My Sexy CEO Wife

Chapter 338 - 335: Memory Stone

Jiang Qilong leaned in to take a closer look and said, "I think... it looks like an animal's egg."

"I think so too," Gao Fei nodded, "With such a small size, what kind of animal's egg could it be?" Gao Fei ran through all the egg-laying animals in his mind but couldn't find a match.

"Let's take these eggs out and have a look." Jiang Qilong suggested, "If all else fails, we can just crush the eggs to see what's inside."

"To be on the safe side, let's not open the bottle." Gao Fei put the small bottle directly into his storage ring.

"Hey, hey, what are you doing?" Jiang Qilong became agitated, "How can you hog them all to yourself! Take them out right now and share some."

"Once I figure out the origin of these eggs, I'll share them with you," Gao Fei said as he started to walk away.

"Stop right there!" Jiang Qilong quickly caught up, "Can't you be reasonable? You just said yourself, you'd give me a third of any treasure from the Immortal Palace."

"Did I say that?"

"You did!"

"When did I say that?"

"Just now!"

"Oh, I forgot."

"..." Jiang Qilong was infuriated. At that moment, he really wanted to rush up and give Gao Fei a good beating, but alas... that thought was only briefly entertained in his mind and he dared not put it into action.

As Gao Fei walked, he pondered over the black sphere and the white mysterious eggs, What was the black sphere? What kind of animal could the white mysterious eggs belong to? Gao Fei had made up his mind, once he got out, he definitely needed to study the black sphere and the white mysterious eggs thoroughly; he had to find out where they came from.

Actually, Gao Fei had many questions in his heart. For instance, who built this Immortal Palace? What was the purpose? What was the deal with those dead people's bones? And the illusions? The blood-red letters?

What astonished Gao Fei the most was... the playback of the ancient voice, was the path to Becoming an Immortal truly severed?

Why was it severed?

From now on, was it impossible for mortals to become immortals?

So many questions clustered in Gao Fei's heart, making him extremely frustrated. He had entered the Immortal Palace to seek treasure, not to add to his worries.

A person, once burdened with too many worries, becomes unhappy and joyless.

"Eh?" Gao Fei suddenly stopped in his tracks, his face full of surprise as he looked ahead.

"Did you find another treasure?" Jiang Qilong's eyes lit up, "Quick, tell me, what did you find?"

"Rocks," Gao Fei uttered two words.

"Rocks?" Jiang Qilong looked around, "Where are the rocks? Why can't I see them?"

"If you could see them, then that really would be something," Gao Fei said as he stepped forward and walked on.

"What do you mean?" Jiang Qilong didn't understand, "Seeing what ghosts? Where are there any ghosts? Can you make your point clear?"

"This matter is rather complex, not something that can be explained in a few words. I'll tell you about it when I have time later," Gao Fei waved his hand dismissively.

"Not this again!" Jiang Qilong glared at Gao Fei with resentment.

Gao Fei no longer had the will to pay attention to Jiang Qilong. At this moment, he focused all his thoughts on a stone, a stone that could become invisible. If it weren't for Gao Fei's clairvoyance, it would have been impossible to discover this stone.

The stone was over one meter tall, brownish-black, smooth on the surface, and exuded a faint coolness.

"Uh..." Gao Fei stared at the stone for a moment, then his expression began to turn distant... Vaguely, Gao Fei saw a person, an old man with white hair and beard, sitting cross-legged inside the stone, eyelids drooping, motionless, not knowing whether he was asleep or had already died.

As Gao Fei was filled with amazement, the old man slowly opened his eyes.

"Swoosh!"

The old man's eyes were piercingly sharp, as if they could see through Gao Fei's heart in a glance.

"Having waited for so long, I finally see someone fated," the old man sighed softly.

Gao Fei opened his mouth, wanting to speak, but he couldn't make any sound.

"Young man, the fact that you can enter the Immortal Palace and find this Memory Stone shows that there is a connection between you and me," the old man looked at Gao Fei with a smile, "What a pity, you're too late. If you had come several years earlier, I might have been able to teach you some skills."

Gao Fei had become mute, unable to utter a single sound.

"The words I'm about to say, you must remember well," the old man's expression grew serious, "My name is Chen Fengchen, known as the Old Man of Dust and Wind. I was born into a family that cultivated immortality. From a young age, I practiced various spells and reached the Nascent Soul Stage before twenty.

By the time I was under a hundred, I had achieved the Great Perfection of the Transcendence Tribulation Stage... Perhaps my journey was too smooth, which made me develop an arrogant and conceited character.

I believed that I was a peerless genius, destined to ascend to the Immortal Realm!" As he spoke, the old man's tone became heavy, "When the Great Heavenly Tribulation arrived, I realized how wrong I was, how outrageous. What does it mean to be a peerless genius? In the end, one is still doomed to turn to ash and smoke!"

Gao Fei listened intently, knowing this was an opportunity, a chance to change his life.

"The so-called tribulation refers to thunder tribulation, an endless barrage of thunder striking down from the sky, assailing my body. The ancient texts record that the Great Heavenly Tribulation consists of eighty-one bolts of thunder. Survive these, and one can be reborn and ascend to the Immortal Realm... But the tribulation I faced was nothing like that.

It wasn't just eighty-one bolts of thunder but... endless thunder... I struggled desperately, endured with all my might, but I was still struck dead by the thunder. Before I died, I used my Great Divine Power to preserve this memory, then sealed it within the Immortal Palace..."

Gao Fei became utterly captivated as he listened.

"During the tribulation, I saw a pair of eyes emerge among the thunder, a mere glance from which made me feel the urge to kneel and worship. It took much of my willpower to refrain from kneeling. At that moment, those eyes spoke, their voice thunderous, sweeping away countless bolts of lightning, causing my head to spin!"

"Those eyes said something like this: 'Lowly humans, you will not become immortals! Because your path to immortality has been severed!'"

"After hearing these words, I was dumbfounded. I loudly demanded to know what this meant, but I received no response! After uttering that sentence, those eyes disappeared, as if they had never appeared."

"The path to becoming an immortal has been severed; no matter how hard humans try, they will not become immortals!"

"I was not content! I truly wasn't resigned! Why sever the path to immortality for mortals? Why??"

"To this day, I still have no answers."

Saying this, the old man let out a bitter laugh, "Had I known that the path to immortality was severed, I wouldn't have rushed to face the tribulation. I would have enjoyed life, lived a few more years... It's deplorable! I, who reached the Tribulation Crossing Period Great Perfection, lived only a hundred years. It's truly too frustrating, too sad."