Ye Zan originally did not have high expectations for this forbidden area. After all, the early exploration of the reconnaissance robot did not find anything too surprising. To be honest, those collections or elixirs cannot be of high value. Even if there are any magical elixirs, nothing will be left after so many years.
However, after entering the forbidden area in person, the strange scene in the forbidden area immediately made Ye Zan more interested in this place. The thick fog is not a simple thick fog, and the obsession is not an ordinary obsession. The whereabouts of the cultivators in the entire sect's dojo seems to be a question worth exploring.
When others explore the secret realm, it's thrilling at every turn, and if you don't do it right, you'll fall into a near-death situation. But compared to other people exploring the secret realm, Ye Zan has a lot of conveniences. Not only does he have many methods, but he also has the powerful Tao Yuan Supreme with him. With the current situation in this world, it can be said that he basically has nothing to fear, even if there are some methods left by the ancient earth immortals.
Of course, this does not mean that this forbidden area is 100% safe for Ye Zan, and nothing in the world is absolutely safe. Even though, judging from the formations in this sect's main hall, it seems that there is no real killing formation, it does not mean that there is no longer a threat.
You must know that for such a sect to withdraw so hastily or not, there must be a reason for all this. Perhaps, this sect itself is not a threat, but the reason that caused this sect to become like this is probably not an existence that is easy to deal with.
"Senior, let's just take a look." Ye Zan exchanged words with Daoyuan Supreme, waved his hand to remove the formation in the hall, and released the trapped spider robots and insect soldiers.
Although Ye Zan is not a master of formations, he has a certain understanding of formations and has strong computing power. At the same time, this formation has been here for who knows how many years, and its own power has been almost worn away. It is not that difficult to break it.
"Well, but it's better for the two of us not to separate." Daoyuan Supreme nodded and suggested to Ye Zan at the same time.
The main "mission" of Daoyuan Supreme is to ensure Ye Zan's safety. Although he is curious about this forbidden area, he is not really desperate. To him, no matter what rare treasures there are in this forbidden area, they cannot compare to Ye Zan's significance to the wilderness, nor to the Thousand Miles Teleportation and firearms in Ye Zan's hands.
After unlocking the formations in the hall, Ye Zan and Daoyuan Supreme stepped into the hall, casually looking around at everything around them. In fact, there is really nothing in this hall, just some tables, chairs, benches and other furniture, and in the center are calligraphy and painting scrolls that have turned to dust.
"There is indeed nothing intact left here. Even the things used to arrange the formations are no longer useful." Ye Zan said to Daoyuan Supreme while looking at the pillars around the hall. , wielding the Ruyi Variety that turned into several tentacles.
The tentacle-like Ruyi Chang took down several things used to arrange the formation from the tops of several pillars in the hall and from the top of the beam in the middle. These items should originally be regarded as treasures of heaven and earth. They are all in the shape of fist-sized beads or stones, and they contain the power of the five elements. But now, most of the power inside has dissipated, and some traces of decay can be seen from the outside.
"After all, if we count from the time when the heaven and the earth broke apart, it must be tens of thousands of years ago. If these things can still be preserved for such a long time, they were probably rare treasures at the time." The Supreme Daoyuan continued. He passed a few things Ye Zan handed over, looked at them in his hand, and then handed them back to Ye Zan.
"However, it can be seen from this that those strange figures are only interested in spirit stones, otherwise these things should be able to draw them out, or they should always be guarded by them." Seeing that the Supreme Daoyuan is not interested, Ye Zan Then he received those few things into the Qiankun Ring.
Just like Ye Zan said, although the value of these items is no longer high, they at least illustrate a problem. That is, those strange figures in the thick fog are really only interested in spiritual stones, otherwise there should be more strange figures jumping out by now.
That's right, even those strange shadows only have a desire to get the spiritual stones, but they can't actually absorb any spiritual energy. In other words, even if these things are equally attractive to them, they are equally unlikely to get anything out of them.
However, Ye Zan held a few things in his hands, but there was no movement in the thick fog around him.
After passing the main hall, Ye Zan and Daoyuan Zhizun looked around the side halls on the left and right again, but they also found nothing special. There were not even defensive formations in those side halls, and they were overturned by spider robots and insect soldiers.
Afterwards, the two of them walked all the way through the front hall, then through the middle hall, the back hall, and looked at all the side halls. Not to mention valuable things, there were not even any corpses or bones. Instead, I saw some rotten Taoist robes, as well as some treasure bags, Qiankun rings and other things.
"These Taoist robes, as well as magical weapons and flying swords, should not be scattered everywhere like this. Now it looks like these Taoist robes should have been worn on people, as well as those storage items It’s only right that the magic weapons and magic weapons were carried by others. However, these things were left behind, but all the people were gone, and not even the slightest trace could be seen. "It’s really strange that the Supreme Master of Daoyuan is following Ye Zan. After walking around, I had a guess about this scene.
In fact, Ye Zan has already thought of this. After all, even if a person has been dead for thousands of years, there will always be some traces left. Such traces may no longer be visible to the naked eye, but through technological detection methods, some clues should still be found.
But now, among the Taoist robes and magic weapons scattered everywhere, there is no trace of corpses at all.
And more importantly, there are some protection measures in this forbidden area, otherwise this building, which is still some kind of furniture, would have turned to dust under the erosion of time. Now, although the building is dilapidated and the furniture is decayed, at least it is still here, which shows that even the corpse will not really decay to the point of leaving no trace.
So, where did those bodies go
"Please wait a moment, senior. I will restore the scene at that time!" After Ye Zan said this, he took out Qianli Chuanshen and projected a picture in the space filled with thick fog.
The projection screen showed the scene of one of the side halls, but there were some figures in the side hall that could not be seen in reality. Those figures were all wearing the robes of the sect. Although they were all in strange postures at first, they quickly returned to their normal appearance as if they were traveling back in time.
"How do fellow Taoists know this?" Daoyuan Supreme couldn't help but feel curious again.
"It's nothing. Just like the previous speculations by seniors, I'm just trying to speculate on the activities that the masters of those Taoist robes were doing during their lives based on some known information." Ye Zan continued while explaining to Daoyuan Supreme. Evolving the projected image.
In fact, with Ye Zan's ability, there is no need to do this at all, and he can complete the speculation process directly in his mind. However, you have made assumptions in your own mind, and then you have to explain it to Daoyuan Supreme. It is better to let the other party see the projection of the entire process.
As for such a picture that restores the scene at that time, it is all inferred based on the way the Taoist robes and various personal belongings were scattered, combined with some parameters. Perhaps, this restoration may not be accurate, but it should be able to explain some problems, at least give Ye Zan a direction in which he can guess.
In that picture, it can be seen that the disciples of this sect seemed to be doing some normal activities during their lifetime. And suddenly, no one knew what happened, everyone disappeared without a trace in an instant, and their clothes and belongings were scattered on the ground.
If those people had reacted and struggled, the way their clothes and belongings were scattered would definitely not be spread out on the ground like they are now. At the very least, from the perspective of human life-saving instinct, even if faced with a threat that cannot be resisted, at least the gesture of escape should be made. However, those clothes and belongings were all in line with the state of natural falling, as if they had suddenly lost their support.
"Fellow Taoist, I don't know what the reasoning behind your speculation is, but it seems to be not far from the truth." After seeing the projection, Supreme Dao Yuan nodded in agreement.
"In other words, the disciples in this sect didn't have time to evacuate at all. No wonder there are no traces of moving here." Ye Zan is also leaning towards this speculation in his heart.
"Could this sudden horror be related to the fog?" Daoyuan Supreme then guessed.
"It's very possible. If this is the case, the obsession in the mist can probably find its source." Ye Zan nodded.
Of course, this is just a guess. After all, those obsessions are not all kinds, but the only one that is extremely thirsty for spiritual stones. The monks in this sect, at least during their lifetime, were unlikely to be so "loving money", and it is impossible for everyone to "love money" in the same way.
"It seems that we still need to find the source of this mist. Maybe there are some ancient wonders." Daoyuan Supreme also seemed very interested in this. Of course, he doesn't have any greed, he just thinks that being able to crack such a forbidden area is a relatively fulfilling thing.
Moreover, Daoyuan Supreme's strength is already at the pinnacle of this world, and he doesn't think there is anything he can't handle. At least, he was confident enough to protect Ye Zan's safety in such an unknown place and prevent Ye Zan from being killed here.
If the speculation is true and the entire sect died in the mist, then the mist should be quite terrifying. You must know that in this sect at the beginning, there was probably an Earth Immortal Taoist ancestor who was in charge, and there were also many practitioners in the Dharma Realm and Yuanshen Realm. Even with such strength, they could not save the disciples of this sect under the mist, and they might even be buried in it.
However, it is not the same time now. At least after Daoyuan Supreme and Ye Zan came in, they did not feel much threat from the mist. The strange figures in the mist were somewhat powerful, but as long as there was no temptation from the spirit stones, they did not come out to cause trouble again. Maybe, after these long years, the source of the mist has weakened, and at least it cannot reach the level of heaven.
"That's what I have in mind, so I can help you, senior, to accompany me for a while." Ye Zan nodded, and also didn't want to go back in vain.
However, exploration is exploration, and no matter how confident Ye Zan is on his side, he will not make any careless mistakes. He knew very well in his heart that no matter how many means he had, he should still be careful. After all, this was a forbidden area with unknown dangers hidden.
"You're welcome, Fellow Daoist. I'm just a puppet clone. I will never let Fellow Daoist make any mistakes." The Supreme Dao Yuan said in a very sure tone.
Although he knew that all the answers seemed to lie in the source of the mist, Ye Zan was not in a hurry to pursue only this line. He continued to command the spider robots and insect soldiers, and moved all the things that seemed to be of some value from the various buildings in the dojo in front of him.
Don't worry about how much value these things, books or elixirs, have left, but even garbage has its uses. Classics can let Ye Zan understand some ancient things, and elixirs can reversely deduce some ancient elixir recipes. In fact, they can all be of certain value.
It didn't take long for Ye Zan to clean up the dojo almost as if it were a professional housekeeping cleaning service. After putting everything away, the only remaining problem was the source of the fog. Ye Zan also gave new instructions to the spider robots and insect soldiers, asking them to dig three feet into the ground to look for clues.
Before, the spider robots and insect soldiers collected things from various places and actually explored them all. However, during this process, nothing special was discovered, and it was completely impossible to find where the fog came from.
Therefore, Ye Zan had a suspicion. Every sect would have some secrets. Maybe the senior leaders of the sect were doing some research behind the back of the disciples. Just like in some movies and TV shows in the technology world, a technology company or the national military conducts secret research, and something goes wrong unexpectedly, causing huge disasters to ordinary people who are unaware of it.
In this world, such things are not unheard of. The ascetics are all pursuing a higher realm. If there is something special related to the great road, it is really possible to study it at all costs. It is not uncommon for some people who study super spells to accidentally overturn the dojo, or to study some magic elixir and cause poisonous gas to spread.