The two continued forward, chatting, when suddenly, a commotion came from ahead, breaking the dead silence in the darkness.

"Huh, it seems we're at a treasure vault of the Ancient Sky Demon Palace."

Bai Ling'er's eyes suddenly brightened, and she said excitedly, "The Sky Demon Hall's treasure vault is protected by a special Great Formation, even Lord Emperor Dark Dragon couldn't break it. Let's hurry over; if we're lucky, we might snag a good treasure!"

Ling Feng nodded. The Ancient Array, indestructible, particularly those Great Formations from ancient holy lands, are impenetrable. It's normal for an Emperor Strong couldn't break them.

The two quickened their pace towards the treasure vault, walking briskly.

Before long, Ling Feng and Bai Ling'er reached the end of the passage.

In front, heads were bustling, with more than a dozen torches burning, slightly dispelling the endless darkness.

This was a massive Dragon-breaking Stone that completely isolated the treasure vault behind.

A Dragon-breaking Stone is the hardest, strongest substance through time. Even an Emperor Strong couldn't break it, which explains why this vault still exists.

The Dragon-breaking Stone stood about a hundred meters high, about a thousand meters wide, blocking the path in front of everyone. In front of the Dragon-breaking Stone, there were about forty to fifty members of the Demon Clan, including disciples from the Blue Dragon Hall and Azure Dragon Palace.

These people were divided into several groups, even Azure Dragon Palace and Blue Dragon Hall were clearly not completely united. Here, the disciples of the Eight Great Dragon Halls were in competition; if they don't fight upon meeting, it's already considered good, so naturally, they wouldn't join forces.

In fact, aside from the elite disciples of the Three Great Holy Temples, the surrounding Demon Tribes of the Dark Flame Mountain Range need only to pay a certain number of Blood Crystals to the winner of the competition among the Three Great Holy Temples to also explore the ruins, so those entering this Ancient Ruins were not limited to disciples of the Eight Great Dragon Halls.

At the moment, there were a dozen corpses strewn about on the ground, still bleeding, clearly just died not long ago.

Those who were confronting each other heard footsteps approaching, and someone immediately shouted, "Who goes there? Get lost if you don't want to die!"

Ling Feng rubbed his nose, walked calmly over, and smiled lightly, "Who just told me to get lost?"

Instantly, those who were shouting shut their mouths, and from the crowd came the sound of sharp intakes of breath.

They naturally recognized Ling Feng; this was the powerhouse who defeated Ao Han!

The guy who had cursed at him immediately shrunk his neck, hiding in the crowd without daring to make a peep, for fear of being recognized.

"So, it's Brother Long from Purple Dragon Hall and Senior Sister Bai."

An elite disciple from Blue Dragon Hall stepped forward quickly, smiling lightly, "I'm Lan Hai, the chief disciple of Blue Dragon Hall, my apologies, my apologies."

The leader from Azure Dragon Palace also came forward to pay respects; if Ling Feng hadn't appeared at the last moment, the Nether Dragon Holy Hall would have won this Three Temple Martial Arts Contest, and they wouldn't have been able to come in for treasure hunting.

So, aside from the disciples from Red Dragon Hall being indifferent towards Ling Feng, the other six Great Dragon Halls' attitude towards Ling Feng was rather respectful.

"Greetings to both brother and sister."

Ling Feng smiled lightly, with power comes voice. If he were really just an average Demon Monarch, these direct disciples of the Dark Dragon Envoy might not even bother to look at him.

"Brother Long, behind this Dragon-breaking Stone is the Holy Land Treasure Vault of the Ancient Sky Demon Palace, and it's one of the places in these ruins where treasures can be stably drawn out."

Lan Hai smiled at Ling Feng and said.

"Oh?" Ling Feng rubbed his nose, "What's the deal?"

Lan Hai glanced at Ling Feng, pointed to a Hexagram Array on the Dragon-breaking Stone, and explained, "This array is the Hexagram Array the ancient disciples used to draw rewards from the treasure vault. Fortunately, this array is still operating, so as long as we place our hands on it and touch it with Divine Sense, we can retrieve treasures from inside."

Ling Feng nodded slightly. Such formations are found in many sects, and what rewards are drawn are entirely based on luck.

Before the disciples of the Dark Dragon Palace arrived, the common Demon Cultivators of the Demon Tribes had already fought fiercely over the right to use this array, resulting in the deaths of over a dozen people. In the end, when the people from the Dark Dragon Palace showed up, they had to obediently comply.

Nonetheless, they were clearly unwilling to just leave and wanted to share the spoils.

"How do you two brothers plan to divide this treasure vault then?" Ling Feng laughed, not in a hurry to retrieve treasures.

"We've been arguing. Since Brother Long is here, naturally, Brother Long should go first."

Lan Hai smiled, though deeply displeased, Ling Feng's sheer power made him shudder at the thought.

"How could I be impolite then?" Ling Feng coughed twice, stepped to the front of the Hexagram Array, and said with a faint smile, "But since everyone insists, I'd feel bad refusing your kindness, so reluctantly, let's see what's inside."

After speaking, Ling Feng placed his right hand on the Hexagram Array, and patterns of ghostly light twinkled on the array, surprisingly "absorbing" Ling Feng's entire right hand inside.

Ling Feng then randomly fetched treasures with his right hand through it.

It took a full three to four minutes before Ling Feng pulled his arm out, visibly displeased, scowling and said, "Ah, what bad luck, I sensed for ages and didn't touch a single hair!"

Everyone sighed in relief. Retrieving treasures was purely luck-based, given Ling Feng had already drawn with no results, it couldn't be held against anyone else.

"So unlucky!"

Ling Feng kicked the Dragon-breaking Stone furiously, then glanced at Lan Hai and sighed, "Brother Lan Hai, it seems I have no fate with this treasure vault and couldn't draw any treasures. I'll be going now."

"Uh..." Lan Hai froze, leaving already? Not trying a few more times?

"I'm leaving first, wishing you all to draw good treasures!"

Ling Feng walked to Bai Ling'er's side, face blackened, and said hatefully, "Lady Bai, this so-called treasure vault is completely empty, don't bother drawing, let's go."

Bai Ling'er furrowed her brows, although she wanted to try her luck too, since Ling Feng said this, they might as well leave. Besides, ordinary treasures aren't really appealing to her, Lady Bai.

Once Ling Feng and Bai Ling'er had left, Lan Hai and the leading disciple from Azure Dragon Palace discussed a bit more. Thinking of Ling Feng's disappointed expression, they also felt this vault might not have any treasures left, and generously let everyone have a shot.

However, as one cultivator after another lined up to draw treasures, after about a dozen people tried, they still got nothing, finally realizing the vault truly was empty.

Come to think of it, after hundreds of years of drawing, the treasures inside indeed should have been nearly all extracted.

"Damn, so unlucky! Fighting and dying for an empty vault!"

"Well, you had quite a bit of luck, at least you kept your life. Look at those fellas dead on the ground, they're the real unlucky ones!"

"That's true, haha, let's go, let's go, damn it, go treasure hunting somewhere else!"

The crowd grumbled and quarreled for a while and finally gave up on this empty vault, dispersing to leave.

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