Chapter 10: The Vast and Boundless Land

The pitch-black bronze coffin gradually quieted down, and no one spoke. Everyone was filled with fear, looking at the bronze coffin that contained the body, and heavy breathing could be heard from each person. The green rust on the bronze coffin was mottled, and everyone wondered who was inside.

"All of this must be related to the Five-Colored Altar on Mount Tai," someone finally whispered after a long time. They wanted to know why all of this was happening.

"It should be because of the Five-Colored Ancient Altar. It drew the nine dragon corpses and the bronze coffin here," another person speculated.

Everything they had witnessed was too unbelievable and seriously challenged the cognitive abilities of those present. The Five-Colored Altar was built by the ancient ancestors, and it could be said to be endlessly mysterious. Ye Fan thought of many things. How many secrets were hidden in the ancient history that had been lost?

No dangerous events occurred, and the mood of the crowd gradually calmed down. They earnestly discussed what they saw in front of them.

"Perhaps the nine dragons pulling the coffin were called upon by the ancient ancestors," a female classmate suggested. Immediately, someone rebutted, "The ancients have been gone for thousands of years."

"What I mean is that the nine dragons pulling the coffin were late, and they are now responding to the ancients," the female classmate clarified.

Everyone was taken aback by the idea that the call came from the ancient ancestors, and the appearance of the nine dragons and the ancient coffin was a response spanning thousands of years. It seemed too incredible!

"We don't know what the truth is, everything is just speculation, and there are many possibilities," someone else pointed out.

"Yes, perhaps the nine dragons pulling the coffin have nothing to do with the ancient ancestors and are returning on their own," another person added.

"Have you seen the bronze carvings? There are ancient ancestors and ancient gods, and many of the figures are carved with tears, evoking a sense of desolation and sadness, as if telling a distant story."

"Perhaps it's true that the nine dragons pulling the coffin are breaking through the dangerous terrain and returning home! It's a blood-soaked past..."

Could it be that the ancient ancestors really had unknown means and explored an unknown and distant place? The nine dragons pulling the coffin, returning home alive, and returning to dust, wrapping the body once more.

In the midst of conversation, the fear among the crowd gradually diminished as they speculated about various possibilities. However, they still held a reverential awe towards the bronze coffin in the central position, and no one dared to touch it, let alone open it.

"I think the rescue team must have climbed up Mount Tai by now, and maybe they're nearby."

"Hopefully, there won't be any accidents and we can be rescued soon."

There was no way for the crowd to escape from the ancient coffin. The bronze coffin was at least ** meters high and sealed by the coffin lid, making it impossible to escape.

As the crowd hoped for a quick escape, the bronze coffin suddenly began to shake violently, causing everyone to lose their footing and stumble. Many people even fell to the ground.

"What's happening? What's going on?" The crowd was filled with suspicion and fear. Some of the female students even had a crying tone and held tightly onto the people next to them.

"Have the rescuers arrived? Are they trying to save us?"

As the worry and fear grew, the shaking of the bronze coffin became even more intense, and no one could stand firm. Almost everyone fell to the ground, intimately in contact with the cold bronze coffin.

"Bang!"

Another violent shake, like a plane passing through the cold clouds at high altitude, forming a thick layer of ice armor, constantly shaking.

"Boom!"

The last violent shock was like a thunderbolt, as if it wanted to shatter all tangible matter. It was clear that the bronze coffin had undergone a major collision.

However, it was at this moment that the faint bronze engravings inside the dark bronze coffin emitted a faint glow, instantly neutralizing an unimaginable impact.

The crowd was filled with confusion and suspicion. They had clearly felt that everything was about to be turned upside down, but in an instant, everything was calm, giving rise to a strange illusion.

"No, just now there was a terrible impact. How could it suddenly stop?"

"It's not an illusion. The bronze coffin did undergo a fierce collision and flipped several times, but we were not affected."

Just then, to the surprise of the crowd, they noticed that the bronze funeral coffin was hanging on the side of the coffin box. It was firmly fixed there and did not fall down.

"The small bronze coffin used to hold the body is definitely firmly cast at the bottom of the large coffin and is difficult to move. Therefore, when the coffin is overturned and tilted, it looks like it's hanging on the side wall."

It is imaginable how tremendous the impact was just now, but it was neutralized by the faint glow emitted from the bronze engravings, making it unbelievable.

"Light, the light coming in from outside!" Li Xiaoman exclaimed.

Everyone turned their heads towards the direction where Li Xiaoman was looking, and indeed, there was a dim light shining in from the front.

"The bronze giant coffin overturned, the coffin lid tilted, and a gap was opened. We finally escaped!"

The bronze coffin lid shifted from its original position, and the gap was wide enough for two people to walk out shoulder to shoulder, but it was dim outside, so the light that penetrated the bronze coffin was not very clear.

The group cheered and scrambled forward, trying to escape this dark and terrifying space, without even wanting to stay for a second longer.

However, when they rushed out of the bronze coffin, they all froze like statues.

The earth was as if it had been stained with blood, a reddish-brown color, cold, hard, and desolate. The scene was barren and open, with a few huge rocks sporadically standing on the ground, appearing like tombstones.

The light in this world was dim and gloomy, like a dead and still twilight enveloped in a faint black mist.

Everyone was stunned. This could not possibly be the top of Mount Tai!

The vast expanse of reddish-brown earth, remote and lifeless, showed no signs of life at all. It was completely unfamiliar and mysterious, a place they had never seen or heard of before.

"Where is this? Have we left Mount Tai?" The person who spoke trembled as they said this.

"The rescue team isolated us in a no-man's land. Were they afraid that the nine dragon corpses would be dangerous?" The person who said these words found it difficult to convince himself.

A sense of unease rose in everyone's hearts. It seemed that something extremely bad had happened to them. At this moment, many people dialed out on their phones, but they couldn't get through. There was no signal at all.

"This is not Mount Tai. Where are we?" Many people showed panic, without the joy of being rescued, but only fear.

From being trapped in the bronze coffin to walking out again, it only took fifteen minutes, but the scenery before them had completely changed. Mount Tai, majestic and overlooking the mountains, was nowhere to be seen. In front of them was an undulating, pebble-covered desert.

Ye Fan silently looked at everything, and his ominous premonition was confirmed. When he saw the Tai Chi Bagua diagram condense into a dark and huge passage from Mount Tai, he had a bad association. Although he did not see the nine dragons pulling the coffin into the passage leading to an unknown area at that time, it was clear from what he saw now that they were not on Mount Tai, or even on Earth anymore.