Chapter 106: Empty Coffin

  Further ahead, Jiang Feng walked through three areas again. Within these three areas, he didn't run into any other people. However, Jiang Feng was certain that within this stone slab area, there must be many more people.

  Without encountering anyone, Jiang Feng naturally used the formation here to cultivate his skills. This also made his movements slower. It took him nearly four months to walk out of the stone slab area and truly arrive at the foot of that mountain peak.

  Looking back at the stone slab area shrouded in darkness, Jiang Feng really wanted to go back. Because that place was indeed a good place for cultivation. If he could continue to cultivate, his cultivation would grow very quickly. Now he is about to break through the middle stage of foundation building and reach the later stage. After cultivating for some more days, reaching the golden elixir stage is also possible. Most importantly, the array here can help him better practice his sword array. This is much faster than cultivating on his own.

  "Let's go up the mountain anyway. Don't miss the opportunity to leave this place just because you're eager to cultivate." Jiang Feng said to himself.

  The stone steps leading up the mountain were just to Jiang Feng's left. If there was no danger, he could reach the top of the mountain by following the stone steps all the way. Just as Jiang Feng wanted to head towards the stone steps, a stone gate suddenly appeared in front of him on the mountain body. The stone gate slowly opened, and Jiang Feng also stopped his footsteps to look at the stone gate.

  After the stone gate was fully opened, there was a stele behind the door. On it were written four words - Please go this way.

  "What does this mean? Is there an elevator inside?" Jiang Feng said, scratching his head.

  "Perhaps this is a shortcut specially prepared for someone like you. Do you want to go and try?" said Lan Wu.

  "It could also be a shortcut to hell. I think it's better not to rush in." said Jiang Feng.

  Just as he was standing there thinking about whether or not to enter the stone gate, the surface of the stone monument began to flake off, and the four characters on it disappeared, only to be replaced by new ones.

  "Those who complete the Sword Array will reach the summit from here. It seems that it was indeed prepared for you. Perhaps there is a master uncle or aunt, or even a fellow disciple waiting for you above." Lan Wu said as she read the words on the stone tablet.

  "It's also possible that Master is waiting for me by lying down on it himself." Jiang Feng said.

  He took another careful look at the stone tablet and tried his best to peek behind the door. But nothing was visible. After thinking about it again, Jiang Feng felt that there was no need to be afraid. Maybe he could really reach the top of the mountain, or maybe there were treasures inside.

  He took a step forward towards the stone gate. After entering the stone gate, it slowly began to close. Jiang Feng turned around and watched as the stone gate gradually closed. Until the stone gate was completely closed and the surroundings were completely dark, he didn't move.

  The darkness lasted for over a dozen seconds, and then the stone monument began to glow. As the light on the monument grew brighter, it fell to the ground. After falling, the monument first flew forward for a distance before floating up one meter and stopping there motionless.

  With the light from the stele, Jiang Feng also saw clearly. The place where he was now was at the bottom of a not-too-large cave. Directly above the stele was the high and seemingly endless upper part of the cave.

  "It turns out there's really an elevator. This time it's really convenient." Jiang Feng said as he walked forward, and when he got close to the stone monument, he directly jumped up.

  After stopping for a few seconds, the stone monument began to rise upwards. The speed of the monument was not fast, and it maintained a constant speed all the time. With the help of the light from the monument, Jiang Feng also saw that on the walls of the cave, there would occasionally appear some abandoned magic treasures.

  It didn't take long for the stone monument to bring Jiang Feng to the top of the mountain. After walking down from the monument, Jiang Feng began to carefully observe his surroundings.

  Behind him was the stone staircase leading here. Believing that walking on the stone staircase would also be possible to come up. It's just that there is no one here, it should be that no one has come up yet. As for whether anyone climbed the stone staircase, Jiang Feng didn't need to think about it and knew that there must be someone. Because he didn't think that the stone slab area could stop someone like Wu Chang.

  The place where he stood was the top of a mountain peak. In front of Jiang Feng, there was a pile of lost luster artifacts, a large number of metal blocks, and various bottles and wooden boxes. On these things, there existed a coffin. Five meters above the coffin, there was a sphere emitting colorful light. This sphere with a diameter of over one meter should be the same one that was seen from afar earlier.

  The space at the top of the mountain peak was not large, and apart from that pile of dull, rusty-looking treasures and coffins, as well as the colored balls, there were no other things. Jiang Feng raised his head and looked at the colorful light ball.

  "What is this thing? It doesn't look like a treasure, but rather a ball of real light. Have you ever seen something like this?" Jiang Feng asked Lan Wu.

  "I've never seen it." Lan Wu replied briefly.

  He didn't understand what that mass of light was, and Jiang Feng didn't dare to move randomly. He looked at the coffin, then looked at the thing under the coffin. After a few seconds, Jiang Feng carefully walked towards the coffin, planning to rummage through the pile of discarded magical artifacts to see if he could find anything useful.

  After cautiously approaching, finding no danger, Jiang Feng kicked something with his foot. Finding still no reaction, he became bolder and slowly went out to touch that pile of things.

  One after another, he picked up many abandoned treasures, and no danger appeared. Jiang Feng's courage grew bigger. He started rummaging through the pile of things. As he rummaged, he completely let his guard down.

  There were many things, but they weren't all turned into scrap iron. Some of them would crumble at the slightest touch. As Jiang Feng searched through them, the coffin was knocked to the ground as people continued to take away the things underneath it. The moment the coffin hit the ground, Jiang Feng hastily retreated backward, his mind focused and on high alert for any potential dangers that might arise.

  More than a minute later, nothing happened. Jiang Feng mumbled two sentences and continued to rummage through things, even calling out Lan Wu to help him.

  Two people quickly rummaged through the things under the coffin, but didn't find anything useful. When there was only a little left to look at, Jiang Feng had already stopped searching. He had shifted his gaze to the coffin and was thinking to himself that if he opened it, a zombie wouldn't jump out and scold him for being unscrupulous, would it?

  At that moment, Lan Wu touched Jiang Feng, and Jiang Feng turned his head to see that Lan Wu was holding something in each hand. Seeing these things, Jiang Feng temporarily stopped thinking about the coffin.

  "It's two more black snakes with beads in their mouths. Now we have four black snakes, if we find others, won't we be able to figure out where that Jiuyuan tomb is?" Jiang Feng said excitedly, also taking the two black snakes from Lan Wu's hands.

  Lan Wu, however, was not so happy. Looking at Jiang Feng playing with the black snake, he said: "The Black Snake originally had nine heads, and you now have four of them. The others are likely still within the Yu Huang Dao. If they can't be gathered together, it's useless."

  Jiang Feng looked at Lan Wu, he had heard Lan Wu say before that she had found the five black snakes back then. Before she could go look for others, she fell into a deep sleep. The Void Emperor's Dao also disappeared completely because of this. Who knows, those five black snakes might still be on Lan Wu's true body.

  "What's the fear, anyway we'll have to go find your body. When we find your body, who knows, maybe we'll find other black snakes too. Then we can go dig up that Jiě Míng's grave. A scattered immortal's grave, there must be a lot of good stuff." Jiang Feng said with an air of nonchalance.

  Lan Wu disappeared without saying anything. Jiang Feng didn't know why Lan Wu was a bit unhappy, as if she didn't quite believe he could find her body.

  After putting away the black snake, Jiang Feng looked at the coffin again. After thinking about it repeatedly, he still decided to open the coffin. In addition to wanting to see if there were any treasures inside, Jiang Feng also wanted to see who was inside.

  "I just wanted to take a look at your face, I didn't mean any disrespect. But please don't come looking for me." Jiang Feng said with his hands clasped together, bowing left and right.

  With both hands pressing down on the coffin lid, it didn't take much force for the lid to be pushed open. It was only then that Jiang Feng realized that the coffin lid hadn't been sealed shut in the first place. He didn't continue pushing, instead remaining vigilant for any potential dangers that might appear.

  After waiting for a while, no danger appeared. Jiang Feng then used force again to push the coffin lid open completely. When looking inside the coffin, there was no corpse at all. Except for a yellowed talisman paper, there was nothing else inside.

  "In the past, the bandit king plundered the entire world. Today, the bandit king has retreated and left this tomb and all the things he stole in his lifetime to those who are destined." Jiang Feng read the words on the talisman paper.

  "What does it mean? Is the bandit king still alive and just doesn't want to be in charge, so he made this fake grave?" Jiang Feng speculated.

  Just as he was thinking, the talisman paper automatically ignited and turned into ashes. At this time, the colorful ball above his head suddenly fell down. The colored light ball directly hit Jiang Feng, who was completely unprepared, wrapping him entirely in a cocoon of colorful light.