Chapter 69 The Stone Chamber in the Pool
The small mountain range in front, though not very high, looks quite like a coiled dragon resting when viewed from a distance.
At that moment, something in the "dragon head" position was reflecting a dazzling light under the sunlight, as if a sleeping dragon had suddenly opened its eyes.
Ning Xuan didn't have time to eat. She put the eight-treasure porridge back into her storage ring and then controlled her body to fly in that direction.
However, the mountain that looked not far away was actually quite a distance away. Ning Xuan flew there quickly, and it still took her several minutes.
As Ning Xuan got closer to the hilltop, she discovered that there was actually a pool of water there. The water reflected the sunlight, making it quite dazzling.
When Ningxuan landed at the edge of the pool, perhaps because the sun's position had changed or because she was closer, the pool water looked lush and green and no longer reflected light.
After circling the pool, Ning Xuan looked into the water. She focused her attention on the pool for 5 seconds, and her X-ray vision would take effect. If she wanted to stop seeing through the water, she could close her eyes and rest for 10 seconds.
When searching the mountains in Ningxuan, they would use a 50-meter radius in one wave, and after searching three waves in a row, they would take a break to prevent eye strain.
What she saw was quite unsettling. Ning Xuan felt a chill run down her spine. She saw something strange in the depths of the pool, nearly 50 meters away—the limit of her vision. It didn't look like the bottom of the pool.
However, because it was too deep and the water flow was too strong, Ning Xuan couldn't see clearly and couldn't determine what it was.
She floated above the pool again and looked down to make sure there were no scary creatures before returning to the ground and resting by the pool for a while.
To see what had just happened clearly, she had to go underwater. She had Yunxi's diving talisman, which made diving very convenient, but she was scared and needed to encourage herself first.
She had already secretly tested the effects of the diving talisman. With the talisman, one could breathe freely underwater and move around freely. Even if one couldn't swim, there was nothing to fear, not to mention that Ning Xuan could swim.
The pond was too deep, and the water was a deep, greenish color. She couldn't see any fish. The pond wasn't small, but she couldn't see any fish at all, and she instinctively felt scared.
She took out the half-finished eight-treasure porridge she had just finished and continued eating, filling her stomach and replenishing her energy before going into the water to check.
After finishing a can of eight-treasure porridge, I ate two baskets of xiaolongbao (soup dumplings), a large cup of soy milk, and a sweet durian mille-feuille. Finally, I had a glass of lemonade to cleanse my palate.
Ning Xuan usually doesn't eat such a variety of things, just a little bit of this and a little bit of that. This time, she was quite nervous, so she took out whatever looked delicious and ate it. She ate several different kinds of food in a row, and her stomach was about 60-70% full, but she had no appetite to eat anymore.
Ning Xuan told herself to finish the battle quickly. She still had protective talismans and explosive talismans on her, so there shouldn't be any major problems. The more she overthinked, the more frightened she became.
So after finishing the lemon water, Ning Xuan didn't give herself time to back out. She took a picture of herself with a diving talisman and plunged into the water.
"Ouch! I was too hasty. It's only early spring, and the water in the pool is so cold~" Ning Xuan muttered a few words before quickly surfacing again.
She wasn't sure if taking the other talismans out of the water would affect them, so she decided to add another warming talisman to herself once she was out of the water.
These were the talismans that Yunxi acquired in subsequent transactions. At that time, in addition to the Warming Talisman, there were also Flame Talisman and Freezing Talisman.
The purpose of a warming amulet is not to actually warm the body, but to enhance the body's ability to resist cold. No matter how cold the temperature, it can help the body maintain a suitable body temperature, so that you will not feel cold and your body will not be affected.
The Freeze Talisman can freeze a person or object, while the Flame Talisman doesn't actually start a fire, but rather makes a person or other creature feel the burning sensation of flames. The effective duration of these talismans is exactly 12 hours.
After using the warming talisman, Ning Xuan felt no coldness and went into the water again. This time, she was not cold again.
With the diving talisman, Ning Xuan's invisibility and speed talismans remained effective and unaffected.
Once she actually got into the water, Ning Xuan wasn't so scared anymore. The water around her was very clear, and as long as she wasn't staring down, the feeling of not being able to see the bottom wasn't so frightening.
The distance of several dozen meters was just a few breaths away, and Ning Xuan had already reached the strange place she had seen earlier. Only then did Ning Xuan realize that it seemed to be a stone chamber with a door clearly visible above it.
Ning Xuan was truly impressed by the people who built this stone chamber, because through her X-ray vision she could see that there was still quite a long distance inside the chamber, and the walls were also very thick.
Fortunately, this time the distance was within the range of vision, and Ning Xuan saw that the end of the stone chamber passage was a larger stone chamber.
There were lamps hanging on the walls of the passage, not candles, but she guessed they were for lighting purposes. However, they were not lit, so the passage was completely dark.
In other words, Ning Xuan still has night vision, which is why she can see the situation in the passage.
However, the large stone chamber inside was beyond the range of vision, and she couldn't see what was inside.
Goodness, was this stone chamber built before there was any water here, or was it built like a bridge when there was water?
But both of them are amazing.
Ning Xuan didn't see any traps or mechanisms, not even a button to open the door, so should she just push it open?
Ning Xuan had taken a strength-boosting pill and was very strong. She tried to push the stone door with all her might, but the door did not budge.
This is a bit troublesome. Is it because she's not strong enough, or is there another way to open this stone door?
Ning Xuan carefully searched the stone door and the stone wall next to it to see if there was any place where she could put the key.
After looking around and not finding anything, Ning Xuan started touching it, feeling every part of it and pressing it a few times, hoping to trigger the conditions to open the door.
After carefully touching and pressing everything, Ning Xuan was exhausted. The main problem was that the process was too tedious, and she hadn't seen any hope for so long.
Ning Xuan lowered her body slightly and leaned against a slightly protruding rock against the wall to rest for a while.
At first, when she saw this protruding, somewhat unusual stone, she thought it might be some kind of mechanism to open a door. However, after carefully touching it several times, pressing it, patting it, and even trying to turn it, nothing happened.
Ning Xuan then gave up on further studying the stone.
She sat down on the rock, then casually leaned against the stone wall.
And then something amazing happened!
The stone door slowly slid open!
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