However, upon invoking the power of the hungry ghost, with just a small motion, a faint red orb flew out from the palm and obediently landed in Yu Ziqing's hand.

Yu Ziqing returned the hand to Fish Bone, and the flesh at the break of Fish Bone's wrist surged and writhed, reattaching the severed hand.

Holding the faint red light orb, Yu Ziqing sensed it carefully, feeling a sense of déjà vu, though he was sure he had never encountered the owner of this power.

After much contemplation, Yu Ziqing's Yin God emerged from his body and swallowed the light orb in one gulp.

In the next moment, Yu Ziqing closed his eyes and entered the perspective of the Yin God, feeling as if he was instantly connected to another place.

He saw an altar, a red cloth covering something shaped like a tablet, with nine ropes tying the red cloth.

In the illusion, the ropes slowly slipped off, and the red cloth floated up. At the instant of seeing the outline of the tablet, the surroundings transformed into an endless sea of black mud.

Here, intense negative energies, evil qi, aggressiveness, ominous aura, etc., all intertwined and merged together.

From the mud sea, bubbles occasionally emerged, reflecting twisted faces.

As if aware of the spying, those eyes, filled with negative energies, all turned toward Yu Ziqing.

Among them, one large bubble bore a face full of distortion, malice, and hatred, a special malevolence aimed at Yu Ziqing.

"What are you looking at? If you've got the guts, come fight me? If you push me, I'd burn that place dry over the course of a few hundred years!"

Yu Ziqing calmly stared back at it, and with a "pop," the bubble burst, and the face vanished.

The entire sea of mud had no further distinct reactions, maintaining its original appearance, and the faces on other bubbles ignored Yu Ziqing's prying.

In the next moment, all illusions disappeared.

The power swallowed by Yu Ziqing's Yin God also vanished.

Yu Ziqing finally understood why he felt that sense of familiarity.

The power of that red cloth altar was connected to the Mud Sea of the Muddied World.

And his great enemy, who was closely linked with the Mud Sea of the Muddied World, seemed to be none other than the original master of the ruins near the Mud Sea, the one who once controlled Cece.

It turns out that guy wasn't completely dead and had fallen into the Mud Sea of the Muddied World.

And the red cloth altar is also related to the Mud Sea of the Muddied World.

"Do you know how you address the one you're now worshipping?"

"Blood Sea Venerate," Fish Bone thought for a moment and added.

"But that's just the name the High Priest told us, I've never seen the name on the altar, and those who have, died.

The previous High Priest was said to be the strongest High Priest in nearly ten thousand years, he had already surpassed the Ninth Tier limit.

He had readied everything, perfected all spells, seals, and rituals, and was prepared to ascend to the Tenth Tier.

He unveiled the red cloth and directly confronted the one trapped in the altar, ultimately failing to ascend.

His form and spirit were annihilated, completely vanished.

Fortunately, he didn't turn into something evil, otherwise, there would be no future.

"What a pity..."

Yu Ziqing sighed, constrained by heaven and earth, the path forward completely blocked, destined to fail.

To surpass the Ninth Tier limit at such a time is indeed a rare genius.

Had he lived till now, waiting a few more centuries, ascension to the Tenth Tier would have been a sure thing.

Yu Ziqing glanced at Fish Bone and roughly understood why Fish Bone had said that once he approached here, the power was particularly suppressed.

Normally somewhat reckless power, once at Jinlan Mountain, especially upon seeing him, became particularly obedient.

Everything would resolve itself once behind him.

Many power sources are of the same origin, Yu Ziqing had dealt major blows to that side more than once.

If the black soil wasn't ample, if its quantity didn't affect its rarity.

If he truly forced those in the Mud Sea of the Muddied World to desperation, unknown changes might occur.

Driven to that point, Yu Ziqing could definitely dry the Mud Sea if it came to it.

"Alright, let's talk about it slowly later, first tell me about the matter of finding that treasure."

"The High Priest sought an alternative object of worship precisely because of this.

I don't know where the High Priest got the news from; we've been looking for that treasure for a long time.

Originally, it was said to be able to resolve our destiny of becoming something evil.

Later, it became the key treasure for changing the object of worship.

The High Priest said this is the crucial element for performing sacrificial techniques, absolutely stronger than the current one, and doesn't entail the price of becoming something evil.

He even said that the Tenth Tier isn't impossible.

If we had the Tenth Tier, we could leave the deep sea and have a place on land.

People from the Four-Direction Land could establish sects and grow the saints.

"Has your High Priest ever been to the Void?" Yu Ziqing immediately asked.

"Absolutely not."

"Has he ever been to the Abyss?"

"Neither, the High Priest never leaves the vicinity of the Black Ship, and rarely even leaves the Black Ship."

Yu Ziqing's brow slightly furrowed.

Unrelated to the Cliff Divine King from the Void, nor the Abyss.

So who could this be?

Which could instill such confidence in the High Priest's saints regarding possible ascension to the Tenth Tier?

Though these saints are not entirely sane, they're not that easy to deceive.

Only by letting the other party truly see hope would it work.

If they directly saw outcomes, they might, like Fish Bone, skip the stage of deception and immediately bow in worship.

"Alright, you adapt well for now.

The pursuit of remnants was a false alarm, the item you're looking for is right in the deep sea.

As for the treasure you mentioned, what does it look like?"

"A crystal with sixty-four faces, showcasing different runes from different angles."

"Anything else?"

"Nothing else, just this, the High Priest said once you see it, you will definitely recognize it."

"Do you or your group still need to search for it?"

"I don't need it anymore; I'm loyal to the great lord and don't need such junk anymore.

But as for others, I don't know."

"Very good, although you are loyal to me, you haven't betrayed the Black Ship Saint, I'll find someone to locate that crystal for you."

Yu Ziqing smiled and patted Fish Bone's shoulder.

Turning around, he began to ponder, if their information was only that much, then don't blame me if I tried to create a counterfeit.

To produce something with similar power, even with some reduced power as a knock-off, he certainly couldn't.

But merely a fake with rune changing appearances, holding no power, that's not too difficult.

Without Yang's intervention, he could attempt it himself.

After settling Fish Bone down, Yu Ziqing returned to his courtyard, searched his collection, and pulled out a box.

Upon opening it, inside were dozens of polished blue crystals, with very good texture, looking almost genuine at a glance.

These were blanks prepared a long time ago, yet to be officially used.

Now was the perfect time to divert those saints' attention away.

Save from getting bothered by occasional seekers of the sixty-four-sided gem.

If ever someone came from some peculiar direction to find Jinlan Mountain, the thought alone was troublesome.