Chapter 294: Discovering the Kunlun Ruins, the Entire Internet is Shocked

The netizens in the live stream room fell silent.

At this very moment, Ning Fei stood at the entrance of a downward-sloping Mountain Cave.

This Mountain Cave looked somewhat like the wilderness caves in PUBG or PUBG Mobile. It angled sharply downward, leading to an unknown destination.

A layer of ice coated the exterior, appearing unusually smooth.

"It was the avalanche,"

Ning Fei murmured, standing at the entrance to the Mountain Cave and peering inside.

"The avalanche caused a massive amount of snow to slide off, exposing this Mountain Cave. Normally, it would be completely buried under over ten meters of snow."

"In other words, if it weren't for that avalanche, no one would have ever discovered this entrance."

"Whoosh— Whoosh—"

The wind blew into the Mountain Cave, emitting bursts of eerie sounds.

This Mountain Cave truly looked quite terrifying.

"There's actually a downward Mountain Cave right at the peak of the mountain? What's going on?"

"This glacier has been frozen for tens of millions of years. Who knows what lies beneath?"

"It's a bit scary."

"Temple Master Ning isn't planning to go down there, is he?"

"Relax, Temple Master Ning is definitely going down."

The netizens guessed correctly. Ning Fei took out a cold Glow Stick for illumination, adjusted his hiking bag, and resolutely walked into the Mountain Cave.

The drone followed closely behind.

It was slightly warmer inside the Mountain Cave than outside. The moment he stepped in, a gust of damp air washed over his face.

Ning Fei glanced at his outdoor watch.

The air pressure, humidity, and temperature readings were all normal.

The Mountain Cave sloped downward. At first, it seemed perfectly ordinary, but after he descended a couple of steps, a sight that defied everyone's expectations appeared.

A downward-stretching staircase appeared beneath Ning Fei's feet.

Step by step, it extended ever deeper, seemingly spiraling into the abyss.

"What is that? It's a staircase! How can there be a staircase inside a Mountain Cave at the top of a snow mountain?"

When the viewers saw the staircase, comments surged forward like a tidal wave.

They all knew that Ning Fei had once again discovered something massive enough to shock all of Huaxia!

The Kunlun Mountains Valley of Death. At the peak of its highest mountain, in a place buried under snow for countless years, lay a Mountain Cave. And inside this Mountain Cave were artificially carved stairs.

What did this mean?

This place was an ancient ruin!

"Good heavens, this live stream is way too thrilling!"

"He just found a stone chamber a few days ago, and today he stumbles upon such a massive ruin?"

"How is he an outdoor streamer? He's a treasure-hunting streamer."

"A grand spectacle! This is truly a grand spectacle!"

"Temple Master Ning is going to be famous! Wait, no, Temple Master Ning is going to be even more famous!"

Ning Fei stepped onto the stairs.

He retrieved another Glow Stick, snapped it on, and tossed it straight down.

"Clack! Clack! Clack!"

The Glow Stick tumbled down the steps, falling endlessly, plummeting into an incredibly deep abyss.

Watching this scene unfold on the stream, a heavy sense of oppression settled over everyone's hearts.

At this moment, Ning Fei spoke up.

"I've found a ruin. This place is highly likely to be the Kunlun Immortal Palace discovered by King Mu of Zhou, just as recorded in ancient texts."

"The mountain itself is an extinct volcano, so its internal structure is quite complex."

"Earlier, during the avalanche, I took shelter in a spot where the tunnels connected in every direction. At first, I thought it was simply the mountain's natural structure, but on second thought, that didn't seem quite right."

"That place might have been artificially excavated."

"Historically, slaves knew they would be buried as sacrifices after excavating a monarch's tomb. Because of this, many clever slaves would secretly carve out a hidden tunnel during the construction process as a means of escape."

"And the place where I hid from the avalanche is very likely exactly that."

Ning Fei then continued his descent.

The scene was breathtakingly intense.

Within the pitch-black Mountain Cave, Ning Fei held a Glow Stick in his hand, while the drone activated its lights to illuminate the path at his feet.

Below, everything was completely unknown.

At this exact moment, over at the National Geological Bureau and the Cultural Relics Protection Bureau.

The experts were still studying the materials regarding the stone chamber submitted by the Kunlun Authorities when an earth-shattering piece of news arrived.

"That Daoist priest has made another discovery! He found the Kunlun Heavenly Palace in the Kunlun Mountains Valley of Death!"

This news exploded in the experts' ears like a bomb.

Soon after, the experts from the Geological Bureau and the Cultural Relics Protection Bureau all gathered in a single conference room.

Ning Fei's live stream played on the room's large screen.

A large group of experts gathering to watch a live stream during work hours—this was a first in history.

And that wasn't all.

Major news outlets immediately published articles about Ning Fei.

#Temple Master Ning Discovers Kunlun Heavenly Palace in the Kunlun Mountains#

This news spread like wildfire.

On Weibo, Douyin, and other platforms, real-time trending searches skyrocketed.

When netizens saw this headline and read its contents, they flocked en masse to Ning Fei's live stream room.

The popularity of Ning Fei's broadcast room surged at a terrifying pace.

The senior executives at the Douniao Live Platform were dumbfounded.

A Duo urgently contacted the CEO. All the technical staff at Douniao Live were mobilized in full force, doing everything in their power to allocate server resources to Ning Fei's channel.

Soon, Channel Two for the Live Stream Room of the Master of Qingfeng Temple opened, followed by Channel Three. One sub-channel after another was launched, yet they still couldn't withstand the colossal surge of traffic.

It wasn't until they opened up to Channel Six for the Live Stream Room of the Master of Qingfeng Temple.

The viewership for every single one of these rooms was in the tens of millions.

At this moment, all the other major streamers on the Douniao Live Platform were completely dumbfounded.

When had such a situation ever occurred on a live-streaming platform?

One person's broadcast requiring six separate sub-channels.

And every single one of them was bursting with popularity.

Usually, the front page of the Douniao Live app displayed a variety of the hottest major streamers. Today, the entire front page consisted solely of Ning Fei's live stream rooms.

Quite a few viewers who had just opened the app thought it was glitching, since every single broadcast cover image looked exactly the same.

This level of popularity was truly unprecedented.

Over in the villa's small courtyard, Bai Yi hurriedly ran over to Bai Yuanche and told him about the situation.

Bai Yuanche rarely watched live streams, but this time, he grabbed a tablet and tuned in with deep interest.

After all, he had also searched for the Kunlun Heavenly Palace twenty years ago. However, lacking any clues, he had failed to find it.

"So it was on that mountain all along!"

Bai Yuanche sighed inwardly.

"I've been up that mountain before, but the snow was far too thick back then. It was simply impossible to discover a Mountain Cave beneath the snowpack."

"It seems I simply wasn't fated to find this Kunlun Heavenly Palace."

Bai Yuanche was very open-minded about such matters. Now that Ning Fei had discovered the Kunlun Heavenly Palace, he was naturally quite happy for him.

Back in the present, Ning Fei was still making his way down.

He occasionally checked the data on his watch.

"Oxygen levels, pressure, humidity—everything is normal."

"I can clearly feel the temperature inside the Mountain Cave rising now."

He held up the Glow Stick, illuminating his immediate surroundings.

However, everything above and below him remained completely pitch-black.

Watching this scene, the netizens felt incredibly tense. They clenched their hands tightly, finding it somewhat hard to breathe.

Ning Fei, however, remained very calm.

"This staircase should be the Kunlun Heavenly Ladder."

"There's no way to properly investigate it right now, so it's unclear exactly how old these stone steps are, but it's highly likely they were built by King Mu of Zhou."

"And the reason he built this stone staircase lies just ahead."

Ning Fei finally reached the very bottom of the stone stairs.

His feet touched flat ground. Raising the Glow Stick, he reached forward.

The light pushed back the darkness ahead.

Right in front of him, a human face slowly emerged from the shadows.

Deep inside a pitch-black Mountain Cave that stretched downwards for an unknown number of meters, the sudden appearance of a human face made everyone's hearts stop.

"It's just a stone carving."

Ning Fei had initially been startled as well. A second later, upon realizing it was just a sculpture carved into the stone wall, he finally let out a sigh of relief.

It was fortunate he had recognized it in time.

The netizens hadn't noticed that the exact moment the face appeared, Ning Fei had already formed his right hand into a blade, fully prepared to chop at the entity's neck.

His physical strength was massive to begin with. If he had actually struck out with a full-force chop, he might have severed the stone carving's head, which would have caused an even greater uproar.

But even so, the netizens watching the live stream had been thoroughly terrified by that fleeting moment.