When they arrived at the Spirit Beast Upper Realm, there was still some time before the Spirit Beast Hunt, so Chu Feng was in no rush to take action.
Since they were already here, he decided to first pay a visit to Song Yuwei and the others' place of seclusion.
Though the Spirit Beast Upper Realm had gained its fame because of the Spirit Beast Hunt, it was in fact originally a rather prosperous world. Many powerful factions had stationed themselves here, and its territory was vast in scope.
As an upper realm, the landmass of the Spirit Beast Upper Realm was at least several dozen times larger than even the Great Thousand Upper Realm.
The ancient secret land that Old Monk Yiku had discovered was located deep within a mountain range known as the Golden Dragon Mountain Range.
It earned that name because the earth in the range was golden, the stones were golden, and even the flowers, grass, and trees throughout the area were all golden as well.
Furthermore, this mountain range housed a great number of Fierce Beasts. The Fierce Beasts here were extremely powerful — the weakest among them were at the Supreme Realm, while the strongest had reached the Martial Venerable Realm.
The strangest thing was that although these Fierce Beasts possessed no spiritual intelligence and belonged to all different species, they too bore a golden exterior.
But aside from the golden mountain range and the powerful Fierce Beasts that inhabited it, there was nothing of value here. Not even rare plants could be found. It was practically a useless wasteland.
For that reason, this place had long since become a forgotten land. Yet Old Monk Yiku had stumbled upon an ancient secret land hidden here entirely by chance.
Right now, Chu Feng and the others were soaring through the air, drawing ever closer to the golden mountain range.
Gazing at the boundless expanse of gold stretching out before them, the mountain range resembled a colossal golden dragon lying across the land. The sight was not only beautiful — it was majestic and awe-inspiring, stirring the very soul.
"Are you sure there's really nothing in this mountain range?"
Her Majesty's voice rang out. Even she, upon witnessing the sight before her, felt that this mountain range did not seem like a place devoid of treasure. On the contrary, it felt like the kind of place that should be hiding something of immense value.
"It really does seem like there's nothing."
When Her Majesty asked, Chu Feng had already activated his Heavenly Eyes to observe the range. But after a thorough scan, he had found absolutely nothing.
"That such a mountain range truly has no signs of treasure at all — how peculiar."
Lady Yuwei's voice sounded as well. She too had been using her own methods to search, but to no avail.
Chu Feng then produced the Celestial Master's Horsetail Whisk.
Unfortunately, the whisk offered no guidance whatsoever.
"Young Hero Chu Feng, that whisk of yours seems rather extraordinary."
When Old Monk Yiku laid eyes on the Celestial Master's Horsetail Whisk, a peculiar gleam flickered in his eyes.
"Senior Yiku, you can actually tell how powerful this whisk is?"
Chu Feng was somewhat surprised. The Celestial Master's Horsetail Whisk was indeed remarkable, but it wasn't displaying any power at the moment, and he had deliberately concealed its nature. The fact that Old Monk Yiku could still perceive its extraordinary quality spoke to the old monk's keen eye.
"I can't discern the specifics, but even just the material is far from ordinary. My strength may be nothing to speak of, but my eye for such things is still sharp enough."
"Otherwise, I wouldn't have learned of this ancient secret land through a chance encounter."
"As for this Golden Dragon Mountain Range — even in the early days of the current era, many great figures came to explore it. There truly is no treasure here, and no natural spirit treasures have been born from it either."
Old Monk Yiku explained.
"The great figures from the Totem Galaxy River — did they not discover the ancient secret land here either?" Chu Feng asked.
"That, I cannot say. But so many years have passed that this place has long become a location everyone avoids. Barely anyone comes here anymore."
"As for that ancient secret land — I only obtained the method to enter it through a fortuitous encounter. Even if some great figure had discovered it before, they likely had no way of getting inside."
Old Monk Yiku said.
"Senior Yiku, lead the way. I'm growing more and more curious about this ancient secret land of yours."
Chu Feng said.
He had originally assumed it was simply an abandoned ancient secret land, but appearing in a place like this made him suspect it might not be so simple after all.
This Golden Dragon Mountain Range was far from ordinary no matter how you looked at it.
And a place so far from ordinary, harboring an ancient secret land within — that only further confirmed its abnormality.
Chu Feng felt that if there truly were any clues to be found, those clues very likely lay within that ancient secret land.
"Let us go."
With that, Old Monk Yiku took the lead once more.
They soon descended from the sky, landing within the Golden Dragon Mountain Range.
Even now, piercing roars and the sounds of battle could be heard one after another, drifting in from the distance.
Those were the cries of the Fierce Beasts.
The place was indeed dangerous, but for Chu Feng and his companions, it posed no real threat.
Under Old Monk Yiku's guidance, they arrived deep within the mountain range at a cave set into the mountainside. The cave was neither particularly large nor particularly deep.
It could be called utterly unremarkable.