After the Little Mouse entered the passageway, there was no more movement.
Fang Chen clenched his fists, ready to act at any moment.
He and the Little Mouse were mentally connected. Although he couldn't sense the exact location of the Little Mouse, he could sense that the Little Mouse wasn't dead.
"I hope nothing happens to it," Fang Chen said to himself.
Time passed in the blink of an eye.
About an hour later, the little mouse suddenly sent a voice transmission to him.
"Boss, we're rich, hahaha." The Little Mouse's voice was filled with excitement.
"What did you discover?" Fang Chen hurriedly asked.
"Boss, you'll know in a bit."
The Little Mouse didn't say anything else.
After a long wait, the Little Mouse appeared in front of the pitch-black passageway.
"Mm."
Fang Chen's gaze fell on the Little Mouse.
The latter's face was full of smiles. In his palm was a palm-sized egg.
"Boss, look at this." The Little Mouse beamed as it looked at the egg in its palm.
"What egg is this?" Fang Chen asked doubtfully. "Was this the only thing found in the passageway?"
The Little Mouse nodded. "Boss, don't underestimate this egg.
The entire Servant Hall can't compare to it. If my guess is correct, this egg is what the South Tomb Sword Palace truly values. As for the Servant Hall, it's just a decoration to deceive others. "
"It's that amazing?"
Fang Chen opened his eyes wide in disbelief.
To be valued by the South Tomb Sword Palace was enough to show that this egg was extraordinary.
But what kind of divine beast's egg was this?
"What is this egg?" Fang Chen asked.
The Little Mouse played with the egg and beamed. "This is an ant egg."
"An ant egg?" Fang Chen was stunned.
"Boss, there are many different races of ants. Do you know what race this egg belongs to?" The Little Mouse asked.
Fang Chen shook his head. The Little Mouse continued, "Ants are divided into many races. One of them is the royal family of the ants.
Furthermore, their name is the Royal Ant Clan. The ants of the Royal Ant Clan will automatically grasp the laws of heaven and earth after they reach adulthood. "
Hearing this, Fang Chen was shocked.
The Imperial Ant Tribe was actually named after the Imperial Ant Tribe. It seemed that the Imperial Ant Tribe was really powerful.
"The Imperial Ant Clan has very few members, which is a bit similar to our Heaven Devouring Divine Rat Clan.
Every generation, there will be an Ant Emperor. The Ant Emperor can control all the Ants in the Heavenly Realm, "the Little Mouse continued.
All of this was found in his inherited memories.
It was also quite shocked. It didn't expect that there would be an ant egg hidden here.
"The competition in the Ant Emperor Clan is very fierce because once you become the Ant Emperor, you'll be able to command all the members of the Ant Clan in the entire God Realm.
Thus, all of the Imperial Ant Clan's clansmen were doing their best.
The only way for them to become Ant Emperors is to devour all of the other Ant Emperors, one by one. "
Little Mouse continued, "When there's only one Ant Emperor left, he'll become the new Ant Emperor of the Imperial Ant Clan."
"In other words, every generation of the Imperial Ant Clan will only have one Ant Emperor left," said Fang Chen.
The Little Mouse nodded. From a certain point of view, the competition in the Imperial Ant Clan was even fiercer.
If you didn't kill others, others would kill you.
Thus, the Imperial Ant Clan's clansmen had always been mortal enemies.
"Why do you know so much about the Imperial Ant Clan?" asked Fang Chen suddenly.
The Little Mouse laughed mischievously. "Because we Heaven Devouring Divine Rats feed on the Imperial Ant Clan."
Fang Chen was shocked. He looked at the Little Mouse like he was looking at a monster.
After a long while, he did his best to calm down.
He carefully combed through the Little Mouse's words. Finally, he thought of the Little Mouse's intentions.
"What you're saying is that we'll incubate this ant egg, and then you'll eat the Imperial Ant Clan?" asked Fang Chen.
The Little Mouse shook his head. "Boss, the Imperial Ant Clan is very rare in the Divine World. Even those peak powers are unable to resist the temptation of the Imperial Ant Clan. How could I be willing to eat them?"
"We'll incubate the ant egg and then have the Imperial Ant Clan recognize you as its master.
We'll raise the Imperial Ant Clan together. Once it matures, we'll help it devour its clansmen.
"If one day it can become the new Ant Emperor, then it'll be extremely powerful.
"At that time, with a single order, all the ant clans in the Divine World will move out. Even the seven peak powers will have to think twice if they want to touch boss," said the Little Mouse.
He wasn't exaggerating in the slightest. Otherwise, the Southern Tomb Sword Palace wouldn't have secretly raised the ant egg here.
"But why would the Southern Tomb Sword Palace place such an important ant egg here? Aren't they afraid it'll be stolen?" asked Fang Chen.
"A special environment is needed to raise an ant egg.
In the entire Southern Tomb Sword Palace, I'm afraid only this tunnel is suitable for raising an ant egg. That's why the Southern Tomb Sword Palace built a servant hall here to fool others, "said the Little Mouse.
"Then how do we raise it after we take it away?" asked Fang Chen.
"Boss, others might not be able to do it, but you're different."
The Little Mouse laughed mischievously. "The golden heart in your body is extremely unique. That kind of aura is extremely suitable for raising an ant egg. The environment is a hundred times better than this tunnel."
"Try putting the ant egg into the golden heart. See if you can raise it," urged the Little Mouse.
This was an extremely important matter. Whether they could succeed or not was related to whether they could establish a place for themselves in the Divine World.
"I'll try."
Fang Chen took the Ant Egg. With a thought, he kept the Ant Egg in his body.
"Fuse."
Fang Chen controlled the golden heart while controlling the ant egg.
As soon as the golden heart released a golden halo, the ant egg sensed it and happily swam toward it.
A moment later, the ant egg arrived outside the golden heart.
Fang Chen tried to fuse with it. The golden heart seemed to know what Fang Chen was trying to do.
Crash.
The golden heart released a large amount of golden aura that wrapped around the ant egg.
In an instant, the ant egg disappeared.
Fang Chen hastily looked inside the golden heart and saw that the ant egg was quietly absorbing the golden aura.
"It works!"
Fang Chen was overjoyed and shouted excitedly.
"Hahaha, success!"
The Little Mouse was also very excited. After all, that was the Imperial Ant Clan. In the future, it was extremely likely to become an Imperial Ant.
"Boss, the Imperial Ant Clan is extremely important. You can't let others know about it. Otherwise, you'll definitely die.
Also, quickly find an opportunity to leave the Southern Tomb Sword Palace. "
Being in the Southern Tomb Sword Palace didn't feel too safe.
"Don't worry, I know what to do."
After putting away the ant egg, Fang Chen brought the Little Mouse out of the cave.
There wasn't a single person in the forbidden area. No one had noticed that Fang Chen had been here.
"How long does this ant egg need to be nurtured?" asked Fang Chen.
"It depends on the situation. Some are very fast, while others are very slow," said the Little Mouse.
Nurturing an ant egg required patience.
Fang Chen nodded and sat down cross-legged, calming his joy.
After a period of time, Fang Chen's group's trial arrived.
In the blink of an eye, three years had passed since they had arrived in the Divine World.
In these three years, Fang Chen's strength had advanced by leaps and bounds. Furthermore, he had obtained an ant egg.
That was the most important thing.
Today was the day of the trial. A servant hall disciple had come to inform Fang Chen very early in the morning.
In the servant hall's plaza, Xu Xun sneered inwardly. The day he had been waiting for had finally arrived.
"Fang Chen, I've let you live for three more years. You should be satisfied," thought Xu Xun.
After the trial, he had a hundred ways to kill Fang Chen.
"After I kill you, I'll go to the South Tomb Sword Palace to find Senior Brother Zhuang Heng. I'm sure he'll be very happy then," Xu Xun said with a sinister smile.
Not long after, the plaza was packed with people.
There were about a hundred disciples in this batch.
When Fang Chen arrived, the other disciples were already in place.
Fang Chen felt a burning gaze land on his body. He turned his head and was surprised to see Xu Xun glaring at him with hatred in his eyes.
"Hmph, I'm no longer the weakling from three years ago." Fang Chen sneered inwardly.
In these three years, Xu Xun's cultivation had reached the Second Level of the Eternal Realm.
Although he was at the First Level of the Eternal Realm, he could easily deal with Xu Xun.
"Hmph, you think you're safe just because you're in the Eternal Realm? What a joke. I'll let you know the difference between the first and second layers." Seeing Fang Chen's nonchalant expression, Xu Xun's heart was filled with rage.
He couldn't wait to attack Fang Chen.