“This… this scene feels so familiar!” Lin Yun stared at the landscape below, utterly shocked.
Back when he went to the Land of Fallen to comprehend the Dao, he used the golden key to enter the ruins and eventually gained enlightenment inside the pagoda, stepping into the Transformation realm.
Just before leaving the pagoda, a stone tablet on the third floor had emitted light and projected a landscape of mountains and rivers directly into his mind. At that time, Lin Yun was certain it represented a real geographical location.
The picture of mountains and rivers was exactly the same as the scenery here below.
Lin Yun had never expected that while searching for Origin Hearts, he would actually stumble upon this very place.
“That landscape must have been deliberately left behind by Lord Destruction Gold as a clue. There has to be a reason he left this location!” Lin Yun thought to himself.
So, what could be special or unusual here?
Lin Yun immediately spread out his divine sense to investigate.
Yet after a thorough scan, he found absolutely nothing.
This was nothing more than an ordinary remote mountain forest. There were not even any elves living here; the area was far too isolated.
If that image of mountains and rivers had not appeared in his mind inside the golden pagoda, Lin Yun would certainly have regarded this place as completely unremarkable.
“There must be something special. Since divine sense revealed nothing, I will have to go down and search personally.”
Having made up his mind, Lin Yun swiftly dove into the forest below and began looking around.
Moreover, the warning left by Lord Destruction Gold last time had always puzzled Lin Yun, and he very much wanted to investigate further.
Searching in person was naturally much slower. Lin Yun spent a full two days looking, yet he still found nothing unusual.
“What is going on? How can there be nothing?” Lin Yun was completely baffled.
“I will search again!”
Lin Yun believed that Lord Destruction Gold would not have left this clue for no reason, so he did not choose to give up.
Half a day later.
Lin Yun stopped in front of a pile of scattered rocks at the foot of the mountain.
At the end of the rock pile was a cave entrance hidden beneath thick weeds. Unless one looked carefully, it would be impossible to notice.
Lin Yun pulled aside the weeds and decided to go in for a look.
Over the past few days, he had already discovered several small caves, but after checking inside, he had found nothing.
Once he entered the cave, the light instantly dimmed. However, the stone walls of the passage were remarkably neat; there was not even any grass or soil on them.
Lin Yun reached out and rubbed the stone wall.
“There is actually a special coating. This coating can block divine sense detection!” Lin Yun exclaimed in surprise.
Upon discovering this, Lin Yun immediately concluded that this cave was anything but ordinary!
The clue to this location left by Lord Destruction Gold was probably because of this very cave.
Thus, Lin Yun quickened his pace and headed deeper inside.
After travelling more than a thousand metres, he finally reached the end of the passage.
Looking ahead, Lin Yun saw that a cave palace had been built there. It had fallen into disrepair and looked desolate after the passage of countless years.
Standing there and gazing forward, the entire cave palace was terrifyingly silent, and the place was pitch black.
If an ordinary person came here, the atmosphere alone would be enough to scare them into fleeing.
Lin Yun stepped forward without hesitation and walked towards the cave palace.
With every footstep, the sound echoed through the silent space.
When he reached the main entrance of the palace, Lin Yun stopped, reached out, and pushed open the hall doors.
Creak, creak, creak.
The wooden doors let out a harsh, grating noise like a mournful wail that reverberated through the empty cave palace.
Lin Yun’s heart grew somewhat tense because of the surroundings.
He had no idea whether opening this door would bring fortune or disaster.
But in the ruins at the Land of Fallen, he had received benefits from Lord Destruction Gold. By comprehending the murals left behind, he had broken through to the Harmony realm in one go.
Lin Yun felt that if Lord Destruction Gold had left this clue, it should not be harmful. Otherwise, if he truly wanted to harm someone, he could have set a trap inside the golden pagoda itself. There would have been no need for such elaborate arrangements.
After pushing the doors open, Lin Yun stepped inside.
Boom!
The moment one of his feet crossed the threshold, an oil lamp inside the hall suddenly lit up, casting a dim glow across the interior.
Lin Yun looked up. In the centre of the great hall stood an enormous stone coffin.
