"I believe you, Senior."
"However… if this wasn't laid down by you, Senior, then who set it up?" Chu Feng asked with curiosity.
"The secrets of heaven cannot be revealed," the yellow-robed elder said with a faint smile.
His smile carried hidden meaning, but Chu Feng had no idea what it was.
Since the other party clearly didn't want to speak of it, Chu Feng dropped the subject. Still, he couldn't help wondering—if this elder hadn't set it up, then who had?
"Senior, you just said that I'm the only one who passed through the Unknown Burial Ground?" Chu Feng asked again.
After all, he clearly wasn't the only person to have passed through the Unknown Burial Ground.
Chu Feng knew full well that before him, Ying Mingchao and Zi Xunyi had both made it through.
"You are indeed the only one. As for that young couple outside—they never broke through the Life and Death Formation, so they don't count as having passed through the Unknown Burial Ground at all," the yellow-robed elder said, giving Chu Feng his answer in a single sentence.
So Ying Mingchao and Zi Xunyi had never truly broken through the Life and Death Formation. In other words, they hadn't actually succeeded in clearing the Unknown Burial Ground.
"See, I told you so. They were just blind cats stumbling on dead rats—it was all sheer luck."
"It's a good thing you didn't keep listening to them. Otherwise, you wouldn't even know how you died."
Hearing this, Her Majesty grew even more indignant. After all, Chu Feng had suffered quite a bit by following Ying Mingchao's lead.
"Then why were they able to leave the Unknown Burial Ground?" Chu Feng asked again, very curious and eager to learn the truth.
"We can only say they were lucky," the yellow-robed elder said.
"Lucky?" Chu Feng grew even more confused.
"When that young couple was inside the Life and Death Formation, an old friend of mine happened to be present."
"That old friend of mine is a woman. Despite her age, she has the heart of a young girl—she's incredibly soft-hearted and kind."
"She was deeply moved by how devoted that young couple was to each other, how they were willing to die for one another. So she pleaded with me to spare them."
"I simply couldn't withstand her constant pestering, so I reluctantly agreed. But rules are rules here—even if I were to go easy on them, I still had to follow proper procedure."
"So I could only modify the conditions for breaking the formation, making an exception to allow them to pass. I also gave them some rewards."
"However, since they didn't truly break the formation, the rewards weren't particularly impressive," the yellow-robed elder said.
At that moment, Chu Feng finally understood the full picture.
He now knew where Ying Mingchao had obtained that fragment of the Heavenly Forge Weapon Refining Manual.
It had come from here. But because Ying Mingchao had never truly broken through the Life and Death Formation, the manual the elder had given him was nothing more than a fragment.
It looked precious, but in reality, it was completely useless.
Hummm— Just then, the True Immortal fog enveloping Zhao Hong had fully dissipated.
Zhao Hong was now not only healed of all her injuries, but her aura had also grown dense and powerful.
Her aura was utterly unique—it belonged to an entirely new realm. Even the martial power of the surroundings influenced by her had become something completely different.
True Immortal. Zhao Hong was now a first-grade True Immortal.
Becoming a True Immortal would have been cause for immense joy under normal circumstances. Yet at this moment, there was no trace of happiness on Zhao Hong's face—only heaviness.
"Chu Feng, thank you. This debt of gratitude—I, Zhao Hong, will repay you one day."
Zhao Hong spoke to Chu Feng. Her words were filled with deep gratitude, but even more so with guilt.
She felt guilty because Chu Feng had given up his chance to become a True Immortal in order to save her.
And it was precisely because Chu Feng had saved her that she had received the opportunity that should have been his.