"You're the Divine Thunder Palace's founder?" Yun Lintian asked.
The old man, Lei Yongzheng, replied. "I am. You know me?"
With Yun Lintian's age, it was strange for him to know Lei Yongzheng. Unless he was a descendant of the nine palaces.
"You are proficient in a thunder art, but it's not coming from my Divine Thunder Art... Who is your master?" Lei Yongzheng asked in doubt.
Yun Lintian cupped his fists and said. "This junior is Yun Lintian. Please forgive me for my rudeness earlier. As for my master, her name is Lin Zixuan. However, she isn't the one who taught me this technique."
"Lin Zixuan...? I seem to hear this name before." Lei Yongzheng frowned slightly. He looked at Yun Lintian and asked further. "How did you come here?"
"Senior might not notice that the spatial turbulence here has long disappeared already." Yun Lintian said.
He paused briefly and asked. "Can Senior explain to me? Why did you become like this? And how long since you come here?"
Hearing Yun Lintian's words, Lei Yongzheng carefully scanned the place and discovered that the spatial turbulence had indeed disappeared.
He took a deep breath and explained. "After my injury recovered, I secretly left the palace and came to this place with the goal of eliminating Yin Weizhe."
"However, the environment here was too harsh. There were countless spatial turbulences there and then. I barely survived and managed to grow my strength bit by bit throughout the years."
His face became serious as he spoke further. "During that period, I had never given up on searching for Yin Weizhe. Unfortunately, this place is too vast with the addition of spatial turbulence. It is very difficult for me to find him."
"Along the way, I found many powerful people. Some of them were famous powerhouses in the past, and their strength had already reached the peak of the Divine Foundation Realm."
"Moreover, they somehow lost their sanity. They were no different from a wild beast that attacked whoever appeared in front of them... Luckily, I managed to avoid them."
"However, before I knew it, I had also become one of them."
Lei Yongzheng looked at Yun Lintian and said. "If I hadn't met you, I would definitely stay like that until the end of my life. So, thank you for saving me."
Yun Lintian touched his chin and asked with a thoughtful expression. "I can feel a trace of the dark element here. Is it because of this that makes everyone lose their mind?"
"Very likely." Lei Yongzheng frowned deeply. "Compared to the current environment, this place was filled with Abyssal Energy when I first came here. It was so intense that in one careless moment, you would be consumed by it directly."
"However, it wasn't like that all the time. Sometimes, the spatial turbulence would release the divine energy, giving us time to take a breather. And we also used this chance to raise our strength."
"Senior said we?" Yun Lintian's brows raised slightly.
Lei Yongzheng nodded. "As I said before, there are many people in this place. I made a few friends back then... I don't know whether they are still alive."
He sighed and said further. "The environment here is harsh, and the resources are scarce. The only way for us to survive is by robbing each other."
"I see..." Yun Lintian roughly understood the entire situation. It could be said this place was a huge prison, and the prisoners inside naturally had to devour each other in order to stay alive.
"Can you tell me about the outside situation?" Lei Yongzheng asked. He didn't know how many years had passed by.
Yun Lintian thought for a moment and said. "The general situation should be the same as before Senior entered this place. With the Azure Palace and Star Gazing Palace at the helm."
"However, the Nine Profound Beasts Palace had already fallen under the Poison Valley's hands."
He looked at Lei Yongzheng and said further. "As for your Divine Thunder Palace, Lei Yubai has rebelled and managed to force Lei Zhenxiang to run."
"Lei Yubai?" A cold glint flashed through Lei Yongzheng's eyes upon hearing this. "I knew this bastard's ambition wasn't low, but I didn't expect him to lay his hand on my grandson... It seems he has finally aware that I wasn't there."
Before leaving the Divine Thunder Palace three thousand years ago, Lei Yongzheng had arranged a few tricks to deceive everyone, pretending that he was treating his injury in seclusion.
The tricks were obviously working well. None of them had noticed it until Lei Yubai discovered the truth.
Lei Yongzheng glanced around the place, trying to find the exit. He couldn't wait to leave this horrible place and return to the Divine Thunder Palace.
"What about my grandson? Is he alright?" He asked.
Yun Lintian nodded. "He's doing fine. It won't be long before he can take the palace back."
Lei Yongzheng was relieved but shook his head when he heard the latter sentence. "No matter how powerful he could become, he wouldn't be able to deal with Lei Yubai as long as the Divine Thunder Spark was there."
He took a deep look at Yun Lintian and said. "Looks like your status out there is not low."
Yun Lintian didn't reply. He changed the topic. "Senior, have you ever met something strange here? For example, a wheel-like artifact."
Lei Yongzheng's pupils shrank slightly as if he thought of something horrible. "Why do you ask this?"
Yun Lintian replied truthfully. "I came here for it."
Lei Yongzheng's expression turned solemn as he said. "I advise you to stay away from it. That thing is horrible."
"Oh? Can you explain more?" Yun Lintian was surprised. Obviously, Lei Yongzheng had seen the Spatial Wheel before.
A trace of fear could be seen in the depths of Lei Yongzheng's eyes as he explained. "There is a black wheel that keeps shuttering everywhere in this place. We called it Devil Wheel. Whenever it appeared, the space around that place would tear apart horribly. It was several times scarier than any spatial turbulence. You would be shredded into nothingness if you couldn't escape in time."
"Sometimes, there were strange beasts that emerged from the space cracks. They were so powerful that I couldn't even leave a scratch on them."
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