A circular sinkhole!
At a glance, it was a hundred zhang across!
Standing at its edge and looking down, all they could see was a fiery red expanse below, with nothing else in sight.
The entire sinkhole seemed to be a sea of fire.
Scorching heat surged ceaselessly out of the sinkhole.
"These are the Heavenly Fire Ruins!" True Person West Lake said solemnly. "They say this sinkhole is bottomless!"
"It will remain open for only three years this time!"
"Everyone, hurry inside!"
Boom...
With that, True Person West Lake was the first to leap into the sinkhole.
The other disciples of the Li Household jumped in one after another.
The Zhu Household, the Kong Household, the Wu Household...
Members of every household leaped into the sinkhole as well.
They hovered in the air, slowly flying downward.
Zhu Dong, whose face still retained a little baby fat, had now reached the Foundation Establishment Realm too. Looking at the sinkhole, he said, "I know why Qi Refining Stage disciples aren't allowed inside!"
"Because Qi Refining Stage disciples can't fly by Sword Riding. They would keep falling through the empty air until death was their only fate!"
"Exactly!" Zhu Ci nodded. "That's the reason!"
"Everyone, don't say I didn't warn you. Although the deeper underground you go, the more plentiful the treasures and Daoist Law become, I still advise you not to get ahead of yourselves!"
"Just behave yourselves and descend slowly!"
Everyone nodded.
And so, whether they were Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators or Golden Core Stage cultivators, almost everyone descended at the same speed.
It was not a fast pace.
Everyone proceeded cautiously.
But after roughly half an incense stick's worth of time, some Golden Core Stage cultivators could no longer hold back.
"Everyone!"
"Farewell. I'll go on ahead!"
"I'm heading