261: Twin Restriction

"Mhm."

Holding two warm little hands, Xiao Chen quickly flew toward that stone chamber.

As they approached, he discovered that hundreds of people had gathered there; the scene was a chaotic mess, with a never-ending din of noise.

"A Restriction that can't be opened like this might just be hiding peerless treasures!"

"Tch! Anyone can see that, do you really need to say it?"

"This Fourth-Level Restriction is truly strange; I've never seen a situation like this!"

"Isn't that the truth! This should be some kind of lost ancient Restriction!"

Xiao Chen descended with the two girls and asked doubtfully:

"What's the situation?"

Seeing Xiao Chen arrive, the onlookers consciously parted to make a path.

Nangong Pan hurried forward, a grin on his face as he said, "Brother, the Restriction on this stone chamber is particularly strange. It just won't open no matter what!"

Xiao Chen swept a glance over it and said, "Isn't this just a simple Sealing Door Restriction? What's so hard to open about it?"

"All the Fourth-Level Formation Masters present have tried. Following the logic for dispelling a Sealing Door Restriction, it just won't open."

Hearing this, Xiao Chen felt a hint of curiosity. He slowly stepped forward and lightly touched the Restriction with his palm; a majestic force violently bounced his hand away.

He couldn't help but look puzzled. This Treasure Pavilion had existed for tens of millions of years, and most of the Restrictions within had already decayed, leaving their remaining power very weak.

But the Restriction before his eyes was entirely different; the power filling it felt as if it had been newly created.

Xiao Chen looked around and found that any traces had long been destroyed by the crowd, making it impossible to find any clues.

At this moment, Nangong Pan said with a bit of pride, "Brother, if you can break this Restriction, I'll give you all the treasures inside. How about it?"

Before Xiao Chen could answer, the Nangong Family Disciples behind him were the first to jump in anxiety. "Young Master, this... how can you do that?"

"Yes, Young Master, we paid an entrance fee of five million Spirit Stones! We haven't even broken even yet!"

"Shut up!"

Nangong Pan turned to glare at them and scolded, "When this Young Master speaks, since when is it your turn to butt in?"

The Nangong Family Disciples behind him could only lower their heads dejectedly, not daring to speak.

Xiao Chen smiled inwardly. This spendthrift... it's a good thing the Nangong Family has such a massive foundation for you to squander; a small Sect really wouldn't be able to withstand your extravagance!

"But... if you can't crack it, you have to tell me the secret to crossing the stone bridge. How about it?"

"No problem."

Xiao Chen agreed immediately. Then, his hands formed seals, and forty-nine streaks of profound light manifested in his palms. Following the logic for dispelling a Sealing Door Restriction, they fell into the array core one by one.

Ding!

A thread of profound light flashed before everyone's eyes, yet the Restriction remained perfectly intact.

"Huh?"

Even Xiao Chen was a bit bewildered. It was clearly the simplest Sealing Door Restriction, so why did it instantly restore itself the moment it was broken?

"Hahaha... is there actually something you can't do?"

"Don't get ahead of yourself."

Xiao Chen smiled slightly and whispered in his mind, "Eye of Chaos, open!"

His deep pupils swept over the Restriction. Beneath the yellow glow of the Restriction, a colorless Restriction was shockingly hidden.

That completely concealed thread of Restriction power had nowhere to hide before the Eye of Chaos.

So that's how it is!

It was actually an extremely rare Twin Restriction!

This kind of Restriction could only be identified by someone like Xiao Chen, who was proficient in all types of Fourth-Level Formations.

Anyone else might not have even heard of it, and even if they knew of it, they wouldn't know the method to break it.

As for that hidden colorless Restriction, simply finding its trace was an incredibly difficult task.

The brilliance of this Twin Restriction lay in the fact that breaking either one of the Restrictions would trigger a backflow of power from the other.

Both layers had to be broken simultaneously, without the slightest error in timing, which placed extremely high demands on the control of Soul power.

Then, Xiao Chen closed his eyes and focused his mind. Mobilizing all of his Soul power, ninety-eight streaks of profound light flew from his palms in pairs, sinking into the array core all at once.

Ding!

Ding!

Following two crisp sounds, the light of the Restriction flashed and then vanished directly. The stone door also began to slowly open at that moment.

In an unknown dark corner, a pair of hideous old eyes suddenly snapped open, emitting a sinister and cunning voice:

"Jie jie jie... this is getting more and more interesting!"

Hiss!

Everyone present sucked in a breath of cold air, their gazes toward Xiao Chen unconsciously carrying a hint of admiration.

"You can even open this?" Nangong Pan stared at him with wide eyes, while the Nangong Family Disciples behind him were so angry they slapped their thighs.

A perfectly good peerless treasure was gone just like that!

However, as the stone door fully opened, the scene inside caught everyone off guard.

The massive stone chamber was completely empty! Forget peerless treasures, there wasn't even a single ordinary Spirit Stone.

Such an inconceivable scene caused the crowd to erupt in commotion once again.

"This, this... what on earth is going on?"

"With a Sealing Door Restriction present, it shouldn't be possible for Spiritual Qi to dissipate and cause the Spirit Stones to weather away!"

"This is too eerie! Could a Soul body have gone in and taken the treasures?"

"Exactly. That stone chamber we found, even though its Restriction was heavily damaged, still had at least a million Spirit Stones!"

Xiao Chen was also puzzled. Why would they go through the trouble of creating a Twin Restriction? What was the point?

It couldn't possibly be just to play a prank on the people coming in for treasure, right?

Nangong Pan chuckled, "Hehe, brother, you can't blame me for this. No one expected it to be empty inside."

Xiao Chen smiled calmly and waved his hand, not minding at all.

Then he slowly walked through the stone door, his gaze sweeping over every inch of the surrounding stone walls. The Disciples of various Sects also flooded inside.

Thump, thump, thump...

Everyone tapped on the stone walls one by one to see if there were any hidden compartments. If there really were, they would definitely hide rare treasures.

Some even flew up to touch the ceiling of the stone chamber, trying to find clues and not missing a single possible spot.

"This floor is so clean, it's like a dog licked it!" someone muttered.

A flash of inspiration struck Xiao Chen's mind. He glanced at his feet and indeed found something unusual.

The floors of most other stone chambers were uneven, but the floor here was as flat and smooth as a mirror.

Furthermore, the material of the floor was extremely special—it was paved with rare, ultra-high-hardness jade.

Thus, he activated the Eye of Chaos again to scan the entire floor.

Sure enough!

In the central square of the floor, he discovered a miniature colorless Restriction.

Xiao Chen walked over and stepped on it with one foot, pouring surging Spiritual Qi into it through his sole.

Rumble!

A rumbling sound echoed as the ceiling above slowly moved to the right.

Specks of starlight entered his vision, and then what appeared before everyone's eyes was a space as brilliant as a starry sky.