Douluo Continent: Dragon Shadow Rebirth

"Qin Feng, come quickly, come quickly! I discovered a big secret!" Chu Tian lowered his voice and waved to Qin Feng in the grove of the academy with excitement on his face.

Qin Feng looked at Chu Tian's mysterious look and couldn't help but doubt: "Could it be that you have discovered another instructor's treasure? The so-called 'mysterious forbidden area' you 'discovered' last time turned out to be just the cafeteria aunt's storage room."

"This time it's different!" Chu Tian said seriously, "I bet this time it's a real secret. Why don't you come and take a look?"

"Okay, but if it's the storage room again this time, I'll tell my aunt." Qin Feng smiled helplessly and decided to follow Chu Tian to find out.

Chu Tian led Qin Feng through the woods for a long time before finally stopping in a dense bush. He pointed to the ground ahead and said, "Look here!"

Qin Feng looked down and saw that it was actually a slightly concave stone slab with some ancient runes engraved in the center and a few faint scratches around it, as if they had been deliberately hidden by someone.

"I accidentally ran into a few instructors before, and they seemed to be discussing this place." Chu Tian lowered his voice and said, "Do you think there is any shocking secret hidden here?"

"Maybe it's a snack hidden by a tutor." Qin Feng joked, but his curiosity had been aroused. "Whatever it is, we'll find out after we dig it up."

The two spent some time prying open the stone slab, revealing a narrow staircase. A cool breeze blew from the bottom of the staircase, which seemed to lead to an underground space.

"Let's go down and take a look." Chu Tian said excitedly and jumped down the stairs first.

Qin Feng shook his head helplessly and followed. The two walked down the stairs carefully. After a long time, they reached the end of the stairs. In front of them was a heavy stone door, which was also engraved with ancient runes.

"Look at these runes," Chu Tian pointed at the marks on the stone door and said, "I have seen these runes in the ancient books in the library. They seem to be a sealing array."

"It seems that this place is indeed not simple." Qin Feng frowned. He stretched out his hand and gently pushed the stone door. The stone door opened slowly without any resistance.

Behind the stone door was a dark secret room with several tall bookshelves filled with all kinds of ancient books and scrolls. In the center of the secret room was a stone platform with a crystal ball emitting a faint light on it.

"What is this?" Chu Tian's eyes lit up and he reached out to take the crystal ball.

"Wait!" Qin Feng quickly grabbed Chu Tian's wrist, "Don't you think this thing looks a little too...obvious?"

"Are you saying this is a trap?" Chu Tian withdrew his hand and looked at Qin Feng with some confusion.

"Or, it may be used to protect something more important." Qin Feng walked to the stone platform and looked at the crystal ball carefully.

There seemed to be some strange power flowing in the crystal ball, and a faint light could be vaguely seen flickering in it. Qin Feng stretched out his hand and touched the crystal ball tentatively, and immediately felt a warm power coming from the palm of his hand.

"What is this?" Qin Feng whispered to himself. He could feel the tremendous power contained in the crystal ball, but it seemed to be sealed by some force.

Chu Tian came over to take a look and said in surprise: "This... could it be the legendary soul power crystal?!"

"Soul power crystal?" Qin Feng asked puzzledly, "What is that?"

"Soul power crystals are an extremely rare cultivation resource. It is said that they can greatly enhance the soul power of practitioners. However, this kind of crystal usually only exists in ancient ruins or the nests of powerful soul beasts. I didn't expect that we would find one here." Chu Tian explained excitedly.

"Unfortunately, we can't use it directly." Qin Feng shook his head, "It seems to be sealed. It may not be easy to unlock the seal."

"Then what should we do? Just leave it like this?" Chu Tian was a little unwilling.

Qin Feng pondered for a while and said, "Let's take it back first and find a place to study it carefully to see if there is any way to unlock the seal."

"Good idea!" Chu Tian nodded.

The two carefully took the crystal ball off the stone platform and left the secret room. After returning to the academy, they decided to keep the matter secret for the time being and study the mystery of the crystal ball's seal first.

However, what Qin Feng didn't know was that their actions had been secretly seen by someone.