Duan Gujin and Qing Lian only lingered briefly in the ruins, knowing that under normal circumstances, they could only find some valuable treasures here. The real treasures had all been stored by the people of the Ziwei Divine Sect in a small palace up ahead.

They gave up searching and continued forward.

"There's someone on the left side!"

Quickly, in a nearby castle ruin, the people from the Taihuang Immortal Sect discovered the tracks of Duan Gujin and Qing Lian.

"Report this news to Elder Qi immediately!"

Soon, Elder Qi, who was in charge of this team, knew that other Human Warriors had appeared on the left.

"Damn it! How dare someone try to snatch our treasures!"

Upon hearing this, Elder Qi was infuriated. He immediately gathered some experts, preparing to ambush Duan Gujin and Qing Lian.

Before entering the Ziwei Divine Palace, the elders of the Taihuang Immortal Sect had made a decision to send ten teams into the Ziwei Divine Palace, each team numbering in the thousands.

Their goal was simple: to send as many experts as possible into the Ziwei Divine Palace to find the treasures inside.

The Taihuang Immortal Sect only dispatched one-third of its experts to this place for treasure hunting; they did not dare to assemble all their experts inside.

Though they suspected that this so-called Ziwei Divine Palace contained many rare treasures, the Ziwei Divine Palace was at least one or two thousand years old by now.

What if the arrays inside the Ziwei Divine Palace couldn't operate, or failed, leaving the Martial Artists trapped inside?

If such an accident truly occurred, it would mean the complete annihilation of the Taihuang Immortal Sect.

The top officials of the Taihuang Immortal Sect didn't dare to make this decision, but they also knew that the treasures inside the Ziwei Divine Palace were extremely important, so they were willing to pay any price to retrieve some of them.

Therefore, they decided to send in a third of their experts.

Even if an accident did occur, and those experts all perished inside, they'd have to accept that outcome.

Elder Qi led over a thousand troops to this site and ordered his disciples to quickly search for treasures.

After a while, they indeed found some treasures, which excited the disciples present.

According to the map, they hadn't yet entered the real Treasure Hall to seek treasures, but they could already find treasures outside that drove them crazy. They could only imagine what kind of treasures they'd find once they entered the actual Treasure Hall.

Finally, the two warriors who had tried to block Duan Gujin and Qing Lian earlier caught up with the team and immediately informed Elder Qi of the intruding experts.

After hearing this, Elder Qi furrowed his brows and promptly gathered four elders at the Martial Saint Realm to drive away the two intruders.

"If we don't get rid of those two rats first, we won't know how many treasures will fall into their hands."

"Right! Right! Elder Qi is absolutely right!"

Under Elder Qi's leadership, they set off towards the ruins of the left castle.

However, when they reached the ruins, Duan Gujin and Qing Lian were nowhere to be seen.

"Those two brats!"

Elder Qi and others were gnashing their teeth in hatred, caught in a dilemma as the outside ruins contained treasures they didn't want to miss, but the real treasures in the Treasure Hall were their true targets.

"The five of us will go to hunt down those two fools, and the others will carry on with the original plan!"

Said Elder Qi.

"Alright!"

Thus, Elder Qi and the other four elders pursued the location of the actual Treasure Hall.

At this time, only one Martial Saint remained in the troop of a thousand.

Undoubtedly, the appearance of Duan Gujin and Qing Lian had disrupted their previous plans.

Because of this, they were filled with hatred towards Duan Gujin and Qing Lian.

If that troop of a thousand were to face danger while the five elders were absent, they would all be wiped out, and the responsibility for this would fall on the five elders.

But if they were to worry about that troop, allowing Duan Gujin and Qing Lian to take all the treasures in the Treasure Hall, they would surely face punishment from the Sect Leader.

Ultimately, they made a choice: they first had to drive away those two intruders, believing that the troop of a thousand wouldn't encounter danger for the time being.

After all, according to the map, they had just passed the first checkpoint of the Ziwei Divine Sect here.

In theory, the further they went, the harder the checkpoints would become, so they needed to exercise more caution as they advanced.

If they didn't seize this opportunity to eliminate Duan Gujin and Qing Lian, they feared that even if they made it through the later checkpoints, they wouldn't be able to obtain the treasures inside.

The treasures left here by the Ziwei Divine Sect were regarded as forbidden, and the Taihuang Immortal Sect certainly didn't want others to get there first.

The five elders transformed into a streak of light, rapidly charging toward the destination of the Treasure Hall.

The most bothersome issue for these five elders wasn't the long distance but the sudden gusts of wind.

Whenever those strong winds appeared, the best solution was to lie flat on the ground and use the Thousand Jin Fall technique to anchor themselves firmly on the earth.

This way, they wouldn't be blown away by the winds.

Whenever the winds came, they had to stay on the ground for an hour.

It was a moment of urgency, naturally leaving them frustrated.

Although Duan Gujin and Qing Lian weren't back at the place they had passed in their previous life, they had the experience from their last lifetime, knowing the most troubling aspect here was those strong winds.

His Divine Sense extended outward, scanning a wide area and quickly bypassing potential wind-prone areas.

He had discovered some mysteries about when the winds would blow in his previous life.

As long as there was a significant temperature difference between the nearby area and the high altitude, those winds would appear out of nowhere, sealing off a region in an hour.

He speculated that this was likely a type of array, but he couldn't discern the deeper intricacies of the array.

This was because the Secret Realm he was in was a massive one laid down by the Ziwei Divine Sect. The sect could create an environment here akin to external hurricanes or storms and, using arrays, could make violent winds and torrents appear throughout the interior of the Ziwei Divine Palace.

To unravel the array within this massive Secret Realm was of extreme difficulty; only by delving deep into its core could one hope to find a solution.

Duan Gujin guessed that in the past, the Ziwei Divine Sect certainly had numerous experts at the Shattering Void Realm stationed here, and with ample Cultivation Resources, they constructed this enormous Secret Realm.

This Ziwei Divine Palace was likely a training ground for ordinary Ziwei Divine Sect disciples. When the Ziwei Divine Sect faced demise, it was transformed into a treasure burial ground to prevent it from falling into Alien Race hands and hoped it would serve as a weapon for the Yuanzhen Continent against the Alien Race.

Duan Gujin and Qing Lian moved with extreme speed, avoiding several locations they suspected might harbor strong winds.

Soon, they arrived before a palace that closely resembled the outer Ziwei Divine Palace.

Seeing the scaled-down version of the palace on land, Duan Gujin and Qing Lian's faces lit up with excitement.

"Great! We're finally the first in front of the treasures!"

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