Chu Feng glanced at the map once more and realized that the location was considerably closer to where Song Yun had instructed him to steal something.
It turned out that Song Yun had planned everything ahead of time. The moment he laid eyes on Chu Feng, he had already figured out how to put him to use.
That was why, throughout their conversation, he had been leading Chu Feng in this direction.
But Chu Feng didn't think too much of it.
Setting aside their past relationship, he and Song Yun were currently partners. Each of them stood to gain something from the arrangement.
And Chu Feng did need to complete the task Song Yun had entrusted to him.
Following Song Yun's map, Chu Feng soon arrived at a stretch of jungle.
The jungle was a disguise. Beneath it lay an enormous underground palace.
Finding the entrance to that underground palace was no easy feat. Even with Chu Feng's current powers of observation, it took considerable effort to pick up on any clues.
Fortunately, Song Yun had planned everything well. Not only had he given Chu Feng a map, but he had also provided him with a Universe Bag full of treasures.
The treasures inside the Universe Bag had been carefully prepared by Song Yun specifically for dealing with this underground palace.
They were more or less capable of overcoming any obstacle.
With these treasures in hand, Chu Feng felt as fish in water.
Before long, he located one of the palace's entrances.
However, outside the entrance stood a large contingent of Prison Sect members.
Their strength was not to be underestimated — these were nothing like the trash he had encountered before.
Under normal circumstances, getting past them would have been anything but easy.
But luckily, Song Yun had also prepared a specialized concealment tool for Chu Feng. Using it, he could slip into the underground palace through the entrance without making a sound.
Just as Song Yun had said, this palace was reserved exclusively for the higher-ups of the Prison Sect's new faction. No one else was permitted inside.
Now those higher-ups were all absent. Apart from the heavy guards stationed outside, the interior was virtually deserted.
As long as Chu Feng could get inside, the job was practically done.
The pathways within were also deliberately complicated.
But with the map in hand, Chu Feng quickly made his way to the grand hall of the underground palace, exactly as indicated.
The hall was sealed, but Song Yun had prepared a formation key.
Using that key, Chu Feng successfully entered the hall.
Inside, he discovered a blood-red pool.
The crimson pool churned and bubbled as though it were boiling.
And floating in the center of that blood-red lake was a massive, transparent crystal.
Lying within the transparent crystal was a young man.
He stood over two meters tall and had a gaunt frame, yet even so, one could tell he was remarkably handsome.
His long white hair cascaded freely, and he wore the crimson robe of the Prison Sect.
This place housed a grand formation, and the array was refining the young man.
Though he appeared thin, it was merely his natural build — he was not ill.
His breathing alone made it clear he was perfectly healthy. He had simply fallen into slumber for some reason.
More importantly, the transparent crystal itself was a supreme treasure of extraordinary defensive power.
In Chu Feng's estimation, it was an artifact he could not possibly break open.
Fortunately, what Song Yun wanted was the red bottle, not the crystal. Otherwise, Chu Feng truly would have had no way to take it.
As for the red bottle Song Yun sought, it sat in an extremely conspicuous spot within the hall.
It was clearly important as well, for it was sealed behind a barrier.
Cracking that barrier on his own would indeed require a fair amount of time for Chu Feng.