Mist swirled around the summit of the Misty Cloud Sect's main peak.
With Ya Fei in tow, Chu Zhou followed Yun Shan and Yun Yun down.
The four landed before a stone stele carved with ancient patterns.
The stele's surface looked unremarkable, engraved with patterns of wind and Cloud Pattern.
With his powerful Soul Force, Chu Zhou sensed intense spatial fluctuations coming from it.
"A Space Lock. Only a High-Rank Dou Zong can begin to grasp this technique, and only a Dou Zun expert can leave one on an external object." Chu Zhou's eyes flickered as he immediately recalled Jia Nan Academy's Scripture Pavilion.
Mang Tianchi had placed a Space Lock on that Scripture Pavilion. Opening it required Elders Qian and Bai, both Nine-Star Dou Zong, to activate it together.
Yun Shan stopped and turned toward Chu Zhou with a sincere smile. "Mr. Chu Zhou, as agreed, the Misty Cloud Sect will allow you to enter the Gate of Life and Death once as part of your payment. Since we have yet to gather all the medicinal ingredients, why not enter first? We can discuss the transaction in detail after you return."
As soon as he finished, Ya Fei keenly picked up on his underlying meaning.
This old fellow wanted to inspect the goods before setting the price.
The Gate of Life and Death held the legacy left by Yun Potian, a Dou Zun. For centuries, no one in the Misty Cloud Sect had obtained its true essence. Outsiders even speculated that Yun Potian had never left his core inheritance behind.
Yun Shan wanted to take a gamble and see what Chu Zhou could gain inside the Gate of Life and Death.
If his gains were ordinary, the terms would remain unchanged. But if Chu Zhou truly obtained a Dou