Chapter 719 Underground Space

"The wrong direction? Chu Qingyun, what do you mean by that!?"

The emissary from the Martial Soul Hall asked anxiously.

If you had to say who was most anxious here, it was definitely him.

After all, the Blood Sect ruins were under the control of the major sects of the Northern Domain.

If they couldn't break through the stone wall this time, the secrets here would surely become known to the upper echelons of the various sects. When that happened, experts at the Martial Emperor Realm or even the Martial Sect Realm would arrive, and he would lose any chance of getting inside.

The others also looked at Chu Qingyun with curiosity, wondering what he had discovered this time.

Chu Qingyun unhurriedly walked to the edge of the stone wall and said, "Because it's so massive, my first impression was that it was a wall."

"But in reality, it's not a wall, but... a door!"

As he spoke, Chu Qingyun gently pushed out a palm. A faint stream of Primordial Power surged forth, blowing aside the small waterfall that flowed down the center of the stone wall.

Everyone else looked over carefully.

Instantly, everyone's eyes lit up.

Hidden behind the small waterfall was an inconspicuous seam running from the top of the stone wall all the way to the bottom. It was... the crack of a door!

Looking at it this way, it really was a door, not a wall!

This was something Chu Qingyun had inadvertently noticed earlier, when the others were attacking the stone wall and the vibrations parted the waterfall.

"Junior Brother Chu, you're so meticulous. You even noticed such an inconspicuous clue."

"As expected of a skilled Alchemist. Your attention to detail is truly beyond what the rest of us can compare to."

Several people from the Saint Extreme Sect couldn't help but praise him.

As for the others, including a few from the Martial Soul Hall, they said nothing but still looked at Chu Qingyun with a measure of admiration.

Just moments ago, many of them had already given up and were prepared to retreat.

"Heh, just a lucky break, that's all." Chu Qingyun smiled and said no more.

However, Qi Hao, Deng Xuan, Wan Jianxin, and the emissary from the Martial Soul Hall all gently shook their heads.

First, he discovered the hidden "stone wall," and then he uncovered its secret. This wasn't something that could be explained away as a mere "lucky break."

If it was a door, there had to be a key.

After a careful search, someone soon found a spot about four meters up along the "door crack" that was different from the rest.

The entire stone wall was perfectly smooth and flat.

Only that one spot had a palm-sized indentation. But it was very irregular and quite shallow, not looking like a place to insert a key.

The emissary from the Martial Soul Hall pondered for a moment before taking out the mass of Blood Origin once again.

"Go!"

He let out a soft cry, waving his hand to send the mass of Blood Origin toward the indented area.

The Blood Origin's only purpose was to find this location. Now that they had, it was useless. 'I might as well give this a try,' he thought.

This mass of Blood Origin came from that blood-colored sphere.

According to ancient records, it was the Power of Origin obtained from Venerable Thousand Blood's body after his death, so it should be worth a try.

And the result was just as he had guessed.

The mass of Blood Origin immediately merged into the indentation. It then traveled up and down along the door crack, quickly dyeing the entire seam a crimson red.

A faint, bloody light shone out from the crack.

RUMBLE...

The stone wall, which they had been completely unable to budge before, began to tremble slightly.

Then, before the delighted eyes of Chu Qingyun and the others, the stone wall split in two at the seam and slowly began to move apart.

The door was opening!

Soon, the ten-meter-tall stone door opened completely, revealing a wide passageway, spacious enough for a hundred people to enter at once.

"Let's go in!"

"Move!"

Having come this far, no one hesitated.

The people from the Martial Soul Hall entered the stone door from the left side, while Chu Qingyun and the other Sect Disciples entered from the right.

With the Martial Soul Hall as a common enemy, and with the vicious Martial Arts Oath that Chu Qingyun had forced them to swear, the disciples from the four sects managed to maintain a truce, even if they weren't on good terms.

It was dark inside the stone door, so everyone condensed Primordial Power in their hands for light.

As they ventured deeper, Chu Qingyun felt they were moving diagonally downward. This meant it was very likely that Venerable Thousand Blood's body was hidden beneath the giant mountain.

They advanced for nearly a thousand meters.

Above, below, and on all sides, the black passageway was made of the same material as the stone wall outside.

Clearly, if they hadn't found the door and opened it, they would never have been able to enter this passageway and find the Venerable's hidden body, even if they had leveled the entire mountain.

In the dark, unknown space, everyone proceeded with caution, not daring to move too quickly.

After advancing for about half an hour, the sloping passageway finally came to an end.

Chu Qingyun and the others found that their group had entered a vast and dark Underground Space.

This space wasn't very high—judging by the light from the Primordial Power in their hands, it was only about a hundred meters tall. The ceiling was covered with many sharp, protruding rocks, like a dense forest of stalactites, from which water constantly dripped.

The ground was also covered with many stone pillars and stalagmites, some of which were a hundred meters tall, connecting the floor to the ceiling.

The entire Underground Space was dark, damp, and empty. Only the faint sounds of breathing and dripping water could be heard, creating an invisible pressure on everyone.

"Which... which way do we go?"

Someone suddenly spoke, their voice echoing far into the distance and making those nearby jump with a start.

"Let's scout around and see if there's a path."

The group spread out, using the light from the Primordial Power in their hands to investigate their surroundings.

They soon discovered that this Underground Space was not very wide—only about two thousand meters across—and that they had emerged from the passageway right in the middle.

Behind them, a dead end was only a few dozen meters away.

In other words, the only way forward was to continue in the direction they had come from the passageway.

"The Venerable's Power of Origin has already undergone a strange transformation. There might be monsters lurking in the depths of this Underground Space. The cowardly should turn back now while they still can!"

Someone from the Martial Soul Hall's side said. Then, they were the first to gather together and advance into the depths of the space.

The place hiding the Venerable's body had been found, and the door was open. It was clear that the time for competition—for fighting over the benefits and treasures—had arrived.

Thus, the cooperative atmosphere between the two sides quickly began to fade.

"If there are monsters, it's not like they'll give you from the Martial Soul Hall special treatment!"

Someone from the Sect Disciples' side immediately retorted.

"Heh heh, we'll just have to wait and see about that..."

The people from the Martial Soul Hall all sneered coldly.