Feng Xingzhi carried Ji Yunxi all the way back to the stone chamber with the altar.
Ji Yunxi didn't think much of it at first. But suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, she saw Qing Xuan, who had been following them. Her face instantly flushed red.
She tried several times to get off Feng Xingzhi, but not only did he not let her, he even tightened his arms.
"A Zhi, put me down. Qing Xuan is watching!" Ji Yunxi said, looking flustered.
Feng Xingzhi immediately glanced at Qing Xuan, who was startled and quickly averted his gaze.
Then he thought to himself, why should he feel so guilty?
Looking at the two of them with a helpless expression, Qing Xuan thought, if it weren't for seeing how well you treat the master, I would definitely kick you into the water.
After entering the stone chamber, Qing Xuan said helplessly, "My lord, you can put the master down now."
Feng Xingzhi glanced at him and continued to hold Ji Yunxi protectively in his arms.
Seeing the deep concern in his eyes, Ji Yunxi knew that he must have been really frightened when he couldn't find her just now. She reached out and stroked his furrowed brows. "A Zhi, I'm really fine. Don't worry."
"Xixi, if I had been a moment late just now, if I had lost you... what would I do?"
There was so much remorse in Feng Xingzhi's voice.
Their eyes met, both filled with care and love for each other.
Standing off to the side alone, Qing Xuan felt like a third wheel. "Master... how about we take a look at this altar first?"
Only then did they suddenly remember that Qing Xuan was still there. The two of them immediately coughed lightly and shifted their gazes.
Feng Xingzhi carried Ji Yunxi over and sat her down on the steps below the altar. He stroked her hair. "You've worked hard just now. Just rest here. I'm here."
Ji Yunxi nodded obediently. Only then did Feng Xingzhi stand up and go to examine the altar.
Qing Xuan followed behind him, and Ji Yunxi's gaze also followed them.
This altar seemed to be made of white jade, with the pattern of a black bird carved on it.
"Qing Xuan..."
Seeing this familiar pattern, Ji Yunxi stared directly into Qing Xuan's eyes. "Isn't this the pattern of the black bird?"
"That's right... but I don't have any recollection of it."
Feng Xingzhi said, "Maybe it's just a coincidence. After all, the black bird is an ancient divine beast, and it's quite common for it to be used in murals."
Ji Yunxi thought he was right, so she stopped obsessing over the pattern of the black bird. Instead, she became curious about the things on the altar.
She couldn't see clearly what was on it, so she asked, "A Zhi, what's on that altar?"
Hearing this, Feng Xingzhi frowned slightly. "It should be... some spoiled food."
"Spoiled food? This doesn't seem like a place where anyone lives." Ji Yunxi was very surprised.
Without any warning, Qing Xuan picked up the things. He thought they were some kind of treasure, but only then did he realize they were spoiled food.
He immediately threw the things away with a flick of his hand. "Tsk! There's no one here. Where did these things come from?"
Hearing this, Ji Yunxi stood up and walked over. Suddenly, she noticed that these foods didn't have trays. They seemed to be just wrapped in oil paper.
"No, whose sacrificial offerings are wrapped in oil paper?"
Ji Yunxi looked at Feng Xingzhi, and saw him nodding in agreement with her view.
Qing Xuan looked at these things with great disgust and muttered to himself, "Who is so unparticular! Eating on the altar."
Seeing that there was nothing on the altar, Ji Yunxi turned around and started searching everywhere. She remembered that Feng Xingzhi had said there were murals in this stone chamber.
"Xixi, are you looking for the murals?"
"Yes. Maybe there's something on these murals."
Feng Xingzhi led her to the wall of the stone chamber, raised the fluorite in his hand, and showed it to her.
"I tried to take a look before. It's probably the story of the creator god."
Ji Yunxi fell silent and followed the direction Feng Xingzhi pointed. She saw the creator god painted on it. In order to maintain the stability and peace of the world, he finally sacrificed himself.
As she was looking, Ji Yunxi suddenly found that the content on one wall had been carved and destroyed by swords. She couldn't make out anything, and couldn't help feeling a bit regretful.
"It's actually been destroyed."
Qing Xuan asked eagerly, "Master, what was actually painted on it?"
"This is about the creator god. He defeated all those who wanted to destroy the stability of the world and, by his own strength, firmly stabilized the world." She gently stroked the destroyed wall with a pained look. "It's a pity that we can't see what's on this wall."
Feng Xingzhi nodded. "When I came in before, this place was already in a mess."
Just as they were looking at the murals, there was a commotion outside.
Jiang Yaoji diverted the trouble to others. A group of people jumped into the water one after another and rushed straight towards the entrance of the barrier. Relying on the barrier, they broke in one by one.
Seeing the ever - burning lamps that Feng Xingzhi and Ji Yunxi had lit up in the corridor before, the people from these noble families all looked ugly.
"We have to hurry. I'm afraid those two have already obtained the treasure!"
"This won't do. Since this is something from the Northern Di, it should stay in the hands of the Northern Di people."
"It's really ridiculous. Since it's a treasure that fell from the sky, it should naturally go to the capable."
A group of people argued incessantly for their own interests.
Finally, a prestigious man stepped forward. "Alright, on one hand, you're worried about the things being taken away, and on the other hand, you're fighting among yourselves. How can you get the things back like this?!"
Only then did these people shut their mouths sheepishly and didn't dare to cause any more trouble.
"Let's capture those two first. We can talk about other things later."
With a common interest, this group of people immediately united and walked towards the depths of the corridor.
"We've been walking for so long. There's nothing here. Could it be that Ji Yunxi and the others..." A woman couldn't help complaining. "Could they have set up some kind of deception?"
In the eyes of everyone now, Ji Yunxi and Feng Xingzhi were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered. They were just waiting for their treasure to be taken away and then die.
Finally, they came to the side of the stone chamber where Ji Yunxi and Feng Xingzhi had fallen.
"Why is there such a big hole here?"
"Could they have... died?!"
These children from noble families were all cowards. So they immediately drove the servants around them to go down one by one.
However, after these people went down, there was no movement at all.
After waiting for a long time, these people had no choice but to go down as well. Just like Ji Yunxi and Feng Xingzhi, they were separated and could only fall into different stone chambers.
Both stone chambers had been damaged. The huge cracks undoubtedly told everyone that Ji Yunxi and Feng Xingzhi must have left from this place.
Those who fell into the stone chamber where Feng Xingzhi had been before weren't in such a bad situation. But those who fell to Ji Yunxi's side fell directly into a deep puddle. They had to swim across the lake where the flood dragon was. However, before they could even surface, they were directly strangled in the water. None of them survived.