The inside of the black shimmering portal was yet another dark chamber.
However, there was a blue portal at the other end.
But in the middle of this dark chamber, there was a small black metallic metal that was hovering on a disc and it was also enveloped by a pillar of light.
Ye Fan quickly used his divine sense to read the black metallic metal and he could see a powerful emanating profound force that was coming from this black metallic metal.
"This isn't a heavenly relic," he quickly concluded as heavenly metals won't radiate profound force on its accord. "I wonder what it is?"
Fairy Xuan Xueqi gasped softly, "This is the Dark Void Metal. It shouldn't have existed in this place. It's no wonder why the dead immortal has spent such a considerable effort to conceal this thing."
"Xueqi, you know about this thing? This Dark Void Metal, what is it?" Ye Fan asked curiously.
Fairy Xuan Xueqi slowly nodded, "This Dark Void Metal only originates in the Great Void of the Beginning. It isn't too big so it cannot be made into weapon but it is nevertheless a really precious metal."
Ye Fan pondered a question, "If this Dark Void Metal can be made into a weapon then it would be a most powerful weapon that can rival any divine swords."
Fairy Xuan Xueqi smiled, "You also need to combine it with an equivalent weight of the Sacred Heavenly Relic in order to forge it into a weapon. It won't be easy as these metals are extremely difficult to balance and one small mistake, they will self-destruct. But if you are able to do so, then you can forge it into a true immortal weapon, either an emperor-step or a divinity-step immortal weapon. In short, it will be a true divinity weapon."
Ye Fan was startled, "Xueqi, how did you know so much about this? I have never heard of both the Sacred Heavenly Relics or the Dark Void Metal."
In fact, he was sure that no one else had never heard of these two metals before.
Fairy Xuan Xueqi chuckled softly, "My papa has a true divinity sword that is forged from this Dark Void Metal. And he likes to show off his sword."
"Senior Ji Yuan has a true divinity sword?!" Ye Fan was truly astonished. "Won't it be difficult to wield it even if he is a 7th realm great saint?"
Fairy Xuan Xueqi had realized that she quickly said, "He can't tame the true divinity sword yet."
This was not actually a lie as the name of Sword Saint Ji Yuan's true divinity sword is called Little Yui and she is a sentient spirit.
Sentient spirits all have a will on their own so they can't be tamed by anyone.
She quickly said to distract Ye Fan from her papa's true divinity sword, "This dead immortal must have found this Dark Void Metal from the Ancient Battleground of the Fallen Gods."
Ye Fan asked curiously, "Ancient Battleground of the Fallen Gods? What sort of a place is this?"
Fairy Xuan Xueqi inhaled softly, "It is a most dangerous place according to my papa. As what place it is, I actually do not know."
Ye Fan muttered, "Hmm… the Ancient Battleground of the Fallen Gods…"
Then he smiled to Fairy Xuan Xueqi, "Since it is a most dangerous place, I can see why your papa doesn't want to share with you his experiences in that place. It must be a most unpleasant place."
Fairy Xuan Xueqi began to smile weakly at his reply; it was because it was the opposite. Her papa could not stop talking about his numerous trials and how he loved trials. However, none of his consorts were interested in his exaggerated stories except for her Aunt Consort Ruan Songci who was like his licking dog and she religiously wrote down and remembered everything that her Papa Ji Yuan had said.
She muttered weakly to herself: My papa must be somewhere is this trial too. Given his daredevil nature, he won't give up such a good chance to enter this trial and to take all the profound treasures for himself. I really pity those that are in the same place as him.
Ye Fan said, "My Divine Tree has drawn me here for a purpose. I can feel that this Great Void Metal is drawing my Divine Tree."
Fairy Xuan Xueqi analyzed, "Your Divine Tree isn't a normal tree. It is the fiery bronze tree that phoenixes like to nest. I think that your Divine Tree wants to absorb this Great Void Metal."
Ye Fan nodded.
The true size of his Divine Tree was actually over 100 meter in height but had only manifested to a 10 meter height in the cave that was in the Abyssal Chasm of Death previously.
In fact, the phoenix god beast Helenyus was monstrous in size but she had shrunk to a manageable size to rest her injuries inside the cave.
Ye Fan inhaled softly as he walked toward the Great Void Metal but there was a powerful profound force that was immediately pushing him over and it was 10 times more powerful than even the inertial barrier that was outside the immortal tomb!
Even Fairy Xuan Xueqi looked helpless as she tried to approach it but it was futile as the profound force that was radiated by the Great Void Metal was too formidable for their cultivation realm to try to obtain.
She began to smile bitterly, "To think that we have managed to find this place but we end up unable to obtain this profound treasure as we are too weak to even lay our finger on it."
Ye Fan had summoned the Divine Tree from his soul sea, "Let's see if this works…"
He had decided to summon the bronze Divine Tree as they were being led to this part of the immortal tomb by the Divine Tree and they were also led into this secret room by it as well.
As soon as the Divine Tree was summoned in front of Ye Fan, both the Divine Tree and the Dark Void Metal were both resonating with each other.
This caused both Ye Fan and Fairy Xuan Xueqi to be startled as they could also hear a low humming sound too.
All of a sudden the Dark Void Metal began to fly into the Divine Tree and the bronze color of the Divine Tree had turned black.
Ye Fan could feel that the Divine Tree had doubled its strength and he was astonished. "What has exactly happened? It looks like the Dark Void Metal has been amalgamated by the Divine Tree."
Fairy Xuan Xueqi smiled, "It looks like the case for me as well. But this will only benefit you since you are the owner of the Divine Tree. I feel that this Divine Tree is actually evolving into something even more powerful now."
Ye Fan slowly nodded, "I can feel it as well."
Then he looked at the shimmering blue portal at the end of this room, "If I'm not wrong then this is the way out."
Fairy Xuan Xueqi smiled to him, "So, once you are out, are you going back to look for that Charming Saintess Luo Yingying again?"
Ye Fan laughed weakly, "I wanna see the other palaces of this immortal tomb though."
Fairy Xuan Xueqi smiled with a look of amusement, "You are so heartless as to leave her alone in this place."
Ye Fan weakly said, "She is a great saintess and I am a half-step golden celestial. We have two huge boundaries between us. I can't take care of her."
Fairy Xuan Xueqi smiled wryly, "So are you saying that if you are at her cultivation realm, you will be willing to take good care of her?"
Ye Fan: …
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Author Note:
1. I will be spending a little more time with 'The Villainess is my Love Interest' as this is a contracted story. I do love this story by the way as Ye Fan and Fairy Xuan Xueqi are now together after they had resolved their misunderstanding.
The Villainess if my Love Interest on the other hand is opposite as the MC and the lead heroine will eventually be enemies. Hence, that the reason why this story is a harem story.
This story isn't a harem so it is hard to get a contract as webnovel prefers harem stories nowadays:(