"Sure enough, inside the bronze gate at the bottom of Changbai Mountain, there is not only a meteorite, but also ancient figures sleeping inside."

"It has sensed the movement and is awakening. Is it going to eliminate the outsiders?"

"pity……"

At this point, Cao Ya revealed a bright smile:

"Whether he comes out or not, he's doomed."

Cao Ya, what are you saying? We don't understand. There are still people here? Just like the Nine Dragons Carrying the Coffin in the rift outside the gate, it contains the remains of the King of Dongxia, Wannu, and he is still alive after hundreds of years...

Wu Xie, Fatty, and the others were dumbfounded. The blue mist obscured their view, preventing them from seeing what Cao Ya was looking at, so they couldn't understand why Cao Ya would say such a thing.

Only the Silent One's expression shifted, as if he understood something.

Seeing everyone's bewildered expressions, Cao Ya paused for a moment, then slapped his forehead and exclaimed in realization:

"Oh, you can't see it."

Everyone rolled their eyes. So you're only realizing this now?

"Close your eyes."

Cao Ya formed a hand seal, and suddenly golden light emanated, dispelling all the pale blue mist. Then, the golden light subsided, and the scene inside the bronze door came into everyone's view.

Everyone looked at the empty cave, with only a few murals and that giant piece of meteorite jade.

"That thing is really ugly," the fat man muttered.

The surface of the meteorite is full of pits, so it doesn't look very good.

This is inevitable. Meteorites entered Earth from outer space thousands of years ago, and were already damaged. Later, they were used in various ways. Ancient people hollowed out the inside of the meteorites and buried themselves inside, which made the surface of the meteorites increasingly ugly.

Wu Xie was more focused on the murals and suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

"What's wrong, Third Master? What secrets do these murals hold?" Pan Zi asked.

Wu Xie replied that these murals likely depict the kings of ancient Central Plains dynasties who traveled thousands of miles across mountains and rivers to build the giant bronze gate outside and bury themselves there in search of immortality.

The fat man was stunned for a moment:

"The Central Plains Dynasty? Isn't this land the Eastern Xia Kingdom?"

Wu Xie shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either. He speculated that perhaps the Eastern Xia Kingdom was a later arrival, and that this place was first discovered by a certain Central Plains dynasty.

The silent man, who had been almost completely quiet the whole way, suddenly spoke up:

"King Mu of Zhou".

"Um?"

Wu Xie was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized:

"You mean, that king was King Mu of Zhou?"

Silent One nodded, without saying where he had learned this information. The others were used to this about Silent One even earlier than they were used to Cao Ya.

"Hey, King Mu of Zhou was from the Western Zhou Dynasty, right? How did he end up in Changbai Mountain? At that time, the furthest he could go was Liaodong." The fat man wondered. In the pre-Qin period, the rule of the Central Plains dynasties was not actually highly centralized. It was only after Qin Shi Huang appeared that the central government became highly centralized.

Logically speaking, it's impossible for King Mu of Zhou to travel thousands of miles to Changbai Mountain to build the giant bronze gate and bury himself there.

Most importantly, how did he know there was such a cave underground in Changbai Mountain?

"The Queen Mother of the West told him."

Cao Ya was also looking at the murals, and casually remarked:

"In the Kingdom of the Queen Mother of the West, there is also that thing called meteorite jade, which has a series of magical effects. When King Mu of Zhou traveled west, he met the Queen Mother of the West and learned about this meteorite jade from Changbai Mountain from her. That's why the things described in the murals happened."

The fat man was still puzzled and asked:

"How did the Queen Mother of the West find out?"

Cao Ya spread his hands and smiled:

"Perhaps there is a connection between different meteorites. Who knew that it would be almost three thousand years ago?"

Everyone stared at the murals, their minds filled with questions and confusion, yet also with curiosity about that ancient era.

In the pre-Qin period, when productivity was underdeveloped, how were these bronze doors and buildings constructed?

Meteorite jade, what is that?

Cao Ya suddenly sighed and said:

"Sigh, I'm a little disappointed. The things from underground in Changbai Mountain don't quite meet my expectations. It's such a small piece of meteorite jade."

"..."

The others remained silent.

You actually say such a large piece of meteorite jade is small?

Is it that we use the unit of organization differently, or that we have different concepts?

Three or four stories high, and you still call that small?

"Hey, there's something in the meteorite... Holy crap, it's a person!" Pan Zi, with his sharp eyes, spotted the movement in a pit in the meteorite, shone his flashlight over, and immediately shouted.

Everyone was shocked. Could there still be life in this place? With absolutely no food, how did they survive?

The silent man frowned and said in a deep voice:

"King Mu of Zhou!"

They exchanged glances, each with a look of surprise.

What a joke! King Mu of Zhou was a ruler of the Western Zhou Dynasty, more than two thousand years ago. How could he possibly still be alive?

But thinking of the previously revived King Wannu of Dongxia, he suddenly became less certain.

Cao Ya took two steps forward, raised his hand, and a golden handprint appeared out of thin air, even larger than the meteorite.

With a bang, the giant hand grasped the meteorite jade, and endless light spread into it. A layer of pale blue mist surged, and a faint roar could be heard. The meteorite jade trembled, and something inside seemed to be struggling against it.

But a few seconds later, everything fell silent, the pale blue mist disappeared, and the meteorite was completely enveloped in golden light.

As the golden light permeated the jade, it began to shrink little by little.

Everyone stared at the scene, their eyes glazed over.

Good heavens, what is this thing?

Now they really don't believe Cao Ya anymore. They even said you practice martial arts, what the hell do you call martial arts?

Cao Ya refined the meteorite jade, discarding its dross and keeping its essence. The meteorite jade, which was as tall as a three- or four-story building, was eventually reduced to a small clump the size of a fist, which Cao Ya held in his hand.

As for King Mu of Zhou, who was sleeping inside the meteorite, and his many ghost soldiers, they were all wiped out by Cao Ya without any power to resist.

The fat guy was eyeing that thing and wanted to try it out, but Cao Ya refused. It wasn't because he was reluctant to part with it, nor was he afraid that the fat guy would cheat him; the fat guy wasn't that stupid.

However, this thing is too heavy. The essence condensed from the meteorite jade, which is as big as a small mountain, weighs more than 10,000 jin. Let alone a fat man, anyone else would be crushed to death if they were to be placed on it.

The fat man didn't believe it at first, but he tried to lift it with all his might, and sure enough, it didn't budge.

Wu Xie joked that this trip to Changbai Mountain was truly a trip for them, as they didn't encounter any of the dangers like the Seven Star Lu Palace or the underwater tomb in Xisha.

The fat man corrected him, saying that it wasn't that they hadn't encountered them, but rather that they had been swiftly and decisively defeated by Cao Ya.

As for the martial arts Cao Ya mentioned... let's just call it martial arts for now. They didn't want to correct Cao Ya anymore; they were extremely interested.

The group originally decided to return the way they came, but Wu Xie and Pan Zi still needed to find Wu Sansheng. After discussing it, they decided to wait here, believing that A Ning's team would definitely make it this way.

That old fox Wu Sansheng certainly won't die so easily.

The fat man suddenly said in a strange tone:

"Those people who risked their lives to get to this place, only to find that everything was destroyed and nothing was left, wouldn't they suffer a mental breakdown?"