Chapter 379: Chapter 379 The Way of Immortal Fate_1

Hearing this shout, everyone was excited.

As the large chest was slowly hoisted up, everyone’s hearts were tense to the extreme.

"Who would have thought, there really is treasure buried here!"

"You’re telling me, with such a large chest, if it’s all filled with jewelry, it must be worth quite a bit."

The two elders rubbed their hands, muttering under their breath.

Little Ye similarly jumped for joy: "Oh! We’ve found the treasure, how wonderful!"

The workers and bodyguards also widened their eyes, wanting to witness firsthand just what treasures were inside.

The large chest was soon placed on the ground.

Ye Fei walked closer to take a look.

He found that it was a nanmu chest, which, with a layer of antiseptic lacquer applied on its exterior, was still fairly well-preserved.

The exquisite carvings and luxurious patterns all indicated that the contents of the chest were of significant value.

"Look, Zhu, such carvings are usually only used by members of the royal family. It looks like we’re really in for a huge gain today."

"Hmm! Such a fine chest, and so heavy, if it doesn’t contain something of immeasurable value, it would be a waste of this chest."

Zhu and Bai, the two elders, discussed this among themselves.

The craftsmen quickly opened the chest.

But when the lid of the chest was lifted, everyone was speechless.

Inside was actually another chest!

Helpless, they could only continue unlocking it.

Upon opening it again,

Inside was yet another smaller wooden chest.

"I’m dizzy, what’s going on here? Matryoshka dolls?"

"It’s not just going to keep going like this, is it? Did the owner of this chest have nothing better to do?"

Having no choice but to clarify what was inside, they continued unlocking.

Click!

In the next layer, there was another smaller chest!

Unlocking.

Opening again.

Continuing to open.

The craftsmen kept opening until the eighth layer, where what appeared before their eyes was a copper chest just slightly larger than the palm of a hand.

Everyone cursed in frustration, feeling that this effort was in vain.

Even Mu Kongwen shook his head in depression.

"What is this junk! Layer after layer, this is just a waste of time."

Only Ye Fei’s expression went from calm to solemn.

Others might not know, but he was very clear.

This ancient method of burying treasure was called the ’Nine-Linked Locks’.

Any treasure buried in this way was bound to contain rare treasures or even peerless ones.

"Open it again."

At his command, the craftsmen opened the small copper chest.

Everyone’s attention focused once more.

At this point, everyone thought that, at the very least, there ought to be a Luminous Pearl or a Golden Seal kind of treasure.

But who could have guessed that the copper chest actually contained a book!

This greatly disappointed everyone.

Even if this book was valuable, could it be worth more than pearls and jewels?

Zhu Guangbo, unable to restrain himself, hurriedly came forward to flip through the book.

He thought that a book buried with so much effort must be something incredible.

But to his utter surprise, he flipped through it several times from front to back, yet he didn’t see a single character.

"Not a single word? What is this, some kind of joke?! I seriously suspect that the person who buried this chest was just playing tricks on future generations. Is this what you call a treasure?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Yunfei quickly came forward to check as well.

And indeed.

Not only was there not a single word, but the paper of the book was also yellowed and tattered, not even qualifying as an antique.

Mu Kongwen held it in his hands and flipped for a while, just as puzzled, constantly shaking his head.

"It seems we’ve indeed been busy for nothing today."

Little Ye spread her hands in disappointment.

The workers all drooped their heads, disheartened. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

But only Ye Fei, his eyes intently fixed on the wordless ancient book, stood still, completely stunned.

"Who would have thought that the legendary ’Fate of Immortal Encounter’ technique would be buried here!"

In his previous life, after Ye Fei embarked on his cultivation journey, he had always been in search of the legendary ’Fate of Immortal Encounter’ technique.

Because this technique was the only one that could allow a mortal to come infinitely close to an immortal body.

Once mastered, one could almost say he had achieved a semi-immortal state, and taking a step further into the realm of immortals would be just a matter of course.

And he wanted to use this method to break through the pinnacle of his immortal form and come infinitely close to the divine realm.

It was just a pity that in his last life, despite all of Ye Fei’s schemes, he never found it.

Ye Fei held the book in his hands, carefully reading it page by page.

Every stroke in it was filled with profound mysteries, thrilling Ye Fei immensely.

"This is great! If I spend some time to thoroughly comprehend this ’Fate of Immortal Encounter’ technique, the time needed to restore my former life’s strength will be significantly shortened."

Seeing Ye Fei excitedly mumbling to himself with the wordless book, those around him were utterly baffled.

But this was no surprise.

The ’Fate of Immortal Encounter’ technique could only be revealed to those with an immortal root.

And those with an immortal root were extremely rare, one in a million.

So how could bystanders understand Ye Fei’s feelings?

Although at the moment everyone’s gaze was on Ye Fei, no one noticed that Little Ye was just as intently staring at the book.

Her eyes sparkled with excitement.