Chapter 1761: Chapter 409: Advancing to the Melt God Realm, Awakening the Martial God Domain

The Melt God Pill, Chen Jie looked at the elixir in his hand.

Earlier, in a hurry, Chen Jie didn’t have the chance to examine the elixir he was holding. Now, he realized just how extraordinary it was.

The entire elixir was golden, spherical in shape, resembling the legendary Golden Core.

The elixir emitted a faint fragrance that wasn’t particularly striking, but when held in hand and sensed with Gang Qi, it felt like a sealed volcano within, containing a force that was alarming.

Is this the Melt God Pill that all the heroes of the world desire?

Thinking this, Chen Jie held the elixir tightly in his hand. He urgently needed a quiet place to cultivate in seclusion and break through to reach the Melt God Realm.

Chen Jie reached into his storage ring and pulled out a fire stick.

Whoosh~

He blew open the fire stick, and flames instantly surged up. At this moment, Chen Jie used the fire stick to look around and found that there were indeed oil lamps on the walls of the secret passage.

Chen Jie stretched out his hand to light the oil lamps, and in an instant, the secret passage was illuminated.

Looking around, Chen Jie saw that the secret passage wasn’t narrow; it was about eight or nine meters wide, allowing for two carriages to pass side by side. The walls were smooth, made of unknown materials.

He and Little Ming King were standing on a platform.

Chen Jie stood on the platform and looked around, finding that the distance from the ceiling to the ground was five to six meters high, making the passage quite spacious.

One wouldn’t feel suffocated inside.

Holding the fire stick, Chen Jie descended the steps slowly, cautious to avoid any hidden weapons that might be present. But evidently, he was overthinking, as the passage was empty with no hidden weapons whatsoever. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

In hindsight, the switch above was difficult to open, and even using Heaven and Earth Transposition was necessary to access it. Without such aid, even strong individuals of the Melt God Realm could not open this secret passage.

This alone made it unnecessary to set any hidden weapons here.

If someone could forcibly open this passage with great strength, their power would likely have reached the Land Immortal Realm.

Against such powerful beings, any trap would be futile.

If the person had learned Heaven and Earth Transposition to enter, then they were likely descendants of the Holy Sect, entering at a time when the sect faced grave danger, possibly at risk of annihilation—so why set traps here?

Shoot their own descendants?

Thus, there were no defensive measures such as traps inside the passage. Yet, many storage rooms were set up within.

Chen Jie entered a storage room and found that although it was dark, it wasn’t damp. Through some unknown means, the air was kept dry.

And the storage room contained many items.

Opening them, Chen Jie discovered grain, dried meat, and rice wine with a long shelf life, used as drinking water.

Chen Jie roughly estimated that the items in the storage room could sustain two to three thousand people for seven days.

Gazing at these supplies, Chen Jie was curious, and Little Ming King seemed to sense his curiosity and said, "Every year during the Cold Food Festival, the Holy Sect holds prayers led by the Sect Hierarch. A critical part of this is replacing the old supplies for the Fire Heavenly Venerate with fresh grain, dried meat, and wine!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie understood; this should be the Zoroastrian Sect’s wartime material reserves. However, as a religious organization, they enjoy rendering their actions with mystique.

For example, they refer to storing strategic supplies as a cold food tribute, offered to the Zoroastrian Sect’s primary deity, the Fire Heavenly Venerate.

According to the Zoroastrian Sect’s scriptures, the Fire Heavenly Venerate was born from the first flame of heaven and earth, considered one of the most ancient Ancient Gods.

In ancient times, humans lived in hardship, and seeing their plight, the Fire Heavenly Venerate imparted the method of using fire to humanity.

Thus, humanity gained the use of fire, leading to the flourishing of various civilizations. Without the Fire Heavenly Venerate’s gift of fire, humans would still be consuming raw meat and blood, no different from beasts.

Furthermore, humanity would not have developed so many civilizations afterwards.

Therefore, the Zoroastrian Sect regards the Fire Heavenly Venerate as their main deity, thanking him for saving humanity.

Dubbed the Zoroastrian Sect, the Cold Food Festival is their primary celebration—because no fire is used on this day, it is called a holy day, requiring large quantities of food, meat, and wine for offerings.

The altar, along with the Ming King, was placed in this secret passage, thus turning the storage of strategic supplies into a religious affair.

They swap out the stored old grain, dried meat, and wine here daily, ensuring the safety of the food in the secret passage.

Chen Jie couldn’t help admiring the numerous methods of the Zoroastrian Sect.

Thinking this, Chen Jie inspected the food here and found it all edible. He then stated, "This is indeed an excellent sanctuary."

After saying this, Chen Jie looked around and immediately found a quiet place to sit, saying to Little Ming King, "You can walk around here; I need to breakthrough my realm here. Once my breakthrough is complete, we’ll go back up and deal with the Demon Slayer Monk."

Upon hearing this, Little Ming King replied, "Alright, Chen Shaohua, feel free, and I will act as your protector here without disturbing you!"

When Chen Jie heard that Little Ming King would protect him, he couldn’t help but want to laugh, even considering saying, "It’s unnecessary, little brother," but seeing his small eyes, understood that he was sincerely frightened by the Demon Slayer Monk, even though the place was spacious and grand, it was underground, so Mr. might be scared here.