384: Chapter 384 Frenzied Buying: Even the Emperor's Coffin Lid Is Taken Away

Quiet time flowed slowly within the dilapidated stone chamber.

Before long, the sky outside gradually darkened, and a few rays of dim yellow sunset stubbornly squeezed through the cracks in the stone walls, casting long shadows across the floor.

After several hours of rest, supplemented by the feedback and nourishment from Xu Chen's Great Saint Origin, Ji Qingyun and Tuoba You finally recovered their strength.

Tuoba You rubbed her bleary eyes, fully waking from her nap. She felt her entire body brimming with inexhaustible strength; her already terrifying Innate Monstrous Strength seemed to have reached a brand-new level after the Yin-Yang Harmony.

However, when she looked down and saw the shredded pieces of her Flowing Immortal Dress scattered across the floor, her small face turned uncontrollably red again.

"Big Brother, the clothes are ruined..." Tuoba You muttered softly, burying her head in Xu Chen's chest, not daring to look up.

Xu Chen smiled and patted her back. With a thought, he retrieved two sets of brand-new, magnificent magical robes from his Storage Ring.

One was a moon-white wide-sleeved flowing cloud dress, which he handed to the cold and gentle Ji Qingyun.

The other was a fiery red Spirit Feather combat suit. On Tuoba You's petite yet curvaceous frame, it looked exceptionally playful and heroic.

The three of them dressed and, holding hands, walked out of the hidden stone chamber.

Standing once again upon the ruins of the ancient palace, the scene before them had undergone a world-shaking transformation.

Without the support of the Fallen Great Emperor's remnant soul, the thick death mist that had shrouded the core of the Forbidden Zone of Life for tens of thousands of years had completely dissipated.

The dim yellow sunset spilled unhindered onto the vast scorched earth. Not only was the suffocating stench of decay gone from the air, but there was also a faint freshness of recovering Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

Finding life in a desperate situation, the extreme misfortune had turned into bliss.

Xu Chen's deep gaze swept across the incredibly massive ruins of the ancient palace.

Under the glow of the setting sun, those Archaic Ruins that were originally hidden by darkness and Death Qi finally revealed their true value.

At the cross-sections of the broken stone pillars, the characteristic deep blue luster of star meteor iron flickered.

In the cracks of the collapsed walls, several Ancient Precious Medicines that had survived the erosion of Death Qi were now greedily absorbing sunlight, emitting a refreshing fragrance. Even the scattered weapon fragments on the ground shimmered with a divine radiance that time could not erase.

The depth and arrogance in Xu Chen's eyes vanished instantly, replaced by two golden glints of pure greed.

"Wives, it's time to work!"

Xu Chen rubbed his hands together and pulled out the Pitch-Black Demonic Sword from his waist, banging it loudly with the back of the blade, looking exactly like a bandit leader preparing to raid a mountain.

"That old Emperor fellow might have had a bad character, but he left behind quite a lot of good stuff. Our family of three is just starting out, and we need this startup capital. Today, we're stripping everything bare; anything in this Forbidden Zone with Spiritual Qi, we're packing it all up!"

Seeing her husband's sudden change in demeanor, Ji Qingyun couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle.

"We'll do as Husband says." Ji Qingyun nodded gently. With a light wave of her jade hand, she uprooted several Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Jade Bone Ginsengs that were emitting a faint white glow nearby, carefully placing them into a jade box.

Tuoba You's eyes lit up with even more excitement.

She had grown up in this Forbidden Zone and was incredibly familiar with every blade of grass and tree. Previously, she thought these glowing stones and herbs were useless, but now that Big Brother liked them, she had to turn the entire Forbidden Zone upside down!

"Big Brother, watch me!"

Tuoba You rolled up the sleeves of her fiery red combat suit, stretched her fair and straight long legs, and dashed over to a collapsed archaic stone pillar.

This pillar was about thirty meters long and as thick as three people's embrace. Its entire body was cast from Deep-Sea Sunken Silver mixed with star meteor iron. Its weight was comparable to a small hilltop, more than enough to forge a Saint Weapon.

Tuoba You reached out with her two delicate small hands and directly grabbed one end of the stone pillar.

The young girl took a deep breath, and her muscles instantly tensed up.

With a thunderous boom, the ground shook violently. That incredibly heavy ten-thousand-year-old stone pillar was actually pulled out of its foundation by her like a radish and held high above her head!

"Big Brother! This big pillar is so shiny, do you want it?"

Holding the mountain-like stone pillar, Tuoba You turned her head and gave Xu Chen a sweet smile, not even breathing hard.

Watching this scene, Xu Chen's eyes twitched violently.

Although he had just obtained the 'Innate Monstrous Strength' passive from the System reward, seeing a soft, cute loli less than 1.6 meters tall with a pure yet seductive baby face casually lift a ten-thousand-year-old stone pillar was still a fierce visual shock!

"Yes! Of course I want it! This is a top-grade Artifact Refining material!"

Xu Chen hurried forward and, with a wave of his hand, used the Law of Space of his Storage Ring to put the massive stone pillar inside.

He reached out and pinched Tuoba You's pink, baby-fat cheek, giving her a big thumbs up without hesitation.

"Our Youyou is truly a good wife for the job! With your strength, we'll definitely empty this ancient palace today!"

Being praised so bluntly by Big Brother as a "good wife for the job" made Tuoba You's heart feel sweeter than honey. She patted her small chest with determination and turned to rush toward another ruined side hall.

Rumble! Crack!

For the rest of the evening, the core area of the Forbidden Zone echoed with the continuous sounds of demolition.

Ji Qingyun was responsible for carefully collecting the fragile archaic precious medicines and well-preserved Jade Slips and ancient books. Her figure was graceful, like a water-blue butterfly weaving through the ruins; wherever she went, rare treasures and exotic herbs all fell into her bag.

Tuoba You, on the other hand, transformed into the most terrifying humanoid demolition machine.

Any load-bearing wall containing Divine Gold, Basalt stone walls carved with array runes, or even Bronze Cauldrons weighing a hundred thousand catties were all torn down by her using the most violent means and piled in front of Xu Chen like a small mountain.

Xu Chen was an out-and-out gold-swallowing beast.

Following behind the two women, the light from his Storage Ring never went out. Whether it was a complete Magic Treasure or a broken weapon, as long as it carried the aura of a Great Emperor or contained a trace of divinity, he took it all.

The three of them swept through the area and soon reached the Nine-Layered High Platform at the deepest part of the ancient palace.

On the platform, the Bronze Coffin that was originally used to seal the Great Emperor's remnant soul had already exploded into countless massive bronze fragments during the previous anomaly.

Xu Chen walked to the edge of the platform and reached out to touch the floor tiles beneath his feet.

The touch was warm and cool, with faint starlight flowing inside.

Xu Chen's eyes instantly widened.

"My goodness! This old Emperor fellow was too extravagant! These bricks used for paving the floor are actually all solid pieces of Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Star Ink Jade! Back in the Central Province, just prying off a palm-sized piece could sell for an astronomical price at an auction!"

Xu Chen was now completely losing his composure.

He turned his head, pulled out a Top-Grade Saint Sword emitting a sharp Saint Might from his Storage Ring, and tossed it to Tuoba You in the distance.

"Youyou! Stop tearing down those broken pillars! Come here!"

Tuoba You caught the Saint Sword and ran onto the platform like a happy little deer, looking at Xu Chen obediently.

Xu Chen pointed at the Star Ink Jade floor tiles at his feet, then pointed at the scattered fragments of the Great Emperor's coffin lid, his eyes flashing with a frenzied light for stocking up.

"Use this sword as a crowbar and pry up every single floor tile on this platform for me! And those Bronze Coffin fragments—those are top-grade divine Materials stained with Emperor's Might; don't miss a single piece! Today, we're even scraping the topsoil clean!"

"Alright! Leave it to Youyou!"

Tuoba You agreed extremely readily. She would do whatever Big Brother pointed at; forget prying floor tiles, even if Xu Chen asked her to flip the entire crust of this Forbidden Zone, she wouldn't blink an eye.

The young girl held the noble Top-Grade Saint Sword with both hands, showing no mercy as she used it as a shovel, thrusting it hard into the gaps between the tiles and prying upward with her incredible monstrous strength.

Crack!

A grindstone-sized Star Ink Jade floor tile popped up perfectly and fell into Xu Chen's open Storage Ring.

The afterglow of the sunset completely vanished below the horizon.

Night fell.

This once solemn and dignified Great Emperor's Dao field, under the frenzied looting of Xu Chen's family of three, finally revealed the bare, original soil.

Whether it was the Divine Gold stone pillars, archaic precious medicines, the Great Emperor's coffin lid, or the Star Ink Jade floor tiles, everything was stuffed into Xu Chen's exceptionally large Storage Ring.