Chapter 522: Chapter 522: Spirit Origin Realm, Sacrificial Divine Mountain, Ten Thousand Year Spirit Corpse
“That is a medium-sized spiritual vein.”
Gong Qingqiu felt the spiritual intent rushing toward her, and made a judgment.
Such a level of spiritual vein wasn’t high, being only equivalent to the Spirit Sea Realm, what treasures could it possibly nurture?
Gong Qingqiu was very curious.
Since entering the secret realm, she had been puzzled.
This place, besides being a bit larger in space, did not match the other characteristics associated with the “Divine Origin Realm secret realm”.
In Gong Qingqiu’s view, this secret realm could at most be considered a Spirit Sea Realm-level secret realm.
Even if there were to be some gains, they wouldn’t be significant.
On the Spirit Snake Flying Boat.
Ye Feng looked at the mountain range surrounded by forests, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and said, “This mountain range is not a medium-sized spiritual vein, but a genuine large-sized spiritual vein.”
“Hmm?”
The others all showed a look of surprise.
Li Zilong released his spiritual sense, sweeping the area, and found that the concentration of spiritual energy in the mountain range wasn’t high, similar only to that of a medium-sized spiritual vein.
How could such a place be a large-sized spiritual vein?
Although doubtful, since Ye Feng had personally said so, they didn’t dare to voice their skepticism.
Ye Feng pointed at the mountain range, and said, “What you can sense now is merely the surface; I, on the other hand, have seen through the appearance to the essence.”
That was the wonder of the Eye of Insight.
Beneath the mountain range.
There laid an ancient large-sized spiritual vein, which had been transplanted from the outside world and was encased within an ancient formation, devouring more than eighty percent of the spiritual energy from the spiritual vein.
“Sect Master Uncle, what is going on?”
Li Jiaojiao couldn’t help but ask.
She had two kitchen knives slung at her waist.
While Wang Ping’an carried a black wok on his back, standing nearby; the two of them together seemed just like the “Misty Sect Kitchen Squad.”
“There is a formation that has absorbed the spiritual energy of the large-sized spiritual vein, so the concentration of spiritual energy you can sense is not high, only equivalent to that of a medium-sized spiritual vein,” explained Ye Feng.
Upon hearing this, everyone displayed a look of sudden realization on their faces.
In mid-air.
The three Element Gathering Realm elders from the ancient village overheard the conversation between Ye Feng and the others, and couldn’t help but look at each other incredulously.
They had thrived in these three ancient villages for over ten thousand years, so how come they had never heard that the spiritual vein at the center of the mountain range was a large-sized one?
“Let’s go check it out!”
Ye Feng waved his big hand, controlling the Spirit Snake Flying Boat to cross dozens of miles to reach directly above the mountain range.
But just as the Spirit Snake Flying Boat was descending, it encountered an invisible force that resisted its approach.
“Sect Master, what happened?”
Gong Qingqiu and some others followed over.
Behind them were the three Element Gathering Realm elders.
“Elders, you are unaware, but this mountain range is our Spirit Origin Realm’s ‘Sacrificial Divine Mountain’, with a natural barrier that can lock the spiritual energy inside and prevent outsiders from entering,” someone explained.
“Indeed!”
“Even for us from the three ancient villages, we can only enter the mountain and pay homage during the annual sacrificial ceremony,” the three elders explained in turn.
Ye Feng nodded slightly.
He turned his head, looking in other directions.
Above the other two ancient villages, several lights of escape were rapidly approaching. In a short while, the figures of six Element Gathering Realm elders came into view, each of them clasping fists towards Ye Feng and his group.
“We meet again, elders.”
When Ye Feng and his group entered the secret realm, they realized that they could no longer just take care of themselves.
So, they decisively flew over.
“Your large Cave Heaven World is called the Spirit Origin Realm?” Ye Feng asked, remembering the words of a previous elder.
“Yes.”
All nine Element Gathering Realm elders present nodded at the same time.
They were the “high-end combat power” of the Spirit Origin Realm.
The strongest among them had already reached the fifth layer of the Element Gathering Realm, which outside would be deemed the level of a One-Star Forces Sect Master.
But in front of the dreadfully powerful people of the Misty Sect, although they appeared calm on the surface, they were actually flustered.
In normal times, outsiders coming in would definitely be met with resistance.
But now, resist?
That’s just the Old Man of Longevity hanging himself because he thinks his life is too long.
“How much do you understand about this world?” Ye Feng looked at the nine elder Element Gathering Realm experts and asked.
The nine elders exchanged glances.
After a moment, the fifth layer Element Gathering Realm elder clasped his hands and said, “We have lived in this world generation after generation, following the ancestral teachings and offering sacrifices to the burial sites of Divine Spirits within the mountains every year.”
“Do you have any strange customs?” Ye Feng pressed on.
This was something that interested him.
“Yes.”
“The beings of the Spirit Origin Realm, once fallen, are generally gathered together. Then, during the annual sacrifice period to the Divine Spirits, they are all transported to the mountains as offerings.”
“Apart from that, no.”
“And this seems to be an ancestral teaching as well,” the elders explained.
Hearing this, Ye Feng understood everything.
He lowered his head, looking down at the mountain range below, and could see a burial site in the center of the mountains.
There, massive steps had been constructed, extending from the foot of the mountain to the summit, which was hidden by a mystical fog, preventing others from seeing anything inside.
Only Ye Feng could see clearly.
“It’s time to unveil the mystery.”
Murmuring to himself, Ye Feng took out the Wind Spirit Pearl and released a wisp of Wind Element Spirit Energy, merging it into the fog below.
Whoosh!
A sound like waves washing over sand arose.
The fog surrounding the entire “Sacrificial Divine Mountain” began to evaporate as if angry dragons were surging towards the sky, vanishing in an instant.
The scene at the mountain’s peak was suddenly revealed.
“Hiss!”
The onlookers gazing at the scene in front of the white tombstone on the peak were immediately shocked.
There, piled up like mountains, were countless corpses!
Some corpses had slid down from the summit, forming a thick layer on the mountainside, which was shockingly vast from a distance.
“These are the corpses accumulated over ten thousand years,” said an elder.
Over the years, they too had transported countless corpses to Sacrificial Divine Mountain, and if not for the majority of the corpses having decayed over time, there would be several times more.
“Sect Master, this place is kind of gloomy and terrifying…” Ji Ziling couldn’t help but clutch Ye Feng’s sleeve, trembling.
“It’s alright,” Ye Feng said.
The corner of his mouth lifted slightly.
Because during the course of the conversation, he had finally deciphered all the prohibitions within the Sacrificial Divine Mountain below.
From the moment he entered the Spirit Origin Realm, he had noticed the extraordinariness of the Sacrificial Divine Mountain.
It contained many large, even super-large ancient Array Patterns, profound and extraordinary, certainly not something that a Divine Origin Realm expert could set up—these were at least by the hand of a Void Break Realm expert.
For this reason, even with his insight, it took the time of one cup of tea to unravel them.
“Open!”
Ye Feng released a wisp of Wind Element Spirit Energy.
Swoosh!
It was like a sharp sword, striking a particular spot on Sacrificial Divine Mountain, causing the whole mountain range to tremble violently, splitting in two from the middle and shifting sideways to reveal a valley.
Whoosh!
A large amount of corpses fell into the valley, shattering on the ground.
However, everyone was too preoccupied to care about the fate of those corpses, their attention fixed on the deepest part of the valley.
There lay a massive coffin!
It was five zhang tall, three zhang wide, and ten zhang long, emitting an imposing Spiritual Energy, comparable to the large Spiritual Vein of the Misty Sect.
“It really is a large Spiritual Vein!”
“But why is the core of this Spiritual Vein a white jade coffin?”
The crowd stared at the coffin, recognizing it as the core of the Spiritual Vein of Divine Mountain.
“Someone deliberately fashioned the Spiritual Vein Core into a coffin because, having died, they wanted to bury their corpse within it, hoping to nurture the spirit body with the pure Spiritual Energy and attempt to live a second life.”
Ye Feng explained.
“What?”
“Live a second life?”
Upon hearing this, all were immensely shocked.