The sudden sealing of Little Bamboo Peak caught everyone off guard.
Just as Chen Yu was fretting over how he could slip into the Immortal Ruins unnoticed from now on, he took the Immortal Ruins Jade Pendant out of his Storage Ring and placed it in his palm. Then he suddenly froze.
"Hm?"
Chen Yu frowned.
The Jade Pendant in his palm was giving off a soft glow from time to time.
At the same time, he felt a connection to the Immortal Ruins. Previously, that sensation had only appeared after he entered the grounds of Little Bamboo Peak. But now, even inside his residence on Emerald Cloud Peak, Chen Yu could sense the Immortal Ruins' existence.
It was as though an invisible thread connected him to the Immortal Ruins.
"Could it be?!"
Chen Yu was overjoyed.
Clutching the Jade Pendant, he immediately willed it into action.
The next second, Chen Yu vanished from his residence and appeared inside the Immortal Ruins.
He looked at the familiar corridor before him.
Excitement stirred within Chen Yu.
"Excellent!"
"Now that I have preliminary control over the Immortal Ruins, I no longer need to approach Little Bamboo Peak. I can enter directly even from my residence!"
That saved him a great deal of trouble.
Even before Little Bamboo Peak had been sealed off, he still had to sneak out of his residence in the early hours each day, make sure no one was following him, and exercise extreme caution to avoid being discovered. Not only did that waste cultivation time, but it also carried a certain amount of risk.
Now, he could enter directly from his residence.
Chen Yu walked onward and soon reached the central chamber of the Immortal Ruins Main Hall.
"This is..."
Previously, this place had been empty, but now