"Senior, I can assist you in deciphering the contents of that tombstone."
"But might you bring this junior along inside?" Chu Feng asked.
"Look carefully — it's not that I'm blocking this power. I'm withstanding it."
"This power targets living beings. With your cultivation insufficient, I wouldn't be able to protect you."
Once Tianjian Qingyuan said this, Chu Feng observed more closely and found that it was exactly as she described.
No wonder Tianjian Qingyuan had said she would go in on Chu Feng's behalf — she had long known that he couldn't enter.
"Then I'll trouble you, Senior," Chu Feng said.
"Don't thank me just yet. If you can't meet my requirements, I won't help you."
Even as she spoke, Tianjian Qingyuan had already flown out from within the vortex, landing beside Chu Feng.
Chu Feng immediately set up a formation. The massive array shifted with his hand seals and transformed into a chain dozens of meters long.
Chu Feng connected one end to his own forehead.
"In a moment, Senior, I will share what I see with you. Whatever this junior sees, you will see as well."
Chu Feng explained.
Tianjian Qingyuan understood what Chu Feng meant. He would help her find the clues, but the actual deciphering of the tombstone would be up to her.
What Tianjian Qingyuan lacked was the observational ability to see through the tombstone's contents — the ability to decipher it, she already possessed.
In truth, even without Chu Feng's help, she could have done it. It would simply have taken far more time, and she couldn't say exactly how long it would have taken.
So she replied, "That will work."
With the decision made, Chu Feng and Tianjian Qingyuan returned before the tombstone.
Tianjian Qingyuan connected the other end of the formation to her own forehead. In the next instant, her eyes grew increasingly radiant.
The contents of the tombstone, which had been nearly impossible to read before, now seemed far more comprehensible.
She looked at Chu Feng in astonishment, curious about what means he had employed, but found his gaze perfectly ordinary — not a trace of anything unusual.
"Senior, this method of mine places a strain on my body. I'll do my best to hold it, but I don't know how long I can maintain it. Please try to finish as quickly as possible."
Chu Feng's words were polite, but in truth he was urging Tianjian Qingyuan not to waste time.
After all, the power he was using belonged to the Three Realms Divine Eye — something he had borrowed from the Spirit God in the first place. Not only had he only received a portion of its power, but using it placed a burden on his body. Most importantly, he had no idea how long he could sustain it. A partial power, after all — sooner or later, it would be exhausted.
Tianjian Qingyuan took the hint and gave a faint smile, then began forming hand seals that merged into the tombstone.
In an instant, heaven and earth trembled.
Behind Tianjian Qingyuan, a colossal sword of light materialized — its size not one bit smaller than the tombstone itself.
"Is this Senior's bloodline power?"
"It's actually a sword?"
Chu Feng marveled. Tianjian Qingyuan's bloodline power was only an apparition, a manifestation of its bond with the tombstone. But even as a phantom, the power it displayed was extraordinarily formidable — one could only imagine how overwhelming her true bloodline must be.
Soon, one phantom sword after another began to fly out from within the tombstone.
These phantom swords were of ordinary size. At first there were only one or two, but quickly they multiplied to dozens…
Before long, they numbered in the thousands and tens of thousands, surging from the tombstone like a tide and merging into the sword-shaped bloodline apparition behind Tianjian Qingyuan.
As the phantom swords continued to pour in, that sword-form bloodline swelled ever larger. In the blink of an eye, it had already surpassed the tombstone in size, and it was still growing.
She had begun to break the formation and draw out the power within the tombstone, and her progress was remarkably smooth.
After some more time, the bloodline apparition had grown to several times the size of the tombstone.
But just then, Tianjian Qingyuan noticed that her vision was becoming slightly blurry.