"Senior, did you enter the Core Area?" Huang Xiao asked with some anticipation.
"Do you have so little faith in us old fellows?" Xuan Yuanjun asked with a chuckle.
"No, not at all. I have every confidence in you, Seniors." Huang Xiao's eyes lit up.
This meant Senior Xuanyuan and the others had entered the Core Area. Then they must have gained quite a lot this time, making the journey worthwhile, right?
"I couldn't unravel the Grand Formation Longevity Daoist laid down in such a short time, but entering the Core Area should still have been no problem," Xuan Yuanjun said. "Unfortunately..."
"Unfortunately what?" Huang Xiao's heart lurched.
"Although we entered the formation's Core Area this time, we failed to uncover many useful secrets," Xuan Yuanjun said with a sigh.
"Was it still because there wasn't enough time?"
"That was one reason, but not the main one," Xuan Yuanjun said. "We had a feeling that even if we stayed inside for ten days or half a month, the result would probably be the same. Unless we could stay for years or decades, we might not gain anything. Unfortunately, that's impossible."
"Senior, didn't your desire to find those Divine Weapons come from what you learned during the Spirit Land journey?" Huang Xiao asked.
"We certainly gained something, just far less than we expected. That formation was too mysterious for us to comprehend all at once," Xuan Yuanjun said. "Only after combining that with Slaughter Evil Lord's insights into his Spirit Land did we conclude that, to attack a formation with a formation, we needed to gather all sorts of wondrous objects. The Seven Great Treasures certainly qualify, and these Divine Weapons are no exception. If these things work for Longevity Daoist, they'll naturally be a great help to us too."
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