"The arcane runes within this fire seed... nested runes... what if it's not nesting?"
A thought suddenly flashed through Ye Feng's mind as he probed with arcane energy.
All along, Ye Feng had believed the arcane runes within the fire seed were on a single plane, and even Shen Yun Yao's mention of nested runes referred to nesting on the same plane.
But as he guided his arcane energy along the runes within the Hidden Blade fire seed, he suddenly perceived depth, as if he had stepped onto a higher level while walking.
Though the fluctuation was subtle, Ye Feng keenly detected it!
Ye Feng didn't jump to conclusions. He closed his eyes and began to sense carefully.
Beside him, Shen Potian and Shen Yun Yao, seeing that Ye Feng seemed to have discovered something, watched him intently.
"Hoo!~"
After a long while, Ye Feng exhaled lightly and opened his eyes.
"Ye Feng, did you find something?"
Shen Yun Yao immediately asked, her face full of curiosity.
"Not sure, it might be an illusion!"
Ye Feng frowned slightly, then his gaze sharpened. Arcane energy slowly appeared on his left hand, though it was less stable than the arcane energy on his right, appearing somewhat erratic.
The arcane energy on his left hand was the other stream of arcane energy Ye Feng had discovered within himself after advancing to Silver.
Seeing the arcane energy appear on Ye Feng's left hand, Shen Potian's pupils contracted slightly, but his expression was not overly surprised.
Focused on the Hidden Blade fire seed, Ye Feng didn't notice this. He controlled both streams of arcane energy, probing the fire seed.
"As expected!"
Before long, Ye Feng confirmed his previous conjecture.
The arcane runes within the Hidden Blade fire seed were not nested but were layered and deformed in some manner.
These layered, seemingly chaotic arcane runes... if viewed across different levels... appeared to be individual magic formations... and some of these formations were not unfamiliar to Ye Feng; he had seen them on the bamboo slips in the Fire Seed Record before...
Immediately, Ye Feng guided his arcane energy to flow along one of these formations.
Instantly, the Hidden Blade fire seed began to emit faint wisps of white light from within, and the light grew steadily. Shen Potian and Shen Yun Yao exchanged glances, both seeing surprise in each other's eyes.
"Crack~ crack crack!~..."
Not long after Ye Feng's arcane energy flowed through the formations within the fire seed, the entire seed began to emit cracking sounds.
"Crack crack crack~………."
As Ye Feng's arcane energy circulated within the formations of the fire seed, the sounds it emitted grew louder and more frequent.
"Crack~ Bang!~ Crack crack!~"
Finally, the Hidden Blade fire seed completely disintegrated, erupting in a blinding white light. Ye Feng instinctively jumped back several meters, squinting at the source of the light.
"Big Brother... that fire seed called Hidden Blade... has turned into a door!"
As the white light gradually dissipated, Xiao Xiao's surprised voice rang out.
Seeing a three-meter-tall doorway not far in front of him, Ye Feng was also quite astonished. He had expected the fire seed called Hidden Blade to turn into a key or something similar, but instead, it had become a door?
And the shape of this door was also familiar to him; when he had explored the City of Despair and left, he had passed through a similar teleportation array...
"This... seems to be a teleportation array?"
At this moment, Shen Yun Yao's astonished voice sounded. As she spoke, she looked at Shen Potian questioningly.
"To be honest, I don't know either..."
Shen Potian frowned. "The wall that looks like it has a door, I've inspected it thoroughly before, and it seemed to be just an ordinary wall, and the space behind it appeared solid... the keyhole had no mechanisms... it was very crude, as if it were just chiseled into the wall..."
"If it weren't for this fire seed called Hidden Blade, I would have thought your father was just talking nonsense."
"Over the years... I've wanted to dig through that wall several times..."
Finishing, Shen Potian looked at Shen Yun Yao. "Perhaps... the 'door' on the wall is just a ruse? This Hidden Blade fire seed is not a key, but the actual 'door'? And the so-called secret room is located beyond this teleportation door?"
Shen Yun Yao nodded, evidently sharing Shen Potian's speculation.
"Those arcane magic formations were coiled around the door frame... my arcane energy activated the formations, which is why this fire seed transformed into a teleportation door..."
After observing, Ye Feng's expression was quite surprised.
"Grandpa, should we enter this teleportation door?"
At this point, Shen Yun Yao asked a crucial question.
Hearing this, Shen Potian also frowned, his expression quite cautious. After a moment of thought, he finally nodded. "Let's go, let's go in and see!"
As he spoke, Shen Potian stepped through the teleportation door first, followed closely by Ye Feng and the others.
Space distorted, and a flash of light later, Ye Feng and the others arrived in a somewhat dim place, or more accurately, a passage.
"This... where is this..."
Upon seeing their surroundings clearly, Ye Feng was extremely shocked.
Because this place was not unfamiliar to him; it was the hidden passage he had explored before, the one with entrances in important buildings throughout Mech City...
Specifically, not far in front of Ye Feng was a black, rotten banana peel.
Previously, when he and Xiao Xiao had explored this hidden passage for a long time and felt hungry, they had eaten it to stave off their hunger...
"Big Brother!~"
Xiao Xiao had also noticed this, and worriedly grabbed Ye Feng's hand.
"Grandpa, this place seems to be some kind of underground passage... the entire passage is covered with arcane runes, seeming to be some sort of magic formation..."
At this moment, Shen Yun Yao's voice sounded.
As she spoke, she touched the stone wall of the passage, and a layer of faintly glowing, mysterious runes instantly appeared.
"Grandpa, is this the underground secret room you mentioned?"
After a pause, Shen Yun Yao added.
"Let's go, let's look ahead!"
Shen Potian frowned slightly, not responding, and strode forward.
After walking a few steps, Shen Potian stopped. His face gradually turned grim because he discovered the banana peel that Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao had casually discarded earlier...
"Grandpa, before us, someone else has been here?"
Shen Yun Yao also frowned.
"Yao Yao, if I'm not mistaken, this should also be part of the ancient ruins of Mech City..."
At this moment, Shen Potian spoke to Shen Yun Yao.
"Ancient ruins? Wait, also?"
Shen Yun Yao suddenly realized, and looked at Shen Potian with great surprise.
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