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Chapter 424: 400: There’s a Mystery Inside the Tripod
Chapter 424: 400: There’s a Mystery Inside the Tripod
Chapter 424: 400: There’s a Mystery Inside the Tripod
Xiao Heng scratched his head helplessly, looking at Zhang Haobo for help.
Zhang Haobo chuckled, “Our little miss is not at all stupid, but rather, when compared with Senior Shuo initially…”
He paused, changing his words, “Actually, she is extremely clever. Sometimes her actions may seem impulsive, but she has already weighed the pros and cons in her heart.”
“Even you were deceived by her, doesn’t that prove how clever Su Xiaomei is?”
Su Xiaomei huffed, lifting her head proudly.
“So it seems, our little miss is even smarter than me!”
Xiao Heng quickly echoed.
After some sweet talk, he finally gained Su Xiaomei’s forgiveness.
“I forgive you!”
“Now hurry up and take out the Little Pharma Sovereign Cauldron to test it!”
Xiao Heng breathed a sigh of relief, taking out the last remaining Medicine King Cauldron.
After some thought, he channeled his spiritual power into it.
Upon being stimulated, the little cauldron emitted a faint blue radiance.
Xiao Heng moved the little cauldron close to the bronze door.
The radiance shone on the door, which originally was incredibly solid and unfazed by any attack.
At this moment, however, it seemed to melt and a doorframe formed within the shining radius.
“How’s that! My guess was correct, wasn’t it!” Su Xiaomei declared proudly.
She then took the lead and entered.
Zhang Haobo followed closely behind.
Xiao Heng entered the door as well.
As he passed the bronze door, he didn’t forget to put away the Little Pharma Sovereign Cauldron.
With the absence of the blue light’s glimmer, the door vanished, and the bronze door gradually returned to normal.
Even though Su Xiaomei was the first to enter, she didn’t act rashly.
After the three of them regrouped, they began to observe the space behind the door together.
The long, deep passageway extended beyond their sight.
Their divine senses were suppressed, unable to probe anything.
“Might there be danger?” Xiao Heng asked.
“Array techniques, mechanisms, prohibitions, all are possible,” Zhang Haobo answered seriously.
“We must be cautious.”
The three of them exchanged a glance, with Su Xiaomei taking the lead, and Zhang Haobo covering the rear.
They protected Xiao Heng in the middle, cautiously advancing down the passageway.
With their hearts tightly strung, they didn’t dare to let their guard down.
However, unexpectedly, they encountered no obstacles in this narrow passageway, proceeding smoothly.
“I have a feeling that it’s not a good sign for it to be this smooth,” murmured Su Xiaomei, scrutinizing her surroundings as she continued forward.
At the end of the passageway, the space suddenly became bright and spacious.
It was a large hall, divided into three levels.
The central area was empty, with many rooms built around it on all three levels.
Beyond that, there seemed to be corridors leading further in.
“It seems like this was some sort of gathering place, but something must have happened here.”
“Tables and chairs scattered haphazardly, and decorations, as well as plants, are all over the floor,” Xiao Heng observed the surroundings and analyzed calmly.
“This Medicine King Cauldron is truly magical, after all this time, things inside it are still so well preserved.”
“Look at this flower, it doesn’t look like it has been alive for thousands of years at all,” Su Xiaomei picked up a potted flower that had fallen on the ground and commented with surprise.
At her words, the expressions of Xiao Heng and Zhang Haobo both changed slightly.
“This is peculiar.”
“If even ordinary spiritual items can be kept in such good condition, then what about the cultivators inside this Medicine King Cauldron?” Xiao Heng narrowed his eyes and whispered.
This time, it was Su Xiaomei who answered him.
“It has been more than twenty years since the Medicine King Cauldron returned. If there were still cultivators from the Medicine King Sect that could move inside, they would have already put it away.”
“They wouldn’t have waited for us to find them here like a fool,” she continued, reasoning.
Zhang Haobo nodded in agreement, “Either they’re all dead or they’ve all disappeared.”
Xiao Heng added, “The troublesome part would be the uncanny existences that are neither dead nor alive.”
There was nothing valuable in this hall.
Furthermore, the doors to all the rooms on the three levels were sealed as if they were never to be opened again.
With no other choice, the three of them continued their exploration further in.
The Medicine King Cauldron was eerily silent, but the unease in the hearts of the trio continued to grow.
Corridors behind the great hall diverged in different directions.
Joined together, the three of them began to explore them one by one.
The end of each corridor led to different areas.
There were una alchemy room, Dharma Transmission Pavilion, Martial Arts Arena, and so on.
But they were all like before; there was no sign of human activity.
The large doors were tightly shut.
Despite knowing that many ancient treasures might be inside, the three of them had no way to obtain them.
They could only look helplessly.
The only thing that could be considered fortunate was that the Medicine King Cauldron didn’t resemble the other dangerous Ancient Sect Ruins.
From beginning to end, there was no Array Technique activation or restrictions.
Only a peculiar atmosphere was emitting.
Moving forward, a grey stone door blocked their path.
This time, the method of using the Little Pharma Sovereign Cauldron as a disguise did not work.
Moreover, this stone door was several times sturdier than the previous bronze door.
Both Su Xiaomei and Zhang Haobo failed to incite even the slightest vibration in the grey stone door with their joint attack.
After stopping her futile efforts, Su Xiaomei was somewhat dispirited.
“Could it be that we’ll leave empty-handed even after reaching the Mountain of Treasure?”
Such thoughts inevitably emerged in the hearts of the trio.
“Let’s look again.” Xiao Heng bared his teeth, not willing to give up.
No cultivator would easily give up when such a treasure is within sight.
Turning around, the trio conducted a carpet-style search once again.
This time, they had a lucky discovery.
“Look quickly, the door of this room seems it hasn’t been sealed tightly.”
Su Xiaomei called out to the two men.
Xiao Heng and Zhang Haobo rushed over immediately.
Feeling the slight crevice on the door, Zhang Haobo nodded: “Correct, it indeed is different from the other rooms.”
Seeing that some rewards would finally be claimed, Xiao Heng also got somewhat excited: “Does that mean we can open it?”
“Let’s give it a try.”
Having said that, Zhang Haobo and Su Xiaomei joined forces once again.
Under the brightness of the Sun and a Sea of Blood,
The bronze door made a creaking noise.
It was inch by inch pushed open.
After a while, the two managed to open a small crack in the door, with their combined strength.
“Be careful.”
The three of them exchanged glances, and walked in.
The expected danger didn’t come.
On the contrary, the scene inside the room caught them off guard.
It was single person’s living quarters.
Although the space wasn’t big, it had a bed, a desk, chairs, cabinets– complete in every respect.
And on the ground, there was a cultivator sprawled on the floor.
His head was facing the door, as if attempting to close it.
What horrified Xiao Heng and the others was that, this man still had a life aura.
His breaths were steady, seeming to just have fallen into a deep sleep.
“What should we do?”
“Should we make a move?”
“He has survived for thousands of years, his strength is unfathomable. If we are impulsive and attack…”
While the three were communicating via divine sense, the man lying there let out a groan and slowly woke up.
Unaware of the situation, the trio huddled together and quickly retreated.
The Medicine King Sect cultivator got up from the ground, and for a moment seemed somewhat bewildered as he looked around.
But soon after, as if remembering something, his pupils gradually regained their sparkle.
Calculating with his fingers, he became startled and said: “It’s already been twenty-four years?”
He finally noticed the presence of Xiao Heng and the others in the room.
Surprise flashed across his face for a moment, but he quickly regained his composure.
“Greetings, senior!” Xiao Heng and others chorused.
“Did you guys wake me up?” He asked.