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With the cultivation comparable to the Third Level of Yuan Martial Arts, Ye Feng easily dealt with the remaining two with the help of Ye Ning and Chen Xiaobing.
After slaying all three gatekeepers, Ye Feng led Ye Ning and Chen Xiaobing directly into the stone tower.
Inside the stone tower, some luggage was piled up. Ye Feng snorted coldly, drew his sword, and sliced through the luggage, discovering it was filled with supplies like dry rations and water bags.
"Those from Ning Hong clearly treat this stone tower as their stronghold. They think that just three First Level of Yuan Martial Realm warriors can protect these items; it's truly laughable!"
Without saying a word, Ye Feng cut open all the water bags and finally set fire to burn all the dry rations accumulated by the Ning Family.
Ye Ning, who had just killed someone, looked somewhat dazed at this moment, while Chen Xiaobing stared blankly at Ye Feng's actions, lost in thought.
Ye Feng glanced at Ye Ning and thought to himself, "Given Ning Er's temperament, it will probably take her some time to adapt to killing. It seems bringing her here was the right decision. After this experience, she will grow a lot when she returns to the family!"
After burning the luggage, Ye Feng cleared away the remnants on the ground and searched carefully. With the help of his spiritual awareness, he quickly discovered something unusual about the ground of the stone tower.
After simply washing it with clean water, a huge Azure Stone caught the attention of all three.
The stone was engraved with some oddly shaped characters, and in the center of the stone was a slightly protruding beast head. The beast head was carved from bronze and looked lifelike, resembling both a lion and a tiger.
An iron ring was perfectly embedded in the wide-open mouth of the Bronze Beast Head.
Ye Feng pondered for a moment before reaching out to pull on the Iron Ring.
"Rumble!" With a force of one thousand seven hundred pounds, he slowly lifted the massive Azure Stone Block.
Beneath the Azure Stone Block was an opening about a yard wide, leading down into a winding spiral of stone steps.
"Although there are dangers inside, as long as you stick close to me, you won't be in any danger!" Ye Feng had a powerful sensing ability as a cultivator and was not worried about potential dangers in the Underground Ancient City.
The two girls nodded in unison and followed Ye Feng into the cave.
Before them was pitch black, and a foul, putrid smell wafted around them. Although Ye Ning and Chen Xiaobing had decent cultivation, they were still young girls and couldn't help but feel scared in such an environment.
"Don't be afraid!" Ye Feng's footsteps were deep and powerful, showing no signs of fear on his face. In the presence of a cultivator's perception, any danger in the darkness had nowhere to hide.
Ye Ning and Chen Xiaobing were reassured by Ye Feng's demeanor, feeling much more relaxed as they closely followed him.
After a long while, Ye Feng's footsteps suddenly changed.
"We've finally reached the Ground!" Ye Ning and Chen Xiaobing sighed in relief at the same time.
Ye Feng channeled the spiritual energy from his Dantian into his eyes. Under the cover of darkness, his vision was unaffected, allowing him to easily grasp the surrounding environment.
They found themselves in a desolate open area, with soft, damp soil beneath their feet and stone walls covered in green moss surrounding them.
"Brother Ye Feng!" Ye Ning, smelling Ye Feng's scent, obediently moved closer to him.
Chen Xiaobing took out a fire stick from her pocket and lit it.
With the faint glow of the flame, both girls could see their surroundings clearly.
"Let's go. We should still be on the outskirts of the Underground Ancient City. Once we enter the Underground Ancient City, there will definitely be many mechanisms and traps. Just stick close to me, and you'll be fine!" Ye Feng turned back to remind them before stepping forward.
After walking for half an hour, the three of them stopped in front of a deep gray earthen wall. There was no door on the wall, only a circular opening about half a person high, as if it had been artificially broken open.
Ye Feng frowned slightly as he glanced at the dirty water dripping from the opening before entering the cave.
The two girls covered their noses and reluctantly followed in.
"Whoosh, whoosh!" Two sounds came from ahead, causing the girls to feel a sudden tension; the cave was narrow, leaving no room to hide.
"Ding, ding!" There were two more crisp sounds, followed by the noise of heavy objects falling to the ground.
"Brother Ye Feng!" Ye Ning exclaimed softly, fearing some danger had appeared ahead.
"It's nothing, just a small trap that I've already disarmed. You can come over directly, but don't enter the hall," Ye Feng's voice came from ahead. The two felt relieved and hurried to catch up.
On the ground lay two sharp spears. Ye Feng stood in a spacious hall, looking down at a circular pattern on the floor, seemingly pondering something.
"Yin Yang Five Elements... Qimen Dunjia... How can these things exist on this continent? Aren't they supposed to belong to cultivators?" Ye Feng focused on the ground, speaking words that Ye Ning and Chen Xiaobing couldn't understand.
"What's wrong?" Ye Ning asked softly from outside the hall.
"Nothing much. There's no way forward, but there's a mechanism here that I'm trying to decipher. Don't come closer; it might be dangerous!" Ye Feng replied without turning his head.
"Okay, we'll wait for you at the entrance!" Ye Ning nodded obediently in agreement.
"Brother Ye seems somewhat familiar with this place. Could it be that he has been here before?" Chen Xiaobing stared blankly at Ye Feng in the distance and whispered to Ye Ning.
"How is that possible?" Ye Ning shook her head vigorously and said seriously, "The Silver Moon Secret Realm was only opened once fifty years ago, and Brother Ye Feng wasn't even born then!"
Chen Xiaobing nodded and gazed at Ye Feng, who was muttering something under his breath, remaining silent for a long time.
In just two months, he had transformed from a crippled waste of Fourfold Strength into a powerful and mysterious expert of Origin Martial Realm. What exactly had happened during this time?
The mysterious aura surrounding Ye Feng had an irresistible allure for Chen Xiaobing.
"This diagram resembles the prototype of the Tai Chi Bagua Formation, but it only illustrates the principle of Five Elements Restraint without involving the mutual generation of the five elements. It's extremely simple to decipher. I was overthinking it earlier, mistaking it for a Maze set up by some cultivator!"
After studying for a long time, Ye Feng finally let out a breath. Upon entering the hall, he felt an intense sense of familiarity. After taking a few steps and triggering some simple mechanisms hidden beneath the ground, he realized he seemed to have stumbled into some kind of Maze.
However, compared to the powerful formations in the world of cultivators, this Maze was incredibly crude and simplistic. Ye Feng had initially overthought it, believing that the Maze in this hall was merely a ruse.
The Ring was divided into five areas, each with a large amount of strange characters at its center, accompanied by an extremely abstract illustration.
In the area symbolizing "Fire," the illustration depicted a roaring bonfire.
In the area representing "Earth," it transformed into a towering mountain.
Following the principle of Five Elements Restraint, Ye Feng suddenly stood up and took seven simple steps within the Ring.
With just seven steps, Ye Feng easily cracked the Maze.
Suddenly, the ground of the hall trembled, and then the central part of the Ring sank down, causing a stone pillar to rise from the depression.
"The formation diagram is poorly made, but the mechanism is not bad. I wonder what powers it!" Ye Feng scoffed slightly and focused his gaze on a red wooden box atop the stone pillar.
"You two can come in!" Ye Feng called out to the two women outside the hall and unceremoniously took the wooden box into his hands!
The two women were already deeply shocked by what appeared before them. Hearing Ye Feng's call, they hurried over.
"What was that just now? Brother, did you break another mechanism?" Ye Ning curiously looked at the wooden box in Ye Feng's hands.
"Well, it's just a simple mechanism, but I didn't expect there to be a reward!" Ye Feng smiled and nodded as he opened the wooden box in his hand.
A refreshing aroma of medicine enveloped the entire hall, and Chen Xiaobing was stunned, looking incredulously at the wooden box in Ye Feng's hands.
"The... Gathering Essence Pill, it's actually the Gathering Essence Pill!"
Inside the wooden box were ten crimson pills!
"Ten Gathering Essence Pills!" Ye Ning exclaimed, her face slightly changing.
"Is it really the Gathering Essence Pill?" Ye Feng asked with a mix of excitement and skepticism. He had only used Essence-Enhancing Pills before and had never seen what a Gathering Essence Pill looked like.
"It can't be wrong; it's the Gathering Essence Pill that martial artists in the Origin Martial Realm dream of!" Chen Xiaobing nodded repeatedly and said, "When I broke through to the Origin Martial Realm, my grandfather gave me a Gathering Essence Pill as a reward. I've kept that pill ever since and couldn't bear to use it!"
After saying that, Chen Xiaobing took out a small jade bottle from her bosom and poured out a crimson pill from it.
The shape, fragrance, and color were almost identical to the Gathering Essence Pill in Ye Feng's hand.
"I can't believe it's really the Gathering Essence Pill. I'm currently at the First Level of Yuan Martial Realm, and ordinary Essence-Enhancing Pills are no longer helpful for my cultivation. Only the Gathering Essence Pill can help me break through to the second level!" Ye Feng was overjoyed; these ten Gathering Essence Pills were exactly what he urgently needed.
"Miss Chen, since you have so many Gathering Essence Pills on hand, you won't hesitate to use the one you have. I'll give you two first, and if that's not enough, you can come to me for more!" Ye Feng took out two Gathering Essence Pills and handed them over directly.
"This... this might not be appropriate. You saved my life, and up until now, I haven't been able to help at all!" Chen Xiaobing's pretty face flushed slightly, her dark pupils misty with emotion.
Ye Feng's generosity moved her once again.
Ye Feng smiled and directly pressed the Gathering Essence Pills into Chen Xiaobing's hand, sincerely saying, "If it weren't for your help earlier in the ruins, we wouldn't have made it here so smoothly, and I certainly wouldn't have obtained these ten Gathering Essence Pills!"
"Yes, Sister Xiaobing, just accept it!" Ye Ning chimed in from the side.
The warmth from Ye Feng's hand made Chen Xiaobing's face turn as red as an apple. Fortunately, the flickering light from the fire concealed her blush, and neither Ye Feng nor Ye Ning noticed her change in expression.
"There's no time to waste; let's cultivate here!" Ye Feng said as he walked slowly to the earthen wall and suddenly unleashed the Tide Sound Palm.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The earthen wall collapsed in response, perfectly blocking the entrance to the hall.
"Ning Er, you are in charge of guarding. If there is any disturbance outside, make sure to wake us up!" Ye Feng instructed Ye Ning in a low voice.
Ye Ning naturally agreed without hesitation. She had just broken through and was still consolidating her cultivation, so there was no need for her to continue practicing. Moreover, the potency of the Gathering Essence Pill was beyond what a Martial Realm warrior's Meridian could handle.
On the wall of the hall hung several oil lamps. Chen Xiaobing carefully lit one and greeted Ye Feng and Ye Ning before finding a relatively clean corner to sit cross-legged and begin her cultivation.
Ye Feng sat directly in the middle of the stone pillars, calming his mind as he placed the wooden box he had just obtained in front of him.
"There are still eight Gathering Essence Pills left. I don't know how many I will need to break through to the second level of Origin Martial Realm, but it will definitely be more than an ordinary person!"
What he didn't realize was that for an ordinary person, breaking through from the First Level of Yuan Martial Realm to the second level would require only one Gathering Essence Pill, which would be more than enough and even somewhat wasteful. The reason Chen Xiaobing was reluctant to consume that Gathering Essence Pill was precisely because she didn't want to waste its potency.
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