After the strong wind, the stone gate appeared clearly and the gray fog dissipated.

When Nanlong Hou saw this scene, his eyes sparkled.

The blood on the stone gate disappeared, and the restriction seemed to have been removed.

Nanlong Hou glanced at the golden sword embedded in the stone gate. The sword flew away from the stone gate, turned into a golden rainbow, and attacked the stone gate with all its strength.

A piercing roar was heard, and the entire stone gate was reduced to dust in the dazzling golden light.

A foul odor filled the air, as if emanating from human blood.

However, after Nanlong Hou and the old man surnamed Lu saw the rubble clearly, their expressions suddenly changed drastically.

Those fragments resembled human bodies, and were bleeding dark red blood. The black blood emitted an irresistible foul smell.

This situation is extremely strange!

Although the stone door was broken, it did not reveal anything unusual. Only a dark staircase leading deep underground was visible.

"Let's find out!" Nanlong Hou raised his lips slightly and stepped in. He disappeared before the old man surnamed Lu could catch up.

The old man surnamed Lu stopped for a moment, looked down at the ruins of the stone gate with bloodstains, then looked at the narrow passage in front of him, his brows furrowed.

Then exhale and follow the former into the passage.

The old man unexpectedly discovered that the passage was not long. After only going more than twenty feet underground, he reached an underground hall.

The hall is about 20 to 30 feet in area, and is empty except for an altar.

At this time, Nanlong Hou stood in the middle of the hall, staring at the items on the altar with a trance-like expression.

The old man walked forward in confusion, and his heart was shaken by what he saw.

"Tianyuan Fruit! This is the legendary Tianyuan Fruit that can increase one's lifespan by a hundred years."

"The purple Ganoderma lucidum, could it be the legendary Bu Tian Zhi? The bamboo glittering with golden light, could it be the Golden Thunder Bamboo, one of the three sacred trees? And these..."

When the old man surnamed Lu saw the elixir on the altar, he was shocked and couldn't help but move closer to take a closer look.

"Friend Lu, please calm down. Do you think these spiritual medicines can be obtained easily?"

Nanlong Hou reminded coldly.

"Brother Nanlong, what do you mean?" The old man came to his senses after hearing this and looked around.

"Small Xumi Vajra Formation? This is a Buddhist formation. Why does it appear here?"

The old man noticed something strange from the runes on the wall and was surprised.

Although Nanlong Hou appeared very calm in his words, his eyes were always fixed on the elixirs on the altar, filled with endless greed and desire, as if he wished he could take them all into his pocket.

These elixirs are what he and the old man urgently need. Now that they are right before his eyes, how can one not be fascinated and unable to control himself?
When he first stepped into this place and caught a glimpse of those elixirs, he instantly had the idea of ​​taking them all.

However, he had never expected that there was a rather strange magic array hidden here, so he suffered setbacks and had to wait here obediently for the old man to come and rescue him.

At this moment, when Nanlong Hou heard the old man surnamed Lu shout out the name of "Small Sumeru Vajra Formation", he was immediately cheered up, and incomparable joy surged from the bottom of his heart.

When he just touched the restriction, he realized that the magic array here was completely different from many magic arrays he had studied before, and he couldn't help feeling a little worried.

Now that the old man knows about this magic circle, it is undoubtedly a timely help, which makes people very happy.

"Brother Lu, do you understand the restrictions here?"

Nanlong Hou tried his best to suppress his inner excitement and asked expectantly.

"In my early years, I was fortunate enough to obtain some Buddhist cultivation secrets. Although I was unable to practice them due to the nature of the techniques, I still remember some of the Buddhist formations and prohibitions contained in the books."

"This Small Xumi Vajra Formation is one of the most magical formations. Brother Nanlong, if the restriction here is indeed constructed for this formation, I'm afraid the difficulties we face will be quite severe."

The old man cast his gaze towards the altar again, and worry gradually appeared between his brows.

"What do you mean? Could it be that this formation cannot be broken?"

Nanlonghou's expression changed slightly, revealing an expression of disbelief.

"This Small Xumi Vajra Formation is also known as the Vajra Immortal Trapping Formation. It may be one of the rare prohibitions in the world that can be broken by brute force alone. There is no other special trick to break the formation."

"To break this formation, you need to constantly use various offensives to consume the forbidden protection it creates, and this must be continuous."

"Because this restriction may not be top-notch in terms of defense, but in terms of endurance, it can be said to be indestructible in Buddhism. It seems that as long as the restriction is not completely destroyed, it can quickly recover to its original state."

After thinking for a moment, the old man explained solemnly.

Then, as if to verify the truth of what he said, the old man casually ejected a fireball and flew it towards the altar several feet away.

With a loud "bang", the fireball exploded and disappeared before it even touched the altar.

A thick light shield with flickering light then appeared above the altar.

This light shield presents a dazzling golden light, and ancient Buddhist texts the size of beans, like blooming silver lotus petals, are densely covered on the light shield.

Nanlong Hou's face was slightly gloomy. He had seen this kind of scene once before, so he did not show any excessive surprise.

"Oh! What on earth is this?"

The old man at the side suddenly cried out in surprise, which attracted the attention of Nan Longhou. Nan Longhou was stunned for a long while and could not help but turn around and look.

Lu Weiying was seen staring at a certain position inside the golden cover with a look of surprise and shock on his face.

Nanlong Hou was quite puzzled by this, and immediately activated the spiritual light in his eyes, struggling to pass through the light, trying to observe the situation inside the golden cover.

He saw that in the golden light curtain, a round bowl shining with silver light suddenly appeared in the center of the altar where several spiritual herbs were originally placed. It was about the size of a head.

Various profound and obscure runes flow on the surface of this bowl, and there are eight pale white jade runes placed around it, clustered in the center.

About one foot above the bowl, three other delicate objects are suspended, always remaining still.

After careful observation with a focused expression, Nanlong Hou finally saw the three objects clearly: a small silver sword, a black Zen staff and a bright red spherical bead.

Although these objects are only about an inch in size, they emit extremely faint three-color light, which interweave and blend with each other.

Finally, it enveloped the round bowl on the square altar.

Seeing this, Nanlong Hou couldn't help but fall into deep shock and confusion.

The round bowl, jade talisman and the three mysterious instruments on the altar disappeared without a trace in an extremely strange way.

Then, the golden light shield filled with Buddhist scriptures gradually faded and disappeared silently.

This is how it happened?
Before this, the light shield clearly did not show these items. Why did these items suddenly appear on the altar under the mysterious attack of the old man surnamed Lu?
Nanlong Hou pursed his lips tightly, staring at the place where the light shield disappeared, his eyes full of astonishment and confusion.

The old man surnamed Lu did not have any doubts about this, but faced with the newly appeared round bowl and other objects, he also fell into deep thought. Anyone could see that compared to the new items that appeared in the ban, those spiritual herbs were obviously just a foil.

How could a treasure that surpasses the value of these heaven-defying spiritual objects be an ordinary thing?
Once this thought came to his mind, the old man's heart beat faster and he became extremely excited!
His previous worries and anxieties about the Blood Curse Gate were now forgotten.

"Brother Lu, it seems that we have found the right place this time. If we can successfully crack this Buddhist sect's restriction, then this adventure will be a great success."

Nanlong Hou also had the same expectation, he said to the old man with a smile.

"Indeed. It is hard to imagine that there are so many rare treasures hidden behind the Blood Curse Gate."

"But breaking this restriction is by no means easy. We need to invest a lot of time and energy, and it may even cost us some of our vitality."

When the old man heard this, he forced a smile on his face and responded.

"Haha! As long as I can obtain these treasures, I am willing to spend my vitality or even shorten my life by ten years."

"Just now, fellow Daoist mentioned that the only way to break this formation is by brute force. Looks like I'll have a lot of work to do!"

"It's better to start as soon as possible. After the ban is lifted, how about we divide all the items equally between the two of us?"

Nanlong Hou seemed unwilling to wait any longer. He stared at the old man and directly put forward his suggestion.

"Since Brother Nanlong has made such a decision, I shall obey it."

The old man was also eager to obtain the treasure, and he agreed to Nanlong Hou's proposal without hesitation.

Hearing the old man's answer, Nanlong Hou showed a look of satisfaction on his face.

However, at this moment, the distance between the two of them unknowingly widened, and they seemed to vaguely sense a sense of vigilance from each other.

Next, the old man took out the white Dharma flag, threw it upwards gently, then sat cross-legged on the ground, and practiced the Dharma gestures with both hands.

Nanlong Hou waved his sleeves violently, and the golden flying sword turned into a golden light and shot out.

In an instant, a strong wind suddenly arose, sword energy was everywhere, and the golden light shield appeared again.

As a loud rumbling sound came from deep in the earth, the atmosphere became increasingly tense...

Near a certain mountain, a long green rainbow came rushing towards them like lightning.

At the end of the blue rainbow, Chen Yun was moving forward at full speed.

At this time, he had already crossed the mountain where the purple-striped scorpion was located and was heading towards the cave where he entered the inner valley.

Since he had walked this road once, Chen Yun was quite familiar with the terrain here, and his escape speed increased several times compared to the first time he came here.

The journey that was originally expected to take a whole day to complete now only took one-third of the original time to reach the destination.

Just as he was secretly calculating in his mind that it would only take another hour before he could step into the cave again.

Suddenly, a faint and continuous roar coming from the far right attracted his attention.

The light from Chen Yun's side paused slightly, and his eyes looked in that direction.

He quickly swept his spiritual sense and sensed an abnormal fluctuation of spiritual power coming from there.

Chen Yun narrowed his eyes slightly, and a faint white light could be vaguely seen flickering in the distant mountains.

According to his memory, that should be the place where he suspected there were restrictions and it was very likely that the secret treasures of ancient practitioners were hidden.

It seems that other practitioners have now broken into the inner valley and started looking for restrictions everywhere, intending to dig out the treasures within.

After thinking for a while, Chen Yun shook his head slightly.

The thought of taking advantage of the situation and getting away with it flashed through his mind, and then he forced himself to suppress it.

In order to avoid attracting other people's attention, his spiritual sense only swept across there and did not actually detect those treasure hunters.

For Chen Yun, the best thing to do at this moment was to protect himself, so he rode Qinghong forward again and disappeared on a nearby hill in an instant without a trace.

Just dozens of miles away from the direction Chen Yun had just looked at, a team of more than a dozen practitioners were using various magical weapons to launch a fierce attack on a small hill shrouded in white light.

The team was led by Mulan's divine master, a scholar named Zhong, and a woman named Le. All of them were Mulan's magicians.

When Chen Yun walked away from the distance, the scholar named Zhong frowned slightly and subconsciously glanced in the direction where Chen Yun left.

"Brother Zhong, have you noticed anything wrong?"

The woman surnamed Le noticed that the scholar was acting strangely and couldn't help but ask.

"Nothing special. Just now, a cultivator from Tiannan used his spiritual sense to explore this area."

"However, he did not seem to intend to intervene in the matter. He just glanced at it from a distance and then left quickly."

"Our most important task right now is to break the ban, so I don't want to dwell on this matter too much."

The scholar replied calmly.

"Brother Zhong is right. We have cracked the restriction here until the critical moment."

"I just hope that it won't be like the previous forbidden place, with nothing but a pile of worthless junk and no treasures."

"What's worse is that two of our companions unfortunately died in a space crack along the way."

The woman surnamed Le sighed softly and said helplessly.

"There's nothing we can do about this situation. Those invisible space cracks are really hard to guard against."

“And some of the low-level spiritual birds we prepared in advance will suddenly become crazy once they step into the inner valley, running around like headless flies, and are completely out of control.”

“If it weren’t for this, perhaps the sacrifice of those two companions could have been avoided.”

Hearing this, the scholar surnamed Zhong's face darkened slightly.

"Those spiritual birds responsible for exploring the way don't seem to be out of control due to madness."

"They seem to be filled with fear of the inner valley, which is why they lost control. Could it be that there is some special power here that can effectively suppress the monsters?"

"The black-winged eagle I borrowed has reached the level of a fifth-level spiritual bird. However, since entering the inner valley, it has also become uncontrollable and even refused to come out of the spiritual beast bag."

"It seems that this Fallen Demon Valley does have many mysteries."

The woman surnamed Le said thoughtfully.

"Perhaps so. This place is known as the most dangerous place in the south of the sky, so it naturally has many mysteries."

"However, we are not here to uncover the secrets of the Fallen Demon Valley, but to search for some ancient treasures and elixirs for our Mulan as much as possible." (End of this chapter)