156: Ancient Ruins

The crowd's chatter made the leader of the Refining Spirit Sect lose face.

"Hmph! Then just wait!"

The leader snorted coldly and immediately returned to his own group.

No matter what others said, he simply refused to come out.

Seeing this, the others stopped speaking, though a very small number continued to condemn the Refining Spirit Sect.

"Family Head, what should we do now?"

Li Chen looked at the entrance of the Secret Realm, which was right before his eyes, but he dared not be the first to rush forward. He looked at Li Mu with a helpless expression.

Li Mu was also at a loss. There were several people present stronger than him, and he was unwilling to be the first to stick his neck out.

"Let's wait and see who loses their patience first!"

No sooner had Li Mu finished speaking than someone else became impatient.

"If you don't dare to go up, I will! Don't blame the Ge Family for taking more things when the time comes!"

Someone jumped out from the Ge Family's group, speaking arrogantly and looking at the people waiting nearby with disdain.

If one had to say which family among those present was in the most unique situation, it had to be the Ge Family. Currently, the Ge Family's reputation in Leshan Prefecture was basically ruined. If it weren't for the few experts at the Peak God Transformation Stage holding the fort, the Ge Family would likely have been devoured long ago.

Now that the Ge Family had voluntarily jumped out, the others were clearly happy to see this situation and all turned their gazes toward this brave warrior.

They wanted to see if the entrance to the Secret Realm's Great Formation still possessed such formidable power.

The warrior stood in front of the crowd, took a deep breath, and a look of determination appeared on his face as he strode toward the entrance.

He walked to the entrance of the Secret Realm without slowing down, and nothing unexpected happened along the way.

"Hahaha! Heaven helps my Ge Family!"

Just after the warrior successfully entered, Ge Yun, the leader of the Ge Family, shouted with a laugh.

"Go!"

Someone shouted suddenly, and the crowd surged again, beginning to rush rapidly toward the Secret Realm.

Li Mu was still worried about accidents and did not rush in immediately, but seeing more and more people entering, Li Mu could no longer sit still.

"You all wait a while before setting off!"

After giving instructions to Li Chen, Li Mu also followed the crowd into the Secret Realm.

After entering the Secret Realm, Li Mu discovered that everyone was teleported to separate locations upon entry.

Originally, seeing so many people from the outside enter together, it should have been crowded inside.

Yet the current situation was that there was no one around him. Looking at the surrounding scene, Li Mu secretly sighed: This Secret Realm is indeed extraordinary.

The richness of the Spiritual Qi within the Secret Realm was almost catching up to that of the Li Mansion.

However, Li Mu was not interested in the Spiritual Qi of this place. After adapting to the environment, he picked a random direction and began to move forward.

He also wanted to see if there were any Opportunities for him in this place.

Just then, Li Mu's System, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly made a sound.

"Ding... Detected that the Host has entered the ancient ruins. Now guiding the Host to find the ancient legacy!"

As the voice faded, an arrow appeared in Li Mu's mind, seemingly guiding him to move in that direction.

Li Mu trusted the System quite a bit, so without too much hesitation, he began to move in the direction indicated by the System.

What Li Mu found strange was that he hadn't seen a single person along the way, nor had he seen a single living creature.

This made Li Mu feel a bit apprehensive. By all logic, such a large place shouldn't be so deathly silent, but the only response Li Mu received was the quiet environment around him.

Many stone pillars were placed in a disorderly fashion all around, making Li Mu feel that everything was so unreal.

But now there was no way to leave, so he could only bite the bullet and keep moving forward.

Looking at the arrow in his mind guiding him, Li Mu pinpointed the direction and continued moving forward.

Just like this, he moved forward for the better part of a day, but the surrounding scenery did not change at all.

It was still the same disorderly stone pillars, which made Li Mu feel somewhat unreal.

"Could it be a ghost wall? Why does it feel like I'm still in the same spot after walking for so long!"

Li Mu muttered to himself, while simultaneously stopping to study the nearby stone pillars.

However, there were no clues on the stone pillars; they were just ordinary, unremarkable stone pillars.

Li Mu studied them for a while, found nothing special, and simply gave up, preparing to continue forward.

Just as he was about to leave, the System's arrow changed; it was now pointing directly at the stone pillar. Li Mu slowly walked up to the stone pillar, but the direction of the arrow remained unchanged.

"There's no path here! Why are you still telling me to keep going?"

As he finished speaking, Li Mu intended to walk around this stone pillar, but after he did, the arrow's direction changed again, still pointing at the unremarkable stone pillar.

Now it was Li Mu's turn to be troubled, because he really couldn't find anything special about this stone pillar.

He immediately stopped, stood in front of the stone pillar, and wanted to ask the System if it could give some hints.

However, the System had only made a sound when Li Mu entered; now, no matter how Li Mu asked, it didn't make a single sound.

"Is it going to torture me like this?!"

Li Mu was a bit annoyed, but the direction the System was pointing to was the stone pillar.

So, Li Mu sat cross-legged on the ground, looked at the stone pillar in front of him, and fell into deep thought.

On the other side, Li Chen followed Li Mu's advice and only started to enter the Secret Realm after the people from the major powers had finished entering.

Unlike Li Mu, Li Chen and Hua Qingyue were not separated after entering, and the surrounding scene was not a group of stone pillars.

Furthermore, the people who came in with Li Chen were also nearby.

After entering, as soon as Li Chen regained his vision, he pulled Hua Qingyue and quickly left the spot.

"Brother Chen, where are we going?"

Hua Qingyue looked at Li Chen in confusion and asked, puzzled.

"Let's leave here first, there are too many eyes!"

Li Chen was, after all, the Hall Master of the Treasure Seeking Hall. He had spent more time training in the wild and understood human nature a bit better than Hua Qingyue.

Hua Qingyue didn't continue speaking and followed Li Chen, quickly leaving the spot.

The Secret Realm was not as dangerous as the outside world had imagined. When they first entered, nothing unexpected happened.

It wasn't until Li Chen had run out of everyone's sight and found a small house that a situation different from before occurred.

When he first saw the small house, Li Chen was still very vigilant. He did not understand this Secret Realm and did not know what taboos this place had.

But the purpose of Li Chen's trip was to find Opportunities. After seeing the small house, he brought Hua Qingyue and slowly approached it.

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Below the stone pillar, Li Mu was still deep in thought and was unaware of Li Chen's current situation.

He was only pondering whether these stone pillars might have some potential connection that he hadn't found.

Suddenly, Li Mu turned his head sharply. He heard footsteps...