380: Chapter 380: Entering the Ancient Tomb, Fifth Update!
380: Chapter 380: Entering the Ancient Tomb, Fifth Update!
Fifth update!
Listening to Ye Chenfeng and Ouyang Qingcheng’s analysis, everyone was amazed.
Suddenly, Ouyang Qingcheng quietly lifted her head and looked at Ye Chenfeng, “By the way, how did you know that the phenomenon of ‘Mid-Autumn’ which goes against nature would occur?”
Ye Chenfeng chuckled, “Just now, when I heard ‘Mid-Autumn Festival,’ I had a moment of inspiration!”
In fact, he had received a hint from an old monk, who told him that tonight he should find the ancient tomb, so Ye Chenfeng naturally associated it with the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Of course, there was also what he read in the Changsheng Tomb: Clouds beget water…, connecting everything together, naturally led to Ye Chenfeng’s understanding of the ‘water in the sky.’
“What do we do now?
Where are we going?” Ouyang Qingcheng asked, clearly regarding Ye Chenfeng as the leader.
Ye Chenfeng glanced around and pointed deeper into the Tianshan mountain range, “We need to at least get over this mountain first!
It’s obstructing our view too much!
It’s almost impossible to see the distant mountains!”
Ye Chenfeng had reasons for such judgement: he had asked the monks in the temple during the day, and they all indicated that they had never seen such a sight, which meant one thing—in this place, it was not visible!
The temple was surrounded by mountains on all sides, naturally limiting the view.
Moreover, this area was vast, with many wild species, so basically the monks didn’t need to go to that side of the mountain, and not having seen such a phenomenon was understandable.
It took the group less than an hour to finally climb to the peak of the mountain, and suddenly, the view opened up.
“Look over there!” someone shouted, and everyone turned to look in that direction.
In the distance, amidst the circle of mountains, the mist was ethereal, and an extraordinary spectacle was unfolding: within the mist, there appeared to be a curtain of water rippling, from afar hanging like the Milky Way amongst the clouds, and then the water curtain fell, but after a short while, it rose again, thus repeating the cycle.
“It really is water from the sky!”
Everyone was excited, especially Ye Chenfeng, who revealed a hint of joy in his eyes.
“Can there really be such a marvelous scene between heaven and earth?” Li Yang couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.
Ye Chenfeng glanced at him and said, “What’s so strange about that?
Look, the outer periphery of the Tianshan mountain range is all snow-clad, yet deep within Tianshan, there is such a flourishing scene, isn’t that normal?”
Li Yang nodded, “Indeed!”
The group continued on their way, sprinting towards their destination.
Here, the mountains stood steep and unrestrained, and the deep canyons and caves were terrifying.
Ordinary people couldn’t possibly come here, even adventurers would not dare to easily touch it.
But Ye Chenfeng and his companions were all experts, not to mention fully equipped.
After spending three to four hours, the group finally arrived at their destination at dawn.
Here, the spiritual energy was abundant, making it a land replete with graceful charm and continuous wonders, arrayed like stars in the sky, all precipitated over a long period of time.
With mist looming before their eyes, the group parted the clouds to see, revealing a large pond in front of them; although they could see the end from a high vantage point, it was still hundreds of meters wide.
“Boom!”
Close contact with the tidal phenomenon, everyone was shocked.
The water surface surged like a giant dragon, rising up to a height of seventy to eighty meters, revealing the strength of the tidal gravitational force.
“Where’s the fire in the water?” Ouyang Qingcheng asked softly.
“Sizzle…”
No sooner had her words fallen than the water surface turned a deep, vivid red, the color intensifying as if something was erupting from the depths of the earth.
“Boom!”
The next second, a spectacular sight occurred.
In the pond that was hundreds of meters wide, flames burst into the sky, turning into rampaging fire dragons.
Fire actually burst out from the water!
This scene almost caused everyone to drop their eyes, as this counter-natural phenomenon actually existed!
“What’s going on?” This was the question in everyone’s mind.
The previously silent thief spoke up, “Legend has it that there’s an energy beneath the Underworld, created by millions of years of accumulated coffins.
Since this is an Ancient Tomb, there must also be energy below.
Due to geothermal heat and the effect of tidal gravity, a great accumulation has erupted, turning this energy into flames.”
The thief’s legend combined with reality provided an answer, and everyone nodded their heads in agreement, finding the explanation reasonable.
“But what about the ice in the fire?” Ouyang Qingcheng asked.
Ye Chenfeng thought for a moment and couldn’t help saying, “What ice isn’t afraid of fire?”
Li Yang fell silent for a moment, then said, “To my knowledge, there is a type of Profound Ice in Changbai Mountain that has existed for thousands of years.
Though it melts in contact with fire, only a tiny part actually does.
It could be said it’s not afraid of fire!”
“Then there’s only one possibility, the fire at the bottom of the pool must be next to Profound Ice, the tomb must be within the Profound Ice!” Ye Chenfeng said.
“So we’re going in?” Ouyang Qingcheng asked.
Ye Chenfeng nodded, “It looks like we have no other choice!”
Everyone got their oxygen tanks and other equipment ready.
After the pool stopped emitting flames, they all stood on the edge and jumped in together.
“Splosh!…”
Bursts of water splashed up, then there was silence.
Just as Ye Chenfeng and the others had jumped into the pool, a group of people appeared at the location, clearly following them.
The pool was very deep, and it took a lot of effort for everyone to reach the bottom.
Waves of piercing cold hit them, and if they hadn’t prepared in advance, they probably would have frozen to death.
“Hmm?” A large cave suddenly appeared in front of them, surrounded by blocks of ice, which must be the Thousand Years Profound Ice.
“Boom boom boom…”
They fell into the cave, and once inside, they found themselves on flat ground, with the large cave above them.
But it was strange that there was no water flowing down from the cave, as if there was a barrier of some sort.
Everyone looked up at the cave, their eyes filled with surprise.
“That must be the ice from the water, right?”
Looking around, they realized they had come to a world of ice.
Ice surrounded them on all sides, above and below, as if they were inside an ice mountain.
What was even more astonishing was that it wasn’t cold at all, unlike the terrible icy water of the pool above.
“Everyone be careful now, we may have already arrived at the location of the tomb!” Ye Chenfeng warned, and everyone became more vigilant.
“It’s all up to you now, thief!” Ouyang Qingcheng’s eyes were full of hope.
The thief, wearing a long white robe, walked at the forefront, holding the Compass in his hand, with the spoon inside spinning rapidly before it pointed in a direction.
“I sense the presence of a tomb!
It’s right ahead!” the thief whispered, leading the way.
Ye Chenfeng and Ouyang Qingcheng followed behind, Bai Jie and the other two women wielded long swords, protecting Ouyang Qingcheng, while Li Yang brought up the rear.
The group moved towards the direction indicated by the Compass.