Wang Lin's expression was neutral as his gaze fell on the broken stone tablet. After carefully looking at it, he moved forward and arrived before it.
Li Yuan followed closely and looked at the stone tablet. Then he looked around the ruins and smiled. "Brother Xu, if I'm not wrong, this so-called Celestial Attraction Palace was a place where celestials traded before the collapse of the Thunder Celestial Realm."
Wang Lin nodded and calmly walked toward the ruins. Along the way, he could see the remains of pavilions everywhere. This palace was very large, almost the size of a mortal city.
The entire ruins of the city were extremely quiet. Only the occasional wind would blow through the ruins, bringing with it a sobbing sound.
On the ground, only when the wind blew by would slight vortexes appear. These vortexes would gently pick up some dust and scatter it in all directions.
From the surrounding ruins, it could be seen that there were pavilions everywhere. However, at this moment, they were extremely damaged, and there were even fluctuations of restrictions in some places.
After carefully searching the ruins of the city, Wang Lin didn't find anything strange. It was obvious that people had come here many times during the Thunder Celestial Realm's opening.
"In any transaction palace like this, the largest shop must be on the east side!" Li Yuan's eyes lit up and he looked toward the east.
On the east side of the city, the ruins were even more serious. It was impossible to see the shop, only broken walls.
Li Yuan took a few quick steps forward and arrived at the eastern part of the wreckage. He squatted down and lifted up a large boulder that had collapsed. He looked at it carefully and then performed an incantation with his left hand as if he were calculating something.
Wang Lin calmly arrived here and spread out his divine sense. However, he didn't find anything.
A moment later, Li Yuan's eyes narrowed. He pointed at a spot in the ruins and said, "Brother Xu, use your spell to attack this spot!"
Wang Lin didn't waste any time. He raised his hand and a bolt of purple lightning shot out. The purple lightning turned into a dragon and charged toward where Li Yuan was pointing at. When the purple lightning landed, there was a loud bang. The earth trembled slightly and all of the rubble in the ruins were moved.
There, on the ground, there was a pattern without any ripples. This pattern seemed to be a formation that had been carved into the ground by someone.
Wang Lin's eyes revealed a strange look.
Li Yuan took a few steps forward and arrived next to the formation. After looking at it, he smiled and said, "Brother Xu, as far as I know, even if it's an immortal's shop, there must be a hidden compartment. It's just as I expected."
Wang Lin nodded and said, "It seems like this hidden grid formation has been here for too long, and the celestial force maintaining its operation has already disappeared. That's why there are no ripples on it."
Li Yuan squatted down and wiped off a large amount of dust with his left hand. After a brief calculation, he nodded and said, "That's right. And from the looks of the dust, I'm afraid that no one has been here for a long time. This formation is indeed like what Brother Xu said, it has lost its Celestial Force and has become a dead formation!"
He then explained, "The so-called Death Formation is like this. Once it loses its vitality, it cannot be broken. However, I have a way to restore it!
Brother Xu, I need some time, so please wait a moment. "With that, Li Yuan sat down in the lotus position, bit the tip of his left finger, took a deep breath, and placed it on the formation.
There was a fluctuation of origin energy on his left hand. Blood slowly flowed out from the wound and entered the formation.
Wang Lin calmly stood on the side and looked at the wreckage before him. He felt a sense of regret. The Thunder Celestial Realm must have been extremely spectacular back then. There must have been countless celestials, or else it would have been impossible to form a transaction palace of this size.
There were also many shops in this palace. Standing here, Wang Lin could imagine that countless years ago, celestials came here on celestial treasures and celestial beasts. They were like mortals who came here to trade for what they needed.
The celestials back then probably never thought that one day the Celestial Realm would collapse.
While pondering, Wang Lin let out a sigh. He remembered the giant handprint he saw in the Rain Celestial Realm!
That handprint was a spell that shattered the earth.
"Unfortunately, Li Yuan can't go to the Rain Celestial Realm. Otherwise, with his heart restriction, I wonder if he could reverse engineer the spell of that handprint."
Time slowly passed, and Li Yuan's face gradually paled. The blood on his left finger slowly flowed down, spreading throughout the entire formation. Gradually, the formation seemed to be injected with life, and tiny ripples appeared on its surface.
Li Yuan's eyes lit up and his left hand pointed to between his eyebrows. A black line flew out and turned into a restriction that landed inside the formation.
Li Yuan's left hand quickly formed a seal and was about to place another restriction.
However, just at this moment, the restriction formed by the black line entered the formation. The entire formation suddenly spat out a bright pillar of light. This pillar of light pierced the sky. Even from far away, it could be clearly seen.
Li Yuan was startled. The restriction in his left hand dissipated before he could even form it.
"How is this possible … This is the first time the celestial formation has been activated … This is the first time it has been activated …" Li Yuan looked at the pillar of light and his eyes became brighter and brighter.
Wang Lin frowned slightly as he looked at the pillar of light. This pillar of light had appeared too suddenly. There was no sign of it before, so he couldn't stop it. Also, looking at Li Yuan's expression, it seemed like this matter was outside of his expectations.
Wang Lin calmly said, "Brother Li!"
The Li Yuan took a deep breath. At this moment, the pillar of light gradually dimmed and shrank. It looked like it would soon disappear completely. Wang Lin spread out his divine sense and immediately found some clues about the pillar of light.
There seemed to be a suppressed celestial spiritual energy bursting out from the pillar of light.
Li Yuan stared at the gradually dimming pillar of light and said, "If the celestial formation is opened with the correct method, then this kind of thing won't happen. However, if it is opened with other methods, the first time it is opened, the spirit will leak out. Only by releasing the spirit inside the formation can one enter!"
"The first time?" Wang Lin's eyes narrowed.
"That's right, this should be the first time this formation has been opened with other methods … Once the pillar of light dissipates, we can go in and see what is inside!" Li Yuan stared at the formation and licked his lips.
Wang Lin nodded. Suddenly, his expression changed and he looked into the distance. A moment later, he saw two rays of sword energy flying over. They gave off a powerful fluctuation of celestial spiritual energy. It was clear that they were attracted by the pillar of light and wanted to see what was inside.
Wang Lin withdrew his gaze and his right hand reached out to the ground. A large piece of broken wall flew into the air and shattered into dust. Wang Lin waved his hand and the dust scattered like crazy.
In the blink of an eye, the ash from the broken wall within a three thousand meter radius formed a ring that spread out in all directions, as if it were an artificial barrier.
Wang Lin's gaze fell on the slowly dimming pillar of light and he calmly said, "Anyone who enters will die!"
Although his voice was light, when it landed in the ears of the two people flying over, it was like thunder. Both of them were at the mid stage of Ascendance, and at this moment, their minds were trembling violently. Even the sword energy under their feet became unstable. Terrified, the two of them stopped outside the ring of ashes and didn't dare to take half a step forward.
The two of them looked at each other. Their faces turned pale and they immediately withdrew their sword energy. One of them clasped his hands and respectfully said, "The two of us juniors are from the Luo Tian Zhao family. We will obey senior's orders and not enter."
The pillar of light dissipated faster and faster. Li Yuan's eyes lit up and he walked forward, waiting for the moment the pillar of light completely dissipated.
Even the two cultivators thousands of feet away widened their eyes. They had never seen such a scene before, but after pondering for a moment, they guessed that there must be a treasure being born here!
Although they didn't dare to steal it, they couldn't let go of a chance to gain experience like this.
Perhaps it was because the activation of the formation was too big, but all the cultivators on the fragment saw it clearly. The first thought that came to their minds was that a treasure had appeared here!
With this thought in mind, almost all the cultivators rushed toward the pillar of light. The two Zhao family members were the closest, so they arrived first.
Not long after, several rays of light flew over from all directions. The people inside the rays of light all had different cultivation levels, but none of them were at the Illusory Yin stage; most of them were at the peak of Ascendant.
After these people flew over, they immediately saw the ten-thousand-foot ring of dust. They all stopped and didn't act rashly. Instead, they began to size it up. Their gazes fell on the ten-thousand-foot pillar of light that was about to completely disappear, and greed appeared in their eyes.
However, when they saw Wang Lin, their expressions all changed. They could feel origin energy coming from Wang Lin's body, so they all retreated. No one dared to step within 10,000 feet.
Wang Lin didn't pay any attention to these people, and even Li Yuan didn't pay much attention to them. A moment later, the pillar of light completely dissipated before everyone's gazes.
The moment the pillar of light disappeared, a dark hole appeared on the formation on the ground. A celestial spiritual energy fluctuation came from inside, and even the people 10,000 feet away could clearly feel it.
Greedy gazes that were hidden very well suddenly gathered inside the dark hole. A mysterious aura appeared in the hearts of the cultivators 10,000 feet away.
If Wang Lin wasn't here, these people would immediately rush in. The temptation inside the dark hole was extremely great for cultivators!
All of this was because of the unknown!
No one knew what was inside the dark hole, but the more they didn't know, the stronger the mysterious feeling would become.
Just at this moment, a crazy Sword Qi whistled through the sky, and a wave of Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi spread out in an instant, heading straight for this place. It was as if the three thousand meter tall barrier was nothing to this person!
The other cultivators 10,000 feet away all revealed strange gazes and became restless. The crazy origin energy coming from the sky meant that a second step cultivator had arrived!
As the origin energy spread out, a yellow figure quickly flew over on a sword energy.