304 - After Defying the Villain’s Fate for Nine Lifetimes, the Heroines Turn Mad!

**Chapter 304: Ninth Life as a Villain, the Heroines Have All Turned Dark** He discovered to his horror that due to the influence of the eerie aura between the cliffs, he couldn't channel his spiritual energy effectively! He could do nothing but continue to fall helplessly! "Lin Feng, did you really jump?" Xiao Bai's shout echoed from above. This almost made Lin Feng furious! In the next moment, Lin Feng's unwilling roar reverberated between the cliffs, causing a series of echoes. "I didn't mean to jump!" "I didn't mean to jump!" "…" As he fell deeper, his voice gradually faded, and Lin Feng's figure completely disappeared. Xiao Bai sat crouched by the cliff's edge, lost in thought. As a demon king, it could walk on air! It contemplated whether to go down, rescue Lin Feng, then bury him alive in a pit. After all, Qing Ning suggested that only by being buried alive could Lin Feng truly feel the darkness, suffocation, and despair... But finally, it abandoned this idea. The cliff was too eerie and cold; it worried that it might also fall. A moment later, Qing Ning and Mu Kui arrived. They approached the cliff's edge and peered down, following Xiao Bai’s lead. "Xiao Bai, where's Lin Feng?" Qing Ning blinked in confusion. "He jumped off the cliff," Xiao Bai replied instantly. "Did he really?" Mu Kui was taken aback. "He did, and without hesitation!" Xiao Bai nodded its tiger head repeatedly. "This Child of Destiny is utterly lacking in spirit," Qing Ning remarked disdainfully. "Lin Feng must be betting on destiny! Let's wait here and see if he can climb back up," Mu Kui suggested. "Alright." Qing Ning nodded. After speaking, she glanced at Mu Kui and commented, "Fourth Junior Brother, you seem completely mad!" "Third Senior Sister, haven't you heard the saying 'The mad don't realize they're mad'?" "…" **Chapter 301: Leaping Off the Cliff, Was It All for Nothing?** Lin Feng didn't fall to the bottom but landed at a cave entrance midway, a ledge barely wide enough for one person to stand. Though he'd survived, he wasn't pleased. His internal organs cried out in pain, and he frequently spat blood, gravely injured! Moreover, he knew that surviving this ordeal must have cost him a great deal of his luck... "Sigh." After a deep sigh, Lin Feng sat cross-legged and swallowed a healing pill. He remained in this position for several days until his injuries started to improve slightly. Only then did he step towards the cave before him. The cave path was narrow, long, and pitch-black. It contained over a hundred traps, layers upon layers of inexhaustible martial, ambush, and illusionary arrays. If not for the keen senses and eyesight of the old Heavenly Mechanic, Lin Feng would have fallen for them several times. Lin Feng couldn't recall how long he'd been traversing the cave. He only knew that until his body was utterly exhausted and his spiritual energy nearly depleted, he finally broke through the layers of arrays and traps to reach the cave's deepest area. In the deepest part, apart from a bare stone wall, there was only a skeleton in tattered green robes, seated cross-legged at the center. "Even after death, this person's body hasn't decayed, and his spiritual energy hasn't dissipated. He must be a practitioner at the later stage of the Nirvana Realm," the old Heavenly Mechanic analyzed briefly. The later stage of the Nirvana Realm? Lin Feng's eyes lit up immediately! That’s a top-tier figure in the Central Domain! Could this be his fortuitous opportunity? He wanted to approach the skeleton to see if he could uncover any secrets. But as he took his first step— "Be careful!" the old Heavenly Mechanic shouted. Hearing this, Lin Feng quickly retracted his hand. At that moment, the skeleton's jaw suddenly opened, spitting out several black needles that grazed his cheek as they flew past! Lin Feng was drenched in cold sweat! Throughout his journey, he encountered countless traps. Thinking he'd passed them all, who would have thought this lifeless skeleton still held a hidden mechanism! "Sizzle—" A strange sound echoed. Lin Feng followed the sound, his sweat growing colder. The needles embedded in the stone wall began to seep a pitch-black liquid, corroding the stone wall rapidly! Clearly, it was poisoned! Luckily, the old Heavenly Mechanic's timely warning prevented him from being struck; otherwise, he might already be in dire straits! "What a close call!" Lin Feng patted his chest, relieved. "This person must have been very cautious when alive; you've likely reached as far as you can. Go ahead and seek your opportunity," the old Heavenly Mechanic advised. Lin Feng nodded and moved forward again. First, he glanced at the skeleton's fingers — no spiritual ring. Then he checked the robes — nothing. Finally, he even lifted the skeleton to search beneath the mat, but... He found nothing! "So, did I jump off the cliff for nothing?!" Lin Feng was incredulous! This reminded him of the group of madmen in the Ice Realm, leading him to speculate whether someone else had already seized the prize! But that seemed impossible. No signs of tampering were evident on the traps, arrays, or the skeleton itself. "It must be hidden! This person was cautious and likely hid the spiritual ring in an unexpected place!" the old Heavenly Mechanic conjectured. An unexpected place? Lin Feng frowned, picked up the skeleton, and searched again. He inspected fingers, toes, wrists, and ankles, checking each one. With no results, he steeled himself, pried open the skeleton’s mouth, and, braving the nauseating stench, reached inside. "Huh? There's something here!" Lin Feng was elated as he extracted a spiritual ring from within. The ring was stained with strange liquid and emitted a foul odor, which made him retch immediately! "This liquid... is from a Stink Toad?" the old Heavenly Mechanic was astonished. "Ugh, is it valuable?" Lin Feng asked as he continued to vomit. "Not exactly valuable, but even upper-tier practitioners can't stand the smell and would be nauseated. This person feared his belongings would be stolen after death, so he swallowed the toad's liquid. Truly a ruthless person!" the old Heavenly Mechanic remarked. "Definitely ruthless," Lin Feng agreed. The stench alone made him retch uncontrollably, let alone ingesting it! But perseverance paid off; he had obtained the spiritual ring after all. Once the old Heavenly Mechanic unlocked the ring with his spiritual sense, Lin Feng, holding his nose, began to inventory its contents. "Third-grade pill?" "Low-tier spiritual weapon?" "Mid-tier cultivation technique?" "Several sets of clothes?" "That's it?!" "And a book of personal memoirs?" Lin Feng was dumbfounded! This couldn't be the possessions of a Nirvana Realm practitioner! It seemed more fitting for lower-tier cultivators! In disbelief, he opened the memoirs. After skimming for a bit, his expression darkened. According to the memoir, the deceased practitioner called himself "Gou Daoren." Gou Daoren's talent was lacking, but his luck was decent. Afraid his treasures would be stolen, he mostly stayed hidden in the cave, only occasionally venturing out—and in this seclusion, he practiced for 3,200 years! He managed to reach the later stage of the Nirvana Realm! With such cultivation, he could have roamed freely in the Central Domain, yet Gou Daoren chose to stay hidden! His excuse was that it wasn't safe! The outside world was too dangerous! He aimed to reach emperor status before venturing out! In the end. He didn’t become an emperor; he hid himself to death instead. Before dying, Gou Daoren was unwilling and feared posthumous theft of his legacy. These possessions were accumulated over thousands of years of cautious living—not something to simply hand over to others!