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"Don't talk about me, what are your plans? Are you going to officially appear in front of the world as the inheritor of the 'Red Lotus Sword'?"

"No, I don't have such plans," Morova immediately shook his head to deny the suggestion. "Originally, I thought it would take more than three years to become a Sword Saint, but now the unexpected event with 'Fei Mi' has reduced this time to three months. This is something neither Humans nor Orcs could have predicted, so my power could very well become a surprise weapon. It's better to keep it a secret for now. Besides, due to the loss of the power of the 'Holy Seal,' the 'Mercenary Empire' has recently toned down its arrogance, and its cooperation with Saint Spirit Mountain has become much closer. With the war with the Orcs temporarily stalled, I think maintaining this status quo is beneficial. So, regarding future directions, I think it's better to continue exploring the ruins of the Twelve Sages in the Xibona Valley. Firstly, we can avoid the public eye, and secondly, once we achieve something, we will have bargaining chips to exchange information with those in the know. I believe that apart from Saint Spirit Mountain, the Mage Guild and those Forbidden Spell Casters must also know something about the two seal crystals of light and darkness."

"If that's the case... then it's fine," Xi Luo thought for a moment. The two indeed had no urgent matters, so he nodded: "Previously, we couldn't break through due to insufficient strength and information. Now that you are a Sword Saint, and with the help of the phantom beast from the Twelve Sages, finding those ruins shouldn't be a problem."

Having decided, the two immediately called their other companions and prepared to set off.

Unbeknownst to them, at this moment, another new inheritor of the 'Holy Seal' was also heading towards the same goal with her companions.

The meeting of fates came sooner than anyone expected.

Chapter 20 of the Werewolf Hero Scroll: The Black Gold Ancient Palace Locks the Strange Troops

The ultimate destination returned to the underground palace in the Xibona Valley.

Morova and Xi Luo didn't know what was hidden in this underground palace, but Chen Xuanfeng knew. It was just a temporary laboratory established by a few of the Twelve Sages, long abandoned and used as a storage and teleportation point.

Compared to the Styx Tower, the collections in this underground palace were of little significance. The only useful thing was the spatial teleportation array.

Of course, even abandoned locations possess strong defensive capabilities, especially the summoning arrays within, which can continuously summon nearby magical creatures and lesser monsters from other planes. Over time, the surrounding area has completely become a veritable haven for monsters.

Fortunately, for Chen Xuanfeng at this moment, these were not problems.

What's important is the value of exploring the underground palace.

Originally, Chen Xuanfeng was not very confident about repairing the teleportation array, and he had no intention of following Jin Luosha's suggestion to extract her power to maintain the array.

However, there was a turn of events later. The "Staff of Solitude" that had fallen into Chen Xuanfeng's hands, under the appraisal of the artificial girl Li Jia, who was proficient in magical knowledge, revealed its true utility.

That is, maintaining space channels.

With this staff jointly created by the "Sage of the Stars" and the "Sage of Time," repairing and operating the teleportation array for a long time no longer required relying on Jin Luosha's power as initially proposed. Simply placing the staff at the core of the Styx Tower and combining it with a simple magic array would suffice.

Therefore, when Chen Xuanfeng considered future journeys, he naturally included this proposal in his considerations again.

Moreover, besides a shortcut to the Human rear, Chen Xuanfeng had other plans. His fundamental purpose for transforming into a Human this time was still to deal with those Forbidden Spell Casters.

Usually, those magic masters who possess the power to destroy a country never reveal their whereabouts. And they don't necessarily hide their names in remote mountains and forests; they might also blend into the crowd. "Hiding a tree in a forest" is the most effective method. Although people know that those who master forbidden spells are powerful archmages, among dozens of famous or unknown archmages, exactly which masters control the forbidden spells is unknown even to those around them.

Although Chen Xuanfeng has a magical device that can sense "forbidden spell seal crystals," under the heavy interference of the archmages, it must be within one or two kilometers to confirm. In normal times, the magic towers where archmages reside often designate the surrounding tens of kilometers as forbidden zones, making it impossible to spy by pretending to be civilians. The "War Saint" Leimen once tried a tactic of picking them off one by one, but after only two attempts, the smartest old guys among Humans all learned their lesson, leaving Leimen to search for three months without finding a new target.

If you can't find them, you can only lure them out.

For Forbidden Spell Casters, nothing in the world is more attractive than the ruins of the Twelve Sages, representing a peak that modern people cannot fathom. Moreover, today's Forbidden Spell Casters are burdened with the curse of "invoking forbidden spells will bring divine retribution." If they can find a way to break or avoid the curse by studying the knowledge of the Twelve Sages, who could resist such temptation?

Therefore, if an adventurer discovers the ruins of the Twelve Sages and finds some materials possibly related to forbidden spells, these materials will inevitably end up in the research rooms of the Forbidden Spell Casters. This is something even the Holy Light Temple or the monarchs of several empires cannot change.

But they would never think that those materials are bait laid by others. With the fishing line called the "Mark of Original Sin," when the fish swallows the bait, can it escape the fisherman's grasp?

The bait Chen Xuanfeng prepared is naturally rich enough to be irresistible to the target. It is first-hand information obtained directly from Li Jia's soul memory and the information library of Jin Luosha's phantom beast, "Holy Angel Sijaraite," enough to drive any Forbidden Spell Caster crazy. Now all he needs is a credible origin that allows the fish to swallow the bait without suspicion. After all, a precious material appearing out of thin air would always raise vigilance. Upon careful investigation, there might be someone who could discover the existence of the "Mark of Original Sin." But if a group of adventurers accidentally obtained the treasure, and Human mages found the key to it by chance, no one would suspect it.