Chapter 43 - The Location of the Golden Crow Sixth Prince's Corpse
Chapter 43 The Location of the Golden Crow Sixth Prince’s Corpse
After a round of discussion, everyone turned their eyes toward the light gate leading to the second level of the Golden Crow Secret Realm. Each person felt nervous and uneasy.
If the second level was already this terrifying before even stepping inside, wouldn’t it be even more frightening within?
“Yueying, how about waiting until your cultivation is stronger before going in?” Xiao Ding asked with concern.
Xiao Yueying shook her head and said firmly, “I’m going in now. Father, please take the guards and stand further back, just in case something unexpected happens.”
“Well… alright then.”
Knowing his daughter’s temperament, Xiao Ding didn’t try to persuade her further. He didn’t act recklessly either. Though he was her elder, Xiao Yueying’s cultivation was clearly far superior to his, and she had a much better chance of protecting herself.
Once the Xiao clan members had all retreated, Xiao Yueying took a deep breath and forcefully pushed open the gate to the second level. Behind the light gate, a pitch-black tunnel appeared before her eyes.
A surge of intense heat mixed with a rich wave of spiritual energy rushed towards her, instantly forcing Xiao Yueying to stumble back several steps.
“The spiritual energy here is so dense—it’s almost comparable to a Minor Spirit Realm! There must be a great treasure on the second level of this secret realm!”
Yan Fei’s voice rang out in Xiao Yueying’s mind, sounding extremely excited.
A trace of delight flickered in Xiao Yueying’s eyes as she activated her Golden Crow Veil and stepped towards the passageway.
Though the heat was intense, it had no effect on her whatsoever. Xiao Ding, seeing Xiao Yueying taking the lead, clenched his teeth and followed her in. The others exchanged glances, encouraged one another, and one after another, entered the passage as well.
No one knew how long they had walked before Xiao Yueying’s eyes suddenly brightened. A vast underground world unfolded before her eyes.
Molten red lava covered the ground, flowing slowly and pooling into massive lava lakes. From time to time, fiery serpents would coil up and shoot more than ten meters into the air, exploding in midair with brilliant bursts.
“This—this spiritual energy is insane! It’s at least a hundred times denser than the outside world!”
Xiao Ding, upon entering the second level, cried out in astonishment.
“A supreme blessed land! This is truly a supreme blessed land! Thank the ancestors in heaven for watching over the Xiao Clan!”
Xiao Yun followed closely behind and immediately dropped to his knees, bowing to the heavens. No one understood the value of this secret realm better than these clan leaders!
Spiritual energy a hundred times more concentrated than the outside meant cultivation speed could increase a hundredfold. For a clan, this was an immeasurable treasure.
If they could hold onto this place, in less than ten years, the Xiao Clan could rise to become the most powerful family in the entire Chixiao Divine Dynasty!
“Heavens, such rich spiritual energy!”
“I just casually took a breath, and I could feel my cultivation rise a little!”
“If we transplanted some fire-type spirit herbs here, they’d become supreme-grade within a year!”
“With this secret realm, our Xiao Clan is destined to rise!”
“Even ordinary people living here, breathing in this spiritual energy every day, could probably live sixty years longer!”
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More and more disciples of the Xiao family entered the second layer of the secret realm, and without exception, all were shocked by the rich spiritual energy within. The outside world was simply too barren.
Most people could only absorb a small amount of spiritual energy each day during cultivation. Although they could rely on external aids like spiritual herbs or spirit-gathering arrays, those required a great number of spirit stones—something ordinary people simply couldn’t afford.
For these average Xiao family disciples, just having double the usual spiritual energy would be enough to make them overjoyed. But here, the spiritual energy density was nearly a hundred times greater than the outside world!
“Be careful, don’t get close to the lava pool!”
Out of the corner of her eye, Xiao Yueying spotted a Xiao family disciple making a wrong move and immediately flew forward. Just as she moved, a three-headed fire python suddenly burst out from the lava pool. It was over three meters long, and its steel-like tail whipped fiercely towards the disciple.
Solar Divine Fist!
Xiao Yueying descended from the air, raising a hand towards the sky. A violent surge of energy erupted from her palm—as if she were holding a blazing sun, radiant and dazzling, crashing down with overwhelming force.
Boom!!
Her fist aura struck the three-headed fire python right in the midsection, sending it flying onto the shore from the sheer force of the impact.
“Roar… roar…”
The fire python rolled on the ground, blood pouring from its body, revealing a large, gaping wound on its abdomen. The Xiao family disciple, having narrowly escaped death, was trembling all over from the shock and repeatedly thanked Xiao Yueying.
“It’s fine, just be more careful next time.”
Xiao Yueying replied casually, but her eyes remained locked on the three-headed fire python.
“Teacher, did you notice something unusual?”
Xiao Yueying communicated with Yan Fei through divine sense.
“Mm, go up and take a closer look,” Yan Fei said, trying hard to suppress her excitement.
Xiao Yueying soared into the air once more, unleashing her divine fist again, striking down with overwhelming force.
“Rip—Rip—”
The three-headed fire python, already severely wounded, could only watch helplessly as Xiao Yueying’s fist aura crashed down. Its three heads were instantly incinerated into ashes. Xiao Yueying ignored the dead three-headed fire python and immediately crouched down to inspect its abdomen.
There, a large hole had been blasted open, continuously gushing blood. But mixed in with that crimson blood were wisps of blue-green flame.
“This is it! The same divine fire we saw in the illusion earlier—the Golden Crow Sixth Prince’s natal divine fire!” Xiao Yueying said excitedly, pinching a few strands of the blue-green flame.
“This fire python lived in a magma pool, and there’s residual Golden Crow divine fire in its belly. That means the divine fire must be at the bottom of the magma pool!” Yan Fei quickly added.
Xiao Yueying’s eyes instantly lit up with intense heat. She thought of another possibility. The Golden Crow divine fire was the Sixth Prince’s natal fire.
If the divine fire was at the bottom of the magma pool—then what about the Golden Crow Sixth Prince himself?
Could it be… that the corpse of the Sixth Prince was also at the bottom of that magma pool?
At that thought, Xiao Yueying’s heart pounded wildly.
That was the corpse of the Golden Crow Emperor Jun’s own son, infused with the royal bloodline of the Golden Crows—its value was immeasurable!