Nightfall here had nothing to do with Xu Feng.
Besides, these Corpse Liberation Underground Palaces—especially the Mysterious Womb Underground Palace and the Lunar Form Refinement palaces of his five attendant servants—held many treasures.
That was a hallmark of Corpse-Liberation Immortals of their era.
So when Xu Feng entered these palaces, he hoped to find another treasure like the Owl Button. Now that he could see at night, something that let him hear in all directions would be ideal.
If there was nothing like that,
he would settle for
a few more Knife Coins.
Unfortunately, the people of Li Family Village had plundered tombs as an entire village, and they knew what they were doing. It looked as though they had taken every last Knife Coin.
Of course, it was also possible that only those few Knife Coins had remained in the entire Underground Palace. Most dated back to the Spring and Autumn or Warring States periods. Even to someone seeking immortality through Corpse Liberation, they were antiques.
Since Knife Coins could connect Yin and Yang, they must have been prized rarities from the moment they appeared.
Xu Feng had brought out no especially fine treasure this time, but he had refined a suit of precious armor for himself. As he saw it, the armor already counted as a Magical Artifact. If it could withstand harm from calamity-level Magical Artifacts, it ought to be one itself.
The scales drew on the dark heavens and yellow earth; Dragon Energy came from the earth and arose at the altar.
In that respect, the armor worked much like the scales growing on the Corpse Demons.
Shielding Shen Jicheng, Xu Feng retreated with him.
They had to avoid a cave-in.
Xu Feng might survive a major collapse here. Shen Jicheng was another matter.
But as