion discovered it, but he couldn't enter, so he reported it to me."
"After trying myself, I couldn't enter either. That was why I asked Feng Qing'er to contact the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan so we could investigate together. If there truly is treasure inside, Senior Lie Shan, we'll divide it equally between the Wind-Thunder Pavilion and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, as agreed, with your clan choosing first."
The burly man was none other than the Thunder Venerable, master of the Central Plains' Wind-Thunder Pavilion, whose cultivation stood at Three-Star Dou Zun.
The old man, named Feng Lieshan, belonged to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and possessed the cultivation of a Five-Turn Dou Zun.
The place they believed might hold treasure was the very valley where Li Changqing was.
About two months earlier, an elder of the Wind-Thunder Northern Pavilion had discovered this valley and reported it to the Thunder Venerable.
The Thunder Venerable had come to try his luck, but he too had been unable to enter. Only then had he thought