After Tian Jian Qingyuan vanished into the vortex, Chu Feng kept his eyes fixed on it, lost in thought.
"What's wrong? Why are you spacing out?" Eggy asked.
"I'm thinking—no matter how hard I cultivate, there are always things I can't handle."
"I seem to be making progress, but I still can't truly protect the people I care about." Chu Feng sighed.
"That's just how life is. Believe it or not, even if you actually possessed the most powerful force in the world, there would still be things beyond your control, and you'd still be frowning about it," Eggy said.
"I'm not frowning," Chu Feng replied.
"Not frowning? You just aren't showing it. But this queen knows exactly how worried you are about your grandmother."
"That said, worrying doesn't help. If you're not strong enough, then get stronger. I know your sister told you not to get involved in whatever's going on here."
"But you're already involved whether you like it or not, so you might as well see it through to the end."
"Now, let's figure out which tomb holds the power that can help you grow. We'll dig it right up," Eggy said.
"That's exactly what I was thinking. Let's go."
With that, Chu Feng leaped into the air and departed.
When they emerged from the mist, they found that the people from the Heavenly Sword Sacred Palace had already left. They hadn't waited for him.
Chu Feng didn't mind. He'd never intended to travel with them anyway, though Eggy was less than pleased.
"What's the deal with the Heavenly Sword Sacred Palace people?"
"Tian Jian Qingyuan said all that, and they just left like that? They don't have a shred of perception," Eggy complained.
"I never asked them to wait for me, and they couldn't be sure whether I'd make it out. It's perfectly normal for them not to wait."
Unlike Eggy, Chu Feng took it in stride.
When Chu Feng flew out of the tomb, he noticed it had changed. It was dim and lifeless now, yet not entirely dead. The feeling it gave was that of an empty shell.
This signified that the tomb's inheritance had already been taken by someone.
Anyone with even a little observation could tell there was no point entering this tomb anymore.
But Chu Feng understood clearly that Tian Jianqing Yuan had chosen this tomb not because it was easy to break through, but because the power it contained was compatible with the power they needed.
The Tomb of the Sword Spirit Sovereign—the owner's name alone was proof enough.
Since Chu Feng had decided to wade into these murky waters, what he needed to do now was find a tomb that would be of help to him.
And so, rather than pressing deeper, he retraced his path.
After a period of travel, Chu Feng arrived before another tomb.
This tomb was one of the smaller ones within the Primordial Graveyard.
It bore no name on the outside and appeared rather ordinary, yet Chu Feng headed straight for it.
"Chu Feng, this tomb looks pretty unremarkable. You're going to pick this one?"
Seeing Chu Feng make a beeline for this tomb with no intention of continuing onward, Eggy couldn't help but ask.
"Although I've been searching for my grandmother the whole time, I've been carefully observing along the way. There are some tombs I can't see through, but among those I can, not many hold anything useful for me."
"Among the ones that could help me, the aura of danger they radiate varies quite a bit."
"This tomb is relatively speaking one of the less dangerous ones, and in my estimation, it most likely harbors opportunities related to barrier techniques," Chu Feng explained.
"And here I thought you only had your grandmother on your mind. I didn't expect that rushing along at full speed wouldn't have stopped you from taking notes," Eggy said with a laugh.
She'd assumed Chu Feng was heading back because the tombs deeper in the Primordial Graveyard were more dangerous.
She hadn't realized that Chu Feng had already picked his target long ago.
The process of entering this tomb was much the same as the one Tian Jianqing Yuan had broken through.
From a distance, it appeared to be an enormous tomb, but once you got close, you'd be enveloped by a formation-created mist. Pass through the mist, and an entire world would unfold before your eyes.
This tomb world didn't have the pleasant scenery of the one Tian Jianqing Yuan had unlocked.
Here, heaven and earth were one and the same.
The sky was blanketed by thick, oppressive gray clouds that blotted out all light.
The ground was nothing but gray dust—mountains, rivers, and earth alike, all a uniform gray without a single splash of another color.
If the tomb world Tian Jianqing Yuan had opened was bursting with vitality, this one was steeped in death, without the faintest trace of life.
*Crash—*