My Sexy CEO Wife

Chapter 454 - 451: The Worn-Out Stele

After flying for a day and a night, Gao Fei finally arrived at the center of the island.

A dozen mountain peaks stood tall before him, majestic, towering, and imposing.

"Boom!"

Dragging the Dragon Corpse, Gao Fei slowly descended, and the huge Dragon Corpse smashed into the ground with a muffled sound, "These mountain peaks are spectacular! So imposing! Eh? What's this?" Gao Fei bent down, pushed aside a pile of weeds, and then saw a very peculiar plant: "This is Ginseng... Such a large size, it must be at least several thousand years old... There's more here... and there... Why are there so many Ginseng plants?"

In a short amount of time, Gao Fei discovered dozens of Ginseng plants, all big in size, their ages incalculable.

"I'm rich! I'm really rich!" Gao Fei laughed heartily: "These Ginseng plants can save a lot of time in cultivation, and if I take them to auction outside, they're sure to fetch a sky-high price."

For the next period, Gao Fei began digging up Ginseng, one, two, three... ten... a hundred... a thousand...

Gao Fei dug up more than two thousand Ginsengs in one go, most of which were several thousand years old, and a few exceeded ten thousand years.

"What's this? It looks like Polygonum multiflorum, doesn't it?"

"Damn! It really is Polygonum multiflorum! And such a large size!"

"There are also some peach trees over here, the peaches they bore are so big! Take a bite and taste... wow, delicious, so delicious!"

"What kind of plant is this? It looks so strange."

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Afterwards, Gao Fei discovered many more things, all rare treasures.

"This place is simply a treasure trove!" Gao Fei couldn't stop smiling.

"Take this away!"

"And take this away too!"

"And this one! Take them all!"

As long as it was something good, Gao Fei took it all, not leaving a single one; his actions were just like those of a bandit.

Seven days later.

Gao Fei stopped, slowly exhaled a breath of stale air: "Finally done! It really wore me out!" His Storage Ring was already filled to the brim, and the several Storage Bags he carried were all full too. In Gao Fei's own words: he was now a wealthy man! Extremely wealthy! Rich to the point of bursting!

"Let's go have a look on the mountain peak."

With a leap, Gao Fei flew towards one of the mountain peaks.

There were a total of eighteen mountain peaks here, tall and short, each with its own shape, all of them extraordinary, giving one an awe-inspiring sense of awe.

Gao Fei chose the tallest mountain peak, rising thousands of feet high. It didn't take long for him to reach the summit, "What fresh air!" Gao Fei spread his arms wide, tilted his face skyward, and took a deep breath, then his face showed a very satisfied expression. He walked forward two steps, stood at the edge of a cliff, leaned over and looked down, the trees and plants below had all turned into tiny black dots...

At that moment, a phrase flashed through Gao Fei's mind: "I shall stand on the summit and watch the mountains below like small mounds!"

Looking down from the top of a high mountain gives one a different feeling. At this moment, Gao Fei felt as if he had become a giant, his head touching the sky, feet treading the earth, able to summon the wind and command the rain, reigning over all! What a carefree and pleasant feeling!

"No wonder ancient people liked to live on mountain peaks." Gao Fei muttered to himself: "The air at the mountain peak is fresh, the environment is beautiful, and most importantly, it's quiet; one can cultivate with peace of mind and tranquility."

Standing on a mountain peak thousands of feet high gives one a completely different feeling from standing on the ground. One high and one low, they offer two totally different sensations.

"Eh? There's a stele here! There are characters on it... Has someone been here before?"

To the left in front of Gao Fei stood an old and worn stele, covered in mud. Gao Fei hurried over, reached out to wipe away the mud on the stele, and then he saw that there was a single character carved on the front side of the stele—an ancient character. Gao Fei looked at it for a long time... but he did not recognize it.

Gao Fei walked around to the back of the stele and found that the back was flat and smooth with nothing on it.

"What character is this?" Gao Fei asked Xuan Jizi through Mental Power. Xuan Jizi had lived for over two thousand years and certainly knew more ancient characters than Gao Fei did.

"I don't recognize it," Xuan Jizi's response disappointed Gao Fei profoundly.

"The old man in the Bronze Coffin should know... if he is still around..." Gao Fei sighed softly. The old man in the Bronze Coffin had existed for even longer and should recognize the ancient characters on the stele.

"Young man." A thought suddenly intruded into Gao Fei's mind.

"Ah?" Gao Fei's eyes widened. "Senior? Is that you?"

"It is me."

"Senior, where have you been? I couldn't reach you, and I was really worried."

"I have been inside the Bronze Coffin the whole time..."

"Then why couldn't I contact you?"

"I passed out... I have just awoken..."

"You passed out?"

"After the Bronze Coffin entered the vortex, I was pressed by a powerful force and couldn't withstand it, so I fainted."

"I see," Gao Fei said, showing a dawning comprehension. "So, you don't know what happened afterward either?"

"What happened after that?"

"When I woke up, I found myself in a strange place..." Gao Fei recounted everything that had happened to him.

"It must be related to that vortex," the old man in the Bronze Coffin speculated. "It was that vortex that brought us to this island..."

"Probably... By the way, senior, I found a stele carved with a very ancient character. Could you take a look and see if you recognize it?" Gao Fei pointed at the stele opposite him.

"This is... an Ancient Times character..." The old man in the Bronze Coffin actually recognized it: "If I am not mistaken, this should be an 'Immortal' character..."

Gao Fei raised an eyebrow. "Immortal?"

"Hmm, it should be," said the old man in the Bronze Coffin. "The character on the stele is somewhat sloppy, and there are places where it has been worn away, but the general shape is still discernible. This should indeed be an 'Immortal' character." He paused for a moment: "It looks like someone has been here before, leaving behind a stele and a single character... Take a look around the rest of the place to see if there are any more steles."

"Okay." Gao Fei strode off, circling the mountain peak: "There's just this one stele here."

"Usually, steles are used to record things, for example, gravestones with the deceased's name and the time of death, along with the person's life story, or a Sect would have a stele in front of its gate with the Sect's name on it... It's the first time I've seen a stele placed on a desolate mountaintop, and moreover carved with just one character... It's baffling and perplexing... Is this a prank by the ancients, or does it have some deeper significance?"

Gao Fei hesitated before saying, "I think the likelihood of a prank is low..."

"You just mentioned there are over a dozen peaks?"

"Yes, I counted them; there are a total of eighteen, of different heights and shapes."

"Visit the other peaks and see, perhaps there are steles on top of them as well."

"Okay, I'm on it."