"Hum."
Suddenly, from deep within a certain passage, a gray light emitted. That gray light was bizarre; it was a power of barrier arts.
"Oh no, that guy is actually a gray-robed Spirit World Master." Upon seeing the bizarre light, Dan Dan became tense.
"A gray-robed Spirit World Master?" Chu Feng was puzzled, but he could sense from Dan Dan's tense demeanor that this Spirit World Master was no ordinary person.
"Chu Feng, this time you absolutely cannot be careless. This Spirit World Master is formidable, even more so than that Elder Zhuge from your Azure Dragon Sect," Dan Dan said gravely.
"What? Stronger than Elder Zhuge?" Chu Feng was even more astonished.
"That's right. Spirit World Masters have ranks. They are classified into white-robed, gray-robed, blue-robed, purple-robed, and gold-robed, based on the strength of the barrier power they command."
"That Zhuge Qingyun from your Azure Dragon Sect is clearly a white-robed Spirit World Master. Setting aside the white barrier robe he wears, the barrier power he personally commands is also within the white-robed range. If we're being strict, you could currently be considered a white-robed Spirit World Master as well."
"The light that just flashed clearly indicates that person used barrier power. If he were merely setting up a barrier, it wouldn't emit such light. This means he is using barrier power to open something."
"That person is skilled. He understands this place better than you, and his objective is crystal clear—clear enough that he can ignore even Murong Xiaoyao's origin essence to go open that thing first."
"If I'm not mistaken, that thing must be even more attractive than Murong Xiaoyao's origin essence. So I have an idea right now," Dan Dan said.
"What idea?" Chu Feng pressed eagerly.
"His barrier techniques are superior to yours; he can open treasures you cannot. Moreover, since he is a gray-robed Spirit World Master, he must have contracted a Spirit, and his strength is definitely not weak. You absolutely must not take him lightly."
"You should hide inside the ancient coffin now. Wait until he goes to another passage to open something, then come out and set up a trap here that can suppress him."
"Once he opens the treasure, he will definitely come to absorb Murong Xiaoyao's origin essence. That's when you launch a surprise attack and seize everything he has obtained," Dan Dan advised.
"Right. Wait by the stump for the rabbit, and reap the benefits, eh?" Hearing Dan Dan's words, Chu Feng strongly agreed, as this wasn't his first time employing such tactics, but the results were indeed effective.
After this, Chu Fang first used barrier arts outside the crystal coffin to cast an illusion technique. To anyone looking from outside, Murong Xiaoyao's remains would appear perfectly intact, but in reality, it was just a facade. Even if Chu Feng hid inside, from the outside, it would still look like Murong Xiaoyao's body.
Just as Chu Feng finished his preparations on the crystal coffin, the gray light deep within the passage completely vanished. Dan Dan warned Chu Feng that the Spirit World Master must have finished opening that part and was now returning. So Chu Feng hurriedly hid inside the crystal coffin.
Lying inside the crystal coffin, Chu Feng was somewhat nervous. After all, Dan Dan had already said that the opponent's attainments in barrier techniques surpassed Zhuge Qingyun's, and his true strength was unfathomable.
Although Dan Dan had now entered the Xuan Wu Realm and, with her help, Chu Feng could even battle experts up to the sixth level of Xuan Wu, he still felt insecure until he had set up the trap Dan Dan mentioned that could suppress the opponent.
"Tap, tap, tap."
However, when a soft sound of footsteps passed by and gradually faded away, Chu Feng's heart, which had been suspended in his throat, finally settled down. The Spirit World Master had not used mental power, indicating he was very confident in himself, certain that he was the only one currently inside this tomb.