This way, time slipped by little by little. After three hours, he still found nothing and had no choice but to give up.

Rather than waste time here, it would be better to search for treasures elsewhere. Perhaps elsewhere, there were more significant treasures, like in the bedroom of the Moon Worship Sect Hierarch.

The precious items of the Moon Worship Sect Hierarch would certainly be kept in his place of residence, so he should not make an unnecessary sacrifice.

Standing up, he instinctively scanned the area around the Black Gold Chair to see if any treasures left behind by the strong figures of the Moon Worship Sect were present.

This scan revealed a multitude of secrets to him.

He saw the wall behind the Black Gold Chair carved full of compact magical arrays. These were small arrays stripped from a larger one.

This Great Formation was very familiar to Lin Yifan; it was the super abnormal Prohibition Formation on the Black Gold Chair.

The existence of these diagrams proved that he was not the only one trying to unlock the arrays on the Black Gold Chair. Many invaders from back then, or internal Moon Worship Sect dissenters, all wanted to unlock the arrays on the Black Gold Chair.

And these prominent figures went to great lengths to gather together, racking their brains and working tirelessly to research methods of breaking it, which was enough to show that the Black Gold Chair was a priceless treasure, or the treasures behind it were priceless.

Lin Yifan grew more and more curious about what might be pressed under the Black Gold Chair, so he patiently settled down to study the methods on the wall for breaking the arrays.

Although these powerful figures of the Ancient Era ultimately couldn't break the Prohibition Formation on the Black Gold Chair, he felt that it is easier to succeed where predecessors have pointed the way; if by a stroke of luck, he stumbled upon the method to break it, it would truly be great fortune, a day to celebrate.

An hour passed, and he finally had some clues, but the final destination of unlocking still had a significant distance to cover.

Those ancient powers were really formidable to be able to divide the array so meticulously.

However, having divided into over a dozen arrays, only half was done, and the rest remained unknown.

"Sigh! Still not possible?"

Lin Yifan sighed. If the powerful figures of the Ancient Era suffered so much, was there any point for him to continue?

Regardless, he wanted to try his best. Thus, with the results of the ancients and his own achievements, he worked on the method to break the monstrous-level Prohibition Formation on the Black Gold Chair from both ends.

"Tick tock! Tick tock!"

Time passed by the minute, and after an hour, he had tried and failed multiple times to break it and had to give up yet again.

This Black Gold Chair, or the treasures beneath it, really weren't easy to obtain, explaining why it remained to this day.

The methods carved on the wall behind the Black Gold Chair must have been left by the invaders. The dissenters within the Moon Worship Sect wouldn't be so foolish as to waste so much time carving, and they might have already secretly worked on cracking it long ago.

It's just a pity that they possibly didn't comprehend it either, as this time, the Hierarch of the Moon Worship Sect didn't play by the rules but created a new lineage or used an even older, more advanced Prohibition Formation to seal the treasure.

"Ah! What a pity!"

Lin Yifan felt deeply unwilling.

An asset was right in front of him, yet he was unable to obtain it. Such a sense of defeat was unprecedentedly frustrating.

In the past, everything had been smooth sailing, and treasures were easily acquired; this time, he wasn't so lucky.

With reluctance, he left the Holy King Palace disheartened, looking for treasures elsewhere.

The Holy King Palace was the best-preserved palace, mainly due to its strong Prohibition Formation protection, along with top-tier treasures being there, protected by invaders of the time.

In contrast, other areas of the Moon Worship Sect weren't so lucky, and the traces of war left devastation everywhere.

Walking in a backyard garden, Lin Yifan saw many nests.

These nests were bizarre and varied, truly a mixed bag, and they probably belonged to different types of spirit beasts.

Lin Yifan didn't know why this backyard garden had so many nests, while some visited earlier didn't have it so bad.

The starkly different scenes made him feel there had to be something strange about this place.

Sure enough, while passing through a Cherry Blossom Forest, he saw an Azalea Pond.

Why say "pond"?

Because there was a circular flower pool there, like a round swimming pool, only without water in the middle but a patch of green grass.

This wasn't the peculiar part, as many green areas are like this; the oddity was in the pile of flowers in the pool that looked like a grave.

To be honest, when he first saw this pile of flowers, Lin Yifan was startled. He thought there was a grave here, but after verifying several times that it was just a pile of flowers, he relaxed.

Even though he confirmed they were flowers, a question arose: How were these flowers piled up in such a way? They could hardly have grown feet and gathered together on their own?

That's too bizarre, an impossible existence.

He thought perhaps the spirit beasts in the garden carried these azalea flowers into the pool.

But if this guess were true, then why would the garden's spirit beasts do this? Surely they weren't bored and decided to pile flowers for fun?

There has to be a reason behind everything; Lin Yifan felt that under this pile of flowers lay some unknown secret, though what it might be, he did not know.

Driven by curiosity, he cautiously approached the flower pool. Once there, he drew his sword, unsheathed it, and used the tip to sift through the fiery-red azalea flowers.

To his shock, as soon as he did so, he found himself quite startled.

Because he saw a corpse; to be precise, a dried, shriveled hand.

Though he hadn't seen the entire form, he could affirm that it was indeed a human corpse, and it was mummified.

Why was there such a dried corpse here? Also, why did the spirit beasts here respect him so much? Could it be that he was an Elder of the Moon Worship Sect, or maybe even the Moon Worship Sect's Hierarch?

Lin Yifan did not know of the great battle that happened back then, nor did he know where the Moon Worship Sect Hierarch had died, so he didn't dare to make hasty conclusions.

The body might have treasures on it, and he became uncertain, not knowing whether to disturb the deceased.

After a moment of hesitation, he decided to reveal the true appearance of the deceased and search for treasures.

After he brushed aside the azalea flowers covering it, a shockingly miserable mummified corpse appeared before Lin Yifan, almost eviscerated.

Who could have held such a deep hatred against him?

Lin Yifan thought of the Moon Worship Sect Hierarch's senior brother, who was framed by the Hierarch years ago for the position of leader, consequently sealing him under the Great Dark Forest for hundreds of years.

Having endured millions of tormenting days and nights, the senior brother must have been filled with immense anger and sought revenge as soon as he got out.

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