Son-in-law Heaven Emperor Xiao Yi

The routes marked on the parchment were extremely detailed.

In just half a day, Xiao Yi had entered the main burial chamber. At each of the four corners of the main tomb was a green lantern that had been burning for at least five hundred years, judging by the time of Wang Tianqi's disappearance.

That they still shone brightly was truly astonishing!

There were two corpses within the ancient tomb.

They must have been martial artists from the Tao Tribulation Realm of the Tianlan Kingdom and the Purple Robe Kingdom, captured alongside Wang Tianqi to construct the ancient tomb, only to die right on this spot, unfortunately.

Their Martial Dao Divine Fruits lay quietly within the skulls.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Xiao Yi collected each of the Martial Dao Divine Fruits, "Just these three Martial Dao Divine Fruits are worth a fortune, I'm afraid they might be even more valuable than all the gains of Zhou Yuan and Gu the elder at the peak of the Golden Elixir Realm..."

Just as Xiao Yi had thought...

The treasures obtained by Zhou Yuan and Gu Junhe weren't many. After all, the ancient tombs in the Tao Tribulation Realm outside were just a decoy, and all their treasures combined couldn't compare to a single Martial Dao Divine Fruit.

Plus, as the peak Golden Elixir Realm martial artists divided the treasures among themselves, each person's share was not significant.

But Xiao Yi alone had obtained three Martial Dao Divine Fruits!

What's more important was...

The most precious and mysterious thing in the entire burial ground was the bronze ancient coffin at the very center!

The four corners of the bronze ancient coffin each had a divine beast statue, modeled after the images of The Four Divine Beasts: Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, supporting the ancient coffin.

The coffin was covered with a myriad of mysterious runes, with strange patterns connected to each other, emitting a faint golden glow.

Ancient, vicissitudes of time, heavy, solemn, mysterious!

Little Lin shrunk in Xiao Yi's arms, although this little guy had just been born, it already possessed the strength comparable to a third-order high-level demon beast.

Definitely considered gifted!

Its little eyes stared at the ancient coffin, gently flicking its tongue as if asking Xiao Yi what was inside.

Xiao Yi rubbed Little Lin's head and placed his hands on the bronze ancient coffin.

Clang!

The lid of the coffin was suddenly flung open by him.

A surge of golden light shot up into the sky, obscuring the entire tomb. When the light quietly dimmed, what lay within the ancient coffin was revealed before Xiao Yi.

"This…"

Xiao Yi was dumbfounded.

Inside the ancient coffin, the burial wasn't a corpse but a pitch-black jade box, and surrounding the jade box were luminous, transparent stones that glittered with spiritual light.

Spirit Stones!

The word surfaced in Xiao Yi's mind.

These Spirit Stones, which could only form in spirit veins where the heavenly and earth's essence was incredibly condensed, were categorized into lower, middle, upper, and top grades.

But even the lowest grade Spirit Stone was worth a fortune!

According to what Xiao Yi knew, a single lower-grade Spirit Stone, if converted to gold coins, was worth a hundred thousand, and they were priceless!

Besides the jade box in the ancient coffin, there were over a thousand lower-grade Spirit Stones, more than a hundred middle-grade ones, and even ten upper-grade ones!

To put it bluntly...

Just these Spirit Stones alone exceeded the gains of Zhou Yuan and others!

"What's inside this jade box?" Xiao Yi collected the Spirit Stones and held the jade box, attempting to discover its secrets.

Yet, despite all his efforts, he couldn't open it.

"To compel an existence suspected from the Dharma Manifestation Realm, or even the Longevity Secret Realm, to abduct three martial artists from the Tao Tribulation Realm to construct a tomb and bury it, this cannot be an ordinary item! I'll take it back and find a way to open it later!"

Xiao Yi stored the jade box away.

He sat cross-legged before the ancient coffin.

He took out a lower-grade Spirit Stone and circulated his mysterious arts as a stream of pure heavenly and earthly essence flowed into his body. This energy was vast and pure, immediately swallowed up.

"No wonder all martial artists are so eager for Spirit Stones; this is indeed an excellent aid for cultivation!" Spirit Stones were the essence of heaven and earth condensed to the extreme, materialized into substance.

The energy within was purer than that of the dantian and medicinal pills.

Xiao Yi kept devouring them.

A single lower-grade Spirit Stone was equivalent to ten days of arduous cultivation, and at Xiao Yi's current level of cultivation, he could devour a lower-grade Spirit Stone in about half an incense stick's time.

One by one, the Spirit Stones in his hands were refined.

Xiao Yi's cultivation level also kept rising, and in the blink of an eye, seven days had passed. Xiao Yi had devoured more than a thousand lower-grade Spirit Stones.

His cultivation level had broken through to the Four Layer of the Golden Elixir Realm!

As the accumulated essence of the Four Layer of the Golden Elixir Realm surged wildly into the God Sealing Seed within his body, Xiao Yi's God Sealing Seed gained another fifteen thousand seeds, reaching a total of twenty thousand!

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Twenty thousand God Sealing Seeds reflected the power of divinity, causing Xiao Yi's combat strength to swell once again.

With his current level of combat strength...

Even without using the Blood Explosion Skill, he can effortlessly crush a Seventh Layer of the Golden Elixir Realm expert, and when he exercises his full power, even an Eighth Layer of the Golden Elixir Realm opponent might be a match!

"The time is almost up; they should have entered the ancient tomb by now!" A cold gleam flashed across Xiao Yi's eyes.

He then left the true main tomb according to the secret passage indicated on the parchment.

The exit of the main tomb turned out to be beneath the stele at the entrance to the false tomb.

Only from the inside could the stele be flipped; from the outside, it gave away no signs at all. As Xiao Yi left the secret passage, the stele reverted to its original state.

"This must be the false tomb designed to mislead the world. Judging by Ye Feng and their speed, they should be in here…" Standing at the entrance to the false tomb, Xiao Yi pondered for a moment before stepping inside.

The tomb passage was long and narrow, with traps destroyed by brute force visible everywhere – clearly the handiwork of Zhou Yuan and the others.

He continued on his way.

The scent of blood in the air grew stronger.

Xiao Yi slowed his pace, spotting many corpses along the way, mostly from the Purple Robe Kingdom, causing him to frown: "Why are people from the Purple Robe Kingdom dying here?"

Suddenly...

Intense sounds of fighting came from ahead, and Yue Ling'er's exasperated voice could be heard: "Ling Feng, how dare you kill my subordinates? Aren't you afraid of my cousin punishing you for your crimes?"

"Hehe, His Highness the Seventh Prince is strong and a powerful contender for the Crown Prince position, one who my Nine Profound Sect cannot afford to offend. However, a dead prince has no standing to punish me, right?" Ling Feng's voice was smug and fearless.

The Nine Profound Sect was already supporting the eldest prince.

Now that Ye Feng and Zhang Tianyi had joined forces against Jiang Tai, putting him in danger of not being able to protect himself, Ling Feng naturally became even more brazen.

Yue Ling'er, with her back against the rocky walls of the tomb passage, had a trace of crimson at the corner of her mouth, her eyes filled with despair: "Cousin... I told you not to seek revenge for Xiao Yi. You wouldn't listen, and now look where we are... We're all going to die here..."

The moment Jiang Tai learned of Xiao Yi's "death," he immediately sought out Ye Feng and fought him.

But with Zhang Tianyi's support, Ye Feng not only avoided death at Jiang Tai's hands but instead the two of them teamed up to attack Jiang, forcing him into a retreat to the inside of the ancient tomb.

Yue Ling'er intervened to help Jiang Tai, which resulted in the death of her own subordinates.

And now, even she faced death at Ling Feng's hands.

"Time to depart!"

With a malevolent laugh, Ling Feng raised his hand, and the sharp blade thrust straight at Yue Ling'er.

It was at this critical juncture...

A figure suddenly appeared in front of Yue Ling'er, and with a clang, Ling Feng's fierce sword thrust was blocked.

The tomb passage fell into dead silence, with not a sound to be heard.

Yue Ling'er's phoenix eyes opened slightly wide, her large, watery eyes fluttering in shock. Ling Feng was slack-jawed, his sword firmly clamped between two fair fingers, trapped and unable to advance or retreat!

Both individuals stared at the figure before them in disbelief, uttering his name: "Xiao... Xiao Yi?"

Xiao Yi slowly lifted his head, the corners of his mouth lifting as he looked at Ling Feng: "We meet again!"

"You... you're not dead?"

Ling Feng drew in a sharp breath.

Xiao Yi replied indifferently, "I'm not dead. Does that disappoint you?"

"How could that be? Heh, I'm too pleased for words that you're alive..."

Ling Feng recovered from his initial shock, then sneered, "I was regretting not being able to kill you with my own hands. Now, you can go die!"

Whoosh!

Ling Feng's weapon tore through the air, a mighty strike descending swiftly.

"Be careful!"

Yue Ling'er yelled out a warning.

Yet Xiao Yi merely raised his hand and sent out a finger strike.

Hum!

That one finger, like the reemergence of a peerless divine sword in this world, clashed with a clang against Ling Feng's assault, then with a thud pierced Ling Feng's brow.

Thump!

Ling Feng's body shuddered, his face still twisted in ferocity, but now devoid of life!

Hiss!

Yue Ling'er inhaled sharply, speechless and with eyes wide open in astonishment.

Ling Feng, a Sixth Layer of the Golden Elixir Realm martial artist, had been killed by a single finger from Xiao Yi?

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