Chapter 326: Underground Relic (1/2)

This was the second time Nie Tian had felt that strange feeling with the fragmentary star mark on his chest after entering the forbidden region.

The first time had been soon after he had come to this region, when he had arrived at the edge of the crater of the first and largest meteor he had encountered.

However, due to Ning Yang and that other man’s arrival, he had rapidly backed away to avoid them.

This time, standing by the edge of the small yet deep crater, Nie Tian once again felt a burning sensation from the fragmentary star mark on his chest.

Under his command, one of his Heaven Eyes flew into the crater and towards the deepest parts of the earth.

However, it wasn’t long before the Heaven Eye came across the extremely small meteor, which was already reduced to scattered rubble.

Not a single Star Stone could be seen.

Apparently, Ning Yang had done this. In recent days, Ning Yang had been wandering around in this region, and whenever he saw meteors fall from the sky, he would rush to the crash site.

There, he would cut up every meteor, hoping to find methods to refine his fragmentary star mark from within them.

From what Nie Tian could tell, there wasn’t anything worth noting within the shattered meteor.

The thing that had caused the burning sensation from the fragmentary star mark on his chest was probably not the meteor, but rather something in the depths of the earth.

After a brief stay, the Heaven Eye went deeper towards the depths of the earth. As it did, it scanned its surroundings with rapt psychic awareness.

Several dozen seconds later…

Nie Tian sensed that the Heaven Eye had already sunk more than 2,000 meters into the depths of the earth.

Even the connection between him and that Heaven Eye of his started to flicker due to the exceeding distance between them.

However, just as he faced the risk of losing contact with that Heaven Eye, a water-like ward suddenly entered his mind.

The ward lay in a location very deep underground, and it seemed that he was only able to sense its existence with the power that originated from the seven fragmentary stars in his soul.

For some reason, he had a feeling that only those who inherited legacies from the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace, practiced the Fragmentary Star Incantation, and had fragmentary stars in their souls would be able to detect that ward with their Heaven Eyes.

Otherwise, even if it were powerful experts whose cultivation bases were several stages higher than his, and who had already transcended their psychic power into soul power, they still probably wouldn’t be able to sense the existence of that ward.

The reason was that when that Heaven Eye of his made contact with that ward deep underground, he sensed a strong aura released by the ward, which carried extremely rich and pure star power.

However, as he attempted to send that Heaven Eye deeper into the earth to explore the secrets behind the ward, he realized that his Heaven Eye had already reached its limit, and couldn’t go any further.

With another step, he would lose contact with that Heaven Eye, and he wouldn’t be able to reflect whatever there was under there in his mind via that Heaven Eye.

After a moment of pondering, Nie Tian retracted that Heaven Eye and sat down by the crater.

He was convinced that a relic of the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace sat in the deepest parts of this so-called forbidden region.

It must have been hidden and sealed away by powerful experts from the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace. Only those who received their legacies and practiced the Fragmentary Star Incantation would be able to pry into what was hidden behind that ward.

It seemed that his current cultivation base was still so insignificant that he didn’t have the ability to dig into this secret hidden deep underground.

However, as long as he kept progressing in his cultivation, the day would come when he finally reached the point where his psychic power was fully upgraded to soul power, and then he would be able to solve the profound mysteries hidden in the depths of the earth.

Over the following few days, Nie Tian tracked down and examined many more fallen meteors in this forbidden region.

However, every time he sent his Heaven Eye into the depths of the earth, it failed to penetrate that ward wreathed in star power before he lost his connection with it.