Outside the main hall door, Jiang Chen was looking blankly at the person inside the main hall.

That's right, after the palace door opened, Jiang Chen suddenly found an old man standing in the hall, and the man was looking at him with a smile.

Of course, if only an old man appeared, Jiang Chen would not be too shocked. The reason why he was so surprised was because he could not sense the existence of this old man.

The old man was standing in the main hall not far ahead, but Jiang Chen's spiritual consciousness did not sense his presence at all!

How could this not shock Jiang Chen?!

After he advanced to the Earth Level, his spiritual consciousness also improved significantly. Even so, he still couldn't sense this person's aura. Doesn't this person's cultivation level exceed him by a lot???

Fortunately, after a brief period of confusion, Jiang Chen quickly came back to his senses.

"Something's wrong!"

Jiang Chen gradually discovered that although the man in the hall had been looking here, his eyes seemed a little dull.

"senior?!"

Jiang Chen shouted tentatively, but the man didn't react at all and still stared straight at him.

"senior!"

Jiang Chen raised his voice and shouted again, but the man still didn't respond.

"It seems like it's not a real person. Is it a photo-taking array?"

Jiang Chen then tried some more and finally determined that the person in the hall was not a real person, but an image projected by some kind of magic circle.

"Photography arrays can achieve this kind of fake and real effect. It seems that the person setting up the array must be at least a high-level person."

"Should we go in or not?"

At this time, Jiang Chen suddenly became hesitant.

Judging from the current situation, there may be good things in this hall, but at the same time, there should also be considerable dangers.

Danger and opportunity coexist, it depends on Jiang Chen's choice.

Fortunately, Jiang Chen quickly made a choice: "Forget it, let's go in and take a look."

"With the strength of the person who set up the formation, if he had the intention to harm me, I'm afraid he wouldn't wait until now!"

Thinking of this, Jiang Chen did not hesitate anymore. He held the dragon beard pen in one hand and two copper coins in the other, and stepped directly into the hall.

"despair!"

As soon as Jiang Chen walked into the hall, he felt a gaze cast on him.

At this time, the eyes of the old man whom Jiang Chen identified as a "projection" were no longer dull, and his eyes began to move along with Jiang Chen's movements.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Chen was immediately shocked.

Fortunately, although the old man reacted, he did not show any hostility.

After Jiang Chen came to his senses, he immediately tentatively called out softly: "Senior?!"

Facing Jiang Chen's call, the old man did not respond immediately, but continued to glance back and forth at him.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen could finally confirm that this "person" was indeed just an image projected by the formation, but this image was a bit too real.

"It seems that the strength of the person setting up the formation was still underestimated before. No matter how you look at it, this formation should be the masterpiece of a heaven-level powerhouse!"

Just when Jiang Chen was surprised, the old man suddenly spoke.

“In my land of Central Plains, the trend of metaphysics is prevalent.

We magicians feel the aura of heaven and earth and strengthen themselves. We should be benevolent and treat all things kindly.

The founder of this sect is grateful for the blessings from heaven and earth, and he wholeheartedly treats ordinary people with kindness.

I wholeheartedly pray for everyone: good luck, live and work in peace and contentment, live a long and worry-free life, and be free from all diseases.

The founder had a wish in his heart and established [Sixteen Gates].

I am Li Yuan, the twenty-third generation leader of the [Sixteen Sects]!"

After hearing this, Jiang Chen finally understood what the word "sixteen" on the plaque outside the main hall meant.

"Sixteen" originally refers to the ancient warlock sect [Sixteen Sects], and this figure is a certain leader of [Sixteen Sects].

"Thinking about it this way, the owner of this ancient tomb should be the person in front of him, right?" Jiang Chen said to himself.

At this time, just listen to the "old man" continue talking.

"With the joint efforts of our magicians, the overall atmosphere of the metaphysical world is good and prosperous.

However, the good times did not last long. One day, news suddenly spread in the metaphysical world that an ancient treasure had been born.

As soon as this news came out, the entire metaphysical world was in an uproar, and then when the treasured copper coin actually appeared, the metaphysical world was immediately in chaos."

When Jiang Chen heard the word "copper coins", Jiang Chen's breathing suddenly became heavy, and then he listened to the "old man"'s story more carefully.

"Because of a set of precious copper coins, the originally united metaphysics world suddenly became torn apart, and even the most unscrupulous people, evil spirits and demons took advantage of the chaos to create momentum.

The monks who were obsessed with seizing the treasure naturally had no time to look elsewhere, so that some evil cultivators were able to develop rapidly.

When several top sects were wiped out by evil cultivators, many colleagues in the metaphysics world woke up. However, the evil cultivators at that time were already at their peak.

Many fellow warlocks and Taoists died at the hands of evil cultivators. For a time, the warlocks in the entire metaphysical world were in panic, and every tree and tree was in a state of panic.

Seeing that many fellow Taoists were persecuted by evil cultivators, the magicians in the metaphysical world finally united again to fight against the enemy. The war between the two parties lasted for several years.

In the end, the Warlock Alliance and the evil cultivators launched a decisive battle in the Wolf Valley.

The battle that day was extremely brutal. Blood flowed like a river in the canyon, and the remaining limbs and broken arms were covered with branches.

At that time, more than a hundred people in [Sixteen Gates] were almost completely dead or injured. After killing an elder of the evil cultivator, I also ended up seriously injured and dying.

And after killing the elder of the evil cultivator, I happened to get a legendary treasure copper coin from him!"

"ah?!"

Hearing this, Jiang Chen finally couldn't bear it any longer and exhaled softly with excitement, but he quickly reached out and covered his mouth.

Fortunately, the "old man" was not affected by Jiang Chen's exclamations at all and only listened to him continue to preach.

"After the First World War that day, although the evil cultivators were eradicated, the Warlock Alliance also suffered heavy losses and its talents were withered.

I was seriously injured at that time, but I luckily survived in the end, but it was difficult to improve my cultivation.

Only afterward did I know that in that battle, I was the only one among the [Sixteen Sects] who survived, and everyone else perished in the Wolf Valley!"

Jiang Chen could clearly feel that the "old man" was in a strange mood when he said these last words. It was obvious that when he "copied" this image, the person's emotions fluctuated greatly.

Although cults are now resurgent in the metaphysical world, Jiang Chen has fought against the [Xunlong Sect] many times.

But he still couldn't imagine what it would be like if all the magicians in the metaphysical world united to fight to the death against the evil cultivators.

And after the war, how would the leader of a certain sect feel when he suddenly found that he was the only one left in the entire sect?

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