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Ye Feng was fixated on the slowly opening Giant Door, unaware of the changing expressions of Huang Yao and the others.
As the Giant Door opened, a large mass of bubbles surged out from the hall, enveloping Ye Feng and his companions. Before they could react, the bubbles retracted, pulling them into the hall. At the same time, the Hall Door suddenly closed, and not a drop of lake water seeped in during this process.
The hall was not pitch black; luminous pearls the size of human heads were scattered across the ceiling, resembling twinkling stars.
Although he had anticipated the vastness of the hall, Ye Feng was still immensely shocked upon entering.
The hall spanned nearly a hundred feet in circumference and stood fifty feet high, filled with jade tables and chairs arranged neatly. Under the illumination of the luminous pearls, they reflected a brilliant azure glow.
In front of the tables and chairs was a high platform, flanked by two giant statues that depicted creatures with human faces and serpent bodies. They looked lifelike yet bizarrely terrifying, sending chills down one's spine.
Could it be that the master of the Underground Palace was one of those monstrous beings? Ye Feng found it hard to imagine.
From the arrangement of these jade seats and the height of the platform, Ye Feng speculated that the ancient inhabitants of this grand hall were likely giants over ten meters tall; otherwise, how could they comfortably use these five or six-meter-tall tables and chairs?
This aligned closely with their previous conjectures.
"Ancient Humanity were indeed giants. With so many tables and chairs in this hall, could it be a place for ancient giants to hold meetings?" Huang Yao mused as he gazed up at the jade platform.
Huang Ge said, "Brother, didn't you practice Divination Technique for some time? Why not give it a try to see what secrets lie hidden here?"
Ye Feng and Cheng Ze were still new disciples who had only recently joined the Heavenly Mechanism Sect. They had encountered Divination Technique during their Talent Assessment but were taken aback when Huang Ge mentioned that it could reveal secrets about this place.
Zong Nan asked in confusion, "Divination Technique has such remarkable uses?"
"‘Observing the Present and Looking to the Past’ is a skill that only powerful beings can master. The basics of Divination Technique are incredibly difficult to grasp. Even though I've been in Heavenly Mechanism Sect for quite some time, I’ve only recently touched upon its surface. Forget about ‘Observing the Present and Looking to the Past’; I can't even manage the most basic ‘By Subtle Observation’," Huang Yao said with a wry smile as he shot a glare at Huang Ge.
Ye Feng wondered, "Observing the present to look into the past? Is it possible to use the Divination Technique to see old events that occurred in this place by observing the current environment?"
"That's correct. However, what one can see depends on their ability to read fortunes, which is closely related to each individual's Fortune-Telling Talent. It's not something that can be easily improved through hard work. When I participated in the Talent Assessment, I barely reached a passing level. I thought I could master this ability, but I didn't expect the Divination Technique to be so difficult to grasp. After years of hard practice, I achieved no results at all. It was only later that I learned that during my Talent Assessment, due to the decline of talent in Fate Hall, the standards were lowered repeatedly, and that's how I barely passed," Huang Yao said, his expression weary as he recounted his struggles with the Divination Technique, clearly feeling greatly discouraged.
Every young person who could become an Outer Sect Disciple of the Heavenly Mechanism Sect possessed remarkable Martial Arts Talent. Huang Yao was particularly outstanding among the Outer Sect Disciples, with astonishing cultivation potential. Most elders believed it was only a matter of time before Huang Yao entered the Gangwu Realm and became an Inner Sect Disciple of the Heavenly Mechanism Sect. Some elders even thought he might reach the Xuanwu Realm and add another Martial Saint to the sect.
Yet such an extraordinary talent faced significant setbacks while practicing the Divination Technique, struggling for years without any progress. Although the elders of Fate Hall had comforted him multiple times, telling him that warriors capable of mastering the Divination Technique were extremely rare, Huang Yao remained troubled by this.
"However, in later Talent Assessments, Fate Hall raised the standards again. Since then, fewer and fewer disciples have been able to pass. In fact, there have been several consecutive batches of new recruits without a single disciple passing the Fortune-Telling Talent Assessment," Huang Yao added to save face. "I finally managed to grasp the ability of 'By Subtle Observation,' which allows me to see people and events related to certain objects through observation!"
Due to concerns about his reputation, Huang Yao did not elaborate further. He had only mastered a superficial understanding of 'By Subtle Observation,' and the illusions he could see lasted less than ten seconds. This ability was somewhat similar to observing the present to look into the past but focused on a much closer timeline and provided very fragmented visions.
"The assessment standards have been raised, and there haven't been any disciples passing for several consecutive batches?" Zong Nan and Cheng Ze were both astonished and turned their gazes toward Ye Feng.
Ye Feng vividly recalled the shocking scene when he raised that colorful Identity Token in Heart-Seeking Hall.
"Brother Zhou, it seems you passed seven Talent Assessments?"
"Yes."
"The only one you didn't pass wasn't the Fortune-Telling Talent, was it?"
"No, I passed that assessment as well."
"Hiss!" The four people in the hall gasped in surprise, looking at Ye Feng as if he were a monster.
The other seven talents weren't particularly unusual; although possessing them was indeed rare, if someone put in effort before joining the sect, they could potentially meet the passing standards.
For example, as long as the family has both a Master of Alchemy and a Master of Refining Materials to provide careful guidance, passing the assessment of the Heavenly Mechanism Sect is not particularly difficult.
However, there is no way to cultivate talent in the area of Divination Technique.
"Brother Zhou, did you really pass this session's Talent Assessment?" Huang Yao asked incredulously. After all, he was also a veteran disciple in the Sect and naturally knew how rare talent in Divination Technique was.
"I have no reason to lie," Ye Feng replied calmly.
The abilities he could master after practicing Divination Technique truly shocked Ye Feng. At the time he passed this assessment, he hadn't thought much about it, nor had he considered putting in hard work to cultivate in Divination Technique. Now it seemed necessary to understand it better; mastering all the abilities of Divination Technique would greatly aid his cultivation.
In the cultivation world, there are similar divination techniques, but they often seem vague and ethereal. At that time, Ye Feng was just a Low-Level Qi Refining Master and naturally wouldn't come into contact with such profound techniques.
He never expected that in the martial-centric Divine Martial Continent, this magical art could be studied so thoroughly and subdivided into different stages.
Ye Feng appeared very calm, but Huang Yao was thoroughly shocked by him. He scrutinized Ye Feng from head to toe as if he were meeting him for the first time.
Although Zong Nan and Cheng Ze did not understand Divination Technique as deeply as Huang Yao did, they were aware of its rarity and couldn't help but speculate about the hidden family behind Ye Feng.
"Divination Technique is extremely difficult to cultivate. I don't know how strong my talent is either, so you don't need to overthink it. Let's see what valuable treasures are around us," Ye Feng said helplessly when he noticed their strange expressions.
His words awakened them from their daze.
The four quickly regained their composure and began searching for any treasures that might exist in the hall.
Perhaps Huang Yao's words were prophetic; the hall was merely a place for discussions, and aside from the tall jade table and chairs, there were no valuable treasures. This left Ye Feng and the others somewhat frustrated. Fortunately, they obtained the key to the Underground Palace's main hall, so their trip wasn't without gains.
"I wonder what the people from Blue Stream Villa discovered at the spatial passage across the lake. Could there be a similar palace and a similar key?" Ye Feng thought to himself as he walked toward a stone door on the east side of the hall.
On both sides of the hall, there are stone doors, and the spatial fluctuations are emanating from them.
Ye Feng's guess was not wrong; this grand hall at Lake Bottom is indeed the exit to leave this spatial passage.
He found himself in a dilemma about which stone door to exit from.
The Underground Palace complex is vast, nearly occupying the entire underground world of Yue Ma Plain.
It would be ideal to teleport back to their previous location, as they were more familiar with that area. Otherwise, if they were teleported to an unfamiliar region, they would have to re-explore the surrounding environment.
Ye Feng hesitated, but Soul Thought could not penetrate the spatial passage, leaving him with no choice but to take a gamble.
Stepping through the stone door felt like crossing endless time and space. In the next moment, Ye Feng and his companions appeared before a long corridor.
This corridor is extremely spacious, wide enough for five or six giants to walk side by side.
On both sides of the corridor, there are still relief murals, but this time the sculptures are flawless, allowing a clear view of their content.
The relief depicts a battle—the battle of Ancient Humanity.
Groups of giants are charging forward to attack a Dark Dragon! The Dark Dragon is vividly portrayed, as if it could leap out of the relief at any moment.
This battle appears to be quite fierce, as the relief clearly depicts countless giant corpses scattered across the ground.
A familiar wave emanates subtly from the relief mural. Ye Feng gradually becomes entranced and inadvertently invokes his Soul Thought, attempting to detect any anomalies within. Unexpectedly, a powerful pulling force suddenly surged from the relief towards Ye Feng's Soul Thought.
At that moment, the relief before him began to twist and spin, transforming into a swirling blur.
Ye Feng's expression changed dramatically as he tried to retract his Soul Thought, but unexpectedly, the Soul Thought, which he usually controlled with ease, suddenly lost its resistance and surged toward the swirling vortex that appeared on the relief.
The moment the Soul Thought was pulled into the vortex, Ye Feng's vision abruptly darkened, and he lost consciousness.
The group following Ye Feng, including Huang Yao, was quite surprised because Ye Feng suddenly stopped in his tracks, his expression undergoing a bizarre and inexplicable change, appearing extremely terrified.
They followed Ye Feng's gaze and noticed the relief mural on the right side of the corridor.
What had twisted into a vortex in Ye Feng's eyes appeared completely normal to them.
However, the next strange occurrence immediately threw them into disarray.
After losing consciousness, Ye Feng suddenly collapsed to the ground.
"What happened? Why did Brother Zhou suddenly faint? Did he fall victim to the Restriction in the mural?" Huang Yao rushed forward to support Ye Feng. Cheng Ze and the others hurriedly followed, looking at Ye Feng, who had his eyes tightly shut and wore a pained expression, anxiously asking.
After carefully examining him, Huang Yao shook his head and said, "Aside from his breathing being a bit rapid, there are no abnormalities. He doesn't seem to be injured at all. Even if he were, I wouldn't be able to determine the cause."
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