Chapter 1498: Wenwu Hall

‘What formidable strength!’

Li Yan had already taken in the scene before him. He knew that in that instant just now, he had first been swept into a teleportation formation and then teleported here. But the other party’s movements were as smooth as flowing water. Including the activation of the teleportation formation, the actions were too coherent, without any lag at all.

Therefore, it gave him the feeling that with just a single sweep from the other party, he and Tang Feng had appeared here. He hadn’t even been able to see clearly where the teleportation formation was set up in that side hall.

This was a wilderness. Under a dusky yellow sky, all around, one could only see some scattered, needle-like vegetation, sparsely sprinkled in some places. Underfoot were coarse, brown gravel. Looking into the distance, on the vast and boundless wilderness, there was only the occasional cool wind that blew some fine stones, sand, and rootless wild grass even further…

There was no aura of other cultivators or demonic beasts. The eyes were filled with a vast expanse of desolation and solitude. Li Yan and Tang Feng were standing at the edge of the desert. Behind them stood a towering mountain. And above their heads, there was a dark red cavity. They had fallen from there. It was the entrance and exit of this place’s teleportation.

Facing the vast and boundless wilderness in front of them, Li Yan felt as if the two of them had just walked into an incredibly wide valley! The light here was also of that dusky yellow hue. Li Yan didn’t know why Soul Cultivators liked this kind of dim color, which made one’s heart feel very repressed.

Seeing this endless desolation, Li Yan couldn’t help but think of the underground long alley of the Hellsoul Clan. To be honest, at that time, if not for Li Yan’s resilient mind-nature, plus having Zhao Min and Zi Kun as companions, for more than ten years, day after day of repetitive trials, he felt it would have been unbearable. Staying there all day, without sky or sun, his heart was like being pressed down by a large boulder, heavy and unable to be released.

“There are no other living beings here. For now, it’s just the two of us. In the past, at most, there were three or four people here at the same time. Brother Li, please follow me.”

After Tang Feng said a sentence, he flew in one direction. Li Yan scanned the vast area. If a thousand people were to scatter here, they would be like scattered stars.

‘At most, only three or four people have come here to cultivate. The entry requirements for this place are truly too strict!’

Upon hearing this, Li Yan’s heart stirred. He immediately thought of a possibility. He also immediately flew up, and after catching up, he asked Tang Feng with a look of doubt.

“Was this place established just for cultivators of the ‘Saintly Soul Transformation’? Doesn’t that mean that this technique is actually very important in the sect?”

There were only the two of them here. Without the Void Refining cultivators, Li Yan’s mood also relaxed a lot. The pressure from the Void Refining cultivators was too great, and because he was in the most core position of the sect, he had not dared to ask or look around randomly before.

“That’s not it. This place was personally established by the first-generation old Sect Master. It holds some of the sect’s foundation that he brought from the lower realm. Cultivating here is very helpful, but originally, only those who had reached the Void Refining realm were allowed to enter to comprehend and cultivate, in order to help them achieve a breakthrough. Of course, that was only for breaking through from the Initial-stage Void Refining realm to the peak of the Void Refining realm. If one wanted to break through further, that would not be here.”

Speaking to this point, Tang Feng paused and glanced at Li Yan.

Li Yan understood that the other party was telling him that this was not the treasured land where Void Refining cultivators could advance, so he shouldn’t have any more ideas and thoughts just because he had entered this place.

Seeing Li Yan’s eyes flash for a moment and then nod slightly, Tang Feng then continued, “It was only later that, coincidentally, an elder who had cultivated the ‘Saintly Soul Transformation’ had a breakthrough here while in seclusion. That was when it was discovered that it was very helpful for cultivating the ‘Saintly Soul Transformation’ technique. So later, some cultivators below the Void Refining realm were allowed to come here to comprehend and cultivate as an exception.”

“That is to say, Void Refining realm elders will often enter here?”

“That used to be the case. It’s just that in the last few thousand years, no new Void Refining realm elders have appeared in the sect. Those elders who should have come here to cultivate and comprehend have already come. On normal days, the number of elders who come here to comprehend has already decreased a lot. And now, we are in the middle of a battle with the nine major forces. Which Void Refining elder has the time to come here and comprehend a cultivation method?

“Also, for your cultivation this time, before you go out, no one else will be allowed to enter here to cultivate. Any other cultivators who appear here are disciples approved by the sect. You don’t have to worry about them being unfavorable to you. And any cultivator who can come here, even if their own strength is very weak, which one doesn’t have an extremely strong backer? Just like Brother Li, you have Grandmaster Lan and the Sect Master standing behind you, hehehe…”

Tang Feng said with a smile on his face.

This made Li Yan very speechless. This newly promoted core disciple of his, his status had changed in an instant. He had no foundation at all. It was just a matter of mutual use. So, Li Yan completely ignored the latter half of Tang Feng’s words. But from what the other party had said in the first half, Li Yan could sense the importance the sect attached to his cultivation this time. For this, Li Yan was also a little relieved. He least wanted other people to appear when he was cultivating.

…

After flying for about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the figure of a palace appeared in front of the two of them. The palace, from the outside, looked to be about a hundred feet high and fifty feet wide, not too large.

Under the dusky yellow sky, the palace stood in a wilderness. The two of them soon landed on the square in front of the palace. The square here was also paved with large blocks of stone.

Perhaps it was because very few people came here, or perhaps even if someone came, they would quickly enter the palace to go into seclusion. This made this square feel particularly desolate. The large stone blocks paving the ground, because of the perennial wind and sand, and few people walking on them, the surface of the stones had become very rough, and their color was a dark brown. In the gaps between the stones, there were some upright wild grasses, swaying slightly in the wind, which made this desolate place even more strangely quiet.

The position where the two of them had landed was already below the palace. Li Yan looked up and saw that the main door of the palace was tightly shut. The entire main door was a grayish-white color, giving people the feeling that it had been sealed for countless years.

Tang Feng did not say any more. He quickly ascended the steps and led Li Yan to the main door. But he did not reach out to push the door. Instead, he raised his hand, and with a flash of light, a scroll of Iron Scroll Cinnabar Book appeared in the void in front of him. This scroll of Iron Scroll Cinnabar Book was only seven or eight inches in size and was a dark red color. The moment it appeared, it hovered in front of him.

“This item will be kept by Brother Li for now. You can just put it away when you are cultivating. Apart from the Sect Master, no one else will be able to open the door of this hall again. When you want to go out, you must also use this item. The method of use is very simple. You just need to pour your soul power into it and then throw it at the main door.”

As he spoke, Tang Feng had already raised a hand, and a stream of soul power had struck the Iron Scroll Cinnabar Book. Instantly, the dark red Iron Scroll Cinnabar Book, upon being struck, immediately shot out and hit the main door of the palace directly.

The moment the Iron Scroll Cinnabar Book came into contact with the main door of the palace, a hint of emerald green immediately appeared on the grayish-white main door, and then a bamboo forest appeared. Instantly, a touch of vitality was added to this desolate space.

“Brother Li, let’s go in!”

As Tang Feng spoke, he had already taken a step and stepped directly into the bamboo forest.

The moment Li Yan stepped into the bamboo forest, he could even feel a fresh fragrance lingering in his nose, as if he had really entered a vibrant bamboo forest in spring. But it was just a blur before his eyes, and the bamboo forest had already disappeared. And in front of him, an empty main hall had appeared.

The entire main hall was still of that dusky yellow light. More than a dozen huge hall pillars were arranged in two neat rows. On the upper half of these hall pillars, there were also some yellow curtains scattered and hanging down, giving people a feeling of lifelessness.

Tang Feng was standing in front of Li Yan. And behind them, there was still that patch of green and vibrant bamboo forest. The contrast between the front and back, with gloom and vitality coexisting, had a strong contrast.

Tang Feng glanced behind him. He did not immediately put away the Iron Scroll Cinnabar Book, letting the patch of green bamboo forest continue to ripple with the breath of spring.

“After I leave later, Brother Li can just put this item away.”

Li Yan nodded. Logically, nothing should go wrong here. Since Tang Feng had said that no one else was allowed to enter during his cultivation. Then, at the entrance outside, there were still Void Refining cultivators guarding it. How could others easily reach this place?

After Tang Feng finished speaking, he continued to walk forward. Li Yan could vaguely see two statues standing at the end of the front. But because of the curtains hanging from above, from their position, they could only see the lower half of the statues and could not get a full view.

As the two of them advanced, the layers of curtains above their heads quickly receded, and the faces of the two statues also came into Li Yan’s view. They were two huge statues nearly a hundred feet tall. Their heads were almost touching the dome of the palace. This made the figures of the two people below seem like two ants moving around.

And when Li Yan’s gaze swept over the two statues, his body involuntarily trembled, and a look of disbelief flashed in his eyes.

And Tang Feng, who was walking in front, did not notice the change in Li Yan’s expression. In fact, even if he had noticed, he would not have paid any mind. Anyone who came here for the first time would show different expressions, such as surprise, doubt, and so on. Because no one knew why there would be such two statues in the Soul Suppression Palace. These were not recorded in the inheritance records.

As Tang Feng walked, he explained faintly.