The 8th Layer courtyard of the Hua Mansion was the cultivation ground of the Hua Family's ancestor. It had been silent for several years.
As Jiang Jichen and Hua Xiaoling passed through, they found a single path flanked by just a few houses made of giant stones.
Jiang Jichen activated his Divine Thought to scan the 8th Layer courtyard, but he found it completely devoid of any presence, as if no one was there at all.
However, just as Jiang Jichen and Hua Xiaoling reached the end of the 8th Layer courtyard and were about to step into the Hua Mansion's forbidden area—the final courtyard—a voice suddenly called out, "Who goes there? Do you have the Black Token?"
Without a word, Jiang Jichen quickly took out the Black Token and held it up.
The Black Token actually looked quite ordinary, like a simple lump of black iron. However, upon closer inspection, one could see that it was engraved with ancient, secret patterns.
"You may enter."
