Chu Feng hurriedly took out the Heavenly Master's Horsetail Whip, but the artifact offered no guidance whatsoever.
"Refusing to help again?"
Chu Feng couldn't help but feel a bit helpless. Right now, even without employing any special means of observation, relying solely on his own perceptiveness as a Spirit World Master, he could already tell that this place was far from ordinary.
Under normal circumstances, the Heavenly Master's Horsetail Whip should have been of use. But the whip was like that — it possessed its own sentience, and whether it helped or not depended entirely on its mood.
If it refused to assist, there was nothing Chu Feng could do about it. He would have to rely on himself.
So Chu Feng opened his Heavenly Eyes to observe.
Fortunately, under the Heavenly Eyes' gaze, the clues in this place became far clearer.
Chu Feng advanced swiftly toward the depths of the black, withered forest, while simultaneously scanning his surroundings, as though searching for something.
Finally, he stopped, his gaze locking onto a specific spot, and a look of delight appeared on his face.
"There are ruins here," Chu Feng said.
"Ruins? Are they dangerous?" the Queen asked.
"Hard to say. Let's go in and take a look."
Chu Feng set up formations at multiple points, and the arrays were remarkably intricate — this was the method to unlock the ruins.
Fortunately, during the Divine Origin Legacy, his cultivation as a Spirit World Master had improved.
Otherwise, even though his formation-breaking techniques had been passed down directly from Lord Qin Jiu, without sufficient cultivation to support them, he wouldn't have been able to open the entrance here.
Of course, had he not received Lord Qin Jiu's true teachings, it would have been extremely difficult for him to open this place at his current level as a Spirit World Master.
Rumble rumble rumble—
Accompanied by a deep rumble, a stone door emerged from the ground and swung open on its own.
Chu Feng had successfully unlocked the entrance to the ruins.
But he didn't dare step inside rashly. Instead, he observed carefully for a moment, and soon his expression shifted.
"There's someone inside," Chu Feng said.
"Is it a Black-Furred Ghost?" the Queen asked.
"It doesn't feel like one. There's no aura of evil — it feels more like a present-day martial cultivator," Chu Feng said.
"A present-day martial cultivator?"
"Could someone have already discovered these ruins?" the Queen asked.
"Very possible. Let's go in and investigate."
As he spoke, Chu Feng stepped inside. To guard against any surprises, he also set up a concealment formation to hide his figure.
But as he ventured deeper, Chu Feng discovered that the ruins were incredibly complex, and as he walked along, he began to feel his own power being restrained.
And that restraint grew increasingly rigid — not only were his formation arts suppressed, but his cultivation itself had been bound thoroughly.
"Chu Feng, what's going on? Why does it feel like my cultivation has been sealed?" the Queen suddenly asked.
"Yours too?" Chu Feng was surprised.
"So you've already been restrained?" The Queen caught the implication in his words.
"Yes. I didn't want you to worry, so I didn't tell you."
"I just didn't expect the power within these ruins to be so strong that even your cultivation has been bound."
"Not only that — my concealment formation has also stopped working," Chu Feng said.
"This place is really bizarre. Chu Feng… maybe we should fall back for now?" The Queen wasn't afraid, exactly — she was worried about Chu Feng.
After all, martial cultivators relied on their cultivation above all else. Now that Chu Feng's cultivation was bound, if they encountered any danger in here, they would have nothing to fall back on.
"We can't fall back."
"We've already entered an extremely intricate labyrinth."
"There's no way to retrace our steps," Chu Feng said.
"A labyrinth?" The Queen frowned. Had Chu Feng not pointed it out, she wouldn't have noticed it herself.