Chapter 140: Can't Open It? Then Give It to the Good Grandson

Gu Yuan also felt a sudden jolt in his heart; he could sense an extremely faint yet unusually familiar strange ripple emanating from the coffin, as if it were… calling him?

"This…"

Before he could react, Gu Cangsheng impatiently asked, "How is it? Good grandson, what do you feel?"

"Feeling… it seems… wants me to go in?" Gu Yuan said uncertainly.

"Go in?"

Gu Cangsheng was stunned for a moment, then understood something.

He probed again with his spiritual mind and indeed found that the previously unbreakable seal, after Gu Yuan touched it, showed a barely perceptible looseness!

Although it still could not be forced open, it was no longer a complete barrier!

"Hahaha! Heaven aids me! Heaven truly aids me!"

Gu Cangsheng laughed heartily with excitement.

"Yuan'er, you truly are the lucky star of our Gu Family!"

He looked at Gu Yuan as if gazing upon a rare treasure, growing more satisfied with each glance.

"Since it wants you to go in, then go in and take a look!" Gu Cangsheng decided on the spot.

"Ah? Grandfather, this… isn't that risky? What if there's danger inside?" Gu Yuan hesitated.

"Don't be afraid!"

Gu Cangsheng pounded his chest and promised, "A crack has already formed; I'm confident I can force it open. It might cause upheaval in your world, but go in boldly. If any reckless thing dares to attack you inside, I'll risk my very life and scatter its ashes!"

Hearing Grandfather's domineering promise, Gu Yuan was resolved in his heart.

"Alright! Then grandson, go in and take a look!"

Gu Yuan inhaled deeply, his thoughts shifting, and tried to send his spirit into the ancient bronze coffin.

This time, there was no obstacle.

His spirit effortlessly pierced the invisible barrier and entered the coffin's interior.

However, when he saw the scene inside the coffin, he was stunned.

Inside the coffin, it was empty.

There were no legendary strongman corpses nor any heavenly treasures.

Only a… boundless, grayish chaotic space.

"Is this… an inner universe?"

Before he could study it closely, a frantic voice from outside came—Gu Cangsheng's.

"Yuan'er, how is it? What's inside?"

Gu Yuan's spirit returned, and he recounted his discovery to Grandfather.

"Inner universe?"

Gu Cangsheng, after hearing, clicked his tongue in amazement.

"It seems the coffin's secrets exceed our expectations."

"I suspect this interior may have a second, even a third layer of space."

Saying that, Gu Cangsheng shook his head again.

"Unfortunately, for the first layer, if I wish to enter, I must force it open; otherwise I'd have to wait until I truly reach the Immortal King realm."

"So this coffin, from now on, will be entrusted to you, Yuan'er, for safekeeping!"

"Huh? To me?"

Gu Yuan pointed to his own nose.

This appears to be something the Celestial Emperor once used, a supreme treasure not inferior to an Immortal King artifact!

Grandfather just… handed it to me casually?

"Grandfather, this… is too valuable, I can't accept it!"

Gu Yuan quickly waved his hand in refusal.

It wasn't false politeness; he felt he couldn't make use of it.

"Take it, just hold it!"

Gu Cangsheng's eyes widened, and he said unequivocally,

"This item has no fate with me but with you, lad; keeping it with you is most fitting."

"Besides, placing it with you is still within our Gu Family, you can't escape it."

He looked at the still‑hesitant Gu Yuan and said with a smile,

"You, lad, just treat it as a larger storage ring, or… a unique necklace, that'll do."

Necklace…

Gu Yuan's mouth twitched slightly.

Using an Immortal King artifact as a necklace—across all heavens and realms, perhaps only our own grandfather could think of that.

Nevertheless, Grandfather's words completely eased his mind.

"Then… alright."

Gu Yuan stopped refusing; he gazed at the massive bronze coffin before him, a excited smile on his face.

"Thank you, Grandfather!"

"Enough, stop being stingy, quickly put it away," Gu Cangsheng urged, "We still have to hurry on our way."

"Got it!"

Gu Yuan replied, then began attempting to fold the bronze coffin into the chaotic singularity within his dantian.

However, he soon discovered the task was not that simple.

This ancient coffin is really too heavy!

It is not heavy in the physical sense, but a heaviness that originates from the source of the Great Dao.

With his current cultivation, let alone storing it inside his body, even just trying to make it move a bit is as difficult as ascending to heaven.

"Grandfather, it's no good, it's too heavy, I can't pull it."

Gu Yuan was sweating profusely from exhaustion, saying with a bitter face.

Gu Cangsheng laughed and shook his head.

He extended a finger, pointing at the bronze ancient coffin from afar.

Hum!

The massive bronze coffin shuddered violently, then shrank rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In the blink of an eye, it went from a huge object as large as a star to a bronze small coffin only the size of a palm, looking exquisite and ancient.

"Alright, try again."

Gu Yuan tried again, and this time he finally succeeded.

With a thought, that palm-sized bronze small coffin turned into a stream of light, flew into his glabella, and finally hovered silently above the chaotic singularity of his dantian.

A feeling of blood connection came from the bronze small coffin, making Gu Yuan feel extremely intimate.

He could feel that he could use the storage function of this small coffin anytime, anywhere.

Indeed, as grandfather said, he now had an additional storage treasure on the level of a great world!

"Enough, stop being foolishly happy."

Gu Cangsheng looked at his own grandson, laughing and shaking his head,

"The appetizers are finished, it's time for the main course."

His gaze narrowed, and he once again looked toward the distant depths of the cosmos.

"The Burial Emperor Star Domain, we have arrived."

Before his words even fell, he swept his wide sleeve, rolled up Gu Yuan, and his figure instantly turned into a stream of light, vanishing from the spot.