Chapter 353: Gentle Tyranny

Chu Feng nodded in agreement. He genuinely wanted to visit the Arctic and explore the Primordial Magnetic Immortal Cave.

"Master, please," Li Xinghe said with a smile to High Monk Qianjia, gesturing for him to return to Mount Putuo.

The old monk pressed his palms together, recited a Buddhist chant, and ignored Li Xinghe. His voice resonated in Chu Feng's mind: "I will escort you back to Mount Wudang."

Chu Feng was startled. He detected a hint of helplessness in old Monk Qianjia's voice. The old monk had likely remained silent for a while due to threats, but ultimately, he refused to compromise.

The young people appeared kind, but their demeanor was actually quite sharp.

It was clear the old monk was upright; he didn't want to abandon Chu Feng. In his view, the young people's intention to abduct Chu Feng was a form of gentle arrogance.

Some people smile and seem amiable, but they are in fact more overbearing. Their subtle requests are, in essence, demands for you to follow their will.

Undeniably, these four individuals were exactly like that: their arrogance was subtle, hidden beneath a gentle facade.

Chu Feng thought for a moment and transmitted a message telepathically: "It's alright, Master, please go ahead."

His mental fluctuations seemed "weak," consistent with his apparent decline from the King realm.

Master Qianjia, over a hundred years old, was known as a disciple of Sakyamuni. His martial arts were astonishingly powerful; he had simply lacked the good fortune to become a peerless master in the past.

After the ice and snow melted and the world rapidly transformed, he obtained a potent exotic fruit, breaking his sixth genetic lock. His abilities became extraordinary, and he had already gained Buddhist divine powers.

He was now very strong and fearless of challenges. However, he was wary of those from the Primordial Magnetic Immortal Cave; the descendents were an insurmountable obstacle for any native Earth expert.

Without a doubt, those extraterrestrials were unfathomably terrifying.

These young people were their descendants, and their origins were formidable.

"I can guarantee your safe return," the old monk's voice echoed in Chu Feng's mind, his gaze resolute. Even knowing he would offend the descendants of the descendents, he persisted.

"Master, it's time for you to go," Li Xinghe said with a faint smile, urging him.

Chu Feng already knew the old monk had been threatened, and now he naturally perceived the domineering nature hidden beneath that smile, feeling indignation on behalf of the old monk.

At the same time, he felt gently humiliated, as this truly amounted to a forceful abduction.

However, Chu Feng did not react. He felt there was no need to show his cards now; he could slowly play along with them on the journey.

He genuinely wanted to go to the Arctic and visit the Primordial Magnetic Immortal Cave. If the terrain conditions there allowed, he was actually prepared to find an opportunity to wipe out the entire nest of extraterrestrials.

Ultimately, Chu Feng still used telepathic transmission, speaking only to Master Qianjia: "Master, please return. I appreciate your concern; I will be fine."

He spoke very directly, telling the old monk not to worry. As a domain researcher, he genuinely wished to journey to the Arctic and see for himself.

He wanted to understand what kind of terrain and area it was that could be called an Immortal Cave, allowing those people to slumber. He believed there were other reasons besides the mysterious magnetic fields.

The old monk sighed helplessly, then silently turned and departed.

"Master, have a good journey. We won't see you off," Yu Hanzhi said with a smile.

If one didn't know the inside story, Chu Feng would certainly have thought these individuals were refined, approachable, and lacked pretension despite being descendants of the descendents.

However, after learning the old monk had been secretly threatened, seeing their current demeanor revealed absolute arrogance, brazen and overbearing!

Chu Feng feigned ignorance and happily set off.

Li Xinghe, Yu Hanzhi, Liu Wucheng, and Xu Mei exchanged glances, all displaying satisfied smiles.

As Chu Feng approached the beast king, this powerful raptor, ranked among the top kings, revealed a defiant look, staring down at him coldly.

Chu Feng's expression soured. Even this beast king was scrutinizing him with a cold, arrogant gaze, which immediately annoyed him.

"Come here!" Chu Feng beckoned, calling the toad over.

The toad hopped over. Still its old self, it squinted at the powerful, brightly feathered beast king, surprisingly with a look of disdain.

The beast king was very arrogant, harboring a faint contempt for Chu Feng. Now, a toad suddenly appeared and squinted at it, immediately enraging it.

It raised a claw and stomped forward, aiming to crush the toad directly. The fierce wind it generated even swept towards Chu Feng, engulfing him.

"That's my mount, don't harm it, or I'll leave immediately," Chu Feng quickly stated.

"Stop!" Li Xinghe called out, telling the beast king to cease its attack and not to kill indiscriminately.

The beast king coldly glanced at Chu Feng and the toad, then proudly raised its neck and spoke clearly: "You better be careful. Disrespect me again, and I'll kill you instantly."

This was a female beast king; although threatening the toad, her words were subtly directed at Chu Feng too.

"Brother Chu, don't mind her. Caiying considers us siblings, but her temper isn't great," Yu Hanzhi said with a laugh.

At the same time, she glanced at the toad, frowning slightly and showing a hint of disgust. Women certainly didn't have much affection for such creatures.

In return, the toad also looked at her, naturally with a squint.

The group was speechless. Yu Hanzhi, with her delicate face and smile, stiffened slightly. If they didn't need Chu Feng, she would have simply stomped the toad to death.

"Well then, let's get going," Xu Mei said with a chuckle. Dressed lightly, her figure was excellent, revealing a stretch of pale, slender waist that was incredibly alluring.

"Alright," Chu Feng nodded.

Then, he glanced at the toad and said, "Get on."

The toad, without hesitation, instantly leaped up with a rustle, aiming to land on the beast king's back.

"You... how dare you!" the beast king shrieked, still in a woman's voice, sounding exasperated and shrill. It flapped its wings furiously, stirring up gales of wind, while rapidly retreating.

Li Xinghe spoke, "Brother Chu, I don't think you need to bring your mount. With Caiying, a thousand miles can be covered instantly. You can leave it behind."

The toad dropped to the ground, its face filled with a wronged expression, as if humiliated. It looked at Chu Feng; this fellow was quite good at putting on an act.

Yu Hanzhi's delicate brows furrowed slightly. She truly disliked this toad and didn't want it to defile their mount, so she also asked Chu Feng to leave his mount behind.

Chu Feng shook his head and said, "No, I can't. Since my powers were crippled, I've faced many dangers. This mutated toad once saved my life and became my mount. After I became a domain researcher, I swore I would always keep it with me, never abandoning it."

The toad was stunned, wanting to roll its eyes and ask, "Have you no shame? You're the one who forcibly captured me, beat me brutally every day, and subdued me through torture, didn't you?"

"Never abandoning it"? The toad wanted to curse him with profanities, wishing he would just go as far away as possible. How sickeningly hypocritical, how shameless!

Of course, Chu Feng remained perfectly natural. He gently stroked its head, appearing very kind, but was actually pressing down hard on its squinting eye, as it was about to give Chu Feng a sidelong glance.

Li Xinghe and Liu Wucheng managed to maintain their composure, but Yu Hanzhi and Xu Mei's faces stiffened. Holding their noses, they suppressed their displeasure and agreed to bring the toad along.

The toad immediately jumped onto Beast King Caiying's back, infuriating the beast king, yet it had no choice but to accept, and its body instantly began to tremble.

"Disgusting toad," it muttered.

In truth, this was also Yu Hanzhi's thought, her eyes filled with thinly veiled disgust, but she forcibly suppressed the urge to lash out.

"Croak, croak, croak..."

The toad croaked, as if responding to something, making itself very hateful.

"Don't dislike it. Look, its skin is as lustrous as jade, with a faint golden sheen. I feel it's a divine beast, just cursed. Although I'm crippled, in a sense, I'm now a divine knight."

Chu Feng rambled on, making Yu Hanzhi's expression increasingly unpleasant.

Li Xinghe chuckled, "Brother Chu Feng is certainly amusing."

He said it while holding his nose, of course. Divine beast, my foot! If it were a three-legged golden toad, it might be plausible, but isn't this just a common toad?

Xu Mei giggled, her large eyes sparkling, her pale stomach and crystalline, sexy waist revealed. She chuckled, "Perhaps it really is a divine beast."

The toad stood proudly, head held high, looking as if it surveyed the world with disdain, as if to say, "You've only just realized? I am a divine beast."

In fact, Yu Hanzhi wanted to kick the toad to death; its posture was simply asking for trouble.

Along the way, they sped northward. The beast king, filled with anger, continuously accelerated, moving at an astonishing pace.

It indeed possessed extreme speed; various supersonic bombers and aircraft were far inferior to it. Most importantly, it gritted its teeth the entire way, and after slowing down, it could quickly accelerate again after only a short rest.

Two or three hours later, they entered the vast northern grasslands, arriving at the border between Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia.

"Stop, we're landing on the grassland," Yu Hanzhi said.

"Aren't we going to the Arctic?" Chu Feng asked.

Even Li Xinghe and Liu Wucheng looked at her with surprise.

"Because there's also a suspected entrance here. We can try it from this location," Yu Hanzhi explained.

Li Xinghe nodded, then looked at Chu Feng and said, "Brother Chu, we won't hide it from you. We're going to explore a cave mansion, a holy land that was once unimaginably glorious."

However, he secretly asked Yu Hanzhi, "Weren't we supposed to start from the Arctic entrance? This might not be the true path."

"No rush," Yu Hanzhi secretly replied. "I want to first gauge his mastery of domains. If it falls far short of our requirements, taking him to the Arctic would be useless. Besides, this place might indeed have an entrance, making it worth a try."

Li Xinghe, Yu Hanzhi, Liu Wucheng, and Xu Mei briefly communicated telepathically, ensuring Chu Feng wouldn't perceive it. They finally reached a consensus that they could start from this location.

"What kind of orthodoxy?" Chu Feng asked curiously.

"An orthodoxy that once illuminated the entire cosmic sea, honored by all heavens, worshipped by ten thousand domains, unimaginably powerful," Xu Mei said, licking her bright red lips.

"Yes, an orthodoxy that once awed the entire universe and made Earth's standing extremely formidable. The relics they left behind are worth excavating," Liu Chengwu, who was wearing a tracksuit and hadn't spoken much, also nodded.

Yu Hanzhi added, enticingly, "Brother Chu, such ruins might contain heaven-defying sacred medicines that could restore you and allow you to re-embark on the path of evolution!"

Finally, they landed in the vast grassland, arriving before a stone mountain.

Looking out, the scenery was endless green, vast and boundless, covered everywhere with grass, with only this single stone mountain standing out.

Li Xinghe told Chu Feng that the entrance was here, the tomb of an ancient Divine Khan, which suppressed a passage from an even older era.

Clearly, they had visited this place more than once, but always returned empty-handed. There was a domain here, an inexplicable force preventing them from entering underground.

Upon arriving, Chu Feng frowned. His current research into domains was extensive. Not only did he possess the Domain Heavenly Book obtained from an extraterrestrial civilization, but he had also studied numerous stone carvings brought by the Dragon Lady from outside the East Sea Dragon's Nest. Moreover, Bodhi Gene had recently gifted him a silver-paged domain secret manual.

It could be said that these were all rare secret texts, delving into different domains. While he couldn't claim profound mastery and hadn't thoroughly researched them, his understanding had become quite extraordinary.

Therefore, upon arriving, Chu Feng immediately recognized the extraordinary nature of the place; it was a remarkable terrain.

Across thousands of miles of boundless grassland, only this solitary mountain stood, its stone hard, connecting to the heavens.

"Actually, this is a monument to a grand tomb," Liu Wucheng stated.

According to them, in ancient times, there was a Divine Khan. At that time, Earth hadn't completely declined, and that grassland overlord was a terrifying powerhouse in the evolutionary domain, with heaven-shattering abilities.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been revered as a Divine Khan.

Chu Feng was surprised; he had no knowledge of such anecdotes. The fact that these alien descendants could uncover such records meant their networks and resources were truly terrifying.

He could only sigh, assuming that organizations like the Pre-Qin Research Institute and the Tonggu Alliance, which specialized in underground excavation and archaeology, also collaborated with the descendents.

Li Xinghe said, "We speculate that the Divine Khan was so powerful perhaps because he acquired fragments of Earth's strongest orthodoxy. His grand tomb being built above one of the entrances surely has its reasons."

Chu Feng became alert. He knew that if these people dared to tell him all this, they would absolutely not allow him to return to human society and move freely.

They were dead set on him, intending to force him to serve the Primordial Magnetic Immortal Cave. Once they truly found that holy land and unlocked its heritage, they would likely silence him immediately.

Chu Feng showed an unusual expression, though he was naturally fearless.

In his view, collaborating with the alien descendants was not bad. With them paving the way and finding such ruins, the benefits, if truly unearthed, would be unimaginable.

Chu Feng walked around the thousands-of-meters-high stone mountain, revealing a look of astonishment. This was no mere tombstone; it was an artifact capable of drawing upon the sun.

This was a place of extreme yang, utterly terrifying!

If activated, it was estimated that nine suns would appear in the sky, golden crows would crow, and the sight would be horrifying.

However, he was delighted, not afraid, because he felt he could try to activate it, and perhaps even succeed.

This was because the domain secret manual he studied had records of such terrain.

Watching Chu Feng wander around, meticulously measuring every inch of land, the others all showed unusual expressions.

"He's quite obedient, and fairly easy to use," Li Xinghe said with a faint smile, no longer feigning humility but revealing a hint of arrogance.

The distance was considerable, and they believed Chu Feng was long crippled and utterly unable to hear their words.

"It's good that he's sensible. Otherwise, I wouldn't mind resorting to extreme measures and making him kneel to survey the domain," Liu Wucheng said. His words were few but impactful.

"I want to kill that toad, and Chu Feng deserves to suffer greatly too!" Beast King Caiying transformed into human form, becoming a beautiful young woman.

"Don't worry, I'll avenge you soon. We'll first throw that toad into the Divine Khan's grand tomb and let it die a miserable death," Yu Hanzhi said with a smile. Then, she glanced at Chu Feng in the distance and added, "This person still needs to be used; he's very valuable. We can't touch him yet. Only after he's served his purpose will we consider silencing him."

She spoke lightly, having already mapped out Chu Feng's fate, her demeanor cold and arrogant, completely different from her previous gentle facade.

Chu Feng heard them clearly from a distance; his divine senses were far keener than theirs. He merely pretended not to hear, a mocking expression playing on his lips.

Since they had all spoken in such a manner, he wouldn't hold back later. He had to properly thank them for bringing him here and helping him find an ancient divine tomb.

It's late, but this chapter is long today.