Published: January 10, 2025
The shadow young master glanced at Qin Chen with a cold smile, saying nothing more.
The divine phoenix fairy looked at Qin Chen with some apprehension, but after noticing he showed no displeasure, she finally sighed in relief.
The group continued to advance.
Along the way, Qin Chen noticed that as they delved deeper, the aura of the tombs in the Dark Ancestor Land grew increasingly terrifying.
Moreover, the graves being buried became larger.
Suddenly, a chilling aura wafted from the distance.
Qin Chen raised his head and looked ahead; not far away, several large graves appeared, distinct from the previous ones. Firstly, they were much larger than others, resembling dark divine mountains towering here.
Additionally, these graves were blood-red, as if nourished by fresh blood!
Fei E respectfully said, "Sir, those are Blood Graves. Only top-tier heaven venerable experts of our Dark Clan—or even the corpses of pinnacle heaven venerable level individuals—can be buried here. The restrictions placed upon them are extremely terrifying; ordinary people cannot approach easily. Daring to desecrate the corpses will invoke the killing intent of the deceased."
"Here, we have essentially entered the depths of the Dark Ancestor Land, falling within the forbidden area," Fei E added.
Qin Chen glanced at those Blood Graves; indeed, the aura emanating from them was quite extraordinary.
However, it was not enough to make him feel uneasy.
The earlier sense of unease came from deeper within the Blood Graves.
At this moment, the divine phoenix fairy spoke up, "The opportunity I mentioned earlier lies within the depths of these Blood Graves. I received an invitation that an ancient Blood Grave is about to undergo decomposition; at that time, terrifying primordial essence and treasures will be released. If we can absorb some, it will be of tremendous benefit to us."
Upon hearing this, everyone present changed color.
"Decomposing Blood Grave? Are you serious?"
The holy son of Tianhe and others were alarmed, even the shadow young master and Elder Yin Kui showed signs of worry.
Qin Chen turned his gaze over, "Decomposition?"
Fei E quickly explained, "Decomposition refers to the process where the bodies of ancient top-tier experts buried here are assimilated by the Dark Source of the Black Jade Continent over a long period of time, leading to their transformation into nothingness."
"During this process, the bodies of the ancient experts within these Blood Graves will convert into their purest primordial essence, assimilated by the laws of the Dark Heavenly Path of the Black Jade Continent. Ordinary Dark Clan members can comprehend and absorb during this time. If they can absorb a portion of the essence, it would be a huge gain for them."
Fei E realized that although Qin Chen was of the royal family, it seemed he had just arrived at the Black Jade Continent and didn't know much about it, thus he explained with extra effort.
Qin Chen's eyes flickered as he said indifferently, "Those buried in these Blood Graves are at least heaven venerable level figures of our Dark Clan, why would there be any talk of decomposition?"
Heaven venerables, with their bodies, are immortal.
Under normal circumstances, not to mention everlasting, they wouldn't easily dissipate.
Yet, in the Dark Ancestor Land, there was indeed talk of decomposition, and it was evidently a common occurrence, leaving Qin Chen puzzled.
He keenly sensed that there might be something more to it.
At this moment, the shadow young master suddenly scoffed, "Hmph, decomposition is decomposition; why so many questions? It might be that our fallen ancestors of the Dark Clan resonated with their own rules and paths, so they assimilated with the heavenly dao, just ignorant."
Everyone's expressions changed instantly, looking at him with fear.
Damn.
If you want to seek death, don’t drag them along!
The holy son of Tianhe and others hurriedly looked at Qin Chen, but saw that he merely cast a faint glance at the shadow young master without saying anything and instead asked the divine phoenix fairy, "Do you know where the decomposing Blood Grave is?"