309: The Life and Death Pearl—such a rare item exists in the world.

Ye Bai pressed his palm against the formation eye and began to activate the formation. As the runes lit up, the Bagua Formation gradually glowed with golden light, firmly covering the stone coffin.

At that moment, the stone coffin shuddered violently, as if resisting Ye Bai, and an angry roar echoed from within. The Black Mist outside the stone coffin churned like ferocious snakes, attempting to break the seal.

Ye Bai gave a cold huff and shook his arms. The golden light suddenly intensified, and the stone coffin immediately stopped struggling.

“Done!” Ye Bai breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead. This was the second time he had used this move; although it wasn't particularly exhausting, he was, after all, getting on in years.

“So cool...” Meng Ziyi couldn't help but swoon.

“Quick, let's see where those Yin Spirit ran off to.” Yang Mi pulled her toward the exit.

The runes surrounding the stone coffin all lit up, and a beam of golden light shot into the air, forming a sphere. This golden light was a convergence of Yang energy, which yin entities feared; once struck by it, they would dissipate into nothingness.

The golden light lasted for five or six seconds before vanishing.

Meng Ziyi said, “Those Yin Spirit must have been scared away.”

Ye Bai said, “Mhm, ignore them. Let's find a way out quickly.”

The group continued forward. Before long, they saw a door. The door was very high, a full two meters tall, with three characters written on it—Life-Death Hall!

The layout here was similar to before, except this Life-Death Hall was more spacious.

Directly in front of the Life-Death Hall stood a statue, identical to the one Ye Bai and the others had seen before the Stone Stele, only much larger. The statue held a blood-red Bead in its hands, and there was another Stone Stele beside it.

Meng Ziyi looked at the text on the Stone Stele and exclaimed, “The Life-Death Bead? Isn't this the treasure left behind by that Spirit medium?”

“Life-Death Bead?” Ye Bai asked.

Yang Mi nodded. “Mhm, it was left by that Spirit medium. It’s said to be able to bring the dead back to life and regrow flesh on bones. It's an extremely precious medicinal ingredient; as long as one consumes this Life-Death Bead, they can immediately recover their health even if they are severely injured.”

“Since it’s so good, let's steal it.” Meng Ziyi was eager to try.

Ye Bai said, “Stealing is a crime; we should obtain it fair and square. I suspect that Spirit medium might be monitoring us nearby. If we steal the Life-Death Bead, she’ll definitely hunt us down. It's better to figure out the situation first.”

The group walked toward the Stone Door in the middle of the Life-Death Hall. There was another Stone Door set within it.

“What do you think is behind this Stone Door?” Meng Ziyi asked excitedly.

“I don't know, maybe some kind of treasure,” Ye Bai guessed.

The stone lock on the door was crude and looked ancient, covered in moss.

“This stone lock looks quite heavy. How do we open it?” Meng Ziyi asked.

“I'll give it a try. You two stand back a bit,” Ye Bai instructed the two women.

“Ye Bai, can you do it?” Meng Ziyi asked worriedly.

“It's fine, trust me.”

Ye Bai took a deep breath, clenched his fist, and threw a punch.

Bang!

The stone lock swayed slightly from the hit but remained completely undamaged, without even a mark left behind. Ye Bai was stunned. This stone lock was this hard?

Yang Mi and Meng Ziyi were also dumbfounded.

“Ye Bai, a punch from you could at least bend an iron hammer. How can it not even break an iron ring?”

Ye Bai frowned and said, “This thing is incredibly sturdy. I felt like that punch just now could have collapsed a building.”

“If this stone lock is so hard, how are we supposed to open it?” Meng Ziyi said.

“Let me see if the stone lock is latched from the inside first. If it's locked from the outside, it'll be easier.” Ye Bai walked over and tried every trick in the book, but he still couldn't budge the stone lock in the slightest; he even hurt his knuckles from the impact.

“This stone lock is locked from the inside,” Ye Bai said.

Yang Mi sighed. “It seems we have no way to enter the stone coffin unless we destroy it.”

Ye Bai thought for a moment and said, “You two step back. I'll blast the Stone Door open, and the treasures inside this stone coffin will be yours.”

“Really?” The two were overjoyed.

Ye Bai nodded, stepped forward, and kicked the stone lock.

Boom!

There was a loud crash as dust flew and debris scattered, but the stone lock didn't move an inch.

In the Live Stream Room, when the viewers saw this scene, the bullet comments scrolled frantically like snowflakes.

“My god, this stone lock is way too sturdy. Even Great God Ye Bai can't do anything about it.”

“There must be a huge treasure behind this Stone Door, otherwise it wouldn't be so hard to open.”

“I feel like Ye Bai is about to use a big move. I'm so excited.”

Ye Bai looked at the motionless stone lock, his brow furrowing deeper. He crouched down to carefully observe the area around the lock and found some strange patterns where the lock connected to the Stone Door. These patterns vaguely formed a small Feng Shui formation.

“This stone lock isn't simple; it’s reinforced by a Feng Shui formation. No wonder it's so hard,” Ye Bai muttered to himself.

“A Feng Shui formation? Then what do we do?” Yang Mi pointed the camera at the patterns around the stone lock.

The viewers in the Live Stream Room also grew curious.

“So there's a Feng Shui formation. The Production Team is really good at designing this.”

“Great God Ye Bai will definitely have a way to crack it.”

Ye Bai stood up and took several copper coins and a red thread from his backpack. He placed the copper coins around the stone lock according to specific orientations and wove the red thread through them, chanting under his breath: “Heaven and Earth lend their power, Yin and Yang reverse, Break!” Following his words, the copper coins trembled slightly, and the red thread emitted a faint glow.

“Look, Ye Bai is breaking the formation. It's so magical.”

“Is this the power of Feng Shui Metaphysics? So cool.”

However, the Feng Shui formation only flickered a few times and was not broken. Ye Bai's expression turned solemn; he realized this formation was more complex than he had imagined.

“This formation resonates with the surrounding environment. Just breaking the part on the stone lock won't work,” Ye Bai said.

Meng Ziyi asked anxiously, “Then what should we do? We can't just be stuck here.”

Ye Bai looked around the Life-Death Hall, and his gaze fell on the statue holding the Life-Death Bead. His heart stirred, and he walked to the front of the statue to observe it closely. He found that the statue's eyes seemed to be staring at the stone lock, and there were runes on the statue's base similar to those on the lock.

“There's something wrong with this statue; it's connected to the Feng Shui formation of the stone lock,” Ye Bai told the two women.

The live stream viewers also grew tense.

“Ye Bai found another clue. I feel like they're close to opening the Stone Door.”

“I hope they can open it smoothly. I really want to know what's behind the Stone Door.”

Following the rune clues on the statue's base, Ye Bai found a hidden compartment on the wall of the Life-Death Hall. He carefully opened the compartment, revealing a small jade disc inside. The disc was carved with complex patterns that were related to the runes on the stone lock and the statue.

“This should be the key to breaking the stone lock's Feng Shui formation.” Ye Bai returned to the stone lock with the jade disc.

He placed the jade disc in the center of the stone lock, readjusted the positions of the copper coins according to the patterns on the disc, and chanted the Incantation once more. This time, the Feng Shui formation emitted a powerful light that traveled along the red thread, and the stone lock made a series of clicking sounds.