"Young brother, you look quite young, why aren’t your elders accompanying you?"

On the way, after the events just passed, everyone clearly became more cautious, but some wanted to ease the tense atmosphere.

Beside Mo Wangchen, a middle-aged man who was traveling with him spoke.

Upon hearing this, he was first taken aback, then shook his head, "I’m here alone."

"It seems young brother is determined to obtain the Heavenly Emperor Secret Technique, but, with just yourself, wanting to compete with top talents like Xuanling Saintess and Cangli Saint, I’m afraid it won’t be easy," the middle-aged man said again.

"What do you mean by that?" Mo Wangchen was puzzled.

What does it mean to be alone?

This time entering the Tianxu Mountain Range, there are countless experts, and the loose cultivators are beyond counting, aren’t they all people?

The middle-aged man chuckled, "It seems young brother doesn’t quite understand, the Heavenly Emperor Secret Technique is not something everyone can comprehend, there is an age limit."

"Even if we of Biru find the Heavenly Emperor Secret Technique, there’s no chance of successfully comprehending it. It’s the Heavenly Emperor’s heritage, only young people with unlimited potential and talent have the chance to succeed."

As these words stopped, Mo Wangchen finally understood.

It turns out the Heavenly Emperor Secret Technique is indeed restricted, generally speaking, the middle-aged and older generation of experts are destined to not have a chance with it; even if the secret technique was right before their eyes, they wouldn’t be able to make sense of it.

Only the younger generation, young people with boundless potential, can explore it.

No wonder, despite the dangers, every major force still brought their elite disciples into the Tianxu Mountain Range.

It turns out, there’s this reason behind it.

"Elder, a cave has been discovered ahead."

At the front of the group, a few scouts suddenly reported.

Upon hearing this, everyone squinted their eyes, a strong figure from the Cangli Sacred Land asked, "Where?"

"Just ahead, not far." The person reporting raised his hand and pointed to the left front.

Soon, under his guidance, everyone approached.

It’s a cave entrance about two yards high, pitch black inside, nothing can be seen, and a chilling aura emanated, penetrating one’s soul.

Upon closer inspection for a moment, everyone found that inside the cave entrance was an ancient staircase extending continuously downward, its bottom invisible.

"The aura in this cave is unusual; it’s likely there’s a treasure within."

After a simple discussion among the major forces, they ultimately decided to enter the cave to investigate.

"Elder, why don’t we let them go ahead, that way, if anything happens, we can respond immediately." In the team, Cangli Saint Song Hao suddenly spoke, gesturing in Mo Wangchen and others’ direction.

"Let these loose cultivators go first?"

Everyone was startled, then someone nodded and said, "That’s a good suggestion. These loose cultivators have been following us since entering the mountain; now it’s time for them to lead."

The cave was pitch black, nothing visible, and the aura fluctuations were strange, likely hiding unknown dangers.

The major forces dared not enter rashly, intending to let these loose cultivators go ahead—if any accidents occurred, they would be the ones to bear the brunt.

"Come over here; we’ve protected you all the way, it’s time for you to repay the favor." Song Hao stepped forward, saying this.

"Why should we lead the way?"

"Exactly, the cave is pitch black, nothing can be seen, if an accident happens, wouldn’t we be doomed?"

Everyone frowned; clearly, no one was willing, as nobody wanted to risk their life.

"If you don’t want to, turn back and leave, I won’t stop you; but if you want to continue with the group, lead the way." Song Hao said bluntly.

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

Having reached this place, turning back was naturally impossible.

Moreover, they were deep into the Tianxu Mountain Range, where anything could happen at any time; traveling alone was too dangerous, they had to stick with the main group for safety.

Though unwilling, after some consideration, everyone understood the pros and cons, ultimately moving to the front of the group and heading into the cave.

Mo Wangchen mixed within the crowd, following them downwards, while behind them, all sacred lands and family experts remained about ten paces apart, following down.

"So cold!"

The deeper down, the more unbearable the chill in the cave became.

Even some Reverse Life Realm experts felt their bones freeze.

However, Mo Wangchen possessed the Divine King Body; though the chill affected him, it wasn’t a major issue.

Soon, following the ancient staircase down, after about a quarter of an hour, everyone finally reached the underground.

Looking ahead, there appeared a stone door blocking the way.

"There must be great treasure behind this door!" Someone couldn’t help but say.

"There are some skeletons lying before the door, probably explorers from long ago who met their end here for unknown reasons."

Everyone stood about ten steps away from the stone door, not daring to approach.

Because in front of the stone door, skeletons lay scattered, it was obvious that in front of the stone door, there was likely some sort of mechanism that claimed the lives of these predecessors.

"You, go and take a look."

At this moment, Song Hao stepped forward and casually pointed at someone.

Mo Wangchen’s brow furrowed immediately, as Song Hao was pointing straight at him.

"Hmm? Didn’t you hear what I said?"

Seeing Mo Wangchen silent and unmoving, Song Hao raised his brow, his gaze sweeping over.

"Forcing me to take the risk, truly cunning."

Mo Wangchen snorted coldly, thinking this in his heart, but didn’t say anything, instead stepping towards the stone door.

Even before arriving here, he had secretly investigated.

In front of the door lies an ancient array, and those corpses mostly perished under this array.

However, because of the long passage of time, even though the array still existed, it’s mostly incapable of activating.

One step, two steps, three steps...

Quickly, after ten breaths, Mo Wangchen reached the front of the stone door.

Nothing happened, all was peaceful.

Seeing this, Song Hao and others finally approached and began carefully examining the stone door.

"This door is solid, ordinary methods won’t open it; we’ll probably have to force it open."

In the team, Ruan Xinyu of the Xuanling Sacred Land spoke.

Everyone nodded, then an elder stepped forward, holding an ancient sword, "Everyone step back a bit, let me break open this door."