796: Chapter 796 Ancient Runes!

"Can you talk now?" Ye Chen asked indifferently.

The old man gave a bitter smile.

He knew that in the face of an existence like Ye Chen, he had absolutely no ability to resist.

Once he resisted, he would only die faster.

Immediately, he took a deep breath and completely gave up on resisting.

"I... I will tell the truth."

"I came here for a treasure."

"And the things on the cliff face are also related to that treasure."

Three hundred years ago, he had accidentally discovered this place.

He had originally thought it was just a normal geomantic treasure land, but later discovered that buried beneath the Earth Veins of this Green Bull Mountain was an ancient ruin.

The entrance to the ruins was right behind that cliff face, but he had spent over a hundred years and tried countless methods, yet he couldn't break through the entrance.

Because the entrance was sealed by an ancient restriction, it simply could not be opened.

Therefore, he had laid low here, cultivating while researching methods to break the restriction.

After listening, Ye Chen asked indifferently: "You trash, you've researched for so many years without a single clue, yet you still dare to stay here?"

The old man: "..."

Ye Chen continued: "If I were you, I would just jump off the cliff and commit suicide!"

The old man: "..."

This guy's words were exceptionally harsh!

If he couldn't figure it out himself, could he really be blamed? It was just that the restriction was too difficult!

He gritted his teeth and huffed defiantly: "If you're so capable, you do it!"

"Fine, I'll do it." Ye Chen smiled disdainfully, "In a moment, I'll let you see just how much of a trash you really are."

After speaking, Ye Chen went to the cliff face alone.

Then, he slowly closed his eyes and activated [Earth Vein Tracking] directly.

Instantly, the cliff face became transparent, and Ye Chen's vision penetrated deep into the cliff like a scanner.

The moment he penetrated it, Ye Chen discovered something was wrong...

Around the cliff face, there were strands of red barriers identical to the patterns on the cliff.

The barriers emitted a powerful and suffocating force, carrying an overwhelming aura that blocked Ye Chen's investigation.

But... the power of [Houtu Inheritance] was the most primal power of the earth.

Therefore, this bit of aura was like a child in front of Ye Chen; with a gentle push, it was broken through.

The next second, his [Earth Vein Tracking] surged in, instantly detecting the situation deep inside.

Deep inside, there was indeed a special area that was completely scarlet and emitting strange light, as if it were about to burn.

Ye Chen opened his eyes, a smile appearing on his face: "Interesting."

"Hmph!" The old man was a bit unconvinced, "Just bluffing!"

"Smack!" Yan Qingwu's ink sword struck his face: "You're already a prisoner, and you're still talking tough?"

"You!!!" A sword mark appeared on the old man's face, and he was about to explode with rage.

But before he could speak, Yan Qingwu interrupted him directly: "If you talk nonsense again, I'll cut out your tongue."

The words the old man was about to say were swallowed back down.

Furious! It was infuriating! Just about anyone dared to ride roughshod over him!

However, Ye Chen turned around and looked at him: "You say I'm bluffing? Fine, I'll break it for you to see right now."

Upon hearing this, the old man felt terrible.

No way... this young man couldn't actually be able to break it, right?

That was an ancient restriction he had studied for over a hundred years!

He had tried countless methods, but the restriction remained unmoved, and instead, it had shaken him so much that he vomited blood several times, and had nearly died on the spot several times!

"Hmph!" The old man snorted coldly, continuing to put on a brave front, "I'd like to see how you break it!"

In his view, although Ye Chen's strength was ridiculously strong, he was young after all.

Things like ancient restrictions could not be solved by brute force alone.

What was required was a deep understanding of formations, runes, and the energy of heaven and earth.

He had lived for three hundred years and considered his attainments in this area to have reached the pinnacle.

If even he couldn't break it, how could a twenty-something-year-old kid do it?

However... Ye Chen completely ignored him.

He took out six Talismans from his pocket.

Yellow paper and cinnabar.

But the moment Ye Chen threw the Talismans out... six golden lights exploded simultaneously!

The Talismans hovered in mid-air, arranged in a hexagram, with golden runes surging from each Talisman, spinning rapidly in the air.

Those runes were so ancient that even the old man couldn't recognize them, and the aura they emitted made his pupils shrink suddenly.

"This is... Ancient Runes?!"

"Impossible! How is this possible?!"

"No one has understood Ancient Runes for a long time, how could you know them, and even draw Talismans!!!"

"A frog in a well thinking it knows the whole sky." Ye Chen glanced at him and smiled.

The old man's face turned even redder.

However, Ye Chen ignored him and directly raised his hand, pointing a finger.

The six golden lights shot towards the cliff face simultaneously.

"Boom!!!" Under the loud noise, the entire Green Bull Mountain trembled.

The dense patterns on the cliff face seemed to come alive, flashing with dark red light crazily.

Those lights collided with the golden light, emitting a harsh humming sound.

The old man widened his eyes, staring fixedly at the cliff.

He saw... those dark red lights, under the suppression of the golden runes, began to recede inch by inch.

It was like ice and snow encountering a raging fire, unable to resist at all.

"This... this is impossible!" The old man completely lost his composure, "I've researched for over a hundred years and used every method without being able to shake it in the slightest, yet you broke it with a few Talismans?!"

Ye Chen didn't even turn his head, speaking indifferently: "I said it, you are trash."

The old man: "..."

His face turned the color of a pig's liver, but he couldn't refute it.

Yes. He had researched for over a hundred years and hadn't figured anything out.

The other person came for less than ten minutes and solved it with six Talismans.

If this isn't being trash, what is?

"Rumble—" The dark red light on the cliff completely dissipated, and those ancient patterns dimmed along with it.

Immediately after, a crack appeared in the middle of the cliff.

The crack grew wider and wider, eventually forming a stone door.

Behind the stone door was a deep, dark passageway, and a cold, gloomy aura rushed towards them.

Ye Chen stepped towards the stone door.

"Ye Chen!" Yan Qingwu hurriedly chased after him, "I'm coming with you!"

Ye Chen waved his hand: "You stay outside and watch this old thing; don't let him run away."

Yan Qingwu's footsteps paused, and she frowned.

"But what if there is danger inside..."

"I can handle it even if there is danger."

Ye Chen didn't even look back as he walked into the passageway, "If you go in, I'll have to split my attention to look after you."

Yan Qingwu: "..."

She had wasted her concern on this bastard.

But come to think of it... did Ye Chen need her concern?

If it was something he couldn't handle, ten of her would be useless!

Thinking of this, she ultimately did not follow.

Ye Chen's figure then disappeared into the passageway.

The old man looked at Ye Chen's receding back, his eyes full of unwillingness.

The secret he had guarded for over a hundred years had been snatched by someone else just like that?

Unwillingness! Anger! Frustration!

This blow made him feel that his three hundred years of cultivation had all been in vain.

...

The passageway was very dark.

But this bit of darkness was easy for Ye Chen.

After walking about a few hundred meters, the passageway finally reached its end.

Ye Chen stopped and narrowed his eyes slightly.

Because... at the end was a stone chamber, and in the center of the stone chamber was a coffin.

The coffin was completely blood-red, as if carved from some special jade, emitting a faint red light in the darkness.

At the four corners of the coffin, there were red ropes tied.

The other end of the ropes was tied to bronze bells at the four corners of the stone chamber.

What was most hair-raising was... the surface of the bronze bells was actually! Actually! Actually! Covered in runes.

Moreover, as Ye Chen stepped in, those bronze bells began to sway gently.

It was as if they were warning Ye Chen not to continue stepping in.

It also seemed as if they were excited.

"A seal?" Looking at this scene, Ye Chen raised his eyebrows.

This blood coffin was sealed.

The runes on those bronze bells were the core of the seal.

And the bronze bells moving without wind meant the thing inside the seal was struggling.

Interesting!

Ye Chen stepped into the stone chamber.

As soon as his foot stepped in, the swaying of those bronze bells suddenly became violent.

"Jingle, jingle, jingle—"

Ye Chen ignored it and walked straight to the blood coffin.

The coffin was completely blood-red, its surface as smooth as a mirror, and it could even reflect his face.

He squatted down and carefully examined the runes on the bronze bells.

The runes were very complex, but in his eyes, they were not unfamiliar.

Because those runes and a certain sealing technique in the Houtu Inheritance came from the same source.

"This is too interesting." Ye Chen stood up, raised his right hand, and pressed it on the coffin lid.

"Hum—" The blood-colored light on the coffin lid suddenly brightened, and a massive force surged out from the coffin, wanting to repel him.

But Ye Chen remained motionless.

His hand pressed on the coffin lid, and golden True Qi surged from his palm, colliding with the blood-colored light.

The temperature in the stone chamber dropped instantly, the bronze bells swayed crazily, as if they would shatter at any moment.

Those runes also shone blindingly, desperately trying to maintain the seal.

But Ye Chen's power was too strong.

The golden True Qi was like a force destroying dry weeds and smashing rotten wood, pressing the blood-colored light back inch by inch.

The coffin lid began to vibrate.

Then... it slowly pushed open.