Xue Ya glanced at the tomb entrance, then looked at Lin Fan and the others, and said seriously, "Once inside, remember to be very careful."
Lin Fan nodded and said, "Yes!"
Youyue smiled and said, "Senior sister, don't worry, I will protect them."
Xue Ya looked at her, "I know you've broken through to a higher realm, and you're bound to feel a little arrogant. But you must know that this is the tomb of Senior Shen Li, and it's bound to be full of dangers. Even if you're Immortal Sovereign, you can't let your guard down."
Youyue paused, her smile fading, and nodded, saying, "I understand."
Lin Fan said, "Then let's go in now."
Youyue and the five disciples of the Yingtian Academy nodded, and then flew into the tomb entrance with Lin Fan.
Yafu watched their disappearing figures, her eyes filled with worry, "I hope nothing happens to you."
She withdrew her gaze, her figure vanishing from the spot. When she reappeared, she was already on an ancient tree, from where she could clearly see the direction of the tomb entrance.
Yafu sat on a thick tree branch, her gaze fixed on the tomb entrance, but Su Chen's image involuntarily surfaced in her mind. After a brief moment of distraction, she murmured, "Why am I thinking about him?"
Five days passed in this way, and during this time, the news of the appearance of the Shen Li's Tomb spread like wildfire, quickly reaching the entire Primordial Continent, and even people from other continents learned of it.
Therefore, a steady stream of talented individuals flock here, hoping to gain fortuitous opportunity or even inherit something from the Shen Li's Tomb.
As for the three High Antiquity powers, they merely guarded this place and did not prevent those prodigies from entering the tomb. The reason, it seems, was to train their own prodigies.
If it were another faction, they would definitely be afraid that the fortuitous opportunity in the tomb would be stolen, so they would prohibit outsiders from entering, so that their own prodigies could obtain more fortuitous opportunity.
However, these three High Antiquity powers did not do so. Not only did they not prevent outsiders from entering the tomb, they even allowed them to compete with their own prodigies for fortuitous opportunity and inheritance.
While this may make it harder for their prodigies to obtain fortuitous opportunity and inheritances, isn't it also a form of training?
Cultivators are inherently competitive and vying for power. If the three High Antiquity powers continue to pave the way for them, their future achievements will inevitably be limited!
Only in such an environment can these prodigies from the three High Antiquity powers become even stronger. Secondly, they are not afraid of outsiders seizing their fortuitous opportunity and inheritances, because they are confident that they will not be able to take them!
If they don't even have this much confidence, how can they be worthy of being High Antiquity power?
On the ancient tree, Xue Ya, who had been resting with her eyes closed, seemed to sense something. Her brows furrowed slightly, and she opened her eyes to see a handsome face looking at her.
Xue Ya was stunned, then asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"
Su Chen smiled slightly and sat down next to Xue Ya. "I came to see why you haven't gone back yet."
Xue Ya said with slight worry, "I don't know either. Five days have passed, and they still haven't come out. Could they have encountered some danger?"
Su Chen glanced at the tomb entrance and calmly said, "It's not a big problem. The others haven't come out either."
Xue Ya thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's true."
Then she asked, "By the way, have you found the vice dean?"
Su Chen nodded and said, "Mm."
Xue Ya breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good. I was worried that the vice-dean wouldn't have all the disciples by the time they started recruiting."
As if remembering something, her expression changed. "Isn't the day for recruiting disciples coming up soon?"
Su Chen smiled and said, "It seems so."
Xue Ya asked anxiously, "What should we do then?"
Su Chen said, "Go back and prepare first."
Xue Ya asked, "Where are Lin Fan and the others?"
Su Chen said, "They're fine with me here."
Xue Ya hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Alright, that's the only way for now."
She stood up and looked at Su Chen, "As the dean of the academy, you must show up on the day you recruit disciples."
Su Chen nodded and said, "I understand."
Xue Ya nodded, then turned and left without saying anything more.
After Xue Ya had completely left, Su Chen glanced at Mu Xiu and the other two in the distance, but quickly looked away.
He slowly stood up, looked at the entrance to the tomb, pondered for a moment, then took a step out and disappeared from the spot.
Unbeknownst to everyone present, a figure quietly entered the tomb.
Su Chen's figure appeared inside the tomb, which was more like a secret realm than a tomb. The surroundings were desolate, with howling winds sweeping through and stirring up clouds of yellow sand. Not a blade of grass grew here, only crisscrossing cracks.
The surroundings were eerily quiet, with only the occasional sound of dry bones rolling in the wind. The sky was covered with dark clouds, and flashes of purple lightning appeared from time to time, creating an extremely oppressive atmosphere.
Su Chen looked around, a smile playing on his lips. "Interesting. No wonder he was the strongest being of that era."
Without further hesitation, he slowly walked towards a certain place. After walking for about half an hour, he suddenly stopped, because there was a group of people fighting ahead.
Among them were two women and one man, dressed in the robes of disciples of the Yingtian Academy!
At this moment, the three of them were being surrounded and attacked by a group of people, led by a man in purple robes. The man in purple robes looked at the three of them mockingly, "You can't escape, so just surrender obediently."
The three disciples of the Yingtian Academy looked grim, their eyes filled with anger.
One of the female disciples from the academy said in a deep voice, "Senior Brother Yang, what should we do?"
Yang Zhenyu took a deep breath, his face grave. He gripped his longsword tightly, his eyes fixed on the purple-robed man, and transmitted his voice, " Xiu'er and Liu Cui, I'll hold them off for a bit. You two seize the opportunity and run!"
Xiu'er said, "No! If we die, we die together!"
Liu Cui said, "Yes, what kind of thing is it to abandon you and run away?"
Yang Zhenyu smiled. "You can't die."
The two women said in unison, "You can't die either!"
Yang Zhenyu was silent for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Then let's fight them to the death! We'll take a few with us even if it kills us!"
"Yo."
At this moment, the man in purple robes spoke up, "You want to fight to the death?"
Yang Zhenyu angrily asked, "What exactly do you want to do?"
What do we want to do?
The man in purple robes sneered, "My young lady told you to hand over the item and she would let you and that woman go, but you refused to do so even at the cost of your lives. So don't blame us..."
His expression suddenly turned cold. "Kill you all!"
"Senior Sister Youyue."
Liu Cui's heart sank, and her expression turned grim.
Xiu'er said, "I hope Youyue will be alright."
Yang Zhenyu roared, "I'll fight you to the death!"
"Snort!"
The man in purple robes sneered, "Overestimating yourself."
As he spoke, he directly struck out with a palm...