My Longevity Simulation Chapter 1209: Hidden Immortal Sect Beneath the Earth

Ji Hongdao declared with pride: "Have no fears. While I'm present, those individuals won't dare to cause any more chaos."

"The Chen family itself wouldn't risk provoking both the Strategy Formation Hall and the Guardian Hall simultaneously."

Sun Luyuan clasped his hands: "I'll have to thank Brother Ji beforehand then."

"My destination for this trip lies in Fuguang Prefecture's Great Rift Valley."

A hint of astonishment appeared in Ji Hongdao's gaze upon hearing this. He cautioned: "This journey might run into certain difficulties."

Noticing Sun Luyuan's confused look, he continued: "What? You weren't aware? After the massive turmoil in Xuanhuang before, the Fuguang Great Rift Valley got squeezed and sealed shut once more."

"The landscape has transformed completely. Attempting to access the area below the former rift..."

Sun Luyuan knitted his brows deeply.

After quite some time, he heaved a heavy sigh: "In that case, I'll give it my all and let destiny handle the outcome."

The pair clearly enjoyed a close bond. En route to the Fuguang Great Rift Valley, he shared the full details of their mission with Ji Hongdao.

Naturally, he toned down and hid the precise devastating force of the obliterating wind disaster that the Boundless Mirror had abruptly triggered.

"So you believe the ruins where the Boundless Mirror was first found were actually formed by the Boundless Mirror?" Without seeing that horrifying disaster firsthand, Ji Hongdao didn't linger on it. He just viewed it as a threat to a Dao Integration cultivator.

"Precisely. As the birthplace of the Boundless Mirror, maybe we'll discover a method to resist its obliteration calamity. Even mere records—even of failures—could provide valuable lessons and insights..."

Mid-conversation, both men's faces abruptly grew grim.

They had sensed, just as anticipated, a Dao Integration cultivator from the Chen family tailing them.

"That's Chen Ruoyu from the Chen family."

"Avoid engaging him. Lose him."

Ji Hongdao sent via transmission.

A sheath of white radiance wrapped around them. Boosted by the formation, their velocity exploded, multiplying several times in a flash.

In an instant, they disappeared beyond the horizon.

Chen Ruoyu sped up in haste to chase after them.

Shortly afterward.

"Brother Ji's golden cicada shedding its shell technique is remarkable indeed."

"Hmph. Handling these fools obsessed with pill refining is a breeze."

Two phantom forms materialized from nowhere and then sped away in a different direction.

Having ditched the Chen family's tracker and after most of a day's travel, they at last reached the famed Fuguang Prefecture Great Rift Valley.

Gazing at the elongated, serpentine mountain chain rising from the earth like a dragon, Sun Luyuan's features involuntarily spasmed.

"Does Brother Sun still recall the precise spot from that time?" Ji Hongdao inquired.

Sun Luyuan pondered carefully: "I can pinpoint the broad area. Luck will decide the rest."

Suddenly, Sun Luyuan received a transmission from his brother.

"Brother, descend a little nearer. I'm picking up a subtle feeling."

Elation surged through Sun Luyuan.

He swooped low, orbiting the range once, swiftly identifying the origin of the pull.

"Hold on."

Right as Sun Luyuan geared up to plunge into the earth by force, Ji Hongdao halted him.

He produced a flying boat: "We'll use this to enter."

"Dust-Crossing Boat?!" Sun Luyuan showed some astonishment but boarded without delay.

The Dust-Crossing Boat turned into a beam of yellow light. Like frost dissolving into liquid, it gradually merged into the soil.

As the encircling earth strata shifted endlessly and faint restriction auras lingered amid the buried remnants, Sun Luyuan remarked: "Brother Ji's treasure proved invaluable. Without it, we'd have faced considerable hardship."

Ji Hongdao affirmed: "Chief Lu rewarded it to me as well. She's tied up at the Immortal Alliance headquarters lately and couldn't come, so she tasked me with this mission."

The Dust-Crossing Boat plunged ever deeper. Its frame repeatedly bumped against hidden objects within the layers.

A crimson-orange sheen radiated from the vessel's exterior, offsetting the collisions.

Meanwhile, Ji Hongdao periodically pinched hand seals to deploy formations, reinforcing the Dust-Crossing Boat's protections.

"This rift valley—who can say what it truly was in antiquity? Countless ruins lie interred within."

Beyond mere structures, the further down they went, the more often they met enormous bone heaps.

Some human, others from mysterious colossal beasts.

Even these seasoned wanderers felt an involuntary shiver creep into their souls.

"Brother, it's right here!"

At nearly three thousand zhang beneath the surface, Sun Luyao finally announced.

The Dust-Crossing Boat halted sharply.

The pressure mounted heavily here. The boat's red glow churned relentlessly, resisting the outward squeeze.

Sun Luyuan and Ji Hongdao scanned about but spotted no ruins.

"The alterations are too severe; nothing from before lingers. Yet the depth matches perfectly," Sun Luyuan noted.

Ji Hongdao examined the area too: "This spot..."

"Feels rather peculiar!"

A round formation disk emerged from his chest, floating overhead and projecting white radiance everywhere.

Bathed in the glow, Sun Luyuan faintly perceived dark golden glyphs flickering past and fading.

"Formation remnants persist here," Sun Luyuan exclaimed in wonder.

Though no expert in formations, he grasped the fundamentals.

"Brother, the entry seems to be through here."

While Ji Hongdao probed with the formation for an access point, his brother Sun Luyao had already pinpointed it.

Ji Hongdao swung the disk's light to confirm.

Indeed, where solid stone seemingly stood, the golden glyphs clustered more densely.

Ji Hongdao shut his eyes to calculate.

After the span of a tea cup's brewing, he cried out lowly and jabbed ahead.

As though ripping a talisman sheet, myriad golden characters fragmented and dispersed.

The Dust-Crossing Boat darted through the breach.

The drifting glyphs began reconnecting and merging anew.

"No cause for alarm. It's a self-sustaining concealment formation that draws power from subterranean energies."

"Its design differs utterly from modern ones—definitely ancient. I've mastered its mechanism completely and can come and go freely," Ji Hongdao boasted.

Sun Luyuan lavished compliments: "Bringing Brother Ji was the perfect choice! This formation alone would've stumped me endlessly. Strangely, though, when my brother and I visited before, it wasn't here..."

Sudden wariness gripped Sun Luyuan.

Within the Boundless Mirror, eavesdropping on the exchange between his brother and Ji Hongdao, Sun Luyao stole a glance at the dim silhouette nearby. Reverence swelled further in him.

Ji Hongdao had needed a tea's brewing time to crack the formation.

But that senior...had only glanced once to find the way in.

In truth, he hadn't sensed it himself.

It stemmed purely from the senior's direction.

Sensing Sun Luyao's look brimming with awe and trepidation, Li Fan's clone ignored it.

As Sun Luyuan and company probed warily, he had already scanned the entire ruins via the Boundless Mirror the moment they arrived.

"The First Origin Sect?"

An odd undertone laced Li Fan's voice.