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Ultimately, the two decided to travel by flying on Huo Yuling's sword, one in front of the other.

Huo Yu found this spirit sword in the corner of his storage bag. He was used to flying on his own and didn't have any flying magic artifacts on him.

Before drawing his sword, Long Yucheng insisted on standing at the front.

Huo Yu lacked experience in carrying people on a sword, and he had never considered safety issues such as the orientation of the sword tip and hilt, and the front and back positions of the passengers.

Since Long Yucheng wanted to stand in front, he complied.

So after takeoff, Long Yucheng regretted it.

Even with a person in tow, Huo Yu's flying speed on his sword remained undiminished.

Due to his posture, Long Yucheng was directly facing the gale. The fierce wind rushed towards him like a knife, and the force of it hitting his face was no less than being hit in the face with a brick. Long Yucheng was blown off balance and his back bumped directly into Huo Yu, who was standing behind him.

If Huo Yu hadn't intervened in time, Long Yucheng would have almost lost his footing and fallen off the sword, causing an aviation accident.

The sight of two large men of similar build crammed onto the same flying sword was somewhat comical.

However, the two did not encounter anyone else along the way. Long Yucheng himself obviously did not notice anything amiss, and Huo Yu would not care about such details.

After noticing that Long Yucheng was shivering from the wind, Huo Yu thoughtfully put up a protective shield for him, which moved Long Yucheng once again.

Soon the two arrived at the location of the cultivator's former residence in Longyu City, as recorded in the "Record of Spiritual Objects of Chuyun Kingdom".

Looking at the vast, empty plain before him, Long Yucheng checked the location several times before he was sure he hadn't come to the wrong place.

He couldn't help but mutter to himself:

"Did we get screwed over by this garbage system again?"

Even so, he carefully took out the hard-won box of Stardust from his storage bag and, following the description of the barrier-breaking formation in the "Record of Spiritual Objects of Izumo," copied a perfect formation diagram on the sand.

Throughout the entire process, Huo Yu stood to the side, gazing thoughtfully in a certain direction.

This place is quite remote, with scarce spiritual energy in the surrounding area. Few cultivators pass by, and not even traces of demonic beasts have been found.

Long Yucheng quickly finished drawing the array—using only the Stardust Sand throughout the entire process. It truly deserved to be called an array, since Stardust Sand was originally a medium for guiding the flow of spiritual energy and was often used to draw the patterns of arrays.

However, the array in front of him, which only had veins, looked very simple. Long Yucheng did not even use spiritual power to guide and fix the sinking star sand when drawing the array. The whole array looked like it would disintegrate with a gust of wind.

Indeed, it can be blown away.

Therefore, as soon as Long Yucheng finished drawing, he began to inject spiritual power into it to activate the formation, fearing that he would have to redraw it if the wind blew later.

Fortunately, although the formation was rudimentary, it still managed to work.

As the sunken star sofa emitted a faint phosphorescence, the sand beneath the array suddenly rippled like the surface of water.

Before long, a dark hole appeared in the place where the array diagram had been drawn.

Looking towards the cave entrance, nothing could be seen but pitch blackness, as if it blocked out the light, making it impossible to see what lay beneath.

Although Long Yucheng knew from the "Record of Spiritual Objects of Izumo Kingdom" that there was no danger in this ruined mansion, he was still a little scared when he actually faced the dark cave entrance. He subconsciously cast a glance at Huo Yu.

Huo Yu had already used his divine sense to explore the situation below the moment the cave entrance barrier was broken.

He nodded slightly only after confirming that there was no danger beyond his control.

Long Yucheng felt reassured and jumped into the cave without hesitation.

His movements were so fast that Huo Yu didn't even have time to remind him that there was still some height below.

As Huo Yu jumped into the cave, he saw Long Yucheng quickly get up from the ground, dust himself off, and pretend that nothing had happened.

This cultivator's abandoned mansion had been abandoned for who knows how long, accumulating a thick layer of dust. So, although Long Yucheng pretended to be nonchalant, his dusty and disheveled appearance completely betrayed the fact that he had just slipped and fallen on his backside.

Long Yucheng had already cursed the previous owner of this cave dwelling several times in his mind:

"Who would design such an entrance structure for their cave dwelling? How does this person usually get in and out of their cave?"

Huo Yu looked up at the pitch-black ceiling. Through his divine sense, he could see that the cave entrance was still in the same place, but the cave entrance blocked light in both directions. Not only could the light inside not reach the outside, but the light from the outside could not shine into this cave.

However, although the complete darkness did not affect Huo Yu's ability to see with divine sense, it was completely in the dark for Long Yucheng, who had not yet cultivated divine sense.

Fortunately, he was originally a fire maker, so he quickly made a small fireball to use as a tinderbox.

Huo Yu's gaze lingered on the little firebird for a moment.

With his mastery of fire, he could tell at a glance that the firebird was essentially just a simple fireball spell, a low-level spell. It had only been shaped into a bird's form by Long Yucheng using his spiritual power, while its power remained completely unchanged.

This was actually one of the fancy but useless fire control techniques that he discovered Long Yucheng had developed when he first started monitoring Long Yucheng's cultivation.

However, after not seeing Long Yucheng for a while at the Yellow Springs Sect, Huo Yu didn't expect that Long Yucheng had even improved his skills in such flashy but impractical techniques.

Compared to when he was only able to imitate a rough outline at the first level of Qi Refining, Long Yucheng can now simulate bird feathers with flames in great detail.

As a cultivator at the fourth level of Qi Refining, Long Yucheng's skill in controlling spiritual energy left a deep impression on Huo Yu—it would be even better if he could use it to research something useful.

Long Yucheng was completely unaware of Huo Yu's opinion of him and was still wandering around the cave, with the little firebird following him like a shadow.

The mansion was not large. In addition to the main room where Huo Yu and Long Yucheng were located, there were two smaller side rooms.

Apart from the restrictions at the cave entrance, there are no other restrictions in the entire cave.

The main room contains some everyday items and decorations such as tables, chairs, and beds, but nothing of value.

However, this was the first time Long Yucheng had seen a normal person's cave dwelling. Out of curiosity, he touched and looked around everywhere, and it took him some time to reach the side room.

The moment Long Yucheng stepped into the side room, his eyes lit up.

This was clearly the place where the former owner of the cave cultivated. In addition to a futon in the center, there were some pill bottles and small black flags scattered around. Those small black flags were one of their targets for this trip: the Hundred Soul Banner.

After glancing at the scattered pill bottles and soul banners, Huo Yu knew that Long Yucheng was likely to be disappointed.

As expected, Long Yucheng picked up several pill bottles in succession and found that they were already empty. The spiritual power of the soul banners had also dissipated, and there was not a soul or even a ghost to be found inside.

Undeterred, Long Yucheng collected the pill bottles and soul banners on the ground one by one and examined them. Just as Long Yucheng was becoming more and more dejected, Huo Yu's gaze indifferently fell on the side room opposite.

At the same time, Long Yucheng, who had finally confirmed that this was a pile of non-recyclable waste, also noticed something amiss:

"Senior Brother Huo, have you suddenly felt a little cold?"

Huo Yu made a shushing gesture, his eyes fixed on the side room opposite.

Seeing this, Long Yucheng made the Flame Bird fly forward a few steps and enter the main room. At the same time, he increased the transmission of spiritual energy, and the Flame Bird's light instantly shone brightly, illuminating the entire main room.

However, the room on the opposite side seemed to devour the light, remaining completely dark, and its contents were impossible to discern.