Wan Lei squinted, glancing at the other two. Seeing that their expressions were normal, without the slightest flicker of deviation, he figured what Gou Da said must be true.
Gou Da didn't wait for Wan Lei's reply. He stood up and walked towards the direction of the main hall, which had been razed to the ground. He seemed somewhat impatient.
Although he was bound, only his upper body was restrained, and his dantian sealed. His legs were not tied.
"Wait a moment."
The other party's haste was somewhat unusual. Wan Lei worried that he might seize the opportunity to escape, so he said,
"I'll go with you to get it."
After a moment's thought, Wan Lei turned to look at Fang Xiaoyu and instructed,
"I'm worried he'll escape, so I'll go with him to get it. You stay here and watch these two. If I don't return within an hour, you kill them both."
"Be careful. If things go south, get out of there first."
Fang Xiaoyu frowned tightly and cautioned him.
"Don't worry, you know my methods well enough."
Wan Lei smiled, trying to put her at ease. Then he lifted Gou Da,
"Lead the way."
Under Gou Da's guidance, Wan Lei took him flying towards the back of Jingshan.
After Wan Lei left, Fang Xiaoyu flew into the air, cautiously observing her surroundings. If there was any unusual spiritual energy fluctuation anywhere, she would intervene and eliminate the hidden danger.
The surroundings were a mess of ruins, with hardly any intact buildings. Behind a semi-collapsed structure, in a blind spot unnoticed by Fang Xiaoyu, a young man carefully retracted the spiritual jade he had been using for recording.
The young man's face was pale, and he dared not even breathe heavily. He withdrew all his spiritual energy, ensuring he made no fluctuations, and carefully handled the spiritual jade.
He then opened the official website of the Five Elements Hall Eastern Land branch, clicked on "Report a Crime," entered the address, and uploaded the video as evidence...
Wan Lei, carrying Gou Da, flew all the way to the back mountain of Jingshan and finally stopped beside an inconspicuous patch of bushes.
The surroundings were rugged with strange rocks, devoid of tall trees, only some that stubbornly grew in the crevices between rocks. Ordinary people would simply not notice this spot.
"Is this it?"
Wan Lei looked around suspiciously. This place didn't look like it housed a separate dimension at all. Although he hadn't seen many separate dimensions, this place truly had no spatial fluctuations or spatial rifts.
"Heh heh, what are you saying? If it were easy for people to discover, how could it be a secret warehouse? It would have been ransacked long ago."
As he said this, Gou Da flashed a fawning smile.
"Well, could you please untie my ropes first? Without my hands and my cultivation sealed, I can't open the entrance to this separate dimension."
Wan Lei stared at him without blinking for a moment, then expressionlessly reached out a hand. The ropes binding Gou Da automatically loosened and flew into his hand.
He wasn't afraid of Gou Da escaping. No matter how fast the other party ran, he couldn't outrun him, and he alone was enough to defeat him.
Gou Da moved his limbs, wanting to take out healing pills to consume them. However, under Wan Lei's watchful gaze, he still didn't dare to act rashly.
With a fawning smile, Gou Da raised his hand, channeled his spiritual energy, and patted the space in front of him a few times. Then he quickly formed hand seals. Finally, he let out a loud shout and pushed forward with his palm. A spatial vortex, tall enough for a person, appeared.
"This is it. Should I go in first and you follow, or should we go in together?"
It seemed Gou Da had truly given up resisting, but Wan Lei remained completely wary of him.
"Together."
Wan Lei grabbed Gou Da, and together they leaped into the spatial vortex.
After the two entered, the spatial vortex abruptly vanished.
Upon entering, Wan Lei carefully surveyed the space. It was indeed, as Gou Da had described, a chamber combined with a warehouse.
This space was not large, perhaps only about two li in diameter. It couldn't even accommodate large weapons, but it was more than sufficient for storing some supplies.
There were many storage bags here, likely filled with spirit stones. On the shelves to the left were numerous medicinal bottles, and on the shelves to the right were many jade slips, presumably the cultivation techniques and divine abilities they had collected.
And at the very front was a platform, on which various types of carving knives and what were supposedly magical treasures were neatly arranged.
Looking at the appearance of these carving knives, Wan Lei suddenly felt a sense of familiarity. It seemed the female disciple of the Five Elements Hall named Ling Yin used weapon carving knives and had runes on her body. She was either from the Eastern Land or had studied Eastern Land runes.
Before Wan Lei could ask, Gou Da introduced himself in a familiar manner,
"This space was discovered by us three brothers by chance. Once, while being pursued, we fled here and accidentally triggered the entrance to the space, then escaped inside.
After our pursuers left, we came out and have been making this our territory ever since, precisely to prevent others from claiming this excellent spot."
"Enough nonsense, where is the Supreme Carving Knife?"
"It's over here."
Gou Da strode towards the place where the carving knives were stored, and Wan Lei immediately followed.
Arriving at the platform, Gou Da picked up a strange carving knife, about the size of his palm, and said,
"This is the Supreme Carving Knife. It's an ancestral treasure of the Xiangren Sect. I've been coveting it for a very, very long time. Although my three brothers and I, the Three Eccentrics of Jingshan, possess many treasures, none of our carving knives can compare to this one.
I finally got my hands on this carving knife a few days ago. Poor old Ancestor Xiangren, that fool, actually handed over his ancestral treasure for an outsider. Don't you think he's foolish?"
"That is precisely what makes him respectable. Alright, stop the nonsense. Give me the carving knife, and I will let you go."
"This is truly a good item..."
Gou Da looked at the carving knife in his hand with greed in his eyes. Suddenly, he raised his head sharply, a sinister grin appearing on his lips, his eyes filled with playfulness and a hint of provocation.
"But why should I give it to you?"
Then, under Wan Lei's calm gaze, Gou Da raised the carving knife in his hand and violently plunged it into the ground. Instantly, countless complex and profound runes appeared on the barrier of the entire space, followed by the rise of two formations, one after the other, trapping Wan Lei and Gou Da within.
At the same time, the light of those runes entered Gou Da's body, and his injuries began to recover rapidly.
"Hahahaha, you brat, did you really think old Gou couldn't do anything to you? I feigned weakness precisely to lure you into this space.
This place contains traps set by me and my two brothers, meant to deal with enemies when all hope is lost. You...
Why are you so calm?"
Gou Da laughed wildly but suddenly saw Wan Lei's lips curve slightly upwards, his eyes even more composed than before.
"I always knew you had ill intentions, so I've been on guard all along. I originally thought there might be some expert in the Boundless Realm here, but it turns out it's just two formations and some runes.
Is this your last resort?
Just this?"