Not long after, Shi Ling's simple and honest voice rang out.

"Chen Xiao, come and take a look, there's a problem here!"

Chen Xiao and Gongsun Yi hurried over. Shi Ling was in the kitchen of the shelter.

On one side of the kitchen was a cold storage room of about ten square meters, containing various frozen meats and medicines.

The temperature inside the cold storage was very low, but it was nothing for Chen Xiao and Shi Ling.

Even for Gongsun Yi, it wasn't a big problem. He could just activate his internal force to resist the cold.

"It's hollow underneath!"

Shi Ling's big head pointed to the center of the cold storage and said.

Chen Xiao immediately released his divine sense to explore, but as soon as his divine sense touched the floor, he felt a huge resistance that prevented him from exploring further.

After all, Shi Ling was a natural spirit body, and his perception was beyond human comparison. Even Chen Xiao had to admit defeat.

"There seems to be a seal underneath!"

Chen Xiao said calmly.

Gongsun Yi was stunned, then said with a solemn expression, "What should we do? I heard that to break a seal, you need a formation master among cultivators, but it seems none of us are that kind of person!"

As he spoke, Chen Xiao activated his Quenching Fire Kirin Eyes, and two streams of flames burst out from his eye sockets, directly melting the floor of the cold storage.

Gongsun Yi was dumbfounded again. Damn, he should just shut up; it was too embarrassing!

After a flash of golden light, Chen Xiao nodded. "Okay, it's done."

Then, he used his divine sense to probe, and this time, it was unobstructed.

However, there was a long staircase below, and the range of his divine sense was very limited. To know what was down there, he had to go down himself.

Chen Xiao threw a punch, and a large hole suddenly appeared in the ground.

Whoosh—

A hurricane rushed out of the hole, piercing through the copper and iron walls above the cold storage almost instantly.

Chen Xiao took a closer look and quickly reminded, "Careful, it's a spiritual energy storm!"

This hurricane was no ordinary wind, but a spiritual energy storm born from extremely rich spiritual energy, with terrifying destructive power.

In just one second, it destroyed the reinforced concrete above the shelter.

Chen Xiao now understood the function of the seal, which was to prevent this spiritual energy storm.

Gongsun Yi was stunned. At this rate, it wouldn't take a minute—no, not even thirty seconds—for the villa above ground to be destroyed.

Just then, he suddenly felt a shadow dart past him. Looking closely, it was Shi Ling rushing towards the hole, using his body to block the eye of the storm.

Gongsun Yi was greatly shocked. "This Brother Shi is amazing. He really steps up when something happens!"

Chen Xiao spat. "Amazing my ass. This spiritual energy storm is the best tonic for him. Damn it, I have to cultivate quickly, so this beast doesn't get all the good stuff!"

After speaking, Chen Xiao sat cross-legged on the ground and began to cultivate the Vast Ocean Sutra.

However, compared to Shi Ling, his cultivation speed was really disappointing.

Most of the spiritual energy in the storm was absorbed by Shi Ling, and only some scraps leaked into Chen Xiao's body.

This was the benefit of a natural spirit body. After Chen Xiao absorbed the spiritual energy, he had to refine it, and in the end, only thirty to forty percent remained.

But Shi Ling took it all, absorbing as much as he could, without wasting a drop!

Gongsun Yi stood aside, only able to watch with envy. If he dared to step forward, the violent spiritual energy storm might tear his body apart in the next second.

About half an hour later, the spiritual energy blowing out of the hole had become nearly calm.

The reason why the spiritual energy storm had occurred just now was entirely due to the seal.

With the seal in place, the spiritual energy couldn't escape, so it accumulated in huge quantities below. Once the seal was broken, it burst out like a storm.

But even though it was nearly calm, the spiritual energy in this place was still very rich, at least dozens of times richer than outside.

So Chen Xiao was still sure that there was definitely something down there.

"There might be a spiritual energy mine down there, otherwise the spiritual energy wouldn't be so rich. Gongsun Yi, although your kung fu is very good, you're not a cultivator. This place might be dangerous for you, and there's no benefit either. So if you don't want to go down, you don't have to."

Chen Xiao said truthfully.

Looking at Gongsun Yi, he was almost crying.

Not for anything else, but for Chen Xiao's words 'although your kung fu is very good'!

Being acknowledged by Chen Xiao gave him the feeling of being praised by his master when he was a child.

"No, Boss Chen, I still want to go down with you. I like exploring the most!"

A scholar dies for his confidant. For Chen Xiao, Gongsun Yi was willing to take the risk.

Chen Xiao frowned helplessly. "Alright, if you want to come, come, but don't hold me back!"

Gongsun Yi then understood that Chen Xiao had only said that because he was worried he would hold him back...

But a man's words are like water spilled from a cup, and there was no taking it back. Gongsun Yi had to bite the bullet and go down.

And he really liked adventure and wanted to see this underground world.

Shi Ling took the lead, floating down first.

Chen Xiao followed closely behind, also diving into the hole in the cold storage floor.

Below the hole was a long staircase, which was not naturally formed but clearly man-made.

This meant that someone had been here long ago and had undertaken a considerable engineering project.

But he didn't know why it was abandoned later, and Lin Jie bought the land and built a villa on it.

Chen Xiao went down the steps. The stairs were steep, and the space was narrow. Overall, the space was quite cramped.

The staircase was long, at least a thousand meters.

Fortunately, Chen Xiao and Gongsun Yi were not ordinary people, otherwise the air pressure alone would have crushed them into meat paste.

Finally, the end of the staircase arrived. After passing through a stone-paved path, the world suddenly opened up before them.

Gongsun Yi's eyesight couldn't keep up with Chen Xiao. He took out his phone and turned on the flashlight, and immediately gasped.

Before them was a very large square. Stepping out of the entrance of the passage, all sides were towering mountains, and the space between the mountains was hundreds of meters high, very magnificent.

The ground of the square was paved with very exquisite white jade, reflecting a fluorescent white light under the illumination of the flashlight.

And a hundred meters away in front of them was a cave dwelling with its gate tightly closed!