Chapter 1044: No Turning Back
"Time is of the essence, so let's enter the pagoda now!" Lei Yuce declared as he descended to the pagoda's stone gate, while everyone else gathered behind him.
With all of the True Immortals barred from entry, the crowd had been whittled down to no more than five hundred people, and Han Li was standing in a relatively discrete area of the crowd.
At this moment, he was scanning his gaze across the nearby crowd in a nonchalant manner, paying particular attention to the duo that he suspected to be the Lan siblings.
Even though he was still unable to confirm their true identities, in his eyes, even if they weren't the Lan siblings, they were still two people that he had to keep an eye on.
Even though the Golden Origin Immortal Palace had been left without a leader in the wake of Dongfang Bai's demise, it would be far too naive to believe that the Heavenly Court wouldn't have sent someone into this secret area, so the fact that he hadn't spotted any Heavenly Court cultivators up to this point was rather suspicious.
Lei Yuce stood at the foot of the pagoda, inspecting his surroundings, and only after ensuring that nothing was amiss did he press a hand against the stone gate.
However, before he even had a chance to exert any force into the gate, it slid away on its own amid a burst of dull rumbling, revealing a dark entrance with what appeared to be the light of a dim flame deep inside.
Lei Yuce was rather taken aback by this, and instead of immediately entering the pagoda, he began to examine its interior from the entrance.
Everyone else also peered into the pagoda while attempting to release their spiritual sense inside, only to discover that there was some type of restriction inside the pagoda designed to keep out spiritual sense.
"Make sure to be on your guard, everyone. If you want to back out now, it's still not too late," Wen Zhong said.
However, everyone had already come this far, and no one was willing to turn back now. All of them had their attention focused on Lei Yuce, waiting for his instructions.