Chapter 361: Imperial Court of Evolution
Translator: Alsey Editor: Chrissy
The inside of the cave was extremely vast and was emitting strands of auspicious qi towards the exterior.
Everyone was waiting eagerly. If they happened to open up the ruins of an ancient sect from earth's most glorious era, it would bring them boundless benefits.
"Brother Chu Feng is truly powerful. You've discovered it just after arriving. Truly exceptional." Qi Honglin from the Pre-Qin Research Institute praised with a smile.
Everyone else was also moved. Some people had come here before but none of them had sensed the battlefield and prehistorical remnants behind the cave.
This was a domain researcher's strong suit. He could dismantle the blinding domain, open a path through areas of mortal danger, and directly cause the space belonging to an ancient sect to emerge.
"Elder brother is too polite." Chu Feng smiled.
Qi Honglin's grandson Qi Sheng felt so awkward that he wanted to die. Back then, he had almost been beaten to death by Chu Feng. Right now, his grandpa was addressing Chu Feng as brothers. This set him back by two generations.
He shot a glance at the descender scions in hopes that these young king level entities would cause trouble for Chu Feng.
"Domain researchers are only good for opening a path. Later on, we'll have to depend on the experts to display their abilities," a descender scion beside him said in a soft voice.
That was because he wasn't happy with Chu Feng and wanted him to be suppressed.
"Xiao Sheng, don't stand there," Chu Feng suddenly spoke. He was kindly reminding Qi Sheng that there were domain runes in that area.
Ten thousand alpaca's whistled through Qi Sheng's heart.
He was kindly reminded thus by an enemy and lowered by two generations. The world almost turned dark for him.
Just now, he was thinking about how to disrupt the relationship between Chu Feng and the descender scions, but now, he wanted nothing more than to incite a bloody conflict.
"This way, follow me." At this time, someone called out to him with great familiarity.
Qi Sheng originally wanted to say thanks, but he found, after turning around, that it was the toad. Additionally, it had called him Little Sheng. This angered Qi Sheng so much that his nose was almost bent. He really wanted to curse, "Your mother!"
Even a toad was talking to him so kindly as if it was taking care of a junior. He felt this whole world was full of evil.
At this time, everyone had entered the cave. They saw the ruins up front, littered with corpses, weapon fragments, and collapsed hills and monasteries.
There was actually such a secret realm behind the domain.
"Can we go in?" Some people felt their blood boiling. It was definitely a sect no matter how one looked at it. This made everyone hopeful.
"There are true dragon pillars in there. Don't tell me this was where the ancient imperial court of evolved beings is located?" someone exclaimed.
There were thick stone pillars still standing around the borders of the ruin. They were quite grandiose and possessed the spirit of an imperial landscape.
"Don't overthink. The court of evolved beings during that brilliant era is supreme. It didn't just rule over a simple realm, but was able to fight through the river of stars to suppress each and every ancient vital star," Li Canghe said.
The sects of earth during that era were outrageously powerful!
The imperial court of that era was one of strongest power within the cosmos. It was incomparably aloof and could command many stars.
After all, it was ranked 11 in the universe at that time. Their rise was too incomparably rapid.
So much that, in the eyes of many entities, the earth of that era might even reach higher and charge into the top-ten stars.
Unfortunately, that glorious and brilliant era was turned to ash in the blink of an eye.
Many people were observing Chu Feng. That was because the key to this excursion was whether he could open the domain runes in this region and bring everyone inside.
"Bring me magnetic stones, preferably high-quality magnetic crystals," said Chu Feng. He was prepared to take action.
"Good. I don't have other things, but I do have some high-quality jades and magnetic crystals." Li Canghe laughed.
That was because there were a lot of crystals within the Origin Magnetic Immortal Cave at the north pole. Some people came forward to deliver a pile of them.
Chu Feng held the scarlet and lustrous flying knife and rapidly carved upon the magnetic stones. Fragments of them began to flutter about as he worked seriously.
"Woof! Woof! Woof!"
But the silence was broken when he accidentally injected some energy into the blade. The flying knife began to emit barking sounds which dumbfounded everyone.
Princess Lin who was standing beside him was immediately shocked out of her wits. She thought an evil hound had emerged from within the ruin. She blinked her beautiful eyes as she stared at the flying knife speechlessly.
In truth, the others were also astonished. They thought some sort of vicious beast had come rushing out.
Some people knew of Chu Feng's experience on Mount Tai and revealed odd expressions.
"Quiet!" Chu Feng withdrew his energy and calmed the knife down.
A light flashed past the descender scions. A flying knife at such a quality was indeed extraordinary and could be considered a rare treasure. That was because it had already experienced continuous evolutions.
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh…
Chu Feng acted rapidly and tossed out some magnetic stones to different positions. This made the earth glow and form a dense flickering pattern.
"How is it?" Li Canghe asked. Many people were observing anxiously.
Chu Feng spoke, "It should be okay. There aren't a lot of remnant domains within this ruin. We can advance for now. Everyone follow me and don't move recklessly."
Chu Feng pondered as he advanced and kept on tossing magnetic crystals. He was probing the ruins ahead and searching for a safe passage. Just like that, they gradually entered.
"The energy here is so dense. Truly extraordinary!" some people exclaimed.
That was because the energy levels here rose by several times after entering. Everyone felt their pores relaxing on their own while standing here.
"What's this situation. The corpses are still emitting energy!" the toad cried out.
There were hundreds of corpses that had long since turned to white skeletons, but some were still wrapped in old and shriveled skin.
Among them, energy was drifting off from some of those skeletons. Apparently, they were quite powerful while alive.
So much that some corpses were emitting radiation-like dangerous energies.
Some people drew in a breath of cold air. Could it be that the level reached by these evolved beings involved nuclear energy? Did they gain nuclear power after evolving to that level?
"Retch!"
Some of the younger girls began to retch. They closed the pores on their body and prevented themselves from absorbing the energy here. They felt too digusted.
Some of these skeletons were actually the source of energy. They were emitting black, silver, and grey energies. The energy that was being absorbed by everyone just now came from them.
The others felt a chill. This was truly quite bizarre.
Chu Feng searched around, hoping to find some useful items, but unfortunately, the powerful evolved beings here didn't leave any valuable equipment behind. Their weapons had also been destroyed.
It was quite obvious that this battle was extremely terrifying. They detonated their own energy weapons and damaged their invincible diamond bodies. Most of the corpses weren't even whole.
Boom!
When they approached the mountain. Chu Feng threw out more probing magnetic crystals but it resulted in a big explosion. The area lit up with dazzling veined patterns capable of killing myriad life forms.
Anything would be obliterated when approaching that place.
Everyone felt chilled. This place was simply too terrifying. Even the most powerful experts among them, Li Canghe and the old woman, were scared. That was because they were quite certain that the energy suffusing the monastery was enough to kill them and turn them to ashes in an instant.
"This is a powerful orthodoxy and quite possibly an imperial court of evolved beings. If even the remnant domains are so powerful, it's hard to imagine their strength during the glorious era."
Li Canghe thus said. That was because he just realized that this domain was even more powerful than some of the sect-guarding domains on some powerful stars.
Chu Feng's expression was solemn. He naturally discovered how terrifying the domains here were. They would be directly reduced to ashes the moment they recklessly stepped into them.
Everyone sensed countless beams shoot out. These rays had corrosive properties and radioactive elements, a reflection of how ancient evolved beings utilized energy.
At this time, not to mention others, even the extraterrestrials like Li Canghe and the old woman were trembling. They weren't frightened but instead excited because they had discovered an ancient saint-level sect.
Everyone else was excited and overcome with incomparable longing. This kind of place would offer them endless benefits if they were able to make their way inside.
"Brother Chu, there are enormous fortunes here. You must find a way. We'll become legends if we can enter!" someone glanced at Chu Feng with passionate eyes and said in a soft voice.
Princess Lin exhaled like an orchid and whispered into Chu Feng's ears, "This might be the ruin of an imperial court. There might even be sage medicines inside that can cure you. Try hard!"
Chu Feng moved his head sideways and brushed past her red lips, sensing the warmth and moisture therein. This made her pull back with a cry.
"I'm a human, not a god. Even a domain grandmaster wouldn't be able to open a true imperial court. This is too difficult for me."
"I'm a divine… beast"! The toad announced its presence.
Chu Feng truly wanted to conquer this place. The only hope was to find some critical defects in this badly damaged domain and enter from there.
Following which, he became silent and began to draw densely packed patterns on the ground. He carved a rough sketch akin to a river of stars, causing the observers to suffer a headache.
Chu Feng observed the geography and calculated with all due seriousness. He was doing his utmost in hopes of going in.
In the end, 36 nodes appeared on the densely packed traces!
He began his preparations and placed 36 magnetic crystals into their respective positions.
"We're ready. Everyone listen to me. In a few moments, you'll fire these 36 magnetic crystals at the same time towards the places I designate.
Chu Feng pointed towards some places in the vicinity and had everyone remember their own special targets. These locations correspond to the nodes on the rough sketch. They would fire all of them at the same time and use this method to sound out the defects in this domain.
Princess Lin, Zhou Yun, Lin Naoi, Qi Honglin, Li Canghe, and the others held a magnetic crystal in their hand. Listening to Chu Feng's command, they shot them out at the same time.
The 36 magnetic crystals were like 36 chess pieces as they fell onto their respective special nodes. Within moments, the whole area was filled with dazzling intersecting veined patterns.
Chu Feng's eyes erupted in flames as he focused on the main gates. He had activated his Fiery Pupils and was observing the changes in the veined patterns therein.
Finally, he let out a surprised cry. "I've found it! There's a defect in the gate. We can enter from there."
He felt a burning pain in his eyes the moment he turned around and saw Princess Lin. That was because, under effects of the Fiery Eye, her exceptional figure and her tall, city-toppling parts were swaying in front of Chu Feng. There were no secrets.
"Oh, I have sinned!" Chu Feng muttered. He shot a couple more glances while withdrawing the fiery eyes.
Qi Lin felt an indescribable feeling of uneasiness because this man's eyes were too evil. She scolded in a soft voice, "Where are you looking at?!"
"Your thoughts are too dirty!" Chu Feng replied in a decent tone.
Princess Lin truly wanted to beat him up.
Afterward, Chu Feng began to step forward with the toad and walked towards the interior.
The broken mountains and the dilapidated gates were surrounded with countless patterns. Chu Feng stepped along a winding path and warned everyone else not to step on the wrong place.
Everything went smoothly after passing the gate. There were no more dangers for the moment. They walked past a ruined area and began to enter deeper.
Very soon, they saw a platform floating in the air. It was still hovering and hadn't fallen even to this day.
"Imperial Carriage!"
The old woman cried out. She stared fixedly at the dilapidated carriage atop the stone platform. The simple carriage was already decayed but was still emitting some residual energy.
"This imperial carriage was pulled by quasi-divine beasts, and this platform is its parking spot!" Li Canghe's voice was trembling.
That was because, according to his explanation, this kind of imperial carriage drawn by a mature quasi-divine beast could roam the starry skies and cross unhindered through various great stars.
This was a parking platform which had descended from the starry skies!
Divine beast, an extremely powerful bloodline that was almost indomitable. A single divine beast could sweep through the world and destroy vital stars. Who would dare use such a beast to pull his carriage?
Normally, those who could use divine beasts to pull their carriages belonged to top-grade sects!
One could see several such stone platforms had long since landed in this place and there were broken carriages amidst the rubble.
This indicated that this place was extremely glorious back in the day. They used quasi-divine beasts to pull their carriages and not just one! It meant that the powerful evolved beings here frequently roamed the stars.
"This is definitely the ruins of an ancient imperial court." Li Canghe made such a judgment.
Chu Feng didn't pay attention to these things. His nose was opening and closing because he had noticed a strand of clear fragrance drifting in from a distance. The scent was extremely soothing to the spirit. There should be an imperial medicine farm here!