Chapter 2149

Just as he breathed a sigh of relief, Zi Chen suddenly sensed the energy fluctuation. His expression suddenly changed and he immediately turned around.

However, there was nothing behind him. Even the energy fluctuation had disappeared as if it was an illusion.

He used his spiritual senses to explore the surroundings and found nothing unusual.

However, Zi Chen did not think that it was an illusion.

Recently, because he knew the strength of the Luo Sect and that the First Master came from the Luo Sect, Zi Chen's heart was full of desire for the Luo Sect's treasures.

This desire was almost to the point of being demonic. Therefore, he relied on some almost unrelated clues, and they were all hearsay. He thought that Xia Hande might still be here and that the Luo Sect's treasures were still here.

Therefore, in this almost demonic situation, Zi Chen's spiritual senses were spread all over the place. As soon as there was any movement, Zi Chen could sense it. It was definitely not an illusion.

The fluctuation just now was behind him. However, at this moment, Zi Chen's perfect spiritual senses searched the place and found nothing unusual.

"How could this be?" Zi Chen frowned as he looked around. All he could see were some decorations, nothing out of the ordinary.

"Could it be that the fluctuation came from these decorations? Well, a world in a flower and a world in a dust. In such a situation, it seems reasonable that there is a world in a decoration."

Zi Chen muttered to himself and his eyes fell on the decorations. When he was searching with all his might, he certainly did not forget to put away the ball where Rosefinch's soul seal was.

Xia Hande's collection of decorations was very diverse. There were carved stone tools and some exquisite jade carvings. These were all works of art. There was no energy fluctuation on them. Perhaps there was once, but it disappeared with the disappearance of the energy of heaven and earth.

Zi Chen picked up a jade plate and looked at it carefully. His perfect spiritual senses kept wandering back and forth on the jade plate. After a while, Zi Chen, who did not perceive any abnormalities, put down the jade plate and picked up the second thing.

This repeated over and over again. Zi Chen did not detect any abnormalities.

At this moment, Xing Chen and Dazzling walked in. Seeing Zi Chen playing with the ornaments, Xing Chen smiled and said, "You're actually admiring art. You seem to have a lot of free time."

Guang Yao chuckled without saying a word. She knew that Zi Chen had been thinking too much about the Luo Sect's treasures recently.

"I just sensed an inexplicable energy fluctuation nearby, but it disappeared in a flash," Zi Chen said without turning his head, his spiritual sense constantly scanning the thing in his hand.

When Xing Chen heard this, he laughed and said, "It must be an illusion. The things here don't have any spiritual energy. We've already checked before."

Zi Chen shook his head and said with a straight face, "It's definitely not an illusion. My perfect spiritual senses are very clear. Don't you think it's strange? There are nine leaders and nine castles here. Why is the big leader's castle here?"

Xing Chen was stunned at first. Then, he said, "Zi Chen, you've been a little obsessed recently. Of course, the nine leaders have nine castles. This is to show their status. As for why the big leader's castle is here, it's very simple. The other eight leaders follow the big leader's lead. Of course, they have to guard this place."

Zi Chen shook his head again and said, "It can be explained that way. But why is it guarding instead of guarding? It could also be to cover up this place. I suspect that Xia Hande disappeared so quickly because he came here. In this hall, there is a hidden space. All the secrets should be in this space."

Listening to Zi Chen's solemn words, Xing Chen really didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Zi Chen was really too serious.

Brilliant also shook his head. Obviously, he didn't agree with Zi Chen's words.

"Don't just stand there. Come and check carefully. Maybe there really is a harvest." Zi Chen urged the two of them.

"That's just your illusion. It's impossible to have any harvest. This time, we're already very lucky to have obtained the treasure pavilion." Xing Chen said.

"You think I'm greedy, right?"

Zi Chen looked back at Xing Chen and said solemnly, "It's true that I want to obtain the treasure, but this is not the reason why I'm pursuing it. My perfect spiritual senses are very sensitive to things. I feel that this place is not normal, so I made such a deduction."

Xing Chen shook his head again. Perfect spiritual senses were indeed very special. However, if it was imposed on a certain will, it would still make a wrong perception.

This kind of perception was called an illusion.

Just as Xing Chen was thinking about how to persuade Zi Chen to give up the idea in his heart, an inexplicable energy fluctuation suddenly came from the hall.

This fluctuation was very faint. It was very difficult for an ordinary person to detect it. Fortunately, the three of them were not ordinary people. They all had extremely sensitive soul perception.

After sensing this energy, Xing Chen didn't say anything. Brilliant's eyes flashed with a strange light.

"How is it? Is it still an illusion?" Zi Chen looked at the two of them.

"As expected of perfect spiritual senses. This place is indeed abnormal. Let's hurry up and find it."

Xing Chen immediately became alert and felt this energy fluctuation. Maybe Zi Chen's guess was completely correct. Xia Hande didn't run away, but stayed somewhere in this space. That should be where the biggest secret of this pirate nest was.

Maybe … it really did contain the Luo Sect's treasure.

The three of them began to search here. They didn't miss a single corner. They didn't miss a single item. Even if it was just dust in a corner, the three of them still used their spiritual senses to investigate.

But even with this method, they still didn't find anything.

Soon, the faint energy fluctuation appeared again. This time, because the three of them were carefully investigating with their spiritual senses, their perception was very sharp. Then, they looked at a certain place in unison.

That was the back of an ornamental display stand, where the wall was.

"Swoosh."

Zi Chen waved his sleeve. A wave of energy rolled the display table to the side. The wall of the hall appeared in front of the three of them.

There were some lines carved on the wall. Zi Chen used his Spiritual Sense to investigate and indeed, he felt a faint energy fluctuation on the wall.

Xing Chen's spiritual senses sank into the wall. After a while, he opened his eyes and exclaimed, "Very clever hiding technique. It's in this wall. It should be a kind of restriction."

"Are you confident that you can open it?" Zi Chen asked.

Xing Chen shook his head and said, "This kind of restriction is similar to a space lock. It must be opened with the correct method. It's not easy to break it by force."

Zi Chen was somewhat disappointed. If Lv Peng was here, everything would be easy to solve. Unfortunately, Lv Peng was not here.

"I have some understanding of formations. Perhaps we can give it a try. Right, we need to find a helper. That senior should know formations as well."

"Who?"

"Senior Cauldron Spirit of the Universal Origin Cauldron."

Cauldron Spirit had existed for tens of thousands of years. Moreover, there were many formations in the Universal Origin Cauldron. Cauldron Spirit should know a thing or two about formations.

Zi Chen immediately signaled for Cauldron Spirit to appear. After explaining their intentions, Cauldron Spirit began to sense the wall.

After a while, Cauldron Spirit said in a deep voice, "The restriction here is indeed similar to a space lock. Without the correct method, it will be very difficult to open it. However, there is a crack in this space lock. It should have been opened by force once. Perhaps we can use this crack to open it."

"There's a crack. Let me sense it again."

Xing Chen appeared very surprised. He sank his spiritual senses into the wall again. After a while, he nodded and said, "That's right. There is indeed a crack. We should be able to open this restriction by using this crack."

"Then let's not waste any more time."

Cauldron Spirit nodded and said, "We will need your perfect spiritual senses for the final stage. We will be in charge of finding that crack. You will sink your spiritual senses into it and simulate the method of unsealing it."

"How do we simulate it?" Zi Chen stared blankly for a moment.

"Sink your spiritual senses into the crack and simulate it according to the crack left behind. Don't worry, this crack should have been opened many times. It should have become very obvious."

After finishing those words, Xing Chen and Brilliant released their spiritual senses and sank them into the wall according to Cauldron Spirit's instructions.

Cauldron Spirit then waved its hand. A beam of white light flew out of the cauldron and surged towards the wall.

Seeing the somewhat puzzled expression on Zi Chen's face, Cauldron Spirit explained, "That is the result of my many years of research. It can simulate the original form of a formation. You can think of it as the space lock."

After the beam of white light entered the wall, it instantly dispersed and connected with the souls of Brilliant and Xing Chen. Under the infusion of the three souls, the wall began to distort and the energy of space spread out.

A vortex gradually emerged from the wall. Energy began to surge within the vortex.

"There is no correct method. We can only increase the intensity of our soul energy and force it to appear. The two of you, continue to exert your strength," instructed Cauldron Spirit.

The soul energy in the duo's body once again surged towards the vortex in the wall. The vortex spun even faster. A circular restriction slowly emerged from the vortex.

This was a restriction that was made up of many perfect circles connected together. It looked very complicated and densely packed. When one looked at it, they would feel dizzy.

"The crack is right there. Zi Chen, it's your turn now," said Cauldron Spirit as he pointed at the center of the circle.

There was a crack at the center of the circle that could only be seen by using one's spiritual senses.

Zi Chen's perfect spiritual senses extended from his sea of consciousness. Like flowing water, they flowed into the formation through the crack.

Just as Cauldron Spirit had said, Zi Chen sensed some very familiar traces after his spiritual senses entered the formation. These traces were the correct way to open the restriction. Zi Chen's spiritual senses extended along these traces.

Fortunately, his perfect spiritual senses possessed the privilege of being able to manifest at will. Therefore, he could easily take on any form.

After extending his spiritual senses to the end, Zi Chen felt a sense of control in his mind. It was as though he had inserted the correct key into a lock. He only needed to exert a little bit of force to open the restriction.

Creak.

Zi Chen's spiritual senses moved and a sound was transmitted from the restriction. Immediately after, the circles within the restriction began to disperse.

"Done!"