"It really is her."

Jiang Feng heard it.

Noticing the Saintess guarding the entrance, his expression grew grim. It seemed there was no going back.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

The Saintess had just finished shouting.

Beams of sword light shot out from within the mansion.

Straight toward the Saintess.

"Humph!"

The Saintess snorted coldly, swinging her sword to shatter the beams of light and retreat again and again, moving away from the Divine Sect Mansion.

Though she couldn’t enter the mansion, she had passed through several barriers to reach the door, whereas anyone without the Three-legged Body Technique would be attacked by the surrounding restriction array.

The Saintess had no choice but to withdraw.

This was also why the disciples of the Divine Sect dared not approach the Divine Sect Mansion lightly.

In the eyes of many, this was a forbidden ground.

Even for the Saintess.

Were it not for capturing Jiang Feng to avenge the Saint Heir, she wouldn’t have risked coming here.

Inside the mansion.

Guided by the golden footprints.

Jiang Feng arrived at the feet of the two stone statues.

"Who left these restriction arrays? Why do they feel so similar to the ones inside the Zhenbei Prison’s underground palace?"

Jiang Feng stood within the golden footprints.

Daring not to take a single misstep.

He suddenly realized that the Divine Sect Mansion was very similar to the Zhenbei Prison’s underground palace.

As if he had seen it before.

Recalling carefully, when he approached the Zhenbei Prison, using spiritual sense to probe the underground palace before the Three-tailed Wolf King emerged, Jiang Feng saw the scene of the second level of the underground palace.

The plaza on that second level was identical to this place, the only difference being the absence of the two towering stone statues before him.

These two stone statues stood at the forefront of the plaza, as if they were guardian deities.

Jiang Feng looked into the plaza.

The grand and imposing palaces stood side by side, an indescribable aura pressed down upon him. Jiang Feng admitted that without the protection of the Three-legged Body Technique Golden Light, at the moment he gazed at the palaces around the plaza, he would have been overwhelmed by the imposing aura and devoured by the surrounding restriction arrays.

"Where exactly have I come to?"

"This place is terrifying."

Jiang Feng felt uncertain, drenched in cold sweat.

He suddenly thought it might be better to go out and duel with the Saintess, fighting to the death, than to stay here where it might be safer.

The golden footprints continued to extend forward.

Pointing Jiang Feng towards a small palace in a remote corner as a safe passage.

Jiang Feng could retreat no further.

He could only follow the footprints toward the small palace.

Fortunately, the golden footprints were reliable; as Jiang Feng followed them forward, he never triggered the mansion’s restriction arrays. As he drew closer to the palace, Jiang Feng felt as though giants were watching him from above.

The mental pressure nearly caused him to lose his footing, almost stepping outside the golden footprints and triggering the restriction arrays.

Thankfully, at the critical moment, he activated the Yangchun Technique, alleviating much of the invisible pressure.

Finally, he reached the entrance of the small palace without incident.

As he approached.

The footprints extended forward, and as they entered the small palace, a thin layer of golden light emanated from the palace, standing out brightly in the desolate and vast mansion.

Jiang Feng hesitated for a moment and stepped inside.

With this step, it was as if he had entered another world.

A dragon-shaped great bow appeared before him, along with a red leather book.

Jiang Feng was stunned.

Finding himself bathed in golden light, as if transformed into a Golden Body Arhat, he reached out to grab the dragon-shaped great bow, feeling it incredibly heavy, as if weighing thousands of pounds, difficult for his Fourth-Layer Qi Condensation strength to hold.

Upon grasping the dragon-shaped great bow, he reached for the red leather book.

"Buzz!"

Once the red leather book was in hand.

A force sent Jiang Feng out of the small palace.

Jiang Feng’s silhouette appeared at the feet of the two stone statues.

"Boom!"

At the same time.

The remote small palace began to collapse, with thunderous noises emanating from the mansion, as if the small palace sank into the ground, disappearing from Jiang Feng’s sight.

"Not good, he illuminated a treasure hall and gained an opportunity."

The Saintess outside the mansion.

It seemed she could hear the rumbling from inside the mansion.

Her expression was grim, and she couldn’t help but step in again, returning to the point where she could see the two stone statues.

The pressure from the surrounding restriction array enveloped her, and with a sour expression, she obediently backed out.

"Which treasure hall did he illuminate?"

"So frustrating!"

"Fine, I’ll just wait here. No matter what you acquire, it must be returned to the Divine Sect."

The Saintess muttered to herself.

The Divine Sect Mansion harbored infinite opportunities; as the Divine Sect Saintess, this was no secret to her.

Unfortunatly.

No one in the Divine Sect had managed what Jiang Feng did: entering the mansion to illuminate a treasure hall, let alone obtain its opportunities.

"I understand now, the one-eyed elder kidnapped Wu Weiwei to reach this place and acquire the palace’s contents."

Jiang Feng spoke, looking at the dragon-shaped great bow and red leather book in his hands.

He knew both the one-eyed elder and Wu Weiwei had only grasped the basics of the Three-legged Body Technique. Alone, the one-eyed elder couldn’t take more than a few steps inside the mansion.

By holding a person who also knows the Three-legged Body Technique hostage to lead the way into the palace, their odds improved greatly.

However, judging from the power of the surrounding restriction arrays, Jiang Feng thought the one-eyed elder was overly optimistic. Even if he succeeded in bringing Wu Weiwei here, he wouldn’t reach the stone statues, much less approach the palace to gain the opportunity.

"Dragon Bone Bow!"

Jiang Feng noticed the words "Dragon Bone Bow" written on the dragon-shaped great bow!

"This is definitely a magical artifact."

"My Divine Arrow is at Great Perfection. If I can refine the Dragon Bone Bow, I might challenge the experts of the Divine Sect."

Jiang Feng was ecstatic.

Because he lacked a suitable treasure bow, his Divine Arrow Technique had been ineffective. Now, with this Dragon Bone Bow and the Divine Arrow Technique, his current Fourth-Layer Qi Condensation strength could pose a threat to Sixth and Seventh Layers of Qi Condensation strong practitioners.

If he found the right opportunity for a sneak attack, he might even threaten the Saintess.

"This red leather book...ah!"

His gaze shifted to the red leather book. As soon as he opened it, blinding red light burst out, stabbing his eyes. He cried out, closing the book immediately.

Tear-like blood poured from his eyes.

The pain was a thousand times more intense than when he forced himself to look upon the Yangchun Technique. He sat down slowly, and after two hours, he could slightly open his eyes to a narrow slit.

His pupils were suffused with red glow.

The power from the red leather book seemed not fully faded.

"Damn it, almost ruined my eyes."

Jiang Feng was furious and acted as if to throw away the red leather book, but knowing how hard it was to acquire, he believed it to be extraordinary, so he placed it on his chest for future study.

Another day passed.

Jiang Feng’s eyes could finally open fully.

He sat beneath the stone statues, surrounded by the palaces resembling coal mountains, pitch-dark. The golden light from the Three-legged Body Technique no longer extended to other palaces, instead it directed toward the mansion’s exit.

"The Saintess is out there waiting for me; if I go out like this, I’ll meet my end."

"Let’s stay here for a while, maybe ten days or so, and refine the Dragon Bone Bow first."

"As long as I don’t trigger the surrounding restriction arrays, I’ll be safe, and I can stay here as long as I like."

Jiang Feng’s eyes remained blood-red, the tear marks on his face yet to fade.

He caressed the Dragon Bone Bow weighing thousands of pounds.

And began attempting to refine it.