The further they went inside, the greater the number of mummified corpses became, packing together more and more densely. Circling the atrium, they caught sight of a small pool in the distance. The water within it piled up some two meters high, yet none of it spilled over the edges, looking from afar like a pillar of emerald-green water. The pool was closely surrounded by layers of dried corpses, making it difficult for the five of them to find a place to set foot as they pressed further in.
"What is going on here?" Yu Biyue asked.
"This pool should be the exact center of this pavilion. The predecessors of the Wuji Sect must have set up a formation here to prevent outsiders from entering," Li Gewen said. Walking around the water pillar to inspect it, he spotted a recessed seal by the edge of the pool and gestured for Yi Lüchuan to see.
Chapter 31