Although the traces of time in this spiritual place have been completely erased, Lianzi Mausoleum can basically confirm that this must be a core stronghold of the "Qihuang Gate".

However, although the area of ​​​​this spiritual land is not small, the upper limit of the quality of the spiritual energy is really not high. Not to mention that it cannot support monks such as "Qihuangzi" who are at the peak level of pill formation, and even monks who are in the middle stage of pill formation. With this

The quality of spiritual energy in the spiritual land is difficult to support his normal practice.

Therefore, in addition to this stronghold, "Qihuangmen" should have a more secretive secret spiritual place with higher quality spiritual energy.

There is probably the current hiding place of "Qihuangzi" and other senior officials of "Qihuangmen".

And Lian Ziling can basically confirm that this hidden spiritual place is also in Wumenghai, and it is not too far away from here.

Because the spiritual land in front of us essentially serves "Qihuangzi" and other high-level officials of "Qihuangmen".

The situation he investigated from the Four Realms Mingxin Pavilion also supports this point.

In his mind, he had even basically restored the organizational structure of the "Qihuang Sect", a small but sophisticated secret force.

Its absolute core, without a doubt, is naturally the top management of the "Qihuang Sect" headed by "Qihuangzi".

Whether they are disciples, assistants or servants, in order to practice steadily without having to do everything themselves, they need some people to do their "hands and feet" in order not to suffer from being "isolated" from the world for a long time.

Being disconnected from the outside world, they also need these people to be their "eyes and ears".

These people are divided into two levels: "inside" and "outside".

Those on the "outer" level are pure tool people. They don't know that they are serving the "Qihuang Sect" at all, such as the Mingxin Pavilion in the Four Domains and the Changle Chamber of Commerce that was reorganized from the Mingxin Pavilion in the Qingxuan Domain;

The "inner" layer is aware of the existence of the "Qihuang Gate" and is taking the initiative to do things for the "Qihuang Gate".

On the one hand, the information collected from all over the five domains will first be summarized and sorted by them, and then submitted to "Qihuangzi" and others;

On the other hand, whatever intentions "Qihuangzi" and others have will be conveyed, arranged, and executed through them.

For example, the Professionals Association was secretly guided by the "Qihuang Sect" and grew from scratch step by step. Another example is the Wuyu Mingxin Pavilion, which quietly became the leader of the "Qihuang Sect" without outsiders noticing.

Ear and eye gloves.

Because of these reasons, the hiding place of "Qihuangzi" and others cannot be too far away from here.

At this point, even if there are no more updated clues, Lian Ziling is confident that he can dig out the real nest of the "Qihuang Sect".

Even if he uses the stupidest method, centering on the island where this spiritual land is located, and exploring in circles, before exploring the Wumeng Sea, Lian Ziling believes that he will eventually get the answer he wants.

However, Lian Ziling did not immediately adopt this stupidest strategy.

He found key clues from the Four Realms Mingxin Pavilion, which led him to find this place.

This also made him realize that although "Qihuangzi" had been as careful as possible and dealt with all traces directly related to himself very cleanly.

But "Qihuangzi" is not the only one in the "Qihuangmen", and simply erasing the traces related to him is far from enough.

Some seemingly insignificant details that have nothing to do with him may make all his efforts in vain.

There can be no truly perfect hiding in this world!

And the facts once again proved that Lian Ziling was right.

At this moment, he has left this spiritual place.

But he did not leave the island where this spiritual place is located.

After circling this spiritual place on the island, he really made some important discoveries.

He stood on top of a clump of trees, and after using his time-traveling ability, several inconspicuous straight marks appeared in his eyes.

Lian Ziling knew that each of these traces represented a communication spell, a communication jade slip, or other communication objects.

What is certain is that the distance that this straight trace points to is neither the direction of the Alchemy Domain, nor the Jinding Domain, the Yuling Domain, or the Hehuan Domain, nor is it the direction of Qingxuan Sect Qi Yunfeng.

In fact, long before he discovered these traces, he had already discovered some similarly inconspicuous traces of time in other parts of the island.

And these traces of time point exactly in the directions of the Alchemy Domain, the Golden Cauldron Domain, the Yuling Domain, the Hehuan Domain, as well as the Qiyun Peak of the Qingxuan Sect, and the Sanchuan Plateau of the Qingxuan Domain.

Only the place he discovered now pointed to a completely unfamiliar direction that he could not connect with anywhere.

——Lian Ziling is already very confident in his understanding of "Qihuangzi" and "Qihuangmen". It makes him feel strange and unable to connect with other traces related to "Qihuangzi" and "Qihuangmen"

, this is the biggest flaw!

After careful observation, he finally confirmed the direction of these straight lines and firmly remembered them in his mind. Lian Ziling left the place in a flash and submerged into the sea, blending into the surrounding water.

Turning into a part of the sea water, he headed straight towards the direction confirmed in his heart.

On the sea, in the sea, under the sea...

Wherever he passed, he didn't miss any place.

The winding mountains under the sea, the islands protruding above the sea, or the deep and silent trenches... He always moved straight forward, not avoiding any environment or missing any place.

As for the island spiritual land that played an important role in his reasoning and was left far behind him, there should have been a large number of monks there, but now there was not a hair to be seen, and not even a trace of time could be found.

traces of human beings.

In this regard, if not ignoring, it can be said to be indifferent.

Perhaps he was directly dismissed by "Qihuangzi" and others, and integrated into the five realms of practice. After nearly two years of chaos, he might have died;

Of course, the more likely scenario is that, in order to save trouble and prevent these people from being exposed, they will be directly dealt with by "Qihuangzi" and others, and completely wiped from this world.

As for whether this is too cold-blooded and inhumane...

Well, putting himself in his shoes, Lian Ziling felt that if he were to change places, he would do this.

So, no problem.

After all, no matter what the constraints are, it cannot be said to be 100% reliable. Only the dead can truly keep secrets.

Therefore, he didn't care about the whereabouts, life or death of these people.

Naturally, he would not think about whether the group of people who had existed in his reasoning actually existed.

With such a firm belief, he "groped" and moved forward in a certain direction.

When he left the island thousands of miles away, he had already discovered two first-order spiritual lands hidden deep under the sea along the way.

One is located inside a submarine mountain and is completely solid;

One is located on the submarine plain, and the entire spiritual land is filled with coral reefs. Various sea creatures appear in it, just like an underwater forest.

Two thousand miles, three thousand miles, four thousand miles...

Gradually, a huge and deep trench appeared in his field of vision.

The strong evil spirit spread outward from the depths of the trench and erupted, which suppressed his consciousness to a certain extent in this area.

However, even so, with his fourth-level soul, he could still easily detect everything in the trench.

No exception.

Just when he explored the trench, confirmed that there was nothing abnormal, and was about to move forward, he suddenly stopped.

"Huh!"

His powerful and invincible consciousness was suddenly blocked shortly after he penetrated the rock wall on one side of the trench.

This is the first time this situation has occurred since arriving in the Five Realms.

This unusual scene naturally attracted his unprecedented attention.

Soon, he knew the reason.

There was a formation that was infinitely close to the fourth level, blocking the front of his consciousness.

Lian Ziling's heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

He made careful adjustments to ensure that he was in peak condition in all aspects.

Then, he blended into the rock wall silently and approached the formation barrier step by step.

He came to the formation barrier, put his hand on the formation barrier, and stayed still for a long time, as if he was feeling the energy flow of the entire formation.

At a certain moment, he exerted force in his hand and the formation of Qi flowed smoothly, and suddenly a hole appeared around the area where his palm came into contact.

What's even more amazing is that the energy of the formation outside this area is still flowing smoothly, which means that the formation is still intact and running normally. It has not been invaded by external forces, and naturally it has not suffered violent damage. It will not

Trigger any alerts.

Lian Ziling, whose figure was between illusion and reality, like a ball of air or a ghostly shadow, silently entered the formation from the hollow.

In an instant, a third-level spiritual land of extremely high quality came into view.

Cave houses of different sizes are scattered in this small spiritual land. Judging from the flow of spiritual energy around some caves, it seems that there are people inside who are meditating in retreat and breathing in spiritual energy.

The spiritual energy surrounding one of the caves was the most disturbed.

Seeing all this, the corners of Lian Ziling's mouth, which was as hard as gold and iron, once again curved in a small arc.

But the next moment, the corners of his mouth that had just been curled up suddenly froze.

Just in the direction he was looking at at the moment, outside the cave that he basically identified as where "Qihuangzi" was hiding, the originally regular spiritual energy disturbance suddenly changed drastically.

This sudden change immediately aroused his alertness.

"Did he notice my entry?"
To be continued...