Chapter 309 Shocking News
The original structure of walking through the main hall, then through the long corridor into the middle and rear halls had vanished, replaced by a six-sided stone palace. Besides the main gate, five locked doors each on each of the five walls emanated from behind. An eerie aura emanated from behind these doors.
The pure gold throne in the hall also disappeared, replaced by a patch of pure black night descending from the dome in the center of the hall, like an illusory light and shadow.
All places were the same as in memory, except for Yu Linghe's palace.
Luo Xuanyi's gaze fell on the dark "curtain" in the center, and she slowly walked into the main hall.
The entire hall was devoid of any rock-colored ornamentation, and its five doors were made of rough, unpolished stone, locked with iron buckles forged from red copper. From top to bottom, the entire place exuded an aura distinct from that of the Yu family.
Luo Xuanyi didn't rush to test whether the black curtain was a ghostly concept. She walked around it and found that no matter which angle she looked at it from, it was always facing her.
Looking closely at the black curtain, it appears to be only a thin layer of black, yet it feels as deep as a bottomless abyss. It gives the illusion that if you pass by it, you will fall into it and never be able to climb out again.
Maybe we can send someone in to test it out.
Luo Xuanyi gently stroked her chin with her thumb, her eyes passing over the skinny dog who was looking around curiously, and then fell on the caller.
The skinny dog suddenly felt a chill in his heart. He couldn't help shaking his non-existent fur, thinking that he should get a fox fur cloak to wear.
However, Luo Xuanyi withdrew her thoughts. It was too risky to test it now, so she put it aside for now and figured out this strange palace first.
Thinking of this, she chose the stone door closest to the main gate and leaned over to observe carefully.
The stone door bore no inscriptions or patterns, offering no useful information. Luo Xuanyi had initially assumed the lock was forged from red copper, but a closer inspection revealed something else.
The copper-colored material seemed dead silent, unable to react to Luo Xuanyi's deathly aura. Even when Luo Xuanyi struck its surface, it didn't make even the slightest sound.
The purple-red lock on this door is a circle as a whole, and unlike the rough surface of the main door, it has intricate patterns carved into it.
Luo Xuanyi felt the pattern looked familiar, so she took out a pen and paper and copied it. From the front, it looked like a complex pattern, but when Luo Xuanyi turned it around, a flash of inspiration struck her, and she saw that it was indeed two ancient characters.
"Rongmen".
Rongmen, what is this? Luo Xuanyi was still thinking, when suddenly the barking of a skinny dog came from the other end of the main hall.
"Woof woof!"
Luo Xuanyi walked towards it and saw the skinny dog circling in front of the second door on the right, barking excitedly at her. The lock of this door was square.
The seal of the Water Kingdom also had two characters engraved on it, just like "Rongmen." Luo Xuanyi suddenly thought of it. She immediately took out a pen and paper and repeated the same trick. Turning the paper over, she saw that the lock was indeed engraved with "Water Kingdom"!
Luo Xuanyi was in no hurry to unlock the door. She walked around the door, then pushed Huzhe, who was holding the gold chain obediently, to the door. She extended a hand from behind him and asked Huzhe to hold the Water Kingdom Seal and press it against the lock.
Shou Gou and Long Yue also hid behind the caller, and together with Luo Xuanyi, they curiously stuck their heads out.
The Water Seal and the lock fit together perfectly, but neither the lock nor the door reacted in the slightest. Skinny Dog and Long Yue both looked back in dismay.
Even Luo Xuanyi was a little disappointed. She reached out to pull out the Water Kingdom Seal, and suddenly heard a "clang" sound, and the lock fell straight to the ground.
The lock is open.
Luo Xuanyi and Shougou exchanged glances. Shougou understood what she meant and stepped forward, kicking the caller against the door, sending it careening inward. The cyan merman candlelight behind the door suddenly poured out, revealing the entire secret room before Luo Xuanyi's eyes.
This room is more like a study than a secret room.
All I could see were bookshelves, filled with polished stone slabs, almost reaching the roof. In ancient times, these stone slabs were only used by the Jade Spirit Crane, the equivalent of the paper used by ancient families for record keeping.
The owner of this secret room must be very fond of books or likes to keep records.
In addition to the stone book, there is a small cabinet in the narrow corner. On the cabinet is a wooden box, and under the box is a stone book.
Seeing that Huzhe was fine after staying in there for so long, Luo Xuanyi finally stepped in and picked up the wooden box to check it first.
Without even opening the box, Luo Xuanyi could smell the medicinal aroma wafting from it. After sniffing it carefully, a strange expression appeared on her face.
They were ingredients for alchemy, and each one was extremely precious. The medicinal properties of the mixture smelled especially familiar.
Luo Xuanyi hesitated, but still opened the wooden box. The first thing she saw was a thousand-year-old magical plum blossom, along with numerous other spiritual herbs, all categorized and placed in small compartments.
These materials are exactly the same as Luo Xuanyi's analysis, and they are exactly the ingredients for the seventh-grade Dawn Soup that can break the illusion of the caller.
There are two servings in total, just enough for Luo Xuanyi to try it out once.
Luo Xuanyi couldn't help but pick up the stone slab on the counter and read it carefully. The notes engraved on it were not Yu Linghe's. The brushstrokes were unrestrained and the characters were unique. It took Luo Xuanyi some time to recognize them clearly.
"Idiot, you'll definitely fall into Songjin's illusion on your way here. This book is a bet between me, Bo Huixiao, and Yulu. I bet on him winning, and Yulu bet on him losing.
After reaching a conclusion, be sure to engrave the result of the bet at the end of the book.
Also, there are ingredients in the box that can be used to make an elixir to dispel the illusion. I wonder if you can make an elixir, but I hope you can."
This slate turned out to be a gambling book that spanned ten thousand years! And the materials inside the box were left by Bo Huixiao ten thousand years ago for Luo Xuanyi to refine an elixir to break the illusion of a certain fool.
Luo Xuanyi was suddenly at a loss for words. She automatically matched the fool with the caller and looked back at the caller lying on the ground. Bo Huixiao had won the bet.
However, as the inheritor of the mirror's foresight method, how could Yu Lu make a wrong bet on the game?
A flash of doubt crossed Luo Xuanyi's mind. Perhaps it was just a joke between friends, and no Taoist magic was involved. Suddenly, she felt playful too, condensing her death energy into a knife and carving "He was hit" at the end of the book.
Who would have thought that after the carving, a new line of characters would gradually appear on the stone book. The handwriting was still unrestrained, and each word flew by, showing the author's joy.
"Great! Long Tian is really stupid! When I made the bet with Yu Lu, she didn't believe it! Thank you."
Luo Xuanyi looked at this line of words and was suddenly stunned.
Could this book be used to communicate with Bo Huixiao from ten thousand years ago?
No, that's not what's important now.
Luo Xuanyi turned around holding the stone slab and looked at the caller lying on the ground with a silly smile and drooling in disbelief.
The one calling is Long Tian?
Luo Xuanyi felt that her impression of Long Tian had been shattered. Although it wasn't a good image to begin with.
But after ten thousand years, he wouldn't become a fool, right?
Third update~ The Yu family ruins are considered to be a partially decrypted chapter
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