Within the Stone Chamber

Within the Stone Chamber

"Rock Snake? What do we do?"

At the mention of the Rock Snake, Xiao Yi Xian's delicate body trembled as she hurriedly asked.

She had heard of this magical beast as well. Even ordinary high-level Dou Zhe found it difficult to kill.

As its name suggested, the Rock Snake was a snake-like magical beast that lived within rock walls, roughly at the first tier.

Thanks to its long, flattened body, shaped like wings, it could soar through the air like a hawk.

Moreover, this magical beast possessed a mutated earth attribute.

Its body was therefore as hard as stone, and ordinary blades could hardly inflict much damage on it.

Under normal circumstances, if Lin Feng encountered this Rock Snake alone,

he believed that with the Mysterious Tier Low-grade Dou Skill in his possession, he would soon emerge victorious.

But in this terrain, it was indeed rather troublesome. Fortunately, he had prepared in advance.

Looking at Xiao Yi Xian in his arms, her pretty face pale with fright and her mind blank, he shouted, "When I swing over, seize the chance and use the medicinal powder to knock it out."

"Uh... okay."

Hearing Lin Feng's shout, Xiao Yi Xian finally came back to her senses from her panic. She remembered that before coming down, Lin Feng had told her to prepare the medicinal powder beforehand.

Seeing that Xiao Yi Xian had recovered, Lin Feng kicked off the cliff again.

His body swung once more, swiftly closing in on the Rock Snake.

When the Rock Snake was only a few meters away from them,

Xiao Yi Xian suddenly spread her hand, scattering all the white powder in her palm toward the Rock Snake.

The white powder collided with the Rock Snake, and a cloud of powder instantly enveloped it.

Thud!

The yellow figure struggled within the white powder for a moment before its entire body stiffened and it fell from the air.

It crashed heavily into the bottomless valley below.

"I didn't expect that besides bullying women, you actually had some skill."

Seeing that the danger had passed, Xiao Yi Xian let out a heavy sigh of relief and began to look at Lin Feng in a new light.

If he had not told her to prepare the medicinal powder before they came down, who knew what would have happened now.

"Hehe, you'll learn about even more of my abilities in the future."

Lin Feng replied with a smile, controlling his strength as he slid toward the cave once again.

Before long, Lin Feng used the cliff wall for leverage one final time. Their bodies swept through the air and landed steadily at the cave entrance.

After landing, Xiao Yi Xian hurriedly broke free from Lin Feng's embrace, then happily examined the entrance hidden behind the brushwood and rubble.

After the two of them worked together to clear away the debris, with the trees and rocks no longer blocking it,

Lin Feng and Xiao Yi Xian finally saw the full appearance of this cave left behind by some predecessor.

The cave entrance was not wide, only allowing two or three people to pass through at once. The interior was pitch-black.

Yet a faint gleam seemed to emanate from within, giving it a mysterious, secluded air.

There were many marks around the entrance, as though carved by blades.

However, perhaps due to the passage of time, those carvings had become extremely blurred.

"Let's go."

Smiling slightly at Xiao Yi Xian, Lin Feng took out a Fire Starter and headed into the dark cave first.

Xiao Yi Xian looked into the pitch-black cave, hesitating somewhat.

After a moment, she stomped her foot, gritted her pearly teeth, and followed.

As they walked through the quiet, dark cave, a faint chill coiled around them.

Only the soft footsteps of the two of them echoed through the silent passage.

The gloomy surroundings made Xiao Yi Xian unconsciously wrap her arms around herself.

She looked up at Lin Feng, who was walking slowly ahead. After hesitating briefly, she quickened her pace and followed closely behind him.

In such an environment, only the young man before her could give her a little more sense of security.

They walked in that silence for a full ten or so minutes.

Just as Xiao Yi Xian could no longer bear the maddening darkness and silence of the passage,

the young man ahead suddenly stopped.

"Ah..."

Lin Feng's abrupt stop caught Xiao Yi Xian off guard. She could not pull herself back in time and crashed into his back. Then, carried by the rebound, she staggered backward several steps.

Xiao Yi Xian instinctively crossed her arms over where she had bumped into him. Her pretty face flushed red as she glared at Lin Feng's back in embarrassed annoyance. "What are you doing?"

That ambiguous contact from earlier also made Lin Feng let out a heavy breath.

Somewhat embarrassed, he gave a dry cough, pointed at a stone door ahead that emitted a faint yellow glow, and waved his hand. "There's no path ahead."

Hearing this, Xiao Yi Xian frowned slightly. She stepped forward two paces, looked at the stone door, and mused, "Beyond this stone door should be our destination. Since that predecessor built a cave here, I don't think he would have made it impossible to enter."

Lin Feng naturally understood this. He said casually, "Then there must be a mechanism nearby. Let's look for it."

"Mm, all right."

Xiao Yi Xian nodded somewhat disappointedly.

She had wanted to show off her skill with mechanisms, but Lin Feng had not given her the chance at all.

A moment later, Lin Feng found a small protrusion beneath one side of the stone door. He called out to Xiao Yi Xian, who was bent over searching on the other side, "The mechanism is here."

Hearing that, Xiao Yi Xian hurried over. After taking a look, she said happily, "This should be it. Hurry and open it."

"Okay."

Lin Feng nodded. Then he pressed down lightly with his finger, and a creaking sound slowly echoed through the cave.

As the stone door rose, a faint glow spilled out from behind it, dispelling all the darkness nearby.

Once the stone door had risen completely, revealing the brightly lit space beyond,

Xiao Yi Xian smiled faintly but took two steps back. She raised her snowy-white chin at Lin Feng and said with a light laugh, "There. Go in."

"No problem. The first person in gets first choice."

Lin Feng shrugged with a smile and walked straight inside.

"Aren't you afraid there might be traps?"

Seeing Lin Feng abandon his earlier caution and become so bold, Xiao Yi Xian asked anxiously.

Lin Feng said casually, "With that senior's strength, if he really set traps, then with just the two of us, being cautious wouldn't help anyway."

"That makes sense."

Hearing that, Xiao Yi Xian hurriedly followed behind Lin Feng.

Once they entered the stone chamber, the view before them suddenly opened up.

Beyond the stone door was a huge stone chamber. It looked somewhat simple and empty, with Moonlight Stones embedded in the walls for illumination.

At the center of the stone chamber stood a seat. A skeleton sat upon it, its deeply sunken skull fallen onto its pale thigh bones.

In this silent atmosphere, the sight was rather eerie.

In front of the seat stood a wide, long bluestone platform.

Three locked stone boxes were neatly arranged on the bluestone platform.

In addition, a great many glittering gold coins were piled in the three corners of the stone chamber, amounting to roughly several hundred thousand in total.

At the sight of those gold coins, Lin Feng's eyes immediately lit up. He had a great need for gold coins.

After all, whether buying medicinal herbs, pill recipes, or cultivation methods and Dou Skills, one needed sufficient gold coins.

Moving his gaze away from the glittering gold, he swept his eyes across the stone chamber.

Finally, his gaze settled on the last corner, and a faint joy appeared on his face.

In that final corner, a small flowerbed had been built from piled-up soil.

All kinds of flowers and herbs grew within it, and a strange fragrance lingered in the air.

At the sight of those plants, Lin Feng and Xiao Yi Xian almost simultaneously quickened their steps.

Others might not recognize these things, but the two of them knew full well.

Though these flowers and grasses looked ordinary, in terms of value, they were far more precious than those piles of gold coins.

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