Divine Wind?

Shi Kang's gaze locked tightly onto the Stone Gate.

The Stone Gate faintly emitted strange spatial fluctuations, and its surface was covered by a Seal. Relying on his intuition, Shi Kang felt that the Seal did not seem particularly strong.

He turned to Yun Shan beside him and asked, "How did you get inside back then?"

Yun Shan froze slightly before slowly replying, "The Gate of Death was left behind by Yun Potian, the founding ancestor of our Misty Cloud Sect. To enter it, one must first gain the Gate of Death's recognition."

Shi Kang had also heard Yun Potian's name before. He seemed to have been a Dou Zun.

Shi Kang thought that Yun Potian had most likely discovered the secret hidden here first, which was why he had deliberately founded a sect here and set up this Stone Gate to conceal the secret within.

With that thought, Shi Kang's eyes turned cold as he ordered Shi Fei beside him, "Shi Fei, break open this Stone Gate!"

Shi Fei was a High-level Half-Saint. In his eyes, breaking down a gate left behind by a Dou Zun was effortless. Why would he need to obtain the Gate of Death's recognition?

"Yes, Young Clan Leader!" Shi Fei answered without hesitation.

Shi Kang had always maintained a degree of caution toward unknown things and did not dare to try breaking the gate himself.

Who knew whether some powerful force might suddenly suck him in the moment the Stone Gate was destroyed?

Wasn't that how those novels always went?

Besides, he had personally experienced something similar once in the Stone Realm Scripture Pavilion.

It was safer to leave such risky matters to his subordinates.

To be safe, Shi Kang even took several steps back.

He comforted himself inwardly. He was mainly worried that Shi Fei would not have enough room to fight, definitely not because he was afraid.

After receiving the order, Shi Fei took a step forward, his imposing aura surging forth.

His massive fist carried the force of a collapsing mountain and crashing sea as it ruthlessly smashed toward the Gate of Death.

Crack! A crisp sound rang out.

Yun Potian had ultimately only been a Dou Zun. How strong could the Stone Gate and Seal he had left behind possibly be?

Thus, the instant Shi Fei's fist struck the Stone Gate, it shattered like fragile glass. The Seal upon it also vanished without a trace beneath that fierce punch.

Watching his sect's inherited sacred ground be so easily destroyed, Yun Shan could only stare helplessly from the side.

Once the Stone Gate shattered, the Gate of Death finally revealed its true form.

It was a cyan halo, slowly circulating with mysterious light.

"Young Clan Leader, this should be an entrance!" Shi Fei said, pointing at the cyan halo.

Shi Kang nodded, secretly thinking that it was indeed just as he had guessed. The Stone Gate and Seal had been arranged by Yun Potian to conceal what lay within.

Shi Fei added, "To be safe, shall I scout ahead first?"

Although Shi Fei did not sense any dangerous aura within, he still volunteered to scout ahead for the Young Clan Leader's safety.

This suited Shi Kang perfectly. Naturally, he did not refuse, merely nodding as he said, "Mm. Be careful."

Shi Fei then stepped into the cyan halo.

Shi Kang and the others waited patiently outside.

Before long, Shi Fei emerged from within completely unharmed.

Shi Kang thought that there seemed to be no danger inside.

"Shi Fei, what is inside?"

"Reporting to the Young Clan Leader, this entrance is a Space Wormhole leading to a valley. The Wind Attribute Dou Qi inside is extremely dense," Shi Fei answered respectfully. "I could sense that the deeper I went into the valley, the denser the Wind Attribute Energy became. So I went to investigate, and I found this at the deepest part of the valley."

As he spoke, Shi Fei spread open his palm, revealing a spherical object about the size of a palm.

It was a cyan ball of energy, with strands of patterns resembling cyan wind blades flowing across its surface. It emitted an extremely dense Wind Attribute aura and was clearly no ordinary object.

Before Shi Kang could take a closer look at what it was, Zi Yan excitedly jumped up and shouted, "Shi Kang, that's right! This is what I sensed!"

Shi Kang asked with a puzzled expression, "What is this?"

He truly could not make sense of what this thing was. Could this be the Wind Attribute spiritual material the Old Ancestor had mentioned—Divine Wind? Did it have offensive power? Could it be refined for body tempering?

Countless question marks swirled through Shi Kang's mind.

No one present recognized the object either, and no one could give Shi Kang a clear explanation.

"Shi Fei, does it have offensive power?" Shi Kang asked the most crucial question.

After all, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Materials he needed to refine for the Myriad Spirits Body Refining Art had to possess extremely strong offensive power in order to achieve the body-tempering effect.

Shi Fei nodded and said, "Young Clan Leader, extremely sharp wind blades form around it, and they possess tremendous piercing power. The reason its might is not apparent is because I was afraid it might harm you, so I deliberately placed a Seal on it."

Hearing this, Shi Kang was immediately delighted. As long as it had offensive power, it would do. If it had offensive power, that meant it could be used to temper his body.

Shi Kang then asked the question he cared about most. "How powerful is it?"

"It has already reached the Dou Zun level," Shi Fei answered.

Shi Kang's eyes lit up.

A Dou Zun was good!

The greater its power, the better the body-tempering effect!

Although he could not yet be completely certain whether this thing could be refined, Shi Kang felt that since it was neither an animal nor lacking in such dense Wind Attribute Energy, it should fall within the category of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Materials mentioned by the Old Ancestor.

Of course, he planned to study it properly after returning to the clan before determining whether that was truly the case.

Shi Kang happily patted Shi Fei on the shoulder and said, "You two have done well. Once we return, I will have my father reward you!"

Along the way, Shi Fei and Shi Long had both performed well and greatly satisfied Shi Kang.

"Thank you, Young Clan Leader!" Shi Long and Shi Fei hurriedly said.

"Shi Kang, Shi Kang, what about me? I was the one who helped you find it!" Zi Yan hurriedly protested from the side, feeling that her greatest contribution had been stolen.

Shi Kang was amused by her adorable appearance and burst into laughter. "Hahaha, that's right. You deserve the greatest credit for finding it."

"Here, this is your reward." As he spoke, Shi Kang directly took out ten bottles of medicinal pills and gave them to Zi Yan.

Zi Yan was overjoyed.

Shi Kang had not given her many medicinal pills last time, and she had been somewhat reluctant to eat them, afraid that she would run out after finishing them.

But now that Shi Kang had given her ten bottles at once, it felt as though she had suddenly received an enormous fortune.

After taking the medicinal pills from Shi Kang, she impatiently stuffed several into her mouth at once. After swallowing them, she even revealed an extravagantly blissful expression.