# 1023
# Chapter 1023
## Entry to the Kunlun Ruins
**Pamir Plateau.**
**On the other side.**
At the foot of a small snow-capped mountain, Singh, Si Xiaonan, and Leng Xuan stood before an exposed rock face, deep in thought.
As time passed second by second, Singh glanced at the focused Si Xiaonan, then at the solemn Leng Xuan, and couldn't help but ask:
"Are you certain you both heard strange sounds here before?"
"Mm."
Si Xiaonan nodded calmly, pointing at the seemingly ordinary rock. "When we passed through here earlier, we heard something like tidal sounds coming from inside... and faintly, there was also dragon roars mixed in...
We studied this area for quite a while, but didn't find anything unusual."
Singh pressed his ear against the stone surface, his brow furrowed after a long moment.
"I don't hear anything."
"Listen carefully—do you hear that whistling sound?"
"...Isn't that just wind through the cracks in the stone?"
"It's different. Listen again more carefully?"
Singh's brow furrowed even tighter. He pressed his ear to the stone again, and after a moment, his voice turned uncertain.
"Perhaps... there really is something different?"
"Right? I told you something was off!" Si Xiaonan said with certainty.
Singh stepped back two paces, flicked his finger in the empty air, and the black stone exploded with a thunderous crash, leaving nothing but flying dust and scattered rock fragments behind.
"Doesn't seem to be here." Singh shook his head. "The Kunlun Mountains are vast. Searching for the entrance to the Kunlun Ruins one by one would waste too much time... we need another method."
"What method?" Si Xiaonan grew wary.
"I've heard that the divine power born from Great Xia's Heavenly Court is different from other divine powers in the world—it's a special kind called 'spiritual energy.' The Kunlun Ruins and the Heavenly Court's origin should share the same lineage, so the true Kunlun Ruins should also be filled with this 'spiritual energy' divine power."
As Singh pondered, he pulled a strange-looking compass from his怀中. "Since that's the case, this item I brought will be useful."
"What's this..."
"This is a compass that resonates with divine power fluctuations. Through its abilities, we might be able to sense the divine power leaking from the entrance to the Kunlun Ruins, thus lock onto the entrance's location."
A barely perceptible gleam flashed in Si Xiaonan's eyes.
"Really? Let me see."
She reached out curiously, wanting to take the compass from Singh's hand, but he stepped back half a pace, showing no intention of handing over the item.
"Sorry, this object was brought out from a temple of the gods. Outsiders cannot touch it casually." Singh said coolly.
With that, he raised the compass in his hand and poured his spiritual power into it. Wisps of black light surged across the compass's surface as it began searching for direction.
Leng Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly. He glanced at Si Xiaonan, giving her a look:
—Should we take him out?
—Loki is listening. Once we make a move, we'll be completely exposed.
Si Xiaonan shook her head.
Leng Xuan silently restrained the killing intent in his eyes.
A moment later, the compass locked onto a certain direction, and Singh's eyes lit up.
"There's a divine power fluctuation in that direction... though I'm not sure if it's the entrance to the Kunlun Ruins. Let's go take a look."
Si Xiaonan glanced in that direction and nodded slightly.
"Alright."
As Si Xiaonan walked, her mind raced.
The existence of Loki's Ear, while unable to completely monitor everything she and Leng Xuan did, limited their actions to a certain extent. Without this ear, they might have quietly gotten rid of this Asura proxy from India long ago. But now the situation was different.
Without a legitimate reason, they couldn't lay hands on Singh who carried the banner of an ally, and silently assassinating a god's proxy at the "Klein" level wasn't realistic either.
Even if they were going to kill him, they needed to find a suitable reason first...
A subtle gleam flickered in Si Xiaonan's eyes.
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**In the wind and snow.**
Fang Mo, wrapped in his down suit, walked with heavy steps toward the distant rift valley.
Suddenly, his foot stopped, as if he'd sensed something. He looked up and sniffed the air.
"This smell... so familiar."
He looked around in bewilderment, finally fixing his gaze on a certain direction. After hesitating for a moment, he changed his original path and quickened his pace.
About twenty minutes later, he had nearly reached the edge of the trial route area before slowly coming to a stop.
He looked around. As far as his eyes could see, there was nothing but snow-white terrain.
He sniffed the air again, squatted down, pressed his palm into the snow beneath him, and pushed the snow aside.
Mysterious and intricate bronze patterns were carved onto the black rock surface exposed beneath the snow, like an ancient teleportation formation, dormant among the barren snow.
"This is the smell of Heavenly Court spiritual energy." Fang Mo gazed at the massive bronze patterns beneath him, confusion surfacing in his eyes. "But why would it be here..."
Fang Mo's true form was the White Tiger, one of Great Xia's Divine Beasts. He had an absolutely sensitive nose for spiritual energy. Moreover, he had studied beside the Heavenly Court before, training for years, so he was extremely familiar with this aura.
But he couldn't understand why the scent of the Heavenly Court would appear on the Pamir Plateau?
Should I inform the instructor?
Without much hesitation, Fang Mo turned to head back toward the cliff. A mysterious structure emanating Heavenly Court spiritual energy was worth far more than winning or losing a training exercise.
He'd just taken two steps when a pungent odor hit his nostrils, and his body stiffened.
He turned his head to see a man in a dark yellow Western suit walking slowly from the foot of a distant mountain.
"The entrance to the Kunlun Ruins should be around here..." The man sensed the energy fluctuations in the earth's veins, a cold smile curling at the corner of his lips.
As the proxy of Gaia, the Earth Mother, he had an extremely keen perception of the earth's energy fluctuations. As long as the entrance to the Kunlun Ruins was hidden somewhere in this mountain range, he could easily locate its position through the movements in the earth's veins. This talent was also the reason Olympus had sent him to infiltrate Great Xia.
He had previously refused to join hands with Singh because he wanted to monopolize this intelligence. After all, he wasn't foolish enough to be a dog for those Indian gods.
Just as he was carefully searching for the entrance to the Kunlun Ruins, his peripheral vision caught sight of Fang Mo in the distance, and he let out a surprised exclamation.
"There's actually someone here? No, his aura... he's a proxy of a Great Xia god? Though..."
He took a sudden step forward, his form vanishing into the earth. When he reappeared, his massive body stood directly in front of Fang Mo.
"This proxy... is truly pathetically weak."
His eyes narrowed into a dangerous arc.