At that moment, the elder looked at Yi Yun and asked, "You are probably here for the Yang spirit, right? Sigh, you are Yan'er's benefactor so if you seek it, I will not stop you."
"It's extremely dangerous here,” he continued. "You can avoid the humanoid creatures outside by wearing the jade burial suit but when you reach the core depths, other dangers await you. I have been trapped here for a great deal of time but have failed to obtain the Yang spirit, nor have I been able to leave this place. I was acutely aware that the Divine Secrets Trading Company would be in extreme danger without me, but I was helpless to do anything about it. I can't provide much help other than to point out the path for you."
Yi Yun hurriedly said, "Senior, just this jade burial suit alone has helped me greatly."
If not for the jade burial suit, Yi Yun would probably not be able to take a single step further. Those humanoid creatures were too terrifying.
The elder used a dagger to carve a map on the ground.
The underground world had a complicated layout. Without a map, one would probably take get sidetracked during a simple random walk.
"This is the core region. Once you enter it, even I will not be able to help you." The elder tapped a particular spot with his dagger.
Yi Yun memorized the map and, perplexed, asked, "Senior, could it be that you have not entered the core region as well?"
The elder waved his hand, wiping away the map on the ground. He looked up and a deeply repressed pain seemed to flash in his recessed eyes.
"Young Master Yi, I still have something I would like to ask of you." The elder suddenly bowed.
"Senior, there's no need for that. Just speak your mind." Yi Yun hurriedly stopped him. Despite being close to death, the elder still insisted on bowing. It meant that the matter was extremely important to him.
The elder had saved Yi Yun's life so, if the request was possible, Yi Yun would fulfill it.
"If Young Master Yi were to encounter Shuiyan's father there, please check to see if he's alive or dead," said the elder.
In fact, the elder had been waiting outside for a very long period of time. He knew that the odds were greatly against Shuiyan's father.
"About that… Senior, you can enter the tower along with Xin'er and Yue Xiao," suggested Yi Yun.
The elder was wearing a jade burial suit so he faced no threat from the humanoid creatures. However, various factions, including the Seven Star Dao Palace, would be entering the Sun Burial Sandsea at any time.
"If that's the case, I'll be pinning my hopes on Young Master Yi. This mother part of the Heaven Secrets Compass will be able to confirm your position regardless of the environment. Young Master Yi, please take it." The elder hesitated for a moment and did not give any excuses. He too wanted to find Shuiyan's father, dead or alive.
After Xin'er and Yue Xiao carefully helped the elder up and into tower, Yi Yun withdrew the God Advent Tower. Holding the mother-child pair of the Heaven Secrets Compass, he walked out of the cave.
Following the map, Yi Yun once again returned to the side of the molten metal river.
The nine heads were bobbing on the surface of the lake. Their empty eyes scanned their surroundings and looked horrifying. However, it was as though they could not even see a living human like Yi Yun, who stood right in front of them.
Yi Yun glanced at them before walking upstream beside the river. There were powerful pure Yang laws contained within the molten river, and its source was located precisely in the core region of the underground world.
As Yi Yun ventured deeper, he saw other ancient creatures. They were different than the humanoid monsters, but still terrifying. Although they were very few in numbers, one or two of those existences were enough to result in certain death.
This treacherous land did not permit the existence of ordinary people. Furthermore, the river split into many distributaries. They bored through countless tunnels and forks in the underground world, so one could easily get lost before they even knew it.
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