"It's done, Miss. The restriction has been broken."
The old man with the goatee said to Ruan Jinzhu.
"Excellent, excellent. Elder Chen is indeed a master of formations. I will not be stingy with rewards when we return."
Ruan Jinzhu exclaimed loudly.
"Thank you, Miss. This is merely my duty."
The old man with the goatee did not claim credit.
"What is yours is yours, no one can take it away. Come, Elder Chen, let's go inside."
Ruan Jinzhu said excitedly.
"Nangong Feiyan, you go in first."
Ruan Jinzhu said to Nangong Feiyan behind her.
Nangong Feiyan hesitated for a moment, and then she heard Ning Beichen's voice in her ear.
"Senior Sister, move aside!"
As soon as Ning Beichen's voice arrived, Nangong Feiyan immediately dodged to the side. She saw Ning Beichen's body transform into a blur of afterimages and appear before the old man with the goatee.
The old man with the goatee was startled by the illusion and hurriedly exchanged a punch with Ning Beichen.
With a bang!
The old man with the goatee was sent flying backward, punched by Ning Beichen into the portal. His fate was unknown.
As Ning Beichen landed, he reached out and the formation-breaking bead placed at the foot of the mountain wall fell into his hand.
"Senior Sister, let's go in."
After Ning Beichen finished speaking, he turned and entered the portal. Nangong Feiyan, having already been informed of Ning Beichen's plan, followed him in immediately after he entered.
As Ning Beichen took the formation-breaking bead, the portal on the mountain wall began to shrink from top to bottom without its support. After a short while, the portal had shrunk by half and was on the verge of disappearing.
However, just as the portal was about to vanish, Ruan Jinzhu was seen rushing in. Her subordinates, without Ruan Jinzhu's command, hesitated for a moment and were left outside the portal.
After a feeling of weightlessness.
Ning Beichen appeared from the void and began to fall, but this fall was harmless. Like a feather, even if Ning Beichen did nothing, he would have landed steadily on the ground without injury.
After landing, Ning Beichen looked up at the sky and found that above him was a pitch-black void with no visible top or anything else.
"Senior Sister, Senior Sister..."
Ning Beichen called out a few times but received no response from Nangong Feiyan, which caused his brows to furrow deeply.
Not only could he not see Nangong Feiyan, but the old man with the goatee whom he had punched into the portal was also nowhere to be seen. Only he was here.
"Could it be that after entering the portal, we were separated?"
Ning Beichen waited for about half an hour in place, but Nangong Feiyan did not appear, nor did he see any other people. He muttered to himself.
"Perhaps we were truly separated, but to be safe, I'll leave a message for Senior Sister here."
Ning Beichen used a hard object to write a message for his Senior Sister Nangong Feiyan in a conspicuous place, along with the direction he was heading.
After finishing these messages, Ning Beichen left the area and began to explore forward.
This place, apart from the pitch-black void above, resembled a giant cave. There was also a flowing underground river below.
Ning Beichen walked forward along the cave, but it was too dark inside. Even with his cultivation as a Grandmaster, he could only see a blurry outline in the darkness.
With a *pat*.
A small flame appeared in Ning Beichen's hand, illuminating the surroundings. However, as the flame was only as large as a grain of rice, the range it could illuminate was very small.
Ning Beichen looked around and felt a headache. He had a source of fire, but unfortunately, there was no firewood around, so he couldn't make a torch.
"Alas! If only I had a flashlight."
Ning Beichen sighed. He never expected to end up in such a place, and he hadn't made any preparations.
"Even a Grandmaster can't cook without rice!"
Ning Beichen was holding a lighter. However, this thing was not durable. It was estimated that in a few minutes, the gas inside would run out.
Just as Ning Beichen was at a loss, his eyes suddenly caught sight of some black stones on the cave wall.
"Huh, could it be coal?"
Ning Beichen's eyes lit up. He hurried over and dug out a piece, then tried to light it with the lighter in his hand.
With a *boom*, the black stone began to burn, and the surroundings were instantly illuminated. Although it could not compare to daylight, combined with Ning Beichen's Grandmaster-enhanced senses, it was no different from daytime.
"It really is coal."
Ning Beichen laughed loudly. With these coal stones, he would not be blind here.
Ning Beichen followed and tested the burning time of the coal. He found that a coal stone the size of a fist could burn for about half an hour. Although it was a bit troublesome, it was much better than groping in the dark.
Ning Beichen collected as many of these coal stones as possible to take with him, lighting one every half an hour or so.
This place did not feel very large to Ning Beichen, but he had walked for so long without encountering Nangong Feiyan or anyone else. This showed that the place was definitely not small.
Ning Beichen recalled the conversation they had in the valley earlier. This place was very likely the ruins of the An Nan royal family. If it was the ruins of a royal family, how could the place be small?
Ning Beichen continued to walk forward.
Along the way, he encountered several branching paths. Ning Beichen entered each of these branching paths to investigate, but the ends of those branching paths were all dead ends. None of them could be passed through. Finally, Ning Beichen had to return to the main path.
"Didn't they say it was royal ruins? Why isn't there even a single hair?"
Ning Beichen complained, walked to the underground river, and used an empty mineral water bottle to collect water.
Although Grandmasters could endure more than ordinary people, they still needed to eat, drink, and excrete. Fortunately, I have tiger meat, so I won't starve to death. I just don't know where Senior Sister is now.
Ning Beichen made a small campfire with coal stones, boiled water, and heated tiger meat to eat. Da Feng Novel Network.
It had to be said that this tiger meat was indeed a good thing. A piece the size of a fist was enough to fill Ning Beichen. If it were anything else, he would need to eat at least a large plate.
"Comfortable! Poor Senior Sister, I don't know where she is, and if she's hungry?"
Ning Beichen sat on the ground, sighing, and eating heartily.
He was not a sentimental person. Although he was a Grandmaster, his Senior Sister Nangong Feiyan's cultivation was not low. For her, she wouldn't starve to death even if she didn't eat or drink for a few days. He would compensate her well once he found her.
As Ning Beichen ate the tiger meat, its aroma spread through the cave. The aroma did not attract Nangong Feiyan, but it attracted some uninvited guests.
Just as Ning Beichen was swallowing a piece of tiger meat, his vision suddenly blurred, and a small black shadow shot towards him from a distance.