Chapter 543

The scenery at the Wind Spirit Lakeside is very beautiful.

Xiao Feng walked out of He Er Na's room, stretched, and wore a satisfied expression.

After a few minutes, the goddess finally came out of the room, her face flushed.

"Before you leave, why not check out the Ancient Mi Jing? You adventurers might gain something from it." He Er Na suggested.

Xiao Feng nodded, "Sure, I happen to be quite interested in that place."

The place storing the Chaos Tree seeds is certainly not simple; perhaps there are still benefits that He Er Na and the others haven't discovered.

Players have many privileges; it's always good to go inspect the site in person!

Having said that, the two flew up into the air.

At that moment, a light-blue figure flew over from not far away and blocked the two.

"Where are you going? I want to go too!" Bing Lu shouted.

He Er Na knew her temperament; she was surely annoyed with Xiao Feng and wanted to cause trouble.

However, the Ancient Mi Jing was where Bing Lu had previously healed her wounds; bringing her along was fine, so he said, "It's on the way, let's go together."

The three flew through the air.

The Ancient Mi Jing lies on the other side of Wind Spirit Island, several hundred kilometers from Wind Rest Town.

They could fly fast, but they weren't rushing at full speed; they flew at an ordinary pace.

Bing Lu flew between them, pushing Xiao Feng to one side, and spoke in a sarcastic tone: "Some people are truly shameless, relying on a bit of strength to force others to do what they don't want, all while pretending to be a good person."

Such low-level sarcasm had no effect whatsoever on Xiao Feng, the king of verbal sparring.

He said calmly: "Can't help it—I'm too strong, too handsome, I'm helpless too. And as for forcing… who did I force? This kind of thing is entirely consensual, little girl; don't read too much into it."

"Hmph, still pretending!" Bing Lu linked arms with He Er Na, and the two flew together, their eyes toward Xiao Feng full of disgust.

She angrily said: "Just now He Er Na kept saying no, no, but you wouldn't let her go, slapping her left and right—this isn't forcing, what is?"

Xiao Feng: ……

He Er Na: ……

Bing Lu, seeing he had nothing to say, felt victorious and continued to berate: "People like you I've seen plenty—relying on your abilities to bully everywhere, you'll eventually be beaten to death! Considering your contract with He Er Na, we'll let it slide for now. But if you dare bully her again and make her cry, we will absolutely not let

you go! Even if we can't beat you, we'll fight you to the death!

"emmm……"

"Making her cry and such……"

Xiao Feng almost laughed out loud.

He glanced at He Er Na.

She was completely red-faced, embarrassed to the point of wanting to dig a hole to crawl into.

The result of forgetting to turn on soundproofing was that the whole process was heard by everyone else.

It wasn't just one or two people, but everyone on the mountain!

As the island lord, how will I ever face people again?

At this moment, He Er Na even felt like dying…

"Alright, I'll be gentler next time." Xiao Feng replied.

Having won mentally, Bing Lu proudly lifted her chin: "That's more like it!

After a short while, the three arrived in a primitive forest.

This forest is extremely dense, with century-old and millennium-old ancient trees visible everywhere, hardly ever explored.

Bing Lu volunteered as guide, taking Xiao Feng on low-altitude flight, skimming above the treetops.

Not long after, they reached an ancient giant tree deep in the forest.

This tree isn't tall, only about fifty to sixty meters, quite ordinary on Wind Spirit Island.

But its trunk is extremely thick, twisted and irregular in shape, with a rough diameter of over twenty meters.

The center of the trunk appears as if split open, a two-meter-wide gap running from top to bottom, leading underground.

"Going down from here is the Mi Jing; don't run around inside, there are our secrets—can't let an outsider like you see them!" Bing Lu said.

Then she flew down through the middle of the trunk.

"Secrets? What secrets?" Xiao Feng asked.

He Er Na entered second, her face still reddish, and she explained helplessly: "Master, don't mind her; she's just got a child's temper, still acting like Dai Ni Si even at hundreds of years old. There's no secret here—just a very cool pool opposite the altar where the sisters occasionally come to bathe."

Xiao Feng couldn't help but smile.

It's just a bath pool, yet she made it sound as mysterious as the Mi Jing itself.

He also jumped into the tree hole and flew downward.

After falling about thirty meters, he emerged from the base of the tree roots.

Then came a long underground tunnel, sloping downward for over three hundred meters.

He Er Na walked and explained the origin of this entrance to him.

Many years ago, when she had just seized this land

the place hadn't yet been revealed, and that tree outside hadn't been drilled through.

Until one day over eight hundred years ago, a violent energy surge erupted, turning into scorching energy that blasted through the surface, blasting open the ten-thousand-year-old ancient tree, and only then did she discover it.

He Er Na alone went deep underground to investigate the energy source; she found nothing special, merely discovering an altar-like structure underground.

After long investigation and probing, there was nothing to show for it.

Only on her third entry did she find the Chaos Tree seeds in a pool near the altar.

This Mi Jing is quite ordinary; if it weren't for the formidable Chaos Tree seeds, it wouldn't even qualify as a Mi Jing.

At first, He Er Na didn't even know how to use the Chaos Tree seeds; she just carried them on her person to help absorb some attack damage.

Now that Xiao Feng has seen through its purpose, I feel this place is not ordinary; perhaps they previously overlooked something.

"Why is the Ice Deer healing its wounds here? I feel the elemental concentration here isn't much higher than outside," Xiao Feng asked.

He Er Na said: "The elemental energy is no different from the outside, but the ice spring water nurtures the Li Ti, regulates bodily injuries, and can also make the skin firmer and more elastic..."

"Um, okay."

"So healing wounds is fake, beauty is the real purpose!"

Soon, they arrived at the true Ancient Secret Realm.

The three of them emerged one after another from the underground tunnel and came into an underground cavern.

This place isn't very large, about the size of two basketball courts.

Ahead, a platform rises 10 meters high, with nine tiers of steps that can be climbed.

At the very top of the steps is the altar that He Er Na spoke of.

Xiao Feng flew over and took a look.

This altar is ordinary, with nothing special about it.

It is overall round, looks very ancient, the surface rocks have been worn down almost completely, making the patterns on it hard to discern.

The surface of the round altar is inscribed with sacrificial texts; this kind of text is not included in the translation system's scope, so even as a player one cannot directly read it.

"Master, have you discovered anything?" He Er Na came to his side and asked.

Before Xiao Feng could speak, the Ice Deer scoffed: "What could he possibly discover? He's just a bit better at fighting. We've been here for hundreds of years; we already know everything there is to know—how could a newcomer discover anything?"

(End of chapter)