This period of terror didn't last long for this group and when it was over, there were four more pools of blood that were on the ground.
Naturally these were the other four members of Dugu Xiao's party, including Dugu Xiao himself.
On the roof, the beast was still casually licking its paw as if nothing had happened at all.
The strange thing was that the ghost that normally would have ignored everything had come over to see what the commotion was, but the moment they saw the beast, they just gave it a bow before leaving.
The beast didn't even bother looking at them as it turned its head in the direction of the tree of light. It didn't take long before there were two more ghosts that had appeared, but these ghosts were different from the normal ghosts that had all run away. These two ghosts were actually the ghost commanders that had appeared to investigate the disappearance of the one that Lin Fan killed.
The beast turned to look in their direction before saying, "Did you find the one?"
The two ghosts shook their heads before one of them said, "We looked in the area, but we couldn't find them."
The beast didn't bother answering as it said, "Then they must have headed to the tree…"
Without another word, the beast suddenly jumped out and flew off in the direction of the tree of light.
Since the two ghosts had lower cultivation levels compared to this beast, they could only look at each other with bitter smiles before following behind the beasts.
As the beast flew through the air, there were more and more ghost commanders that gradually began following it as it flew through the air.
Their destination?
It was without a doubt the giant tree of light in the middle.
…
Lin Fan and Mo Ze Chen had walked around the edge of the tree, following the arrows that lined the trunk for over half an hour before they finally arrived at what the arrows were pointing at.
At first they weren't sure what this was, so they continued forward, but once they went past a certain point, there were arrows that now pointed to the left. Since that was the case, what the arrows were pointing at was the place that they doubted the most.
To call it an entrance would be a stretch because it was nothing more than a small hole in the side of the trunk of the tree. When they looked in, all they saw was a small burrow inside of the tree of light that was strangely dark, but they didn't think too much about it.
No matter how they looked at it, it didn't seem like it was a special place.
However, the arrows were pointing to it in the end, so there must be something special about it.
Or at least that was what Lin Fan thought.
When Mo Ze Chen stared at this empty little burrow, he couldn't help thinking that Lin Fan was playing a trick on him.
But that all changed when they came back to the burrow.
After deciding to follow through with this, both of them entered the burrow through the little hole in the side of the tree. The little hole was so small that all they could do was crawl their way in.
Once they were inside, the spacing situation wasn't much better. If they stood up, they found that their heads reached the top of this burrow and they would hit it if they stood up straight. So they had no choice but to stand with a slight slouch.
After coming into the burrow, they walked around looking for something special about this place, but they couldn't find a single thing.
That was until Mo Ze Chen was about to leave the burrow, it was only at that moment that Lin Fan found a golden acorn that was hidden in the corner of the burrow, underneath some trees.
Mo Ze Chen saw the glow suddenly appear in the burrow and he immediately came over to look at what Lin Fan was holding, but he was disappointed when he saw that it was nothing more than a golden acorn.
Mo Ze Chen said with a depressed look, "What are we supposed to do with this?"
Lin Fan pointed right behind Mo Ze Chen without saying a word.
When Mo Ze Chen turned around, he suddenly saw that there was an acorn shaped hole that was in the wall of the burrow. It couldn't be more clear what this hole was for.
Mo Ze Chen moved aside to let Lin Fan pass even though he wanted to be the one to put the acorn into the hole, but still it was Lin Fan's right since he was the one that had found it in the first place.
But Lin Fan didn't do this and held the acorn up in front of Mo Ze Chen.
Mo Ze Chen was surprised when he saw this before he asked, "Are you sure?"
Lin Fan gave a nod.
Mo Ze Chen revealed an excited look before saying, "Brother Lin, it was the right choice following you!"
What Mo Ze Chen didn't know was that Lin Fan was actually just using him since he wasn't sure what would happen if he put this acorn in. Since that was the case, it was better to use the convenient scapegoat that he had brought with him.
But none of this was on Mo Ze Chen's mind since he could smell the scent of mystery in the air and it made his blood boil. This was why Mo Ze Chen had chosen to get into ruin hunting, even if it was dangerous.
Mo Ze Chen came up to the wall and slowly brought the acorn up to the hole. As he held it in front of the hole, he also brought his head forward to make sure that the acorn was just the right size for the hole, but he found no problems there.
The moment the acorn touched the hole, it was almost as if there was an invisible force that had sucked it in. Even if Mo Ze Chen wanted to keep hold of this acorn, he wasn't able to do so since the force sucking it in was too strong.
The acorn fit perfectly into the hole and after a slight pause, it was pulled right into the hole and disappeared.
Mo Ze Chen and Lin Fan both looked around expectantly when they saw this, but to their disappointment, there was nothing that changed in the burrow.
That was, until a full minute after the acorn had disappeared.
During this entire minute, they had heard the sound of something rolling through the burrow around them, but they weren't sure what it was.
But once a "click" sound rang out and the burrow shook, they knew what it was. It seemed like the acorn had been rolling around inside the walls until it reached a certain mechanism that unlocked something.
As if to confirm their guess, there was a sliver of white that suddenly appeared in the wall of the burrow as it became wider and wider until it revealed a passage into another room.
Mo Ze Chen and Lin Fan both carefully came up to this passage and sent their spiritual sense inside first, but after making sure that there was nothing dangerous inside, they slowly went in.
After coming through this passage, they appeared inside a room that was completely white. There wasn't a single part of the room that was different, that is except for the passage behind them that still led to the burrow. That was the only part of the room that was a different colour.
Lin Fan and Mo Ze Chen both came up to the walls of the room and felt the material. This room was made of a pure and smooth white marble that completely covered every part of the walls, roof, and floor, but that was strange. Why was there a room that was completely made of marble inside this giant tree?
Was it something that formed naturally or was it the more likely choice that it was something that someone had built in here?
But if they did build it inside this tree, what was the purpose of this room?
As they wandered around the room, before either of them could even react, the passage behind them had suddenly closed.
Both of them turned back to look at where the passage had been where there was now a white wall just like the rest of the room.
It seemed like they were trapped in here…
But neither of them panicked as they continued looking over the walls of this room.
Mo Ze Chen no longer rushed to pull out an artifact to attack anything in these ruins since he had already lost two artifacts like that. Rather, he was waiting for Lin Fan to make a move.
As for Lin Fan, he had pulled out his white dagger and had placed it on the wall.
These ruins had been a gold mine when it came to rare minerals for him, so he was also hoping that the marble walls here would also be made from a rare metal. After all, the stronger that his weapon became, the better it was for him.
It was too bad that there was no reaction that came from the white dagger at all.
So while Lin Fan was considering what to do, there was a sudden flash of light that appeared in this room.