The remains of the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace were incredibly vast. Even in his previous life, after over a decade of continuous exploration by cultivators from the Cong Yun Sea, the complete layout had not been fully revealed.
Not to mention the current situation, where the entire Cloud Water Heavenly Palace was shrouded in dense mist.
The cultivators who awakened from the stone statue of Qin Tang soon split into several different factions.
Some felt that the interior of the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace was extremely perilous. To survive under Qin Tang's subordinates was already a great stroke of luck. If they continued to explore, they would undoubtedly face certain death.
On the other hand, some believed that with just a stone statue at the entrance of this palace, they had already gained such an opportunity. What kind of great fortune might await inside the rumored alchemy rooms, teaching halls, and treasure vaults?
Once greed arose, it rapidly expanded in their hearts and could no longer be suppressed.
Thus, these people, as if possessed, disappeared one after another into the mist.
So, when Li Fan caught up from behind, he found that he had lost the trace of all the cultivators. If it weren't for the fact that the killing intent had already locked onto Sikong Yi and the others in advance, he would likely have lost them.
However, strangely, Sikong Yi and Baili Chen seemed to be very familiar with the layout of the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace.
They could always find a way through the seemingly impassable mist. Their objectives were clear, constantly bypassing buildings shrouded in mist, moving deeper inside.
Was this the reason why Sikong Yi managed to obtain the "Cloud Water Map" in the previous life? After all, Li Fan had knowledge of the simulated experiences from his previous life, so he could understand the various secrets within the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace.
But how did Sikong Yi know all this?
Li Fan's interest was suddenly piqued.
At the same time, he became increasingly vigilant. These two individuals obviously had significant secrets!
He concealed his presence even more, closely trailing behind them.
Suddenly, the actions of the two came to a halt.
They stopped in their tracks, and Sikong Yi and Bai Lichen separated, each heading in an opposite direction.
"Splitting up? Have they discovered me?" Li Fan squinted, hesitated for a moment, and then followed the direction in which Sikong Yi had left.
Entering deeper into the mist, he arrived at a tower-like structure.
Sikong Yi suddenly stopped at the base of the tower, turned back toward the direction where Li Fan was, and showed a provocative smile.
Then he promptly entered the tower.
"Quite interesting. Are you trying to kill me using the peril of the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace?" Li Fan looked at the eerie tower in front of him, shrouded in white mist, and the memories from his previous life involuntarily surged in his mind.
The Demon Refining Tower, one of the most dangerous areas in the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace.
In the first ten years of the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace's opening, no cultivator had ever returned alive from the Demon Refining Tower. It was once regarded as a forbidden zone within the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace by cultivators from the Cong Yun Sea.
In the previous life, it was finally cracked only after anchoring it for 21 years. A master alchemist risked his life to enter and eventually deciphered its bizarre rules.
"If this is your plan, I'm afraid I'll disappoint you," Li Fan sneered and also entered the Demon Refining Tower.
Upon entering, he felt gusts of cold wind, accompanied by a foul and putrid smell that assaulted him.
The bottom of the tower consisted of prison cells.
However, it seemed that much time had passed, and the prison cells were now filled only with peculiar and monstrous skeletal remains.
Li Fan continued upwards, and the second floor was similar.
He reached the top of the tower.
In the distance, he could hear a murmuring voice.
"All the senior brothers and sisters are fighting at the front line, and I can't help much."
"I must refine more pills so that I can enhance their strength as much as possible."
"For every extra pill I refine, the possibility of senior brothers and sisters surviving increases."
"But the monsters and demons inside this Demon Refining Tower are all dead, and without the alchemy materials, what should I do?"
A disheveled man wearing a loose blue robe was lamenting and seemed at a loss.
Beside him, suspended in mid-air, were three figures bound by invisible ropes.
One of them was Sikong Yi.
The other two were cultivators who had entered the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace together this time, but for some reason had ended up here.
These two had pale faces, and their lips were moving, but no sound came out.
Li Fan hadn't made any moves yet, and he suddenly felt as if his hands and feet were bound by ropes, unable to move.
He was then drawn into the air and fixed in place, just like the other three.
Having anticipated this encounter, Li Fan remained unfazed.
It was at this moment that he clearly heard the self-talk of the man.
"Oh my, it's time to refine the pills!" At this moment, the man in the blue robe suddenly woke up from his murmuring.
"Refining pills, refining pills..." The man reached into his loose, wide robe and moved around. In no time, he took out two black pills.
"The pills are ready, just don't know how effective they'll be this time." The man scratched his head, seemingly troubled.
Then, he slapped his thigh, "Right, I just captured a few bugs. It's perfect to use them for the experiment!"
Saying this, he looked towards Li Fan and the others, who were suspended in the air, his gaze constantly shifting, "Which bug should I choose?"