Night Wind had already released his divine sense, but it was blocked as soon as it approached that place and could not penetrate it at all.

This is to be expected. While a martial artist's divine sense can spread to very far places when there are no obstructions, its effective range will be greatly reduced when there are obstacles.

If one encounters a substance or material that can interfere with divine sense, the rate at which divine sense weakens will increase significantly.

The Death Mountains are a special environment that blocks divine sense. Here, the range of divine sense is greatly compressed, making it virtually impossible to use divine sense to investigate what is happening here.

"We can't detect it with divine sense, it seems we have to go and see for ourselves," Ye Feng said.

Luo Lin nodded immediately, and Chen He and Xu Ping'an followed Ye Feng's steps.

However, Zijing stood still, timid and hesitant to come over, her expression extremely tense.

"Aren't you coming over? What are you doing over there!" Rowling scolded impatiently.

Xu Pingan laughed and said, "It will only be more dangerous for you to stay there alone. It will be safer if you come with us, since there is a Saint Realm expert here."

Hearing Xu Ping'an say that, Zijing finally ran over and followed closely behind Yefeng, looking like a little shadow.

"If anything dangerous happens later, Ancestor, you must protect me!" Zijing said nervously.

Night Breeze said irritably, "Who is whose guard?"

“Of course I’m your bodyguard,” Zijing said, blushing.

"Then why don't you protect me, but instead expect me to protect you?" Ye Feng said irritably.

Zijing said hesitantly, "What can I do? You're just more capable than me."

If it were anyone else, they would probably be so ashamed they'd want to disappear right now.

Zijing was merely embarrassed, which shows just how thick-skinned this brat is!

The atmosphere that had been heavy and oppressive was suddenly swept away by Zijing's ridiculous behavior, and even became somewhat cheerful.

Rowling rubbed her forehead and said helplessly, "I really don't know what you came here for. You might as well have stayed in Silla City."

"Shall I go back now?" Zijing immediately asked.

Shut up!

Ye Feng glared angrily at Zi Jing, then pulled her in front of him.

"If you dare to utter another word, give me back the Dark Moon Short Sword," Night Wind said sternly.

Upon hearing this, Zijing immediately became agitated.

"That won't do. You've already given me the Dark Moon Dagger, and I've even bound it to you with my blood! How can you take back something you've already given away? Besides, I'm a close relative of yours..."

Before Zijing could finish speaking, Yefeng swiftly reached out his right hand and grabbed the brat's cheek.

But Rowling was clearly already suspicious.

She looked at the night breeze and then at the Bauhinia tree, and asked, "What are you kissing?"

"She personally assured me that she would not let me down," Ye Feng said with a serious expression.

"Really?" Rowling asked suspiciously.

"Otherwise what?" Night Wind retorted.

Rowling dared not speak recklessly any longer. Night Wind was clearly already somewhat displeased, so she quickly changed the subject: "Red-tailed beasts usually appear in groups, but there are no other red-tailed beasts here. It seems that the being emitting that terrifying aura is not a red-tailed beast, but some other kind of demonic beast."

“Yes, I think so too,” Chen He nodded.

Xu Pingan said, "It could also be a powerful senior expert. You know, the environment of the Death Mountain Range is really quite suitable for experts to live in seclusion and cultivate here."

"Then let's hope it's a senior expert. As fellow humans, we can at least communicate with each other. If it's a demon beast, we'll most likely have to fight," Chen He said.

Seeing that the topic had been changed, Ye Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief and then released Zi Jing's mouth.

At the same time, Ye Feng also transmitted his thoughts to Zi Jing: "If you dare to talk nonsense again, I'll sew your mouth shut!"

Zijing covered her mouth and nodded repeatedly, not daring to utter a sound.

We've finally arrived at the collapse zone.

Ye Feng frowned and examined it for a while before raising his hand and casting a talisman.

This talisman is called the Quicksand Talisman, which can turn solid rocks into quicksand.

At this moment, the quicksand talisman transformed into a beam of yellow light and struck the ground in the collapsed area, causing all the stones there to tremble and quickly shatter.

Before long, what appeared before Ye Feng, Luo Lin, and the others was a large area made entirely of sand.

The night wind raised its right hand and grabbed, and the sand moved on its own, transforming into a tornado that flew into the air before settling in the distance.

In the blink of an eye, the night wind had moved all the sand away.

However, what is revealed below is rock.

It seems that a single quicksand talisman is not enough to turn all the stones here into quicksand.

So Ye Feng took out a handful of quicksand talismans and threw them all out.

"Ancestor, how do you have so many quicksand talismans?" Rowling asked in surprise.

"I'm an ancient relic who has lived for seven hundred years, so of course I've accumulated quite a few elixirs, magical artifacts, and talismans," Ye Feng said with a smile.

“That’s true,” Rowling nodded.

As one quicksand talisman after another was cast, the pit in front of Ye Feng became deeper and deeper, and tilted downwards.

An hour passed, and the night wind had slanted downwards for fifty or sixty meters, finally clearing the collapsed area.

After clearing the collapsed area, Ye Feng led everyone deeper and deeper into the huge, sloping cave.

“We should at least have brought the infantry corps,” Zijing said softly.

"Infantry legions are fine for large-scale battles, but it's unwise to deal with a high-grade demonic beast or a high-level enemy," Ye Feng said, shaking his head.

“But it can give us courage!” Zijing said.

"The only person here who needs courage is probably yourself," Ye Feng said irritably.

Rowling sighed, "You'd better talk less. You're making martial arts lose all face."

“You’ve made the guards lose face too,” Chen He said to Zijing.

Zijing said nonchalantly, "What can I do? I am the shame of all things."

Everyone was stunned.

"Shame of All Things" was a nickname Ye Feng gave to Zi Jing, but it was just a joke. Unexpectedly, Zi Jing actually used this nickname to describe herself.

This girl has an incredibly thick skin!

"Be careful, we're entering a dangerous zone from here. I can sense an extremely powerful being here, most likely at the Void Returning Realm," Ye Feng said.