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Wen Nuan sat on a large rock, looking dejected, and angrily threw the compass in her hand to the ground.

"Something's not right here..."

Xuanxiao, standing to the side, looked around and noticed something different.

"What? What?" These words instantly perked up Wen Nuan, whose mood was already low. "Master, what have you discovered?"

Xuanxiao did not answer her, but flew into the air, and Wen Nuan followed.

"Huh? There are villas in these mountains!"

Halfway up the mountain, surrounded by trees, villas stand one after another.

Looking at the villas, Wen Nuan hesitated and said, "These villas... something looks off to me?"

Each villa has a dilapidated exterior wall, and in the middle of the villa's yard is a pool with a strangely shaped pillar.

Moreover, from a high vantage point, the distance between each villa is very far, hundreds of meters, which looks quite strange considering the villa complex.

“Master, look, this valley is right in the center of the villa complex.”

Looking at it this way, the feeling that something was wrong suddenly became even stronger.

Xuanxiao frowned as he carefully looked at the villa complex. Upon hearing Wen Nuan's words, his expression instantly changed.

"really……"

"As expected? Master, have you discovered something?"

Seeing her master's expression, Wen Nuan asked curiously.

"This entire villa complex is a formation!"

As he spoke, Xuanxiao flew toward one of the villas, and Wen Nuan quickly followed behind her master.

Xuanxiao landed in the villa's courtyard, where the strange pillar stood right in front of him.

The warmth behind him followed his gaze.

"Why does this pillar look like an iron nail? And what are these symbols or words on it? I can't understand a single one!"

“Because it’s engraved with incantations,” Xuanxiao replied calmly. “And you’re right, it is a nail.”

"Nuan Nuan, what's wrong? What are you doing here?"

A gentle voice came from behind. Chu Ze was slowly lowering him down, with Ludwig following behind.

Warmth shook her head, indicating that she didn't know either.

Then they saw Xuanxiao raise his hand and wave it, causing the ground in front of him to tremble, and the tall pillar rose from the ground.

They all looked on in surprise.

"Wow, this thing was actually this tall?"

Wen Nuan looked at the pillar suspended in front of her, which was at least forty or fifty meters long, and the part that was exposed above the ground was only the tip of the iceberg.

"This thing looks so sinister..."

Chu Ze, who was behind him, frowned and couldn't help but say something.

"Because this is an evil formation from the start."

After Xuanxiao finished speaking, he turned around and struck the villa behind him with a palm, instantly sending shards of stone flying.

The group raised their hands and erected a protective shield in front of them. Wen Yan obediently hid behind her younger sister, watching with shining eyes, inwardly marveling at the wonder.

There was a deep pit where the villa was located. Wen Nuan followed her master over and took a look. She noticed something was wrong at first glance.

"Isn't this foundation a bit too deep?"

Although she didn't understand architecture, she knew it wasn't that deep.

The one in front of me is at least fifty or sixty meters tall, several times larger than the villas on the ground.

Even a fool could see something was wrong now.

And that's not all. Xuanxiao then shot out a burst of spiritual energy, and a cement pillar slowly emerged, along with something else.

Wen Yan recognized what it was at a glance and was shocked. "How come there are bones down there?"

After the items were placed on the ground, Wen Yan went over and rummaged through them, then her expression visibly turned ugly.

"These are human bones..."

A villa with human bones buried underground – could a murder have occurred here?

"Master, what on earth is going on?"

"This is 'driving a living person into a stone pillar,' a kind of evil sacrificial practice. It involves burying a living person under this stone pillar, and the method is extremely cruel."

Xuanxiao's eyes showed disgust. "Moreover, when using live targets, young boys and girls are usually chosen to enter the formation."

"Wha, what?"

Wen Nuan could hardly believe her ears; she couldn't believe that such a cruel thing could exist in this world.

"hateful!"

Enraged, Nuan swung her arm, sending surging spiritual energy rushing forward.

Dust billowed up from the woods ahead, and birds and beasts scattered in fright.

When the dust settled, the woods in front were a complete mess.

"If I find out who did this... I'll skin them alive!"

It would be best to let that person experience what it feels like to be trapped alive under a stone pillar!

Wen Yan was startled and stared at her, feeling as if her younger sister was on fire.

Swallowing hard, she patted her sister, who was fuming like a pufferfish, and said, "Nuan Nuan, calm down..."

Although he was also very angry, no matter how angry he was, he couldn't just smash his own things.

Once we find the mastermind behind this, we can vent our anger however we want!

Chu Ze glanced at the fuming Wen Nuan and wisely took a step back.

His intuition told him that it was best not to get close to her at this time, otherwise he would definitely be caught in the crossfire!

Xuanxiao, on the other hand, merely glanced at his angry little disciple and said nothing more, only asking, "Do you have a map of this place?"

He already had a guess in mind, but he needed to confirm it further.

"Yes, let me see..." Wen Nuan came back to her senses, took out her phone, searched for a map on the webpage, and handed it to him.

Looking at the map, a glint of light flashed in Xuanxiao's eyes. "Just as I thought, there is a dragon vein nearby."

"Dragon Veins?"

Wen Nuan was somewhat surprised. She had heard of dragon veins, but she had always thought that they were just legends, something made up by others.

Xuanxiao nodded, "The entire villa complex is a formation, the purpose of which is to block this dragon vein."

Upon hearing this, Wen Yan instantly realized the seriousness of the matter. "What would be the consequences of the dragon vein being blocked?"

"It will cause your country's national fortune to decline and natural disasters to occur frequently."

Xuanxiao spoke in a flat tone, as if he were talking about something completely ordinary.

"what?"

Wen Yan suddenly stood up, her eyes filled with disbelief, her face even more pale than before.

Then it immediately dawned on me that there was a problem here, a big problem!

"Nuan Nuan, I need to inform Number One about this immediately."

This is no longer a problem he can solve.

Wen Nuan nodded. To be honest, she was still confused and hadn't figured out what was going on.

Why would there be such a formation in this remote mountain area, concealed by a cluster of villas?

Who set up this formation? Why would they do something so vicious and cruel?

After finishing the call, Wen Yan turned around and walked over, saying seriously, "Number One happens to be in Gansu Province and said he's flying over right away. He wants us to preserve some of the scene later."

Hopefully, they can find some clues that will allow them to uncover the person behind the setup.

"Do you think that compass might be meant to guide me to find the dragon vein?"

As she calmed down, Wen Nuan thought about it more and more and it seemed very likely. Given the rarity of dragon veins, it was certainly worthy of a gold reward.

“Very likely,” Ludwig agreed.

Chu Ze, who was standing to the side, also pondered, "But this dragon vein has now been blocked, and we don't know if it can be repaired."

“That’s not a problem,” Xuanxiao replied calmly. “As long as this formation is destroyed and a little bit of life force is injected, the dragon vein can be brought back to life.”

After speaking, he glanced at his apprentice again.

“With your spiritual root, disciple, this matter is very simple.”

It's just such a coincidence that things didn't happen today if it weren't for them.

Or rather, if the warm spiritual root weren't the one it is now, this wouldn't have been possible.

In other words, in today's world, only warmth can bring this dragon vein back to life!