Ye Chen's figure flickered and he charged forward.

"Swish!"

The Celestial Mark Sword was drawn, cleaving with immense force.

The sharp edge tore through the overlapping layers of space.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, the terrifying formation hidden below was triggered, unleashing a destructive aura.

With the Martial Arts Celestial Eye, Ye Chen saw through a few flaws in the formation and charged forward immediately.

The activated formation lost its target, then gradually returned to peace.

In the distance.

Feng Wanli's palm holding the Fiery Blood Demon Slaying Spear was sweating.

If it were him, he wouldn't be confident in doing as well as Ye Chen; perhaps he would have already been blasted to death by the power of that terrifying formation.

And in the distant void.

Shi Fengchun erupted with a deathly aura, battling fiercely with the middle-aged man holding the heavy sword.

Suddenly, the man's brows furrowed, and he immediately withdrew violently.

Shi Fengchun's five fingers curved like hooks, fiercely clawing out to seal the man's retreat with dense deathly aura.

"Shi Fengchun, it's useless to stop me. Those two brats dare to covet what I'm guarding; even if I don't return, they're dead meat!"

Shi Fengchun, whose whole body rippled with dense deathly aura, did not utter a word, his eruption becoming even more violent.

Even though the man with the heavy sword was powerful, he couldn't overcome Shi Fengchun's death aura, and once entangled, he couldn't free himself.

...

Within the array with the strange stones, Ye Chen used the Martial Arts Celestial Eye to lead the way, his expression grave, not daring to be distracted at all.

This is no joking matter.

If there's even a slight mistake, even a Great Saint would immediately turn to ashes.

After spending more than two full hours, Ye Chen finally passed through the array smoothly.

Inside the formation and outside, it's like two completely different worlds.

A decayed aura pervades, an oppressive feeling uncontrollably welled up in Ye Chen's heart.

This is a deep underground tunnel, probably dug out by Feng Wanli, with soft mud everywhere.

Ye Chen burst forth with extremely fast speed, charging rapidly down the tunnel, and soon arrived at the bottom of the pit.

What came into view was an elliptical boulder more than three meters tall, with a reddish-brown surface.

Looking at this boulder, Ye Chen felt the aura of the ages, clearly it had existed for a long time.

Ye Chen's pupil power functioned to the extreme once again.

According to Feng Wanli, Brother Chun suspected that this boulder was absorbing the luck of Cangzhou, and Ye Chen was very curious about what was inside this boulder!

However.

The power of the Martial Arts Celestial Eye couldn't penetrate the secrets of the stone at all.

The stone's surface had an extremely special force that completely blocked any exploration.

"Elder Qingyi, Master Legs, help me see what this is." Ye Chen immediately transmitted his voice into the Sword Tomb.

"So big!" Master Legs' surprised voice promptly sounded in Ye Chen's mind.

Luo Qingyi also transmitted, saying: "Heaven-Sealing Stone, used to preserve special items, get it into the Sword Tomb first."

Ye Chen's face showed joy, since Master Legs and Luo Qingyi knew what this was, it would be easier.

Then, Ye Chen walked to the reddish-brown boulder and directly threw the boulder into the Sword Tomb.

"You come in too!" Master Legs shouted.

Ye Chen immediately complied and entered the Sword Tomb.

Luo Qingyi and Master Legs were already gathered around the massive Heaven-Sealing Stone.

"It's not a complete Heaven-Sealing Stone, just the surface uses some of it. This thing has existed for at least over a hundred thousand years, and it seems like there's a special power waking up inside." Luo Qingyi said.

Ye Chen: "Brother Chun said this thing is absorbing the luck of Cangzhou."

Master Legs said: "The Heaven-Sealing Stone has many uses. Items preserved with it can be immune to the erosion of time.

Even if it's just an ordinary weapon, kept inside the Heaven-Sealing Stone, it can be preserved indefinitely.

I've seen records in some ancient books that in ancient times, large sects would use Heaven-Sealing Stones to preserve items.

The Heaven-Sealing Stone is a scarce resource, rarely seen. Anything preserved with one is definitely a treasure.

Moreover, such a large stone, even if just the surface uses the Heaven-Sealing Stone, consumed quite a bit of it too.

If Shi Fengchun isn't mistaken, and there's something inside absorbing the luck of Cangzhou, it might be a legendary luck treasure.

If it's truly a luck treasure, kid, you're in for a big profit."

"What is a luck treasure?" Ye Chen asked, puzzled, never having heard of such a thing.

"I once heard my father talk about luck treasures." Luo Qingyi spoke up: "Luck treasures don't have their power determined by the wielder's strength, but by the power of luck.

For instance, if you go to the Celestial Eye, Iron Armor, and Green Ghost Three Races' Outer Heaven, you can gain luck because of you, which has already given rise to luck among humans there.

But if you leave Outer Heaven, you don't have the luck under your control in other places on the Celestial Essence Continent, even if you have a luck treasure at hand, there's nowhere to use it."

Ye Chen: "So if what's inside is a luck treasure, it's actually useless to me at the moment... Is that what you mean?"

Master Legs: "...That's indeed what it means, but it's not a big deal. According to your plan, the luck over in Outer Heaven will become more and more prosperous.

The luck in Cangzhou is also connected to you, and can eventually be used by you.

With that as a foundation, as your influence grows, maybe one day you'll be able to utilize the luck of the entire Eastern Domain or even the whole Celestial Essence Continent.

Being able to harness the luck of the entire Celestial Essence Continent... then kid, you'll be truly legendary!"

Ye Chen was slightly dreamy about it, though such things were far away, just thinking about it won't hurt; he shouldn't dwell on it too much, because... it isn't too realistic!

Luo Qingyi said: "Get it out first and have a look. If it's really a luck treasure, even if it's useless for now, there will surely be a place for it in the future."

Ye Chen nodded and asked: "How do we open it?"

"Just cleave it!" Master Legs said.

"Alright!"

Ye Chen pulled out his sword and was about to strike when his expression suddenly changed; he thought of something extremely frightening, and quickly lowered his sword, saying: "Elder Qingyi, Master Legs, what if there's a person inside…"

Reincarnators, parasites, fate-defiers…

The world of cultivation conceals too many mysteries; someone being sealed inside a boulder for long epochs is indeed possible.

"If there's a person inside, don't worry, someone stealing the luck of a small place like Cangzhou wouldn't be too strong, and here in the Sword Tomb, I can handle it!" Luo Qingyi spoke with great confidence.

Ye Chen felt a bit relieved too, and slashed decisively with a sword.

"Clang!"

A clear sound rang out.

The surface of the reddish-brown stone showed not the slightest trace!

Eying the hardness of the stone, Ye Chen had been careful not to use too much force, worried about damaging the treasure within. Now assured of its hardness, Ye Chen gritted his teeth and slashed with all his might!

"Clang!"

A louder, crisper sound exploded, and Ye Chen was flung back by the recoil, yet the surface of the reddish-brown stone still showed no traces.

Ye Chen shook his tingling palm, looking at Master Legs: "Master Legs, didn't you say... just cleave it?"

Master Legs: "...It's my first time encountering this thing too; I didn't expect even a layer of the Heaven-Sealing Stone's shell would be this hard."

Luo Qingyi said indifferently: "Step aside, I'll do it!"

Ye Chen and Master Legs quickly retreated a distance.

Luo Qingyi was by far the strongest among the three of them.

"Buzz!"

A cyan Sword Qi appeared at Luo Qingyi's conjoined sword fingers.

Even Ye Chen, who had retreated quite far, felt waves of intense unease!

"Swish!"

Luo Qingyi's Sword Qi cleaved down.

"Boom!"

The Sword Qi shattered.

The surface of the reddish-brown stone still showed no mark!

"You two, step back a little more!" Luo Qingyi said with a light shout.

Ye Chen and Master Legs continued to retreat.

Master Legs muttered: "Going all out now, she's ramping up for a big move."

The next moment, a thunderous sound erupted, the Sword Tomb quaked, and an immense power poured crazily into Luo Qingyi's body.

To split that stone, Luo Qingyi was directly channeling the entire power of the Sword Tomb!

As the power accumulating within Luo Qingyi reached its peak, suddenly, Luo Qingyi's body transformed into a cyan long sword radiating divine brilliance.

The cyan long sword, carrying supreme might, slashed toward that great boulder!