Bai Yi had been fiddling with the Divine Hairpin for ages, yet the formation showed no sign of loosening. Dai Qing lost her patience.
"Brother Bai Yi, didn't you boast that your family's divine artifact could overcome anything? Why haven't you broken through this formation yet?"
"Don't worry, Qing Mei. This protective formation was probably laid by a shape-shifting Demon Marshal. How could it be so easy to break? But we only need to open one corner. I, Bai Yi, am confident!"
"Hehe, confidence is good. If you really can't manage it, I'll just kick it open."
Bai Yi ignored Qing Qiu's boast and kept his head lowered as he worked, controlling the Divine Hairpin through his divine sense. He carefully peeled away the formation's patterns one by one, searching for its formation eye.
"Found it!"
At Bai Yi's cry, everyone crowded closer to look. This so-called formation eye was merely a huge piece of soul jade hidden underground.
"This is it."
Born into the White Deer Clan, Bai Yi possessed a powerful mental talent and excelled at formations and restrictions. Naturally, he knew that this huge piece of soul jade was one of the eyes of a large formation, the kind often used to guard sect gates and tribes.
Having found the formation-eye soul jade, Bai Yi gently broke off a piece with the Divine Hairpin. A rift several people tall appeared before them. Through it, they could see a scene different from the one before their eyes.
With a corner of the formation open, everyone filed inside. The valley truly held a world of its own, vast and boundless. The surrounding cliffs were densely packed with caves, perhaps numbering in the millions or tens of millions, if not more. Rows of massive, sturdy trees towered high enough to