Chapter 354: Ancient Divine Tomb

Xu Mei was chuckling, her pearly teeth gleaming, her lips a vibrant, alluring red. She was the only one who said nothing, her beautiful large eyes glancing towards Chu Feng's back.

Yu Hanzhi spoke, "Xu Mei, are you infatuated again? Do you want to find a live-in son-in-law for your father? Well, considering Chu Feng's status, it's certainly possible." She was also smiling, but her tone was teasing, revealing a slight condescension towards Chu Feng, clearly different from her earlier gentle demeanor.

"Alright, be careful not to let that toad hear you," Li Xinghe interrupted, stopping them from speaking further. "Look at it hopping around nearby. What if it's truly a mutated species with extraordinary senses? That wouldn't be good." However, a cold smile played on his face, revealing his true attitude towards Chu Feng.

In fact, the toad's senses were sharper than any of theirs, but it wasn't angry at all. It hopped around in the distance, secretly delighted to hear them disparage Chu Feng.

Thud!

Chu Feng kicked it away. He couldn't act against the others yet, so seeing the toad's schadenfreude, he naturally took his frustration out on it first.

"Huh, didn't he say he'd never abandon that toad, that it saved his life and he had deep affection for it? Why did he kick it?" Liu Wucheng whispered.

"I found it! There's an entrance to the great tomb here, we can go in," Chu Feng shouted from a distance, pointing to the exact spot where he had kicked the toad.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

The group rushed over. Even Cai Ying, the young woman transformed from the Bird King, landed there and observed carefully, as this entrance was different from the one they had found last time. Cai Ying couldn't help but sneer, *a field researcher, and he couldn't even find the entrance?*

"Sir, the true entrance to the great tomb is on the stone mountain; there's a cave there," Li Xinghe reminded him. In front of Chu Feng, his demeanor had become pleasant again.

"Does he really understand domains if he can't even find the correct path?" Cai Ying muttered, a sarcastic look on her face.

"That's a dead end," Chu Feng stated. "If you go deep there, you'll be roasted alive by endless subterranean fires. This is the path to safety."

At this point, he instructed the others to start digging down from that spot.

"Let that bird do it," Chu Feng suggested. "One claw swipe should uncover something."

"You... how dare you speak to me like that?!" Cai Ying, the Bird King, was enraged.

"I'll do it," Liu Wucheng said with a smile, opening his mouth and expelling a beam of light like a flying sword. It ripped through the grassland with a *whoosh*, the sword light spiraling like a tornado, carrying dirt and debris away. This was a stream of Gengjin Qi from his lungs, truly marvelous, and it impressed Chu Feng. This was indeed a powerful technique. It was rumored that among ancient cultivators, some Sword Immortals practiced with flying swords, while others cultivated a stream of Gengjin sword qi in their lungs. At higher levels, both methods were indestructible and could kill enemies from hundreds of miles away.

Beneath the grassy soil, stone slabs emerged, bearing ancient, rough-looking patterns that nevertheless carried the unique imprint of a bygone era. The group was surprised: there was indeed another secret passage? Cai Ying was instantly speechless, unable to say anything more.

Chu Feng didn't lift a finger, as he was currently pretending to be crippled and fallen from the King-level domain, leaving the digging to the others. Yu Hanzhi, Li Xinghe, and the others usually ordered people around, but now they had no choice but to hold their noses and comply with Chu Feng's instructions, digging themselves.

As the area was cleared, large sections of stone slabs were revealed, carved with incredible images: flying Yakshas, fierce wolf totems, and even creatures they didn't recognize at all.

"Be careful," Chu Feng warned, "once we clear this area, it's a great tomb."

Indeed, when the stone slabs opened, a pitch-black burial ground appeared, filled with the smell of mold and decay.

"Huh, there's no fire," Xu Mei exclaimed in surprise. "Last time we went in, we encountered divine flames and nearly died." She still felt lingering trepidation.

"But why does it smell so rotten here, like a commoner's grave? It doesn't seem like the tomb of a Divine Khan at all," Yu Hanzhi said.

Chu Feng shook his head. "I don't know either. I'm just looking for a safe path and understanding the domain's pulsations. As for tomb-raiding, I'm certainly not an expert."

Xu Mei chuckled, "Don't you know, Brother Chu? Some great tombs of saints were actually arranged by domain researchers, located in ultimate forbidden zones. The scope of your field is actually very broad."

Chu Feng was speechless. In fact, if he truly approached it from a domain perspective, he wouldn't fear anything. He felt a little anticipation. Were all cultivators' tombs really buried in special mountainous terrain, conforming to domain logic?

"Are there many saint tombs on those ancient life-bearing planets in extraterrestrial star systems?" he asked, feeling a little expectant.

"Saints are hard to destroy, so such forbidden zones are rare, but there are always some," Li Xinghe said with a smile.

Yu Hanzhi secretly scoffed, communicating telepathically with the others, "It's important to know your place. This person won't achieve anything great. It's ridiculous that he even thinks of coveting a saint's burial ground."

"Let's go, don't overthink it," someone else transmitted. "He's very useful to us right now. Don't worry about what happens to him later."

They then delved deeper into the great tomb, seeing many stone artifacts, followed by a large number of bronze burial objects. Chu Feng was surprised. Did such things exist in ancient times? Indeed, there was a gap in civilization. Because, according to them, this Divine Khan's tomb had existed for at least tens of thousands of years. It was a vast tomb, seemingly magnificent and covering a huge area, but Chu Feng walked around it without finding anything related to cultivators. It was several football fields in size, extremely expansive.

Chu Feng returned to the surface, measured the land again, and carefully observed the terrain. He finally opened his eyes after a long period of contemplation.

"Go in," he instructed, "and once inside the great tomb, dig further down." With free labor available, he used them skillfully, feeling quite at ease. Although Liu Wucheng and the others wore smiles, they were inwardly annoyed. They had brought a domain researcher who wouldn't even lift a finger, leaving them to dig the tomb and move the soil and rocks—a menial task for descendants of divine beings.

Inside the great tomb, after inspecting every area and performing calculations, Chu Feng pinpointed a location and had the group begin digging there. They dug over a hundred zhang deep, far beyond the confines of the great tomb, heading towards the depths of the earth. Gradually, the soil changed. The area became scorching hot, the soil hard and dry, occasionally emitting sparks.

Suddenly, with a slight exertion from Liu Wucheng, the ground beneath collapsed with a roar, and flames several zhang high erupted, nearly engulfing them all. Chu Feng hadn't gone down; he watched clearly from above. The others, moving with lightning speed, rushed back up, their faces etched with anger as they glared at Chu Feng.

"Chu Feng, what's going on?! There are divine flames down there, we nearly fell into a death trap!"

"Do you even understand domains? You're safe up there, risking our lives. If anything happens to us, you won't have a good outcome!" Clearly, these were their true thoughts, and they didn't hesitate to reprimand him.

The group felt that this was similar to their last experience, having nearly died. Each of them had a gloomy expression, looking coldly at Chu Feng, unconsciously revealing their true nature.

Chu Feng said, "Don't worry, it looks dangerous, but it's actually quite safe down there."

Liu Wucheng, Yu Hanzhi, and the others' eyes flickered. They felt they had gone too far and that treating Chu Feng like that was inappropriate, so they smiled again to defuse the awkwardness.

Li Xinghe said, "Brother Chu, please don't take it to heart. We genuinely felt our lives were threatened just now and almost met with an accident, so we spoke carelessly."

"Don't worry," Chu Feng said, "this time I'll go down with you. I think I've found the right path. Beyond those flames is a pure land, and there's likely good fortune there." He then asked them to take him with them.

"Brother Chu, I'll take you down," Xu Mei said with a smile, her large eyes sparkling with allure. She put her arm around Chu Feng and descended, with the others following.

Seeing this, the toad simply sighed, muttering inwardly, *What good is being handsome? All he gets is an embrace from a pretty girl. I can jump down myself.* It then directly leaped downward.

Upon reaching the collapsed area, it was surprisingly fiery red and dazzling, with terrifyingly high temperatures.

"Jump down," Chu Feng instructed. "Beyond this fiery zone is a pure land."

The group exchanged glances, somewhat disbelieving, and none of them moved rashly.

"I'll go ahead and scout," Chu Feng said. "Remember, when you come down later, jump straight down and don't touch the distant flames." With that, he leaped down proactively. He disappeared directly from their sight.

The group's expressions turned solemn. Should they follow? Just then, the toad came down. Li Xinghe's gaze instantly turned cold. He grabbed the toad and violently threw it into the sea of fire.

"Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit..." the toad croaked. In reality, it was cursing obscenely. If Chu Feng hadn't told it to bear with it for now, it would have started a massacre long ago.

"You bastard, how dare you throw me?! I guarantee I'll beat you to death later!" the toad yelled. Of course, to the others, it just sounded like croaking.

"Why didn't you just crush it to death earlier?" Cai Ying, the Bird King, muttered.

"Not now," Yu Hanzhi whispered. "We'll kill it directly when we need it to scout again."

Just then, Chu Feng's voice came from below the flames: "Come down, it's very safe. This place is magical." Hearing this, the group hesitated again for a moment, then one by one they descended, leaping into the sea of fire.

Indeed, as they fell straight down, they passed through a layer of firelight without being burned. Then, they saw a bizarre scene. Beneath the sea of fire lay a peaceful place, warm as spring and dazzling with light, like a pure land of the gods. The ground beneath their feet gleamed with a faint golden hue, completely unlike the decaying great tomb above. Furthermore, there were no terrifying and dangerous intense flames. The place was full of light, making it hard to imagine it was deep underground.

"This is the true ancient divine tomb," Chu Feng said. "This area is the burial ground of that Divine Khan." At the same time, the collapsed area was the only way to enter the tomb, and he had found the correct path.

The group was all very surprised and now acknowledged Chu Feng's mastery of domains, treating him with much more courtesy. Chu Feng stepped forward, telling them to follow him and not to wander off.

Soon after, they were awestruck to see a faint golden radiance deep within this pure land. A coffin was suspended in the void, surrounded by meteorites arranged like stars, clustered around it in the center.

"The Great Tomb of the Divine Khan?" Liu Wucheng was very excited, eager to try, and wanted to rush forward. A divine tomb must surely contain incredibly valuable items. The coffin floated, and so did the meteorites, with light reflecting between them.

As they walked forward, they gradually felt a sense of dread. They seemed to shrink, becoming like ants, while the great tomb grew larger and larger, gradually resembling a towering mountain. Moreover, the meteorites were also magnificent and colossal, terrifyingly huge. At this moment, they looked up at the distant sky, at the suspended coffin, as if gazing at a galaxy.

"A divine tomb, absolutely an ancient divine tomb without a doubt!" Yu Hanzhi was shaken. "Could this place really be connected to a starry sky?!"

Chu Feng paid no attention. He felt the area around the coffin was very dangerous and didn't attempt to easily decipher the domain.

At this moment, a burst of fruit fragrance wafted from afar, so rich and fragrant it made one's mouth water. Although this pure land was dazzling with light, and even the soil glowed, plants were extremely rare. So, smelling the fruit fragrance naturally drew their attention. Far ahead, in an area where fierce flames flickered, the fruit fragrance emanated.

Li Xinghe said, "Let's go and see if there are any exotic fruits ripe. Could it be something that allows us to break the seventh genetic lock? Logically, currently revived plants haven't evolved to that level yet."

Chu Feng led the way, constantly checking for any domain traps.

They finally arrived. Amidst the flames, there was a small tree, its main trunk as thick as an arm, about three feet tall, glowing golden all over. Its leaves were like pine needles, very thin and long. Without a closer look, it resembled a golden pine tree. It bore two fruits, golden and brilliant. The fragrance grew even richer upon reaching this spot.

"Sun God Fruit?!" Li Xinghe was shocked.

"Indeed, it looks very similar," Yu Hanzhi exclaimed. "But don't these things grow on meteorites close to the sun? How could it possibly grow underground?" The Sun God Fruit was an extremely rare exotic fruit. There was only a minuscule chance for a mother tree of the Sun God Fruit to appear even on a sun-facing meteorite. Such things were incredibly hard to find. In their view, it was impossible for such a divine tree to exist underground.

Only Chu Feng knew that this underground area was very unusual, accumulating a large amount of solar fire essence. Once it erupted, nine suns would hang in the sky, and Golden Crows would cry out. He was also staring at the exotic tree, dazzlingly golden and beautiful, with dense fire essence flowing and fragrant fruit scent permeating the air, making one's mouth water. The toad immediately started drooling and quickly wiped its mouth.

Cai Ying, the Bird King, scornfully said, "Idiot!" The toad was furious, truly wanting to slap her to death!

Li Xinghe observed for a while and said, "Hmm, this isn't a true Sun God Fruit. Such things have incredibly strict growth conditions and are hard to find even on many sun-like stars. This fruit, if it undergoes long periods of nurturing by solar fire essence, might eventually transform into a Sun God Tree and bear divine fruits."

"Even so, this exotic fruit must have powerful medicinal properties," Yu Hanzhi said, her beautiful eyes blinking with immense hope and a fervent gaze. "I wonder if it can help us evolve!"

"Brother Chu, do you have a way to pick it?" Liu Wucheng asked, also showing intense eagerness. None of them dared to act rashly because the solar fire essence in that area was very dense, and they feared being burned if they tried to pick the golden fruits. Especially in such an unknown and mysterious area, they were even more hesitant to move recklessly, feeling very apprehensive.

"If I have sufficiently good materials, I might be able to try," Chu Feng said.

"Haha, Brother Chu doesn't need to worry about that," Li Xinghe said. "We've already prepared. Look, here are some rare materials." He wore a bracelet, dark gray and dull, quite unremarkable. But from it, he directly took out a large pile of magnetic stones. Without a doubt, this was a spatial artifact!

Chu Feng's eyes sparkled as he stared at the bracelet. Li Xinghe was pleased with Chu Feng's gaze. "Hmm, Brother Chu hasn't seen this before. It's carved from a rare spatial wonder stone, and its interior has a capacity of ten cubic meters." Clearly, he didn't know about Chu Feng's spatial bottle. If he had known that the Jade Nectar Bottle, after being burned once on Mount Zijin, could inexplicably hold eight hundred cubic meters of space, he would have been greedy enough to kill for it.

"Brother, no need to be envious," Li Xinghe patted Chu Feng's shoulder. "This item is indeed extraordinary. If I find another spatial wonder stone in the future, I'll give it to you."

Although Chu Feng's eyes sparkled, was it out of envy? Clearly not. He was merely eyeing a big, fat sheep. Then, Chu Feng was moved, because the magnetic stones—perhaps they should be called magnetic crystals—that were poured out were all rare materials, uncommon on Earth. He understood that these were things brought from the Arctic Primordial Magnetic Immortal Cave; perhaps only such places could produce magnetic crystals!

"Excellent, no problem," Chu Feng said happily. "I should be able to pick that precious medicine resembling a Sun God Fruit." How could he not be happy? He felt it was a pleasant surprise that he could evolve with the help of this fruit!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

Before long, Chu Feng threw out the magnetic crystals engraved with runes, placing them in different areas. Immediately, intricate patterns crisscrossed, and a domain began to form. In an instant, all the solar fire essence around the golden sapling vanished. The intense flames sank underground, drawn away by some unknown force.

"Can we pick it now?" Liu Wucheng asked impatiently.

"Not yet," Chu Feng shook his head. In fact, he could have, but he continued to carve symbols onto the magnetic crystals and threw them out, setting up another layer of the domain, making the area around the sapling hazy and gradually causing it to disappear from view.

"What's happening?" Li Xinghe frowned. That area seemed to be isolated from the outside.

"Hmm, this is the wonder of domains," Chu Feng said. "I'm diverting the solar fire essence. I'm not sure if it's working, so I'll go in and check first." The group nodded in agreement. Chu Feng seemed very cautious, slowly shuffling his feet there, finally disappearing from their sight.

Once inside, he immediately picked a golden fruit and took a bite. Instantly, a rich fragrance filled his mouth, and golden light burst forth within. The sensation was too wonderful; the fruit was exceptionally delicious.

A figure flashed, and Liu Wucheng entered, just in time to witness this scene. He was immediately enraged. "Are you f***ing looking for death?! What are you to dare touch our divine fruit? Put it down and come here to die!" He had been uneasy earlier and had quietly followed Chu Feng's path, coincidentally seeing him eat the exotic fruit.

Chu Feng instantly slapped him. It was so fast that with a *smack*, Liu Wucheng's body was sent flying sideways, blood spurting from his mouth and nose.

"So noisy," Chu Feng sneered. "I originally planned to tolerate you for a while, but you're so utterly clueless. I pick the fruit by my own ability, yet in your eyes, it's an unforgivable offense, and you treat me like a servant?" This place was isolated from the outside, so he wasn't worried about the others hearing him.

"You..." Liu Wucheng was shocked. Chu Feng could actually slap him away? Then, he leaped up, spitting out sword qi from his mouth, immediately going for the kill, and called for the people outside to come in. Unfortunately, the people outside couldn't hear him; they were separated by the domain.

Another slap. Liu Wucheng was struck across the face by Chu Feng, sending his entire body flying sideways. He was furious and indignant, his face hurting unbearably, feeling utterly humiliated.

What was going on?