“People from the Silent Ruins Sky Realm!” Tommy responded.
“Huh?” Bob and the others were taken aback.
“Are they the uninvited guests you mentioned before?” White Tiger asked.
“Yes!” Tommy nodded.
“Can they come out of the Silent Ruins Sky Realm now?” Azure Dragon inquired.
“Although they can’t come and go freely, some of them have special ways to occasionally come out,” Tommy paused before continuing. “According to ancient books, when that master sealed the Silent Ruins Sky Realm, he mentioned that the seal would last at most ten thousand years.”
“Up until now, it’s been about ten thousand years.”
“It can’t be such a coincidence, can it?” Azure Dragon and the others twitched their mouths slightly.
“Boss, could the old man you encountered earlier have come from there?” Stout looked at Billy and asked.
“It’s possible!” Billy nodded.
“What old man?” The Scholar asked.
“Before we encountered those ghosts, an old man ambushed us!” Stout recounted the previous events.
“That’s very likely!” Tommy replied.
“Sir, did you stay in Silent Ruins City to keep an eye on them?” Harleen asked.
“You overestimate me. With my strength, I can’t keep an eye on them,” Tommy shook his head. “I was just entrusted by the lady to stay here and observe their movements.”
“A thousand years ago, every domain lord of the Domain Lord’s Mansion had a mission to prevent those people from causing trouble by escaping from the Silent Ruins Sky Realm. The lady was no exception!”
“In fact, a thousand years ago, the lady had already noticed signs of the seal loosening in the Silent Ruins Sky Realm. She originally planned to use Skystone to reinforce the seal.”
“But before she could take action, something happened to the Domain Lord’s Mansion!”
“Understood!” Everyone nodded simultaneously.
“Sir, do you know how to use yuan stones to reinforce that seal?” Billy asked.
“A little,” Tommy responded. “The lady mentioned it to me briefly back then.”
After speaking, he stood up. “Let’s put aside the matter of the Silent Ruins Sky Realm for now. They won’t come out so soon. You should first deal with the matters of the Enchant Realm and Sky Realm!”
“Let’s go. I’ll take you to a place first!”
With that, he led everyone out of the door.
About an hour later, they arrived at the bottom of a cliff in the suburbs. Not far ahead was a sizable cave entrance.
Standing several hundred meters away from the cave entrance, they could sense a faint pressure emanating from within.
“Sir, are you taking us into the cave?” Judge asked.
“Yes!” Tommy nodded. “Let’s go in!”
He led them into the cave. The initial passageway was not much different from other caves. After about fifteen minutes of walking, they were blocked by a stone wall.
“A dead end?” Soul Chaser remarked.
As he spoke, Tommy formed seals with his hands and sent two mysterious marks toward the stone wall.
The next moment, the stone wall moved aside into the rock face, clearly due to an array.
“Hmm?!” As the stone wall disappeared, Billy and the others were amazed by what they saw ahead.
A hidden world!
The passage ahead had completely changed in appearance. It was two or three times wider and taller and had clearly been artificially modified.
Smooth stone slabs lined the walls and floor, and the lighting inside was much brighter.
After winding through the passage for a while, they came to another stone wall. After Tommy sent two more marks, the wall slowly moved aside.
“An underground palace?!”
Seeing what lay before them, Judge and the others exclaimed in unison.
Indeed, it was a well-preserved underground palace!
Covering an estimated area of nearly 100, 000 square meters, it was magnificent and splendid!
If they hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, they wouldn’t have believed such a place existed here!
“Sir, what is this place?” Ivy asked Tommy.
“The underground palace of Silent Ruins City!” Tommy replied. “When Silent Ruins City was destroyed, only this place remained intact. Later, it became one of the forbidden areas of the Domain Lord’s Mansion.”
“A forbidden area?” Stout’s eyes lit up. “Does that mean there are many treasures here?”
“Sir, wasn’t this place affected by the internal strife a thousand years ago?” Amber asked.
“No,” Tommy shook his head. “Although Enchantress and her group knew about this underground palace, they couldn’t enter because of the array set up in the passage.”
“I see!” Everyone nodded in understanding.
“Sir, why did you bring us here?” Ivy pressed on.
“Follow me!” Tommy led them into the palace.
Soon, they arrived at a wall covered with densely packed talismans. The wall was long, at least seventy or eighty meters, and about ten meters high.
“Sir, what is this?” Night Orchid asked.
“The master of that time left his understanding of martial arts on this wall. You can comprehend it here; it should be helpful to you,” Tommy explained. “The lady and previous domain lords would come here to meditate whenever they encountered bottlenecks in their cultivation and would always gain something.”
After speaking, he formed seals with his hands and sent five or six mysterious marks onto the wall.
The next moment, an astonishing scene unfolded. As the array activated, the entire wall came to life like a projection.
An old man with white hair and beard appeared, sitting cross-legged and chanting insights about martial arts.
After a while, the scene changed. The old man split into dozens of avatars, each demonstrating different techniques.
After another while, the scene changed again.
Billy and the others counted ten scene changes before returning to the first one.
“Amazing!” They couldn’t help but exclaim in awe.
“You can adjust the speed of scene changes yourself,” Tommy said as he taught Billy how to operate the array.
Then he looked at everyone and continued, “Alright, you can comprehend here slowly. We’ll come back for you in a month!”
With that, he led The Scholar and Annalise deeper into the palace.
After they left, Billy and the others didn’t waste any time. Each found a spot near the wall and sat down cross-legged.
If they had only found this wall somewhat amazing before, once they immersed themselves in it, they were truly astonished.
It felt as if a master was constantly guiding them in their minds, providing enlightening insights.
What surprised them most was that shortly after immersing themselves in it, they felt their cultivation bottlenecks loosening.
Such an incredible experience was unheard of!