Meanwhile...
"Tsk! They actually didn't fight! What a pity!" The Human-Headed Snake-Body Shadow sounded disappointed as he watched this unfold. He spoke in a low voice, then chanted under his breath and pointed at one of the lights...
Buzzz! Light rippled outward, and Li Xiaoya's figure appeared within the Light Curtain... A startling, vicious gleam flashed through a pair of enormous scarlet eyes. The shadow chuckled. "Heh heh! Still, you finally came in... Outsider... this lord is waiting for you inside!" His voice brimmed with impatience...
There it was!
Inside a long passage, the surroundings were much like the Maze Passage Li Xiaoya had encountered in the Treasure Beast Lair. The entire passage had been forged from metal, its surfaces covered in countless mysterious runes...
He listened to the astonishing tremors and explosions coming from behind him...
Li Xiaoya began putting his thoughts in order. Old Monster Qianyuan's appearance had not harmed him; instead, it had revealed a terribly serious truth... Ever since entering the Immortal Ancestor's Immortal Mountain, he had felt that many of the things he encountered were wrong somehow. Yet he had been so intent on beating the countless cultivators and demon beasts to the Immortal Ancestor Inheritance that he had given little thought to anything else...
The appearance of Old Monster Qianyuan and Marquis Hanbo had served as a reminder... Still, those two clearly harbored no good intentions...
Indeed...
Given their enormous bodies, it was practically impossible for Old Monster Qianyuan and Marquis Hanbo to obtain the Immortal Ancestor Inheritance or enter somewhere to hunt for treasure. But these two old creatures had lived in the Immortal Spirit Realm for who knew how many years, and naturally knew plenty of secrets. It was hardly surprising that they knew this place was the Sacred Lord's territory...