“It seems that this time, not only has the core pattern of the Dream Concealment Rune appeared, but even the hidden array nodes of the entire great formation have also emerged.” Crab Daoren praised, looking at the stone platform radiating golden light.

“Since that’s the case, Fellow Daoist Crab, please see how to break it…” Han Li said with a slight smile upon hearing this.

“Judging from the fully repaired pistil, it should be the Nine Nightmares Rune, a very special kind of Dream Concealment Rune. Fortunately, we didn't blindly use brute force, otherwise, once the entire magic formation is activated, this secret realm would probably change. But since we've figured out the root, it's much easier to break.” Crab Daoren stared at the center of the stone platform for a moment, pondering.

After finishing, he borrowed some array flags and magical instruments for breaking the formation from Han Li, and with a flash of his figure, shuttled back and forth in the ruined city, busily arranging them.

Han Li waited quietly in place.

About a quarter of an hour later, Crab Daoren walked back to the stone platform with a white jade plate engraved with complex patterns in his hand.

Han Li narrowed his eyes, feeling a little strange, but didn't ask much.

Crab Daoren paused in front of the stone platform, then stepped forward, raised his hand and placed the jade plate on the blank area in the center of the stone platform, where the Dream Bloom pistil was located. It was neither too big nor too small, just right to fit in.

“The original纹路 is destroyed after all, this is a replacement I made with jade. I hope it will be useful.” Crab Daoren explained.

Having said that, he pinched a magic seal with his hand, and after uttering a low murmur, he raised his palm and slapped it down towards the center of the stone platform.

A golden light from his palm penetrated the jade and entered the stone platform. The entire stone platform shook violently, and then lit up with a dazzling golden light.

The Dream Concealment Runes on it shone brightly, and a layer of golden light phantom flew out and floated towards the high sky.

It flew higher and higher, and the light grew larger and larger, eventually transforming into a huge flower shadow that could cover the entire ruined city, suspended in the sky above the secret realm.

The golden纹路 on its nine petals all corresponded to an array node below, and Crab Daoren had already placed array flags in these positions.

When the Dream Bloom flower shadow cast hundreds of golden threads, linking them to the array flags at the array nodes, the pistil in the center immediately spewed out golden light, hitting a golden pillar of light towards the center of the stone platform.

With a muffled “boom” sound.

Under the illumination of the golden pillar of light, a spider web-like golden纹路 spread out below the stone platform, but this time they only flickered a few times before disappearing on their own.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of rocks rubbing against each other rang out, and the entire stone platform split in two from the center, opening up a five-foot-wide cave.

Upon seeing this, Han Li stepped forward to take a look and saw that it was pitch black inside, and he only felt a gust of wind blowing out.

He frowned slightly, waved his hand casually, and seven or eight head-sized crimson fireballs appeared out of thin air, falling down one after another, quickly hitting the ground, bouncing a few times, and rolling into the depths of the cave.

Using the light emitted by the Fireball Technique, Han Li saw that the vertical depth of this cave was not too high, only dozens of feet. The bottom was paved with stone slabs, seemingly a passage, but it was obviously not the exit to leave this secret realm.

“It seems that to leave this place, we still have to go through some twists and turns.” Han Li sighed softly.

“This place is locked with the Dream Concealment Rune array. There must be something else inside. Perhaps, there is still a great opportunity waiting for you, Fellow Daoist.” Crab Daoren said slowly.

“Han is not concerned about any opportunities. The top priority is to find a way to leave this place as soon as possible.” Han Li said with a wry smile.

“I have been protecting you, Fellow Daoist, although I haven't consumed much, I have stayed outside for more than ten years after all. I need to go back and rest for a while. Call me out when needed next time.” Crab Daoren said upon hearing this.

“Thank you, Fellow Daoist Crab.” Han Li said sincerely.

Crab Daoren waved his hand, and with a flash of light on his body, he turned into a golden light and flew into Han Li's sleeve, disappearing.

Han Li's eyes narrowed slightly, and his figure immediately leaped, jumping into the cave.

After landing, he quickly found that the ground under his feet and the walls beside him were very smooth. In front of him was a horizontal tunnel leading to the depths of darkness, more than two zhang high and six chi wide.

The water blue light in his eyes lit up, and his spiritual sense suddenly opened up, probing towards the depths of the tunnel.

Upon investigation, Han Li was shocked to find that there was actually a huge underground palace under the ground, the area of which was no less than the city on the ground.

Previously, it was completely concealed by the Dream Concealment Rune, so he couldn't detect it. Now, it was clear at a glance.

Following the tunnel in front of him, Han Li walked forward for hundreds of steps, and arrived at the end of the road. In front of him was a bare stone wall.

He raised his hand and pressed it on the stone wall, pushing it back hard.

A rumble sounded in the tunnel, and the entire stone wall slowly retreated a few chi, revealing a horizontal passage.

Han Li stood in the center of the passage, looked left and right, and walked towards the right side.

The tunnel on the right was not long either. After only a hundred steps, it reached the end. However, there were no more forks here, but a small room the size of an ordinary guest room.

Han Li raised his hand and pushed open the stone door of the small room, and walked in.

Unlike the dark tunnel outside, the roof of the small room was inlaid with more than a dozen palm-sized fluorite stones, casting a cold white light, illuminating the entire room.

Han Li glanced around, and the furnishings in the room were all in view.

In the corner of the room, there was a black wooden frame that had rotted beyond recognition. The bottles and jars placed on it had fallen all over the ground, mixed with wood chips, emitting an indescribable smell.

Han Li waved his hand casually, and a black porcelain bottle flew out of the rotten wood like silt, suspended in front of him.

He hooked his finger upward, and the stopper of the porcelain bottle flew off on its own, and a strange medicinal fragrance came out.

Han Li frowned and sniffed, then sighed softly, retracted his palm, and brought it back into his sleeve.

The black porcelain bottle fell straight to the ground, making a crisp sound, and rolled aside.

The original contents were a kind of elixir that even cultivators in the True Immortal Stage could use, but because the time was too long, the original condensed and unreleased fragrance now overflowed, indicating that the medicinal power had dissipated and was of no use.

After Han Li carefully scanned it, he found that there was really nothing usable inside, so he turned around and left the small room, walking towards the other end of the tunnel.

After walking for about half a quarter of an hour, he came to another stone door. At first glance, he found that the door was engraved with an ancient and complex sealing rune.

After a slight hesitation, a light rose in his hand, and five-colored light clusters lit up on the five fingertips, pressing down on the door.

As the five-colored spiritual light hit the door, the rune纹路, which almost covered the entire stone door, began to shrink back towards the center, eventually turning into a strangely shaped circular ancient pattern.

Han Li pressed his palm on the ancient pattern again, and the stone door rumbled and lifted upwards.

As the stone door lifted, a glimmer of light shone out from inside.

Han Li subconsciously turned his wrist, and a cyan light flowed in his palm, and a Green Bamboo Cloud-flight Sword had already appeared.

When the stone door was completely lifted, he found that there was still a long and narrow tunnel inside, but there were stone grooves on both sides of the stone wall, which seemed to contain some kind of Flood Dragon fish oil, which was slowly burning, releasing dim light.

The air was filled with a faint fishy smell. Han Li wrinkled his nose, then raised his foot and continued to walk forward.

From here, the number of forks along the way increased, and the number of side halls scattered among them also increased. However, most of them were simply furnished, and there was almost nothing useful.

At first, Han Li would personally investigate, but later he almost only used his spiritual sense to scan. If there were no special fluctuations, he would ignore them and go directly to the next place.

Several hours later, Han Li walked out of a stone door and came to a straight tunnel three zhang wide.

At the end of the tunnel was a high hall door. The two zhang-high door leaves were tightly closed, divided in half on top of each other. On both sides were engraved half of the heads of ferocious strange beasts. Twisted纹路 extended from them and wrapped the entire door leaf.

Han Li didn't recognize this beast, but he could also see that it was not a simple restriction rune.

So he pinched a hand seal, and a golden light burst forth behind him, directly using the True Eye to investigate.

After a while, he put away the True Word Treasure Wheel, frowned and pondered for a while, then began to break it.

As a magic seals flew out and hit the stone door, the runes on the door began to light up with a layer of dark yellow light, and the two eyes of the strange beast's head also lit up like pearls.

A faint and indistinct low roar was heard from it, and a phantom of the strange beast pounced down from the stone door. Han Li quickly dodged and avoided it.

The phantom of the strange beast flew out a few chi, then the light scattered and disappeared.

The rune light on the stone door then disappeared, and the eyes of the strange beast dimmed again.

Han Li walked forward, raised a palm and pressed it against one of the stone doors, exerted force on his arm, and pushed the door inward, opening a few chi wide gap.

Through this gap, Han Li saw a dim light透射 from the hall. On the ground in front of him, there were shadows of blurred figures.

He frowned, and his spiritual power probed into it, searching carefully, but found nothing unusual.

But when he flashed his figure and entered the hall, he couldn't help but be stunned.

In the hall, there were statues of almost human-height gray-white stone statues everywhere. With the light of the fire basins on the wall, Han Li roughly counted them. There were seven or eight.

What he saw outside the door just now were the projections of the two stone statues near the hall door.

As Han Li walked towards the center of the hall, he carefully looked at the stone statues. On closer inspection, he realized that these stone statues seemed to be supporting pillars of this hall.

They were not carved with gods and monsters, nor with ferocious strange beasts, but with lifelike human statues, men and women, almost all of whom maintained a solemn stance.