Meng Zhiyuan shook his head slightly.
"It doesn't matter. Even if they could have broken through the restrictions and entered right from the start, what of it?
"Although I've never entered the cave abode, before Master died, he told me a few things about it. The formations inside combine attack and confinement.
"They complement the 'Shrinking the Earth to an Inch' formation. Those mighty cultivators preferred to trap intruders inside their cave abodes and kill them, rather than let them flee when they saw things turning against them.
"If my guess is right, even now, after the restrictions and formations here have lost most of their power to the passage of time, even a Nascent Soul Cultivator would find it difficult to leave the cave abode.
"With the cultivation Master and our martial uncles possessed back then, they knew there might be treasures left inside that could help us cultivate, yet they never dared enter. It wasn't that they couldn't get in—they feared they wouldn't get out!
"Those three who just entered will most likely be killed by the formations when they try to force their way out!"
Meng Zhiyuan swept his divine sense through the mountain's interior again and again. When there was still no disturbance after so long, he finally relaxed.
It seemed they lacked even the ability to make the cave abode shake. They might already have died inside. Still, he had only heard about the formations and restrictions within; he had never seen them himself.
"Bring me all the Storage Pouches you obtained. I'll see whether there are any pills that can mend the soul. I also need quite a few spirit stones for cultivation.
"Once I've inspected the Storage Pouches and taken the pills and some spirit stones I need, Third, come outside my cultivation