Hearing the Second Elder's reminder, Yun Ying shook her head. "My path does not lie in the two academies."
The Second Elder and the others paused at her words, but said nothing more. This young woman was far too outstanding. She had her own ideas, and no one could sway her.
Still, since Yun Ying did not want to go to the two academies, would she remain at the Heavenly Deity Academy forever?
They knew very well that the Heavenly Deity Academy could not keep Yun Ying. It was merely a stopping point on her path of cultivation.
Before long, the silver warship reached its destination and hovered above a valley.
"We're here!"
Mist churned within the enormous gorge. Once a fierce wind scattered it, they could see bones of every color strewn throughout the valley, belonging to different races.
No one knew how much time had passed. These bones had all weathered away.
"They were all peerless beings, with no shortage of Supremes among them. Who knows why they perished here?"
Everyone gazed into the gorge from the warship, their expressions solemn.
"There may be danger here. Let's probe it first."
The Fifth Elder said this, then took out a black combat puppet and activated it. Like a marionette, the combat puppet raced into the valley.
They saw that the combat puppet entered the depths of the valley without any trouble and encountered no danger.
"I saw some inscriptions mentioning that this was a pill-refining site. There was also a sentence on them that I found very strange."
The Fifth Elder relayed the combat puppet's feedback to everyone.
"What sentence?"
"With heaven and earth as the furnace, and the passing years as the fire."
Everyone began pondering this. They felt that the sentence held profound meaning, but could not