Chapter 8: Illusionary Seal

  No matter whether it was the Hai family or the Li family, they were all shocked in their hearts. Both families hurriedly went forward to greet them. Hai Wu Ya took the lead and asked: "Sarlu tribe leader, how did you become like this?"

  "What else could it be? Isn't it that mysterious cave?" The middle-aged man who came was the patriarch of the Salu family, and Hai Tian felt that this person's strength was slightly weaker than his father.

  He is no longer as strong as he was in the past and can't sense the true strength of the leader of the Saru tribe, only having a rough feeling.

  "Is the Salu tribe's lair really that formidable? Even a five-star great swordmaster like you would suffer such severe injuries?" Li Jia's face also showed a look of surprise, and the white-robed old man beside him was also stern-faced.

  The Salu tribe's elder smiled bitterly: "It doesn't matter if I tell you, the experts who came with us this time were all injured, but they only entered the first layer of that cave mansion."

  "The first floor!" The crowd in the room exclaimed one after another.

  Haitian also perked up his ears, listening carefully to what the Salu tribe's elder had to say. It seemed that this expert didn't have the intention of killing them all off, otherwise they probably wouldn't even be able to get past the first layer.

  Only in the first layer, a yellow-level high-grade sword was found, which is enough to show that there are more treasures inside the cave. Whether it's the Hai family or the Li family, everyone's breathing became urgent.

  However, they were not completely blinded by the treasure and knew the danger inside. Li Jia's master asked cautiously: "Sarlu tribe leader, do you have any other discoveries now?"

  "No, we were blocked by an invisible thin film and couldn't get in. So I'd like to ask you two families to help us break through this invisible thin film." The Salu tribe leader's face was full of bitterness, if possible, he really wanted to take all the treasures inside the cave for himself, but he knew it was impossible.

  Hai Wuya and Li Jiazhu both fell into deep thought, weighing the pros and cons.

  Haitian was also pondering on the side, if he guessed correctly, that invisible thin film should be a kind of ban, and it's defensive type, otherwise Salu tribe leaders wouldn't come out so easily.

  A master capable of setting up a forbidden area is absolutely not limited to the Sword Emperor level, and it's very likely to be at the Sword Saint level, or even possibly at the Sword God level. A sword god-level master's leftover cave dwelling would make even Hai Tian, a former Sword God, extremely tempted.

  Suddenly, a cold breath swept across Haitian's forehead, which made Haitian's heart jump and immediately raised his head to scan the surroundings. But that cold breath had completely disappeared again.

  "Brother Tian, what's wrong?" Seeing Haitian looking around in all directions, Xiaoyu asked puzzledly.

  "No, nothing." Haitian shook his head, wondering if what he had just seen was just his own illusion.

  "Both of you, what do you think? This cave is quite dangerous. If you insist on going, I suggest letting the young ones go back. This isn't a place they should be." The Saru tribe's elder said with a serious face.

  Hai Wuya glanced at the three of them and smiled: "Don't worry, Chief Salu, I'll make sure they're kept waiting outside the cave entrance and won't let them get into danger. As for us, since we've come all this way, why not go further?"

  "Not bad, Mr. Hai is absolutely right. This is a great opportunity for young masters to broaden their horizons, and I won't let Xiao Er go in either, just let him accompany the three virtuous nephews of the Hai family outside." Mr. Li immediately echoed, with a smile on his face, but Hai Tian felt that this smile was somewhat eerie.

  Salu tribe's chief nodded and said: "In that case, let's set off immediately. There is still more than half a day's journey from here to the cave mansion."

  At that moment, everyone began to take action. Hai Wuya had Hai Tian and the three of them walk in the middle to protect their safety. At the same time, on the way, he kept explaining what they saw and heard in the seven-product mountain range, so as to broaden their horizons.

  As for these things, Hai Tian had long known about them and wasn't particularly interested. But Xiao Yu was listening with great enthusiasm, her eyes darting back and forth, as if she wished she had another pair of eyes to see more.

  As he walked through the deep mountains and ancient forests, Hai Tian's mood also gradually relaxed. Suddenly, the icy aura that had disappeared earlier surged back into his heart once again.

  Haitian immediately became vigilant and looked around, but that cold breath had disappeared without a trace again.

  "Tian'er, what's wrong?" Hai Wuya asked in a low voice, noticing Hai Tian's abnormality.

  "I don't know, I just feel a bit strange." Hai Tian shook his head and didn't tell Hai Wu Ya the feeling deep in his heart. He knew it was absolutely not his illusion, but that there were masters monitoring him.

  "Strange?" Hai Wuya chuckled, "This is not surprising, you are still the first time running into this deep mountain and old forest. The Seventh Rank Mountain Range is indeed continuous for hundreds of miles, spanning the Sangma Empire, with only one exit in the middle that allows both sides to pass through. Even on the entire Soul Sword Continent, the Seventh Rank Mountain Range is also counted among the notable ones." Hai Wuya thought that Haitian was just intimidated by the vastness of the Seventh Rank Mountain Range, and did not suspect anything else.

  The Great Elder also chuckled and said: "Even if it's a Sword King-level expert, without a map, you can't leave the Seven Product Mountain Range even after walking for three to five years."

  "Wow, that's so fierce! What if it were us?" Xiaoyu asked curiously with wide eyes.

  "Little Rain, even with a map, don't think you can leave safely. In these Seven Treasure Mountains, there are many spiritual beasts that exist, some of whose powers are no less than ours, the great swordsmen. If you encounter them, it's best to run first." Little Rain's father said seriously.

  He nodded in agreement, understanding that there were also many high-level spiritual beasts on the Soul Sword Continent, some of which were even capable of rivaling his past self.

  "Everyone be careful, we're almost at that cave!" The voice of Saru tribe's chief suddenly came from the front.

  The crowd, who had been relaxed until now, suddenly became tense. Especially Hai Tian, whose thoughts were constantly expanding outward, but unfortunately, due to the limitations of his strength, the distance was very short.

  "Brother Tian, you said this cave is where? I don't see it." Xiaoyu looked around and asked in a low voice.

  "Hmph! The cave of the senior's dwelling is definitely hidden very deeply, how could it be seen by you, a little kid who hasn't even started cultivating yet?" Haiyun coldly snorted after being silent for a long time.

  Xiao Yu's eyebrows furrowed upon hearing this: "You're so fierce, then where is it hidden?"

  "Haiyun's face turned bright red as she looked around in all directions, but she couldn't find any sign of the so-called 'Dongfu'."

  Xiao Yu sneered with a pleased expression: "I thought someone was so powerful, already able to see through the hidden cave. It turns out it's just like me after all."

  "You! Hmph, I won't bother with you!" Ha Yun turned his head away, huffing and puffing. He found that every time he argued with Hai Tian Xiao Yu, things never ended well for him.

  "The cave is hidden by a layer of illusion, ordinary people can't find it." Haotian suddenly spoke up. Just now he extended his thoughts and soon discovered a place with weak energy fluctuations.

  What is referred to as a phantom seal is a type of seal that conceals illusions. The phantom seal in front of him isn't very ingenious, but this is also thanks to his extensive research on phantom seals; if it were someone else, they would have found it difficult to discover.

  As soon as he said this, it suddenly made all the people present completely quiet, and the people of the Salu family who were walking in front were shocked to look at Haitian, especially the patriarch of the Salu family, who blurted out: "How did you know?"

  Sarlu's words clearly proved that Haitian's previous words were completely correct. Everyone in the scene looked at Haitian one by one, as if they were looking at a monster, making Haitian very uncomfortable.

  To know that except for a few younger generations, each of them has at least the strength of a great sword master, and the Li family even brought a high-ranking sword king. However, none of them discovered the existence of the cave mansion, but instead let a young junior who just started practicing for a few days discover it, can their old faces still be held up?

  The old man in white clothes from Li's family had a very ugly expression, his eyes kept rolling around.

  Xiao Yu didn't care about these things, seeing Hai Tian nod in agreement, she looked at Hai Yun with a proud smile: "How's that? My Tian Ge is amazing, right? Just because you don't know something doesn't mean he doesn't know."

  Haiyun's face turned iron-green with anger at Xiaoyu's words, but she couldn't think of a decent retort and had to turn her head away.

  "Tian'er, how did you know?" Hai Wuya reacted quickly and asked immediately.

  The Salu tribe leader also quickly came over: "Actually, being able to discover this cave is quite a coincidence. One of our family members was picking herbs and accidentally fell into the cave. That's how we found out that there's an invisible layer outside the cave that concealed it. Young master, how did you detect it?"

  Everyone focused their attention on Haitian, making him feel quite uncomfortable. He didn't like the feeling of being stared at, especially since his strength was among the lowest in this group.

  "I'm just guessing too. I've read a bit about this kind of thing, and you said it's almost here, but there's no sign around us, so I thought maybe it was sealed away to be hidden." Haitian quickly came up with an idea and made something up.

  "Oh? Is that so? It seems that young master Xian is indeed well-versed, even in forbidden knowledge. Old Hai, it looks like the Hai family has a remarkable successor." The patriarch of the Sala tribe praised sincerely.

  Hai Wuya laughed twice: "Well, the little guy is still too young and needs a lot of training." Although he said so with his mouth, but in his heart, he was thinking, are there any books about this aspect in their family?

  It's just that no one else noticed, at this time Haiyun was staring at Haitian with a resentful face, her fists tightly clenched together.

  "Alright, everyone get ready. The younger ones will stay here, and we'll enter the cave." Saru's tribe leader led the crowd to the outside of the cave quickly, Lang Sheng said.