Chapter 518: Going Deep

"Then why did you call me here?!" Xiao Fan looked at the two of them.

"Actually… when I first notified you, there was a second half to my message; I wanted you to contact the Jixian Sect, since Elder Shi Ji came along as well."

Qiao Rong's expression was unsightly: "We spent over a month breaking all the Restrictions around this underground palace before finally entering. In the end, the stone door opened… but we got trapped inside."

"At that time, we could still mobilize our spiritual power, but the communication jade slips seemed to be blocked. The messages being sent out became weaker and weaker. I had just sent you two sentences when the third one couldn't be sent…"

Xiao Fan nodded. So that was it… these people intended for Elder Shi Ji to come…

Furthermore, he was curious why he was able to approach this mysterious underground palace so smoothly without any obstacles.

It turned out the Restrictions had all been broken by the people from the Treasure Pavilion.

"After that, communication failed completely, and we were left with no choice… we were locked inside the underground palace…"

"And the Formation Master traveling with us… could not open the stone door from inside the palace… that stone door can only be opened from the outside… so we could only bite the bullet and explore further inside."

"Then we entered this place. I think you know what happened after that; we lost our spiritual power, couldn't open our Storage Pouches, and were no different from Mortals. We almost starved to death here."

Xiao Fan nodded, finally understanding the origin of the matter. So this was how it went…

"This place is very eerie. Do you have any clues?" Xiao Fan looked at the two women.

The other three from the Treasure Pavilion remained silent, their expressions very grim.

"No… before entering here, a few people wanted to leave and didn't dare to go deeper. After that, only we were left," Wu Qingyan said, her face pale.

"Separated? Which path did you choose when you came in?" Xiao Fan asked.

"The middle one," Wu Qingyan said.

"When I came in, I found two corpses. Their Golden Cores were shattered. They were your people!" Xiao Fan said.

"Dead… then what about the other three remaining?" Wu Qingyan asked.

"Not sure." Xiao Fan shook his head.

Next, Wu Qingyan, Qiao Rong, and the others explained they mainly came to this underground palace to see if they could find any Opportunities, but ended up in this situation…

"Let's keep moving forward and see exactly what kind of place this is!" Xiao Fan said.

The others had no objections. Xiao Fan had just taken out Yao Beast meat for them to consume, allowing the spiritual power in their bodies to recover significantly.

Although it couldn't be compared to their Peak state, at least they wouldn't feel hungry or thirsty.

The group set off and continued forward, with Xiao Fan riding Xiao Jin…

Wu Qingyan and Qiao Rong looked on with some envy…

"How about we ride together?" Xiao Fan was very generous and invited the two women to join him.

He and Qiao Rong were very familiar with each other, having spent so much time together in the Secret Realm.

And Wu Qingyan had a naturally outgoing personality, which could be seen from their first meeting at the Jingchuan City Treasure Pavilion.

"Sure!"

Neither woman had any objections, and both climbed onto Xiao Jin…

Qiao Rong was behind Xiao Fan, and Wu Qingyan was behind Qiao Rong.

The other three from the Treasure Pavilion traveled on foot; one was a Formation Master, and the other two were enforcers at the Xuandan Realm Great Perfection.

In the end, they had all fallen to such a state.

Xiao Jin was almost in tears… in this underground palace, it was also very weak…

Carrying Xiao Fan alone was enough, but the guy had to invite two more people to ride it.

"By the way, I haven't asked you yet. How did you get through that stone door?" Qiao Rong, sitting behind Xiao Fan, suddenly thought of this question.

Wu Qingyan and the others also suddenly realized this and turned their gazes toward Xiao Fan.

"Uh… I knocked on the stone door from the outside… and it opened by itself!" Xiao Fan made up a random excuse.

"Are you sure?"

The others naturally didn't believe it; it was too bizarre.

Especially the Formation Master in the team, a middle-aged man who was one of the rare Rank Four Formation Masters in Wuhuang Province. He had expended a great deal of effort to break that stone door…

Hearing this young man speak of it so lightly made him feel irritated.

"It's possible that because I had already cracked it earlier, the Restriction on the stone door was lifted, allowing those outside to enter easily!" the Formation Master spoke up.

The others nodded, thinking he was right.

After all, Xiao Fan knew nothing about Formations, so how could he have possibly broken through that stone door?

Xiao Fan nodded repeatedly, wearing an expression that said 'you're absolutely right'…

At the same time, he was very grateful to this middle-aged man. The guy was quite perceptive and had helped him explain it away!

This saved him from potentially being targeted because of this matter when they left!

The group moved very quickly. Setting aside Xiao Jin's speed, after the others recovered a bit of spiritual power, they could also accelerate…

This Secret Realm was the same as before; besides grass and trees, everything else was flowers of various colors, and these flowers were arranged very deliberately… as if following some kind of sequence!

"Why do you think this place has plants, but doesn't even have a single insect?" Xiao Fan wondered, asking the others.

"Not sure, but this place is very mysterious. There should be a supreme treasure inside, or some kind of mysterious object maintaining it."