"Are you curious?"
The Skyreach Empress smiled faintly. "These are the ruins of the Chiyou Ancient Kingdom. Back then, the Ancestral Sorcerer Chiyou divided a piece of the Hongmeng Universe into the Demon Abyss Continent and established the Chiyou Ancient Kingdom here. It used to be quite glorious, but with the arrival of the Eternal Night, the Chiyou Ancient Kingdom was gradually swallowed by darkness and disappeared from people's sight. However, history will not disappear. Even if it is swallowed by darkness, it still exists here. It can even be said that the Eternal Night protected this ancient kingdom, allowing it to retain its original appearance."
After listening to the Skyreach Empress' explanation, Su Chen understood.
"Empress, did you discover the anomaly you mentioned in these ruins?"
"It should be around here. However, that aura is very obscure. I still need to search for it carefully. Come and help me. There are many good things here. If you're lucky, you might be able to pick up some ancient treasures here. Grandmist Divine Weapons."
Su Chen's eyes lit up. Without saying anything, he activated the Heavenly Brilliance to illuminate the surroundings and began his search.
The Chiyou Ancient Country was boundless. As Su Chen moved forward, he captured the tiniest of spiritual qi fluctuations. After a while, he really did find some things. However, they were not treasures. They were mainly materials that were tough and could withstand the baptism of time.
Although Su Chen did not care for them, there were a lot of them. Basically, he could find some in every ruin. Su Chen did not mind. As long as he found something, he would take it all.
Before he knew it, four hours had passed.
Su Chen's looting speed was very fast. He only stayed for a few seconds in a ruin. After four hours, he had already looted tens of thousands of ruins of ancient houses. However, compared to the entire Chiyou Ancient Country ruins, it was only a small part of it.
"Did you find anything good?" The Skyreach Empress appeared in front of Su Chen like a ghost.
Su Chen opened his storage ring and poured out a mountain of refining materials. He said, "These materials are not bad. Many of them are rare or even extinct. They can be used to refine some special treasures."
"Not bad, but it's not worth much. Follow me, I just found a cave. There might be some good stuff inside."
With that, the Sky-reaching Empress grabbed Su Chen's arm and leaped with him. They crossed tens of thousands of kilometers and arrived at the entrance of a pitch-black cave.
Outside the cave stood two rows of massive stone statues. The faces of these stone statues were fiendish. Even after ten billion years, there was not the slightest sign of weathering. They were only stained with dust and their spiritual qi was extremely dim.
"This is a stone statue made of Dao Gold and Tungsten Iron. This is a high-grade material for smithing. Furthermore, there are so many of them.
With a wave of his hand, Su Chen collected the dozens of stone statues in two rows into his bag.
Tongtian Empress shook her head in exasperation, as if to say, "This is all you can do, kid."
She took the lead and walked into the cave.
The cavern was spacious and there were traces of an array formation, completely isolating the space inside and outside of the cavern.
As soon as he entered, Su Chen took a deep breath.
"So this is the smell of the air ten billion years ago. The spiritual qi here is indeed rich, at least a hundred times more powerful than the current spiritual qi of heaven and earth."
The Sky-reaching Empress said, "You're thinking too much. The Eternal Night only completely enveloped this place two billion years ago. The spiritual qi here is only two billion years old. The spiritual qi of heaven and earth ten billion years ago was even more powerful than this. Even the immortal qi of the Immortal World might not be able to compare."
Su Chen was not surprised to hear this.
That was because he already knew the origin of the Immortal World. After all, everything originated from the primordial age.
Primordial energy was the most powerful!
The Empress said, "Aren't you a Divine Talisman Master? See if you can break the array formation here."
Hearing the Empress' words, Su Chen immediately calmed down.
Indeed, he had already sensed that there was a very mysterious array formation in this cave, as if it was hiding something.
A formation that could still function normally after two billion years must have a powerful origin. Su Chen had to study it carefully.
Su Chen sat cross-legged in the air, sending out invisible divine patterns in all directions. He began to carefully study the structure of the array formation in this cave.
"I see!"
"What an exquisite structure!"
"Not bad, interesting. It seems that the patternscribe of the ancient times was even more imaginative than the present. Even I couldn't have imagined such a divine pattern layout."
"Hmm?
This is … "
The Sky-reaching Empress asked, "What did you find?"
Su Chen said, "Someone left a message in this array, asking me to translate it … It seems to be a condolence letter for someone. Wait, I think I understand."
With that, Su Chen suddenly opened his eyes. His aura began to change dramatically. Under the qualitative change of his origin, he gradually gained the inherent bloodline aura of the Blood Moon Clan.
"What kind of move is this?"
The Sky-reaching Empress was a little surprised. This was the first time she had seen a move that could change one's bloodline aura from the inside out.
"I got an immortal spell by chance. It's not worth mentioning."
Su Chen chuckled, and then he strode into the depths of the cave. His figure shook, and then he vanished into thin air.
The Sky-reaching Empress was speechless. Immortal spell?
It's not worth mentioning?
Why is this little guy's tone getting more and more arrogant? And he's going to explore by himself without bringing me along.
When he comes out, I must teach him a lesson!
Thinking of this, the Sky-reaching empress subconsciously clenched her fist and waved it a few times in the direction Su Chen had left. That playful look was not in line with her reputation as the Sky-reaching empress. If Su Chen saw it, he would be so shocked that his teeth would fall out.
"Sure enough, I guessed right. This is an ancient tomb, and the person buried here is a direct descendant of Chiyou, the Blood Moon Clan."
Looking at the huge tomb in front of him, Su Chen was not surprised at all.
In the past, the Blood Moon Clan was still the ruler of the Demon Race, and they were the royal family of the Chiyou Ancient Country. In this case, the tomb hidden in the cave should be the Imperial Tomb. Tina's ancestor was buried here.
The formation used to protect the Imperial Tomb was definitely not simple. Even after so many years, it would still be very difficult for Su Chen to break it by force.
However, since it was an imperial mausoleum, he would definitely have the authority. Therefore, Su Chen disguised himself as a member of the Blood Moon Clan. Naturally, he could enter this mausoleum openly.
"There must be a lot of treasures in the Imperial Tomb. Let me look carefully."
Su Chen rubbed his fists, strode into the tomb, and began to search.
Soon, Su Chen's eyes were attracted by a huge coffin.
"What a terrifying aura. The person buried here must be a top expert. Could it be … Chiyou's tomb?"