But the old man still couldn't recall, and finally gave up, saying, "Perhaps I did encounter it in some Great Wilderness. I've been to many places, so it's normal even if I did."
"I've only been in the Great Wilderness for less than half a month," Ye Xun replied.
The old man: "?(。ヘ°)"
"Alright, this is the Grand Spatial Teleportation Array Pattern. Take it with you." After Zhou Yan finished carving the last pattern, he collected the entire ancient scroll and handed it to the old man.
The old man unfurled it and a smile appeared on his face. "Not bad, not bad. It looks like it will take several years to comprehend."
"My name is Fang Yuan. Regardless of who you are or what your status is, we are now friends." Fang Yuan, with his easy-going nature, picked up the array pattern carved by Zhou Yan and began studying it while sitting on a chair.
Zhou Yan continued to pilot the airship forward and transmitted a message to Ye Xun: "Perhaps you two really do know each other."
"Oh? What did you discover?" Ye Xun inquired curiously.
"Likely a reincarnated soul," Zhou Yan said.
"I see. What a pity."
Ye Xun nodded. A reincarnated soul, like himself, had left no trace of memory. Unless their past life memories were recovered, there might be some clues, but he couldn't hold out too much hope.
After tens of millions of li, they arrived in a short time.
Seeing this, Fang Yuan praised, "This array pattern is indeed powerful. We arrived so quickly. It seems I'll have to study it thoroughly when I have time. You youngsters are truly remarkable, reaching such astonishing cultivation at such a young age."
"Where are you going?" Ye Xun asked curiously.
"What else would I be doing in the Myriad Dragon Cave besides treasure hunting? Are you not here for the same?" Fang Yuan asked.
"We are indeed treasure hunting, but the treasures we seek are different from yours," Zhou Yan replied.
"I'm not interested in your treasures. However, you must be careful of the Death Race. These disgusting creatures are in the core region of the Myriad Dragon Cave. It's best not to venture there."
Fang Yuan left with a warning, then transformed into a black beam of light and flew towards the Myriad Dragon Cave.
"Let's go to the Ji family's mine first. It's uncertain whether he can recover his memories in this life. His talent in this life doesn't seem too great," Zhou Yan said.
"Let's go," Ye Xun nodded.
This was the outer perimeter of the Myriad Dragon Cave, shrouded in a gloomy aura. This was merely the outskirts, with little sunlight, as if sunlight couldn't penetrate this place.
Above the distant Myriad Dragon Cave, dark clouds perpetually hung, with bolts of lightning flashing across the sky. The sight alone sent chills down one's spine; it was definitely not a good place.
Just as others had said, this was an inauspicious land, shrouded in an unsettling aura and a strange, eerie energy.
However, they were no ordinary people. As the chilling, gloomy aura approached them within dozens of meters, it evaporated as if being steamed, no longer daring to come near.
The divine power emanating from them was incredibly potent, causing the yin energy to retreat and evil spirits to fear, keeping all dark and eerie atmospheres at bay.
No town dared to establish itself here. Even if one were built, it would turn into a dead and silent village.
Zhou Yan had already seen several "ghost villages." It was unknown how long ago they had ceased to possess any life. Some of them were even inhabited by evil spirits.
But upon sensing the aura of Zhou Yan and his companions in the sky, they cowered like mice facing a cat, not daring to move.
Zhou Yan had no interest in bothering with these entities. There were countless such weak evil spirits in the entire Myriad Dragon Cave.
After more than ten minutes, Zhou Yan and his group successfully spotted a massive defensive array formation ahead, encompassing several mountain ranges. Outside this formation, all yin and evil energies were unable to approach.
"Who dares to trespass upon our Ji family's mining territory!" Several powerful figures emanated overwhelming pressure, directed at Zhou Yan and his companions.
Diao Chan and Zhen Mi also unleashed their auras. The terrifying pressure directly forced the intruders to descend towards the ground.
Fortunately, the two had no intention of harming them; they simply disliked the others' attempt to use pressure against them.
The few individuals, looking rather disheveled, hurried forward and respectfully said, "May we know your purpose for coming here? This is our Ji family's mining site. Would you be willing to grant our Ji family some face?"
These individuals did not know the origins of Zhou Yan's group, but they dared not underestimate them. However, they had secretly notified the Ji family's stronger cultivators to come to their aid.
"We're just here to take a look. Rest assured, it won't affect you."
Zhou Yan produced a Ji family token, given to him by Ji Mingyue. However, Ji Mingyue had also mentioned that this token might not be entirely effective, only proving they were not enemies.
"Since you are friends of the Ji family, then it's easier to talk. You just want to enter and inspect the mines?" the individuals asked, puzzled as to why anyone would want to look at a mine.
"Yes, rest assured, we are just looking and will not disturb you. We are also not interested in your primal ore," Zhou Yan replied.
One of them nodded and said, "This is a token from one of my juniors. Since she vouches for you, please follow me."
Since one of Ji Mingyue's elders was present, this made things much smoother.
The others did not obstruct them either. After all, everything would be handled by Ji Mingyue, and they had gained the favor of these individuals. Their strength was indeed formidable.
Zhou Yan and his group entered the location of the primal ore mine and began to look around. Zhou Yan asked Ye Xun, "Sense it carefully. If you've been here before, you should be able to find some clue."
"Mm," Ye Xun spread his divine sense and began to search the entire mining area.
Several elders of the Ji family, upon sensing the divine sense fluctuations, exclaimed in surprise, "Such powerful divine sense fluctuations! This is even stronger than the divine sense of a demigod expert. Who are they?"
"They are so young. Those two women also possess demigod-level aura fluctuations. It appears all four are demigod realm experts."
"Such young demigod experts. I wonder how my junior got to know them."
"Are they searching for something?"
"They harbor no ill intentions. We can just wait and see."
Ye Xun hailed from the God Realm, and thus his divine sense fluctuations were naturally very strong.
Ye Xun's divine sense began to penetrate beneath the earth, exploring everything about this land. As long as he discovered a familiar place, he would definitely sense something.
After a long while, Ye Xun seemed to have discovered something, but it was unrelated to him.
Ye Xun opened his eyes and said to Zhou Yan, "It's not here."
"This place is so vast, let's look elsewhere," Zhou Yan suggested.
"Alright, but before we leave, there's a very peculiar place in this mine," Ye Xun said.
"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Zhou Yan also opened his divine sense and began to explore rapidly. He also discovered that peculiar place.