C2024 Shattered Holy Land

Because the situation when he first entered the sect was too mysterious, only now did Lin Bai finally regain his senses and take a good look at the core of the Mount Kunlun Holy Land. However, everything that he saw in front of him was truly unbelievable.

Compared to the outside world, the core of the Sacred Land was far beyond Lin Bai's expectations. The Spiritual Aura of the world here was extremely sparse, even more so than the secular world that had never experienced the changes in the world before. To be more precise, it should not be said that the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth was sparse. Rather, it should be said that the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth did not exist at all.

It had to be said that according to the distribution of the dragon veins in the outside world, since this place was the core of the dragon meridians in the outside world, under the protection of the dragon veins, the density of the world's spirit energy should have reached an unimaginable level. Lin Bai really couldn't understand what had happened in the heart of the Karakorum Savant and why this place had turned into such a weird place.

Furthermore, this place was not only filled with the scarcity of the Spiritual Aura within the world. From what Lin Bai had seen, before this place was sealed off, this place had clearly experienced an earth-shattering calamity. However, more than half of the mountain ranges had already collapsed. Even though he did not know how many years had passed, Lin Bai could still feel the faint ripples of Qi from the Art that faintly existed as the mountain collapsed.

This was an aura that could only be left behind after a life-and-death battle. The fact that such an aura could exist in this place for so many years yet could still be clearly felt by others showed how powerful the methods of those who fought back then were.

Below this mountain range, there were some palaces with carved fences and paintings. However, those palaces were also in such a state. Lin Bai's mountain range was extremely dilapidated, and they were all impressively ruins. On the ground, there were even many bottomless pits that were formed due to unknown circumstances.

Everything here showed that this place had once experienced an incomparable calamity in the distant past. It was precisely that catastrophe that had destroyed everything in this place, erased all traces of existence, and caused the Essence of this place to become a wound that could not be turned back to the heavens.

Furthermore, ever since Lin Bai entered this place, he had not felt any traces of life from this Sacred Land. This meant that this Sacred Land had astonishingly become a forbidden ground, a deathly still world.

"Is this the Holy Land that we've spent so much effort to enter? What exactly happened here, and why did it become like this? " Gazing at the desolate and dilapidated world, Lin Bai was silent for a long time before he muttered to himself.

Before this, when Lin Bai was outside the Sacred Land, he already knew that a calamity had occurred within the Sacred Land. However, Lin Bai never expected that the Sacred Land would be in such a terrible state.

But even so, when his gaze swept across this world, Lin Bai could still feel the vastness of this Sacred Land before it was destroyed. There was an indescribable wisdom hidden in all these arrangements. It was a miraculous Feng Shui situation that only a grandmaster who had mastered the art of cultivating a spatial ring would be able to arrange!

Although this place was now a wasteland, it was still a holy and inviolable wasteland!

After an unknown period of silence, Lin Bai slowly awoke from his contemplation. He then proceeded to walk down the mountain, wanting to explore the ruins of those palaces to see if there were any remnants left behind.

Lin Bai could clearly see that in the unknown past, this calamity had definitely occurred without any trace. If not for this, this extremely mysterious place would not be in its current state.

Since the calamity had come so suddenly, then even if they were damaged, there would definitely still be some left behind. As long as one looked carefully, one might be able to find traces left behind by the powerful masters that once existed here.

Lin Bai also knew that if he were to carefully analyze the decline of the Holy Land now that it had lost all of the spirit energy in the world, it would be considered a blessing in disguise. "Due to the depletion of the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth, it would be extremely difficult to replenish the mana lost during the battle. Since I have the four high-grade and one top-grade Spirit Stones, it means that I can obtain an endless stream of support. This way, I can have a higher chance of winning against Gu Taixu, Wu Xuan, and the others.

However, Lin Bai also understood that since Gu Taixu and Wu Xuan had already planned to enter this place, then Wu Xuan and Gu Taixu must have been prepared long ago. They must have left some means to protect their lives, and if they were to fight, it would not be known who would win until the very last moment.

As he walked, he stopped. As he walked among the ruined palaces, as he looked at the ruins that were left behind countless years ago in close proximity, Lin Bai's heart was still inexplicably shocked.

From the rough layout of the ruins, Lin Bai could sense a type of great skill that didn't require much effort. A heavy sword with no edges, this was a natural method of setting up a city, even Lin Bai himself wouldn't be able to do this.

That group of extremely powerful grandmasters back then, how did they manage to reach this step, and just who instigated that calamity, and what kind of power was it, to be able to completely wipe out such a group of powerful individuals in this world, and even forcefully use a hand to cover the sky, making it so that the future grandmasters could no longer reach their former glory and peaks?!

"There seems to be something inside these walls!" Just as Lin Bai was lamenting in his heart, the forbidden snake lying on his shoulder suddenly let out a cry. Its expression was somewhat excited as it said, "There seems to be a spirit stone inside these walls!"

Upon hearing these words, Lin Bai's heart stirred. He immediately unsheathed his flying sword and used the Forbidden Snake's senses to slash down towards the dilapidated palace walls. As the stone powder rustled down, the interior of the wall gradually revealed itself in front of Lin Bai.

When he saw the interior of the walls, Lin Bai was even more shocked. He really did not expect that within these dilapidated palace walls, there would actually be countless resplendent spirit stones embedded within. Furthermore, the worst case scenario was a mid-grade high-grade spirit stone!

This was a truly terrifying feat. One had to know that in today's world, even a single spirit stone would attract the coveting of countless people. However, in the Sacred Land, these Spirit Stones were like worthless cabbages that were embedded in the walls, causing them to emit spirit energy to nourish the people living within.

Not only that, as far as Lin Bai could see, the palace rose and fell continuously, with no end in sight. Although it was just a pile of ruins, one could still imagine the vast scene from back then. Yet, so many palaces were inlaid with spirit stones between the walls. This was something that could only be done by someone as wealthy as him.

However, what caused Lin Bai to be amazed was that although the spirit stones in the wall still faintly fluctuated with Spiritual Energy, they had already decayed to their limits and lost their effectiveness after experiencing countless years of invasion. Lin Bai only used his fingers to lightly touch them. The spirit stones that had previously radiated brilliance were all turned into fine pieces of sand that scattered into the air, scattering into the air.

"This place is not only a sacred place, it is also very likely to be a sacred place that belongs only to the seniors, just like how the small mountains belong to the Gu Clan …" Looking at the scene before him, Lin Bai could not help but sigh softly.

But even though he was shocked, Lin Bai gradually turned silent. Everything that had once existed in this place, even the spirit stones that had never weakened, would turn into nothing if touched lightly. No matter how much he searched, what could he get! The glory of the Sacred Grounds was no longer present, and all that was left was the desolate feeling of a hero passing away!

Just as Lin Bai's footsteps slowly approached a particular part of the palace, the corners of his eyes suddenly twitched uncontrollably as he looked in front of his body with an inexplicable shock! He suddenly discovered that not far from him, there was an area that was deeply sunken in the ground. If one looked carefully, they would see that it was actually a giant palm print!

What kind of power was this? How could it reach such a terrifying level?! Staring at the gigantic palm print, despite Lin Bai's resolute heart, he couldn't help but take a step back. His eyes were filled with horror.

Although countless years had passed, the sight of this enormous palm was still enough to cause one to tremble with fear and break out in a cold sweat. Staring at the scene before his eyes, Lin Bai felt as if he had seen the scene of a catastrophe unfold before him. In the darkness, a giant hand suddenly slammed down, and everything that existed here directly caved into the ground, shattering into nothingness.

After looking around, Lin Bai hesitated for a moment. Then, he slowly sat down cross-legged and sent out a strand of telepathic thoughts to the Forbidden Snake and Old Ginseng, telling them to guard the surroundings and protect him. As for himself, he slowly took out the remaining five eyes of the young beast.

"Dammit, we were a bit late, so we let them all in!" At this time, the spirit beast had already dragged the Yin Spirit Water Beast to the front of the mountain gate. Looking at the simple and unadorned mountain gate, which had a spiritual radiance secretly circulating, the spirit beast did not care about its status as a Spiritual Being and could not help but curse out loud. Then, it hesitantly took a step back and hatefully said: "Damn Lu Wu, have you forgotten what happened in the past and the oath you made to bring so many people in!"

"Luwu, who is that?" Upon hearing the words of the spirit beast, the Yin Bing Water Beast could not help but feel a little stunned as it asked in doubt.

"None of your business!" When the spirit beast heard this, it let out an angry roar. Then, it gritted its teeth and pulled the Yin Water Beast into the mountain gate.