Unlike the frustrated Chen Hui, Qin Xuan's attention was captured by the stone platform in front of the teleportation array.
The stone platform was about half a person's height, covered in countless intricate inscriptions.
On the platform, there was an irregular gap, neither perfectly round nor square, suggesting something was meant to be placed there.
For an ordinary person, such a shape might offer no clue as to what should be inserted.
But Qin Xuan was different, for months ago, he had seen something of this peculiar shape.
"The Myriad Transformation Divine Artifact."
With a thought, Qin Xuan retrieved an item from the Myriad Transformation Divine Artifact.
The object was round on the inside and square on the outside, with a precisely drilled hole in the center.
From above, it resembled a jade disc, while its sides were carved with elaborate patterns.
It was the Jade Cong King, which he had purchased for five hundred million Dragon Coins from Shen Zhengyang, the former president of the Gem Association.
In the past, when his mental power was low, he only knew that the Jade Cong was related to the spiritual energy that had vanished from heaven and earth.
Later, after his mental power increased, he tried to communicate with the Jade Cong, and the response was always the same: "How can the spiritual energy in this wretched place be so thin?!"
From then on, he knew that the Jade Cong King was no ordinary item.
After all, anything that could nullify his inner voice ability was usually an extremely rare and precious treasure, like the Myriad Transformation Divine Artifact or the stone ring where his master resided.
Now, the Jade Cong perfectly fit the stone platform.
This meant that his inability to hear the Jade Cong King's inner voice was because it was connected to this extremely mysterious Kunlun Immortal Mountain!
*Crack—*
As Qin Xuan manipulated the Jade Cong King into the stone platform.
The entire Jade Cong instantly emitted a dazzling light.
Then, with a *crack*, the surface of the stone platform began to slowly peel away.
Countless black stone skins flaked off the platform, revealing a fine, precious jade of the same material as the Jade Cong King.
*Hum!*
As the stone shell peeled off, revealing the jade structure, the entire jade platform, along with the Jade Cong King, began to emit a brilliant light.
Shortly after, the inscriptions lit up, and the once dim and lusterless circular teleportation array gradually activated.
Qin Xuan and Chen Hui exchanged glances, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes.
"What should we do? Should we go?"
Everyone had their own experiences, and Chen Hui was certainly not foolish enough to ask Qin Xuan about the origin of the Jade Cong King.
However, facing a teleportation array that had never been activated before, Chen Hui was filled with curiosity.
Therefore, his tone had shifted from initial hesitation to a hint of anticipation.
"Go, of course, we must go!"
"Since this Jade Cong King coincidentally fell into my hands, I must enter this teleportation array!"
"However, Senior Chen Hui, this time, you cannot go with me."
"I..."
"Please listen to me."
"We don't know where this teleportation array leads, nor if there's a chance to return."
"Therefore, one of us must go back to deliver a message."
"I need to break through, and the opportunity for my breakthrough might be placed here, so I must go."
"And after you return, please teach Lie Feng well. If I don't come back, the people of the Dragon Country will depend on him alone..."
Upon hearing this, Chen Hui understood Qin Xuan's intention.
Lie Feng's talent was several times stronger than his ancestor Lie Xinyuan. With proper cultivation, he would definitely be able to break through to the Core Formation stage and reach the Golden Core realm.
With the aid of the pills in Chen Hui's ring that could enhance the cultivation of Golden Core cultivators, it would be entirely possible to push him to the late Golden Core stage, or even the Nascent Soul stage.
Although this would inevitably involve a lot of pill toxicity that Lie Feng would need to refine over time, it was clearly the method with the least cost compared to losing his home and family.
Nodding silently, Chen Hui solemnly agreed to Qin Xuan's request.
However, just as he was about to lift his bone ring and prepare to return to the Dragon Country from Kunlun Immortal Mountain, the previously quiet teleportation array suddenly flared with light!
A powerful suction force instantly pulled both Qin Xuan and Chen Hui into it.
Only after they disappeared did the inscriptions on it gradually dim, falling into complete silence.
Damn it...
This was not a good thing!
Amidst a surge of clouds, Qin Xuan finally felt solid ground beneath his back.
However, looking at Chen Hui, who had been teleported with him, Qin Xuan couldn't help but clench his teeth.
Now that both of them were in the teleportation array, how would the news be sent back to the Dragon Country?
If they couldn't return to the Dragon Country within a month, what would happen to his relatives and the beloved people of the Dragon Country?
Qin Xuan's anxiety didn't last long.
He understood that since they were already here, no amount of urgency would change anything.
Therefore, he might as well use this time to assess the situation here and see if there was a chance to leave later.
However, Chen Hui, who had accompanied him, seemed to be in a bad state.
Perhaps due to the recent teleportation, his soul body appeared even weaker than before, as if it might dissipate at any moment.
Seeing this, Qin Xuan quickly picked up the bone ring and infused it with a massive amount of spiritual and soul power, stabilizing Chen Hui's condition.
"Thank you, Qin Xuan. I owe you again."
As his soul body gradually recovered, Chen Hui said gratefully to Qin Xuan.
The recent teleportation had indeed consumed a significant portion of the soul power he had painstakingly accumulated.
If Qin Xuan hadn't intervened in time, he might have fallen into slumber again.
Even he himself was unsure if he would have had a chance to wake up after slumbering.
Therefore, it was no exaggeration to call Qin Xuan his savior.
"You're too kind."
Waving his hand, Qin Xuan surveyed his surroundings, trying to discern what was around them.
To his disappointment, although there was light and shadow, it was still a cave devoid of anything else.
The bare stone walls showed no signs of life; not even the green microorganisms that could survive in damp environments were present.
Helplessly, he could only follow the cave's only path forward with Chen Hui.
After an unknown amount of time, they finally reached another cave entrance, hundreds of feet high.
Emerging from the cave, the entire area opened up before them.
A boundless expanse stretched outwards, disappearing beyond the horizon.
And outside the cave, there was neither sun nor moon.
Instead, there was a strange light emanating from an unknown source, and an overwhelming sense of dead silence.
"This place doesn't look good..."
Like Qin Xuan, Chen Hui couldn't help but recall some unpleasant memories.
He remembered the last time he encountered a place like this was in the secret residence of an evil cultivator.
Besides that evil cultivator, the place was filled with corpses, and within the dead silence, there was an endless, horrifying aura of death!