"A key?" Zuo Qiu Shu asked, somewhat puzzled. "This should be the key to opening that secret place, right?"
"Yes, but I can also use it to find the exact location," Xuanyuan Xin said.
Hearing this, Zuo Qiu Shu could not help glaring at Xuanyuan Xin. "If you'd taken it out sooner, we wouldn't have had to spend so much time. Hmm? There are restrictions?"
Zuo Qiu Shu quickly caught on. If they could really find it using the key, Xuanyuan Xin would not have ended up in such a sorry state alongside her.
"Yes, there are restrictions," Xuanyuan Xin sighed. "The Ancestor said this key can only sense it within ten li. Now that we've reached this area, the search range is much smaller. Searching with the key should be more efficient. Only then will we have a chance of succeeding."
"Then what are we waiting for?"
Another month passed in their search.
"Isn't there a better way?" Zuo Qiu Shu asked.
Even with this key, searching was still like fishing a needle out of the sea. They had no leads at all.
"If there were, wouldn't I use it?" Xuanyuan Xin said, rather helplessly.
She had thought that since she had already reached the central region of the Dense Forest, she should soon find their destination using this Bronze Key.
But reality left her sorely disappointed.
"Although neither of us has encountered any danger, staying here any longer will become dangerous too," Zuo Qiu Shu said.
"I understand." Xuanyuan Xin nodded. "But we've come all this way. If we just go back now, I won't be able to answer to the Ancestor. Give me another month?"
Xuanyuan Xin knew what danger Zuo Qiu Shu meant.
It was some of the divine beasts here.
Since the Dense Forest was