The winds outside didn’t relent since danger wasing to the canyon.


    Li Qiye looked out from the house and saw that it was dark due to the ck clouds above.


    The canyon was gigantic, capable of separating Stone teau into two sections. In other words, it most likely spanned up to ten million miles long. However, the entire ce was still covered by ck clouds. They looked like a colossal dragon hovering above.


    “Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!” The winds caused sands and debris to go flying along with flowers and leaves.


    “It’s starting.” The cultivators and mortals who have yet to make it to safe harbor started panicking.


    “We need to get to a vige now!”


    One could hear the horns from certain viges. They served to summonte arrivers or to warn the outsiders.


    The animals began to run. They have lived in the ce long enough to be aware of this danger.


    The pir in front of each vige also reacted and became resplendent. Their runes had a clear light at this point, seemingly always there and only activated when necessary.


    The clear light seemed to being from the ground up through the runes, not the other way around.


    After the runes reached a certain stage, they no longer needed to absorb the power from underground, evident by having enough radiance. On the other hand, the absence of this empowerment would render the runes useless.


    “Poof!” The pirs became bright as well and created barriers around the viges. These barriers had a purifying property, capable of removing all evil.


    Because the entire canyon was dark right now due to the clouds, the pirs served as guidingmps. One would be able to see them and make it back to the nearest vige.


    Li Qiye watched this process with keen interest and derived the runes. Normally, even the greatest masters would have a hard timeprehending them.


    However, the runes turned into ever-changing supreme words in Li Qiye’s eyes. They were flowing from the pir down to the ground.


    He could see what lies below - an invisible grand vein just like a sleeping dragon. Its majestic power flowed in silence beneath the earth.


    The runes wove together to formws and began to flow with the grand vein. Remember, the canyon had countless pirs. When they connected with the grand vein below, this culminated into a peerless grand formation.


    This formation received the power of the grand vein and in turn, it protected the viges from harm. Someone extremely powerful had prepared this formation inside the reclusive grand vein.


    The pirs were nothing more than the eyes of the formation on the surface. The creator of this formation naturally knew about the dangers of the winds and wanted to protect the viges.


    “Such great length to protect the descendants. Ingenious even. Very few people know about the three grand veins.” Li Qiye touched the pir and praised.


    Plenty of secrets hid underground, unbeknown to most. The person who did this had ess to these ancient secrets on top of being mighty.


    Li Qiye had a smile on his face while touching the pir - one small part of the great formation. Taking away one pir out of greed for its power would be a futile endeavor.


    “The legend says that this was left behind by our Golem Ancestor.” Shi Wawa spoke with pride: “The great ancestor created an empire at the teau and left behind pirs at the canyon to stop the scary winds. This allows us to live here safely.”


    His pride was understandable. The rest of his race also felt the same about Golem Ancestor. They virtually worshipped him.


    “He’s one of the greatest dao lords too.” Wawa continued. He hasn’t seen much of the world, only having heard about the exploits of Golem Ancestor, enough to memorize all of them.


    “An amazing fe indeed.” Li Qiye nodded. Also unreasonable and unreliable at times - he thought.


    Golem Ancestor had certainly left his marks on his story, just not his actual identity with the exception of Li Qiye.


    “ck Duck” might have hidden his roots quite well but it wasn’t enough. Regardless of how cautious he was, there were still clues that would lead to him only. This allowed Li Qiye to calcte the guy’s true identity and origin.


    By this point, the winds have stopped and the canyon became quiet once more.


    “It’sing, don’t be so close.” Shi Wawa quietly told Li Qiye while retreating cautiously, still keeping an eye towards the outside.


    This had nothing to do with cowardice. In reality, everyone should exercise prudence when dealing with the dangerous petrification found here.


    Strangely enough, they also had a feeling of reverence towards it. This could be considered an instinct imprinted deep in their soul.


    The next development was fog spreading at a rapid rate. It epassed the entire canyon in no time at all. A certain dimness took over. One wouldn’t be able to see their hands in front of them even though there was noplete darkness. This was a bizarre feeling.


    “It’sing.” Wawa reminded Li Qiye.


    “Boom. Boom. Boom.” A series of quiet noises could be heard only by the attentive listeners. At first, they sounded as if they came from the distance. However, after a careful listen, they should being from below the ground.