"The Wuqi Chaoyuan Cave is located deep under the sea. Since the water pressure is too high at deep depths, you need to bring a water-avoiding magic weapon."

"Third Senior Sister Liang Ruohua prepared a water-sealing seal for me, so there shouldn't be any problem with this."

"The magnetic field in the cave is so strong that it can not only destroy any magic tools for finding the way, but also interfere with the monks' sense of direction, making them unable to tell east from west, south from north, up from down, left from right - this is the main reason why the monks get trapped and disappear inside."

"Master prepared a jade slip of the map left by my predecessors for me. With the Kunlun Mirror to record the route we took and correct the direction, there will be no problem."

"It takes at least two months to reach the nearest Chaoyuan Qi channel from the entrance. If an ordinary person stays in the dark sea cave environment for a long time, it is easy for them to be tortured to the point of shaking their Taoism and even losing their mind."

"But I'm not an ordinary person. I have Ah Jing and Qing Ping to chat with me."

"There are no dangerous creatures in the cave, but there may be intermittent earthquakes or seafloor thermal eruptions."

"It's okay. The probability of it happening is too small, and once it happens it is an unavoidable natural disaster. We can only adapt to the situation."

"Somehow, Shi Liuli convinced Elder Shi Ding to let her go with me."

“…What should I do about this?”

Luo Yan once again thought about the plan of this trip to Wuqi Chaoyuan Cave in his mind, and basically prepared plans for all risk points - except for Shi Liuli's intrusion.

Why does this young lady always follow me? Could it be that she really likes me?

"I have a hunch." Shi Liuli said seriously, "In the Wuqi Chaoyuan Cave, there is an opportunity for me to skip the marrow cleansing and enter the Huafu."

"Senior Sister, are you using that metaphysical ritual of yours again?" Luo Yan asked lazily.

"Of course." Shi Liuli said confidently, "In short, this time the marrow cleansing will definitely be successful."

"That's what you said last time you went to the Three Islands Treasure Ship Secret Realm." Luo Yan deliberately reminded her, "And you ended up getting a body-building secret technique that you're too lazy to use."

"That was an accident! An accident!" Shi Liuli was furious, his face flushed. "I'm going to ignore you. You don't understand the importance of 'the one loved by God'. It's useless to tell you! Humph."

She turned away to express her dissatisfaction, clasped her hands together in front of her chest and shook them vigorously, and began to mutter something difficult to understand like "Heaven and Earth, please help me" and "Earth and God, please help me".

Luo Yan ignored her. Although this young lady always liked to pester him, at least she would not deliberately cause trouble at critical moments.

Considering that we have to stay in the Wuqi Chaoyuan Cave for at least two months, there is a risk that the synchronization rate will decrease.

Once the synchronization rate drops, the characteristic of "understanding a thousand things after hearing one thing" will diminish, so this time I brought Shi Liuli with me, and I will use her to brush up the synchronization value.

Thinking about it this way, her joining in was actually a good thing.

Luo Yan quickly convinced himself and continued to think about it.

The two of them were currently in a shuttle-shaped magic weapon, which was being controlled by a Nascent Soul elder in the temple.

The reason for being locked in the magic weapon for long-distance travel is to prevent the location of the Wuqi Chaoyuan Cave from being disclosed - this place is located in the Far East Sea, too far away from the Penglai Yuqing Temple. It is impossible to send people to guard it for a long time, and it cannot be leaked to other sects, so it can only be kept strictly confidential.

Finally, the shuttle-shaped magic weapon stopped and released Luo Yan and Shi Liuli.

"Be careful when you enter the cave," the elder who was controlling the magic weapon warned, "If you find something wrong, it is better to give up and retreat in time rather than taking the risk of going deeper."

"Thank you for your guidance, senior." Luo Yan saluted and Shi Liuli also quickly followed suit.

"I will come here again to pick you up in two months." The elder continued, "If you don't show up within three days, the temple will assume that you died in there."

"This is the eastern edge of the East China Sea. With your abilities, it is basically impossible to return to Penglai from here, so don't waste time. Remember, two months!"

After saying that, he slapped the shuttle-shaped magic weapon with his backhand, and his whole body turned into a black stream of light and disappeared into the distant skyline.

"Let's go." After watching the elder leave, Luo Yan sighed and said to Shi Liuli.

"Okay!" Shi Liuli became excited.

"Did you remember everything I told you on the way here?" Luo Yan asked again, emphasizing.

"I know, I know. I'll listen to you in everything, little brother." Shi Liuli smiled like a flower.

Luo Yan sighed in his heart again. He guessed why Elder Shi Ding allowed Miss Shi to come along.

If Shi Liuli were to come here alone, Elder Shi Ding would definitely not be at ease and would definitely arrange for a trustworthy person to accompany and escort her.

For example, the last time they went to the Sanyu Treasure Ship Secret Realm, it was Senior Brother Linghu Chu who was arranged to escort the two of them.

How could I, Luo Yan, be so worthy that my master could trust me? To the point that he was willing to let me escort Miss Shi?

I think it’s because my performance in Guixu in the Sanyu Treasure Ship Secret Realm was so outstanding last time, which was in sharp contrast to my senior brother who was unable to do anything after the accident. That’s why my trust in my master increased rapidly.

"In short, you must strictly follow my orders from now on, do you understand?" Luo Yan reminded again and again.

"Yeah!" Miss Shi nodded impatiently.

"Let's go." Luo Yan activated the water-sealing seal to create a water-repelling space with a radius of two meters around the two of them, and then jumped into the sea with Shi Liuli.

This is the water at the edge of the East China Sea. The light transmittance is much lower than that of the East China Sea. The two of them only descended a few feet, and the light around them quickly became dim.

Luo Yan took out another magic lighting weapon, which was a hexagonal palace lantern, which emitted bright light in the sea.

After descending about several thousand feet, the two finally reached the bottom of the sea.

The seabed here is a lime-white rock surface, which looks like a large plain.

In the center of the plain, a stone tablet stands abruptly.

The two of them flew forward quickly on their swords and arrived at the stone tablet. They saw that it was engraved with the words...

It's hard to see clearly, as if it has been completely corroded by the sea water, leaving only faint dents, and you can roughly make out four words.

Under the stone tablet is a sea cave that is so deep that it is difficult to see the bottom.

"Junior brother." Shi Liuli walked around the stone tablet and asked curiously, "Didn't they say that the location of the Five Qis Chao Yuan Cave should be kept secret? Why did they erect a tablet here? Are they afraid that foreign monks passing by here won't be able to find the cave?"

"Maybe this stele was not erected by Yuqing Temple." Luo Yan answered casually.

"Who erected it?" Shi Liuli asked.

"Ancient monks." Luo Yan replied.

"Of course he is an ancient cultivator. Could he be a cultivator from the future?" Shi Liuli was speechless.

She still felt something was wrong: Even if it was a stone tablet erected by an ancient monk, why wasn't the tablet moved away when this place was discovered behind Yuqing Temple?

But Luo Yan was in a hurry to get on with his journey and kept urging her at the edge of the cave. Miss Shi had no choice but to put aside her doubts and quickly ran to her junior brother. Hand in hand, the two of them jumped into the sea cave with the help of the water-sealing seal.