As the stone gate opened, I didn't care about anything else. I helped Luo Tianhe up and stumbled through the gate.
As soon as they entered, the stone door behind them slammed shut, shutting out the snakes.
We collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, the relief of surviving the ordeal temporarily making us forget our pain.
Once my breathing had calmed down a bit, I looked around and found that I was in a huge circular space.
The surrounding walls were inlaid with gems that emitted a faint glow, illuminating the entire space.
In the center of the space stood a stone platform, on which sat a box emitting a soft blue light.
"What's that?" Luo Tianhe asked, pointing to the box as he struggled to his feet.
"I don't know, but with such tight security here, the contents of this box must be of great importance."
I leaned against the wall and slowly walked towards the stone platform.
As we approached the stone platform, we discovered that the box was covered with intricate runes.
Just as I was about to reach out and touch the box, suddenly, images appeared on the surrounding walls.
The scene depicts strange creatures battling humans, while the humans seem to be using the power of the Mysterious Female Furnace to fight back.
"This is..." Luo Tianhe stared at the screen in surprise, his eyes filled with doubt.
"It seems that the contents of this box may be closely related to the secret of the Mysterious Female Furnace and what happened here in the past."
My brow furrowed, and countless questions welled up in my mind.
Just as we were trying to decipher the images and runes, the stone platform suddenly began to shake.
The box slowly opened, and a dazzling light instantly filled the entire space.
The dazzling light instantly filled the entire space, so bright that we couldn't open our eyes and instinctively shielded them with our hands.
Amidst the light, faint, fragmented sounds echoed within the enclosed circular space, making our eardrums ache.
"Old Chen, what's going on here? Why is there an old man singing inside?"
Startled, Luo Tianhe, like a curious child, crowded around, his eyes fixed on the slowly opening box.
"I'm not sure either, be careful." I looked around warily.
As the light gradually dimmed, we finally saw what was inside the box.
It was a stone that emitted a faint blue light.
Its shape is irregular, but its surface has strange textures, like some kind of ancient script, or the trajectory of stars.
Above the stone, a wisp of mist floated, occasionally shimmering with golden specks of light.
"This stone..."
I had just opened my mouth, and hadn't even finished speaking.
Suddenly, the runes around the box shone brightly, and beams of light shot out from the runes, connecting with the gems on the surrounding walls. The entire space was instantly enveloped in an eerie blue light.
At the same time, the images appearing on the wall began to flash rapidly, and the scenes of those strange creatures fighting against humans became increasingly intense, as if they were about to break through the wall and come to us.
"Old Chen, something feels off. This is singing and playing videos, it's like a video arcade! Just like... the Forbidden City maid incident back then, do you think the battle from back then was recorded?"
Luo Tianhe looked around in confusion.
Before I could answer, the stone platform shook more violently, and the entire space seemed to be swaying.
Suddenly, a beam of blue light shot out from the stone and went straight to the ceiling.
Immediately afterwards, a huge vortex appeared on the ceiling.
The vortex shimmered with all sorts of strange lights, as if connecting to another world.
A powerful suction force spread out instantly, causing the rubble on the surrounding ground to tremble. Pulled by this force, the rubble slowly rose into the air and was then drawn into the vortex, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Although Luo Tianhe was afraid of ghosts, he wasn't nervous when faced with something he could see.
Instead, he shielded me behind him, saying, "This thing is really weird, Old Chen, you stay behind me!"
I do not possess the [Earth Soul], so my perception of fear is already weak. At this moment, I am even more calm and composed, my eyes fixed on the vortex and the stone, trying to find a solution.
"Brother Luo, don't rush to make a move. Let's see what's going on with this vortex."
At that moment, I could feel a powerful attraction coming from the vortex, as if it wanted to suck our souls in.
Just then, the patterns on the stone began to flow, as if they were alive.
Suddenly, an old man in a long robe appeared in the scene.
He held the Xuanpin Furnace in his hand and chanted incantations.
As he moved, the Mysterious Female Furnace released a powerful light, repelling the strange creatures.
Judging from the old man's actions, it seemed that he was using the power of the Mysterious Female Furnace to seal these creatures.
However, what I don't understand is what connection this stone has with the Xuanpin Furnace.
Just as we were wondering, the light on the stone flickered again.
Scenes flashed before our eyes.
It turns out that this stone is the core component of the Mysterious Female Furnace. It contains powerful energy that can control the cycle of life and death and regulate the balance of Yin and Yang.
In the past, the people here fought a brutal war for this power, resulting in the deaths of countless people.
In the end, an old Taoist sealed the Mysterious Female Furnace and hid the stone here.
"So, we need to find a way to use the power of this stone to leave this place, and maybe even unlock the secret of the Mysterious Female Furnace?" Luo Tianhe looked at me, a glimmer of hope in his eyes.
"That should be the case, but we still need to find clues from these images and runes to figure out exactly how to do it."
I crouched down and carefully observed the runes and images on the stones and walls.
The vibrations in space grew more and more intense, and the gravitational pull of the vortex became stronger and stronger.
Time is of the essence; we must find a way to unlock the secret as soon as possible.
I stared intently at the flickering images on the stone and the wall, trying to glean even the slightest clue to unlocking the secret.
The scenes changed rapidly like a revolving lantern, sometimes showing ancient sacrificial scenes, where people devoutly worshipped around the Xuanpin furnace, and the light rising from the furnace shot straight into the sky.
At other times, the scene shifts to the battlefield, where blood stains the earth red, and the power of the Xuanpin transforms into a world-destroying force, shattering mountains and rivers.
"Old Chen, the scenes are changing too fast, I'm getting dizzy, and I have no idea what to pay attention to."
Luo Tian gripped the edge of the stone platform beside him tightly with both hands, his body swaying with the vibrations of the space.
"Don't panic, we need to calm down and focus on the scenes related to the stone, the Xuanpin Furnace, and the application of power."
I responded loudly.
Although my heart was churning like a stormy sea, I had to remain calm at that moment.
As soon as he finished speaking, a mysterious symbol suddenly appeared on the screen.
The symbol emitted a unique halo under the light of the Xuanpin Furnace.
At the same time, the patterns on the stone seemed to be drawn by something, and began to flicker rhythmically, subtly echoing the flickering frequency of the symbols...
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