While Lin Feng risked his life scouring every corner for medicinal herbs, deep within the Ancient Clan mountains, figure after figure floated in midair. At this moment, all of them were staring in unspoken accord at the space above the mountain range, their expressions complicated.
There stood the elders of the Ancient Clan Elders' Council, along with their clan chief and that descendant of the Xiao Clan, Xiao Yan.
They did not know why their clan chief and the elders had so politely invited Xiao Yan, whose strength was merely that of a Three-star Dou Sheng, and even brought him here outside the Heaven Tomb.
However, everyone vaguely sensed that this matter would not be so simple!
Yet for some reason, their young lady had broken precedent and failed to appear today.
"Xiao Yan, the Heaven Tomb opens once every twenty years. You entered it a few years ago, so by the count of time, there is still quite a while before it naturally opens again."
At the peak of the mountain, Gu Yuan, the Ancient Clan chief, looked to be an ordinary middle-aged man in rough hemp clothes, around forty years old. With his hands clasped behind his back, he smiled as he spoke.
After his words fell, his gaze shifted away from the nearby stretch of space and toward Xiao Yan beside him. "However, I will forcefully tear open a crack in the Heaven Tomb shortly and allow you to enter."
"But remember, you must not remain in the Heaven Tomb for more than a year. Once you successfully advance, remember to leave immediately. Otherwise, you will either be forcibly teleported out by the Heaven Tomb's rejection, or remain there forever like energy bodies such as Xiao Xuan!"
"This junior understands. I must trouble Uncle Gu to act."