Yang Che did not immediately reply to Shui Tianxin, but carefully digested and pondered what Shui Tianxin had said.

After deliberating several times and making his own cautious deductions, Yang Che concluded that Shui Tianxin did not seem to be lying.

However, Yang Che still maintained his vigilance and caution towards Shui Tianxin.

"Senior Shui, do you recognize the characters or patterns on those stone fragments?"

Yang Che asked hopefully.

Shui Tianxin, however, said helplessly, "I don't recognize them either. This 'Five Emotions Hall' built by Ancient Cultivators was an unsolved mystery even in my era.

If it hadn't been for the passage of such a long time, and too many stone tablet fragments being taken out by Cultivators who had entered this place before, plus the Restrictions on the periphery of this Five Emotions Hall becoming weaker and weaker, it would have been impossible for you to discover this place with your cultivation."

Yang Che pondered again, ultimately quite moved by the most precious item of the Five Emotions Hall that Shui Tianxin spoke of.

However, Shui Tianxin had not seen it herself, so Yang Che could only be half-believing.

Finally, Yang Che and Shui Tianxin reached an agreement.

What ultimately led Yang Che to make his decision was that Shui Tianxin actually said she could first guide him through the Path of Fear.

Only after he passed the Path of Fear and obtained the 'Key of Fear', confirming that what Shui Tianxin said was true, would he help Shui Tianxin escape her predicament.

A while later.

Shui Tianxin said, "Zhang Gu, then let's proceed as agreed. Xiaoqian Guniang will stay with me to continue researching and deciphering these Ancient characters.

I have a secret method that can stimulate the ancient Cultivator Soul Power in her Soul to become more active. If this ancient Cultivator Soul Power is fully activated and used by her, she should be able to fully understand these Ancient characters."

Yang Che nodded.

At this point, Shui Tianxin continued, "As for you, after entering this Fear Hall, do not alert the 'Fear Puppets' first. After you enter, I will guide you to an excellent Cultivation spot. You can take this opportunity to Break through your Bottleneck and enter the Core Formation Middle Stage in one go.

Once your cultivation improves, your chances of passing the Path of Fear will naturally be greater."

"Then I'll trouble Senior Shui."

Yang Che cupped his hands towards the Xuanwu Spirit Beast, then glanced at Yang Xiaoqian, signaling her to rest assured here. Without the slightest hesitation, he stepped onto the straight bluestone path and walked towards the enormous Fear Hall in front of him.

Upon reaching the hall entrance, Yang Che took out the 'stone fragment', and as he placed it on the hall door, the Fear Hall's main door slowly opened.

Yang Che released his Divine Sense to sense the area, then stepped inside.

As he entered the Fear Hall, the large doors behind him rumbled and slowly closed again.

Yang Che was not surprised; Shui Tianxin had specifically mentioned this earlier.

"Zhang Gu, are there three long, suspended rope bridges directly in front of you?"

Shui Tianxin's voice immediately sounded in his mind.

"Yes, Senior Shui."

Yang Che had already seen three suspended black rope bridges in front of him, leading straight into three different dark directions.

"Mm. Ignore these three rope bridges for now. Do you see a black stone wall about a hundred feet to your right?"

"I see it."

Yang Che directly stepped to the side of this black stone wall.

"One part of that wall is hollow. Search carefully for it. Once you find it, break it open. There's a small mechanism inside. Just toggle it, and you'll enter beyond the stone wall.

Behind the wall is a small Time Acceleration Formation. If I remember correctly, it should still be usable one last time.

The usage time is one month outside, which is equivalent to ten months inside the Formation. After you go in, check it to confirm the Formation is fine, then Cultivate within that Formation to Breakthrough to the Core Formation Middle Stage."

Yang Che calmly began to search for the small mechanism within this wall.

He quickly found it and toggled it. The stone wall automatically rotated out a door. Yang Che carefully sensed the area, then flashed inside.

A small Formation appeared before his eyes.

Intricate Formation patterns, which Yang Che had never seen before, were carved upon it.

Yang Che's mind suddenly stirred, and he took out a blank Jade Slip to begin copying these intricate Formation patterns one by one.

After copying them, he sat down in the Formation and filled the grooves with Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

Soon, Yang Che was incredibly surprised to find that this Time Acceleration Formation consumed an absolutely terrifying amount of Spirit Stones.

At this rate of consumption, Cultivating for ten months inside, which is one month outside, would consume at least four hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

It had to be said that this was an incredibly huge expenditure for Yang Che.

However, if his cultivation could truly advance to the Core Formation Middle Stage, it would be worth it.

Yang Che directly placed four hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones on it, then without wasting a single moment, he held a Mid-Grade Spirit Stone in each hand and wholeheartedly entered Cultivation within this Formation.

Yang Che's cultivation had already been extremely close to the Core Formation Middle Stage previously, due to drinking a large amount of heaven soul wine and with the help of the Nine-tailed Sky Fox refining and absorbing it.

Coupled with having briefly obtained the residual power of the Nine-tailed Sky Fox, Yang Che's current cultivation was actually only a step away from the Core Formation Middle Stage.

Shui Tianxin had precisely seen this point, which was why she decided to let him Cultivate and Breakthrough in this Formation.

With the consumption of a large number of Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, after nearly a month passed in the outside world, Yang Che's cultivation barely advanced to the Core Formation Middle Stage before this small Formation collapsed.

While the Formation hadn't completely collapsed, Yang Che took out the Jade Slip that Xiao Qian had given him earlier for deciphering Ancient characters.

This time, after meticulously imprinting it in his mind, Yang Che directly crushed this Jade Slip.

Afterward, he quickly took out all the stone fragments he had obtained.

Among them, there were more than ten such stone fragments in Su Ziming's Storage Pouch alone.

He placed these stone fragments one by one in front of him and began to painstakingly study them.

Several days later.

The Formation collapsed.

Relying on the limited Ancient character information deciphered by Xiao Qian, Yang Che gradually deduced a very astonishing piece of information from these scattered stone fragments.

Originally, from Shui Tianxin, Yang Che had already learned that this Ancient Remnant was divided into an outer area and a central area.

The center was composed of an incredibly vast Five Elements Domain.

And the center of each Domain had a Five Emotions Hall.

Each Five Elements Domain was very vast and extremely strange, filled with random and unknown dangerous Formation Restrictions everywhere.

For example, where Yang Che was currently located was the 'Fear Hall' in the 'Water Domain'.

In addition, there was the 'Hall of Rage' in the Wood Domain.

The 'Hall of Joy' in the Fire Domain.

The 'Hall of Sorrow' in the Metal Domain.

The 'Contemplation Palace' in the Earth Domain.

And the most important and valuable 'five emotions pill' of the Five Emotions Hall was in the 'Contemplation Palace' in the Earth Domain.

According to Shui Tianxin, only by passing through the corresponding 'Path of Fear, Rage, Joy, and Sorrow' in the other four halls and obtaining four special keys could one open the final 'Contemplation Palace' and obtain the five emotions pill within it.

However, after Yang Che organized the nearly twenty stone fragments he possessed and pieced together this limited textual information, he unexpectedly discovered that the 'Contemplation Palace' in the Earth Domain was hidden.

And these patterns on the stone fragments seemed to be the route map to the Contemplation Palace.

Thus, it would be necessary to collect more stone fragments to possibly find the hidden 'Contemplation Palace'.

After repeated comparisons, Yang Che finally confirmed that the information he had discovered was most likely correct.

At this point, he was startled and suddenly felt somewhat puzzled.

Because this was somewhat inconsistent with what Shui Tianxin had said.

Was Shui Tianxin lying, or was what she knew simply incomplete?

Of course, Shui Tianxin had also said that she did not recognize Ancient characters, so it was highly possible that what she knew might not be correct?

But no matter what, Yang Che could absolutely not rule out the possibility of Shui Tianxin lying.

And considering that if Shui Tianxin was indeed lying, then Yang Che also knew that he must prepare thoroughly for this.