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The others were all thoughtful upon hearing this.

But clearly no one recognized this object.

After a moment, the ebony-wood folding fan unfurled, swept across the surroundings, and said slowly:

"We're probably inside some kind of formation, but it's likely abandoned, or perhaps it hasn't been activated yet?"

As he spoke, he looked at the severed head beneath the sword:

"Perhaps that white-robed swordsman recognizes this item, but none of the things we just used could disturb his comprehension, so he probably won't be able to come back for a while. In that case, it's best if you all refrain from making any rash moves."

After saying this, Umoku Taku and his men turned and left.

They began searching the area to see if there were any remains of tribal ancestors.

Li Shen listened silently and agreed with Wu Mutuo's opinion.

I had no intention of going closer to take a closer look; I just observed it from a distance.

This thick layer of ice has the effect of blocking divine sense from probing, so the grade of that sword is unknown.

The head beneath the sword was relatively well-preserved. Judging from its facial features, it was clearly a male cultivator, of average appearance and not young age, with his eyes naturally closed.

What's special about it is that there's a vertical, closed slit between its eyebrows.

"Does this person have three eyes?"

The thought had barely formed in his mind when Li Shen shook his head in denial:

"It's not like they're some kind of transformed demon. Cultivators all started as mortals, so how could they possibly have three eyes?"

After thinking it over, Li Shen took out a high-grade Qi-restoring pill and swallowed it. He then sat cross-legged to recover his lost spiritual power and quietly released a few spirit-devouring ants to search for the location of the array's core.

The others were not sword cultivators, so they weren't very interested in the sword. After their fierce battle with the living corpse beast, their sense of awe for this place deepened.

They left one after another, searching for an exit in different directions.

A moment later, Li Shen recovered and opened his eyes. As soon as he stood up, he glanced around and noticed something unusual.

"Where are Shen Qingchang and his Daoist partner? And the old man in yellow robes is also missing?"

Even with their divine senses spread out, they could not find any trace of the three people.

"Could it be that they found an exit and left?"

No sooner had a guess been made than a voice came through:

"Fellow Daoist Luo, now that you've recovered, would you be willing to exit with me through the same exit?"

Upon hearing this, Li Shen thought for a moment and then understood what was going on.

He walked over silently and saw Yunyan and the other two standing in front of a dark tunnel entrance.

As he had guessed, three exits of the same size appeared before him.

There is one every twenty steps or so.

Yunyan and the other two were standing on the far left.

"Where are the others?"

Li Shen asked the question.

Upon hearing this, Yun Yan did not answer immediately. Instead, she gracefully took a few steps closer and, with a slightly aggrieved tone, softly said:

"Fellow Daoist Luo, I was waiting for you to finish your meditation, thinking of traveling with you. But you, the first thing you did was ask where others had gone."

As she spoke, she took another half step forward, looked up at Li Shen, and, with a smile, guessed to herself:

"Could it be... that Fellow Daoist Luo is unwilling to leave with me?"

Li Shen remained unmoved by Yun Yan's captivating and alluring eyes.

Even though Yun Yan is only at the sixth level of Qi Refining, he always kept in mind that this woman was once a terrifying existence at the late stage of Foundation Establishment. Coupled with her strange charm, he could not afford to be careless at all.

"Fellow Daoist Yun is overthinking it."

Li Shen remained calm, his voice neither warm nor cold:

"This place is dangerous after all. Someone has gone missing. For safety reasons, it would be best to find out the truth."

"Fellow Daoist Luo, your words are quite distant."

As Yun Yan spoke, she walked to Li Shen's side, the two less than half a step apart. A faint, delicate fragrance wafted over. Her red lips parted slightly, her voice extremely low, as if she were speaking only to Li Shen:

"You and I went through such a thing, do you still feel pain now..."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Shen grabbed her outstretched hand and pressed it down. As he released her, he took two steps back to create some distance and glanced at her two companions behind her out of the corner of his eye.

The two women had flushed faces and strange expressions. One was clutching the hem of her clothes, and the other was hugging her chest, looking as if they had been bewitched by Yun Yan.

Li Shen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but his expression remained unchanged as he said:

"Fellow Daoist Yun, you haven't answered my question yet."

Yun Yan withdrew her hand, gave a coquettish snort, and casually pointed with an annoyance:

"The one in the middle, Wu Mutuo and his group just went in. The one on the far right, Shen Qingchang and his Daoist partner went in first, and the old man in yellow robes followed shortly after."

After saying that, she turned her face to the side, raised her hand to remove the seductive spells from her two companions, and left Li Shen with a delicate and fair profile.

Li Shen ignored her, his brows furrowing slightly. He recalled what Shen Qingchang had said before he entered, and pondered to himself:

"Shen Qingchang claimed to know the location of the treasure chamber and how to enter. Although the veracity of this claim is questionable, wouldn't choosing their path be safer?"

"However, the old man in yellow robes also went in. Whether it was intentional or unintentional, if what Shen Qingchang said is true, I will not gain any benefit. If there is an uneven distribution of treasures, Shen Qingchang may not necessarily side with me."

As he pondered, Li Shen realized that Shen Qingchang's previous kindness was based on the premise that he had saved his life.

Now that this premise is gone, Li Shen dares not be blindly confident.

"Fellow Daoist Yun."

After thinking for a moment, he turned to look at Yun Yan and said calmly:

Why did you choose this path?

"intuition."

Yun Yan uttered two words hastily, as if retaliating against Li Shen's previous attitude.

Li Shen remained silent, gazing into the depths of the passageway, his divine sense unable to penetrate it.

After a moment's consideration, he said in an unchanged tone:

"In that case, let's go in."

Although Yunyan's seductive arts should not be underestimated, compared to the others, her understanding is only superficial, making her easier to deal with.

Furthermore, since Yun Yan was determined to obtain one item within the secret realm before entering it, it's clear that she also knew how to reach the treasure-filled chamber.

Upon hearing this, Yun Yan turned her head and said with a smile:

"Thank you for your trust, Fellow Daoist Luo."

After saying that, he entered the passageway first. Yuezhu and Qingluo, whose blushes had not yet completely faded, glanced at Li Shen awkwardly before hurriedly following him.

Li Shen turned his head and scanned the area again, his gaze lingering for a moment on a corner. The Soul-Devouring Ants that had just been released had found the location of the array's core, but under his command, they did not make any rash moves.

There is a good chance that this place is where Chu Kuangge suppressed the remnant soul of the demonic cultivator from the Heavenly Corpse Sect.

If you accidentally release the other party, and things turn out differently than you expected, then you'll be in trouble.

The best course of action now is to remain inactive.

Withdrawing his gaze, Li Shen disappeared into the darkness of the passageway.

This place has returned to silence.

After a long while, the closed vertical slit between the brows of the frozen head suddenly began to slowly turn outwards to the left and right, and a huge black and red pupil quietly swayed.

Faintly, it seemed to rise up as a tiny, inaudible murmur:

"Three hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye. Among this group, there are actually people with great fortune... Damn it, Chu... Ouch... It hurts! It hurts! It hurts!"