923: Chapter 916: Treasure Trove!
923: Chapter 916: Treasure Trove!
Five days later.
Ye Chenfeng and Xia Zining arrived at the majestic mountain which belonged to the top forces.
Five days earlier, after Ye Chenfeng had accompanied Sun Boyi, Ji Dingtian, and others in paying respects to the disciples of the Devastating Gate and the Ghost Doctor Sect, and after several discussions along with Ye Chenfeng’s repeated insistence, Sun Boyi and the others finally agreed to let Ye Chenfeng and Xia Zining go to the top forces first.
Meanwhile, Sun Boyi and the members of the Wing Guard Team stayed in the Desolate Cloud Mountain Range to wait for news.
Over these five days, with Ye Chenfeng accompanying Xia Zining, their speed of traveling was greatly increased.
Xia Zining led the way, taking routes that were extremely secluded, and they encountered no danger along the way.
Ye Chenfeng and Xia Zining looked at the grand mountain in front of them, surrounded by dense forests, with various birdsong occasionally drifting from the trees—it could be said that this place was rarely visited by humans.
Ye Chenfeng looked at the mountain in front of him which, apart from being grand, seemed to have nothing particularly special.
He asked, “Xia Zining, is your sect’s treasure trove here?”
Silently, Xia Zining nodded, her face tinged with a hint of sorrow, perhaps recalling some sad memories.
She walked to the center of this mountain.
At the central point, towering trees grew thickly, almost splitting the entire mountain in two.
Xia Zining then turned her head towards Ye Chenfeng and said, “Ye Chenfeng, follow me.”
After seeing Xia Zining enter the dense cluster of towering trees, Ye Chenfeng hurriedly followed her steps.
After winding through these trees a few times, a vast valley suddenly opened up before Ye Chenfeng and Xia Zining.
Xia Zining explained succinctly, “Those towering trees outside were transplanted here by the elders of my sect.
The arrangement of those trees is very particular; other people generally wouldn’t discover this valley.
However, my master taught me the walking route to enter this valley.”
Ye Chenfeng, observing this unique valley, was now somewhat curious about what treasures lay within Xia Zining’s sect’s treasure trove?
He remembered that Xia Zining had mentioned there was an extremely profound martial arts secret in her sect’s treasure trove.
To unleash its greatest potential, this martial arts secret had to be practiced with a truly peerless genius, which was initially why Xia Zining had resolved to approach Ye Chenfeng.
But many things had happened since then, and Xia Zining no longer expected Ye Chenfeng to cultivate that martial arts secret with her.
She simply wanted Ye Chenfeng to accompany her to this spot—the sect’s treasure trove—and originally, her approach towards Ye Chenfeng had been a spur-of-the-moment decision.
She also wasn’t comfortable with the idea of casually offering her body to a man.
The valley’s space was quite vast, with a small pond in the middle, and the ground was covered with various flowers and plants.
The air was filled with a faint fragrance; taking a deep breath made one feel instantly refreshed.
Xia Zining walked to the small pond in the valley, bent down, and began searching around on the ground for something, while Ye Chenfeng just stood by silently watching.
Shortly, a look of joy appeared on Xia Zining’s face.
She crouched down on the ground, stretched out her jade hand, and plucked a few wild grasses from the ground, revealing a “moon-shaped” groove.
Xia Zining took off a “moon-shaped” jade pendant that hung in front of her neck and placed it directly into the groove—which fit perfectly.
The moment the jade pendant settled into the groove, the ground in the valley trembled slightly, and the water in the small pond began to recede visibly fast.
About five minutes later, not a single drop of water remained in the pond.
“Rumble!
Rumble!
Rumble!”
After the water in the small pond mysteriously disappeared, a dull and heavy sound suddenly echoed through the valley.
Before long, the mountain wall in front of the pond slowly cracked open, revealing a thick and massive stone gate.
Xia Zining and Ye Chenfeng immediately approached the stone gate, which had two handprint-shaped indentations.
Xia Zining said, “Ye Chenfeng, let’s both place our hands in these indentations and then circulate the power within our bodies together.”
“This stone gate is called the Yin Yang Gate, which can only be opened with the power of both Yin and Yang.
That’s why I had always wanted to bring you here.
Even though I could reach this place alone, I wouldn’t be able to open the Yin Yang Gate by myself,” Xia Zining explained, already placing her right hand in one of the indentations.
Without hesitation, Ye Chenfeng extended his hand and placed it in the other indentation.
As Ye Chenfeng and Xia Zining circulated the power within their bodies, the stone gate began to tremble slightly and slowly moved to the left, creating a gap just wide enough for a person to pass through, and then the gate ceased moving.
Xia Zining led the way into the gate, and behind it, the space was pitch black.
Following behind Xia Zining, Ye Chenfeng quickly pulled a lighter out of his pocket, using its flame to briefly light the way.
After lighting his lighter, Ye Chenfeng spotted a dusty table nearby strewn with many candles.
Hastily, he lit four candles, and the space behind the stone gate suddenly brightened up.
While Ye Chenfeng and Xia Zining were observing their surroundings, the stone gate, which had moved aside to create a gap, suddenly and quickly closed on its own, catching them off-guard.
Seeing the gate close by itself, Ye Chenfeng quickly asked, “Xia Zining, what’s going on?”
Xia Zining shook her head and said, “This is my first time here too, so I don’t know what’s happening.
But don’t worry, my master won’t harm me.
He sent me here because there’s a martial arts technique hidden here that requires a man and a woman to cultivate together, and ideally, it should be with an unparalleled genius to maximize its effectiveness.”
“Ye Chenfeng, rest assured, I won’t make you cultivate it with me.
Once we obtain this martial arts technique, there will be no further ties between us, and I won’t follow you anymore.”
“According to my master, the martial arts technique hidden here is extremely special, left here by the founder of our sect.
I wonder what kind of technique it could be?”
Listening to Xia Zining’s relentless speech, Ye Chenfeng casually shrugged his shoulders and said, “Requires both a man and a woman to cultivate?
Could it be the legendary Dual Cultivation Technique?”
Dual Cultivation Technique?
Hearing this term, Xia Zining fiercely glared at Ye Chenfeng and said, “Can’t your thoughts be less filthy?
How could our sect’s founder leave behind such a shameless cultivation technique?”
Saying this, Xia Zining no longer bothered with Ye Chenfeng.
The space behind the stone gate was about the size of a room.
On one wall hung a painting with the powerful characters “Peerless Cultivation Technique.”
Xia Zining took down the painting hanging on the wall, and on the back was clearly written the cultivation method for the extraordinary technique.
At the very top, it read “Dual Cultivation Technique” in bold characters, followed by densely packed smaller characters detailing the method, causing Xia Zining’s cheeks to flush pink with her teeth biting tightly on her lip.
Ye Chenfeng walked up beside Xia Zining, glanced at the painting in her hands, and when he saw the method for Dual Cultivation Technique, he casually remarked, “Looks like your sect’s founder really was shameless!
At least more depraved in thought than me.”