After wasting quite a bit of time, the cultivator finally continued onward.

Following him, two more cultivators appeared one after another. Both experienced the distinct feeling of being spied on in this area, and after spending some time searching, they found the mystic treasure-grade surveillance artifact and a stone. Neither of them understood the stone’s purpose, but judging by its placement, it appeared to be part of the same set as the surveillance artifact.

As they ventured deeper into the secret realm, they experienced the same sensation of being spied on several more times, and each time it came from a surveillance artifact and its matching stone. After several more consecutive occurrences, the cultivators grew somewhat numb to it and stopped searching for its source altogether.

The sensation of being spied on varied depending on the method used, and cultivators with keen perception could even discern the subtle differences. Since these recent sensations of being spied on clearly came from the same surveillance artifact, some cultivators...