Chapter 551: Ye Feng’s Bad Luck

Beneath the Flowing Sand Waterfall, after several vibrations, a large door slowly appeared. Made of bronze, it was greenish-gray in color. Three meters high and two meters wide, it wasn’t particularly grand, but it exuded an indescribably strange aura. The patterns on it were instantly recognizable by Ye Feng as secret runes—yet they were so mysterious that he had no idea how to decipher them.

At that moment, a voice came from the Flowing Crown Hall, “This aura seems to be that of a virtual treasure…”
“You mean this martial mystery realm is a virtual treasure?” Ye Feng asked.
“That’s right. It’s of high quality—at least top-tier, and possibly even a peak-level virtual treasure,” the Flowing Crown Hall replied affirmatively.
“No wonder it can create warriors beyond the Saint realm…” If it was a virtual treasure, Ye Feng no longer doubted the possibility of such warriors, as the few he knew who used virtual treasures all possessed extraordinary powers.

While Ye Feng was communicating mentally with the Flowing Crown Hall, the door slowly opened on its own. Before Ye Feng could react, someone rushed in.
Jin waited until all eighteen people had left before leading the group inside as well.

Upon entering, Ye Feng and the others were stunned. Before them lay an endless starry sky, with stars appearing vividly in front of their eyes.
“Follow me!” Jin transmitted to Ye Feng and the others, then quickly headed in a certain direction. Ye Feng and the others immediately followed.

After a short while, Jin landed the group on a dark red planet.
“This is the starting point. Only by using the teleportation array here can we reach the planet where the first palace is located. I’ll go first and wait for you there,” Jin said before taking a step forward and disappearing instantly.
“This teleportation array is quite interesting…” Ye Feng couldn’t help but laugh upon seeing Jin disappear. Normally, a teleportation array would take some time to activate before spinning up, and white light would appear when someone disappeared due to energy dispersion. But this array seemed unusually fast, with no white light—something Ye Feng had never encountered before.
“It is indeed special,” Long Tian, as a master of array formations, also noticed this.

After the entire group passed through the formation, they finally saw the palace mentioned by Jin Kou. It was just a side hall, ordinary in both appearance and size. But what surprised Ye Feng was that the palace seemed to have grown naturally on this planet, causing no sense of strangeness at all. When he used his soul power to investigate, he detected nothing unusual; it was as if the palace were made of solid stone.

“This is the first palace. Everyone, go inside and take a look. Standing in the same place, different people will see different treasures. So, to some extent, it also depends on luck. Those who are interested can try to break through the formation to claim them,” Jin said as he led everyone in.

Upon entering the palace, Ye Feng was shocked to find that his soul power no longer worked—seemingly, the use of soul power for investigation was prohibited here.

“Inside the palace, neither mental power nor soul power can be used. You can only rely on your eyes. Pick whatever you like and try to claim it,” Jin added at that moment.

The palace wasn’t very large, about 10,000 square meters—several times smaller than many secret realms Ye Feng had visited before. Ye Feng walked around twice, but all he saw were various sacred artifacts. He shook his head helplessly; these things held no appeal for him at all. However, he noticed that Long Tian and the others seemed to have found what they wanted and were busy breaking through the formation.

He tapped Jin, who was still trying to break through the formation, and asked, “How do I get to the second side hall?”

“Go out through the back door. There’s a teleportation array…” Jin sent Ye Feng away without even turning around.

Ye Feng had no idea what Long Tian and the others had seen, because once someone started breaking through the formation, no one else could see what was inside. So, he had no way of knowing. But in his opinion, there really was nothing he wanted in the first side hall.

He went to the back door, pushed it open, and found himself in front of another large hall. But after looking around, the teleportation array was gone. “It seems this teleportation array is one-way… That kid Jin never tells you everything.”

Shaking his head helplessly, Ye Feng stepped into the second palace.

This time, he walked around four or five times but still saw only worthless sacred artifacts. “Sigh, why can’t I see anything good?”

With no other choice, he went back to the back door, hoping the third palace might bring him luck.

On this day, Ye Feng seemed to be out of luck. He visited six palaces in a row without finding anything he wanted, which made him shake his head and lament his bad fortune.
“I remember Jin saying that there seem to be only six side palaces, and the next one should be the main palace. Hopefully, there will be something better in there…” Ye Feng said as he pushed open the back door of the sixth side palace.
The seventh palace truly lived up to being the main palace—its size was about ten times that of the others. Standing at the entrance, Ye Feng silently prayed, “Bring me some luck… A precious artifact would be great too…”
After a while, he pushed open the large door with anticipation.
Once inside, Ye Feng didn’t dare to skim through things casually this time. If there was nothing he wanted even in the main palace, then his trip would have been in vain. He examined each item carefully, walking from left to right…
“Sacred artifacts, sacred artifacts…” Ye Feng counted them one by one. There were hardly any pills either, which left him speechless. “Is my luck really this bad today?”
Unwilling to give up, Ye Feng counted again from right to left, but the result was the same. This made Ye Feng, who had originally planned to reap a fortune using his mastery of arrays, give up completely.
“Enough. There’s nothing I want in the main palace either. I’d better head straight to the Martial Arts Hall…” Ye Feng headed toward the back door of the main palace.
When he reached the back door, he found it blocked by an array.
“Huh, this array seems quite challenging.” As soon as he saw it, Ye Feng was immediately captivated. It was the first time he had encountered such a sophisticated array laid out by someone else. “Heh, I’ll break it open to see what’s hidden behind this door…”