I thanked the Jade Emperor again and kowtowed to the statue. I put both sets of jade necklaces back into my backpack and held the key made of the jade pendants in my hand. I planned to go back and tell Yunwen the good news. However, when I arrived at the entrance of Taiqiong Cave, she was gone. I searched everywhere but couldn't find her.

There was no trace of her in front of and behind the statue, in the ventilation canyon, in the waterfall pool, or on the top of the giant tree. I collapsed on the ground, feeling a pain in my heart. Her smiles and anger, her gentleness and kindness, her docility and playfulness, her affection, and her dependence on me in the past all passed through my mind like a movie played in reverse. I held my eyes, but could not stop the tears.

I knew she would leave me, but I didn't expect her to leave so quickly. The past returned, and everything and everyone had changed. It was all such a fleeting moment. Although I am a man, with the blood of a military man, I couldn't help crying at this moment, with tears streaming down my face.

I couldn't convince myself to be rational immediately, so I let myself vent for a while, until the sun began to set, I finally got rid of this depressed mood a little, thinking that if I let myself continue to ignore it, then all the efforts before would be wasted. I wiped away my tears, thinking that I would go to accompany you sooner or later after I settled everything, so I let go and calmed myself down a little.

Standing up, I straightened my clothes, with the intention of making a new effort, then picked up the jade key, walked to the Taiqiong Cave, and inserted it into the keyhole. Because the key was made of jade, I was afraid it would break, so I only dared to turn it carefully. Click, click, click, I was extremely cautious, and my muscles tensed every time I turned it an inch.

Just by turning the key, I felt like I was soaked in sweat.

With a click!

The jade key broke into pieces. Despite my caution, I couldn't prevent this from happening. I took it out with a sigh, only to find that the jade was not broken by me, but was crushed by the mechanism in the keyhole.

I was very depressed. If you don't want people to find it later, why set up a keyhole? Could it be a trick? I was about to curse, but before I could open my mouth, I heard a loud buzzing sound, which made the whole mountain shake. The ground was shaking, and rocks kept falling from the claw dragon. From a distance, I thought the dragon claw was moving.

I hurriedly held onto the bronze statue and managed to steady myself. The vibration lasted for two minutes. I recited about 120 times in my mouth so it became clear. In front of me, the stone door weighing several thousand pounds had risen up, revealing a large cave. With a whoosh, a strong wind blew out of the cave and I was almost blown away. I finally managed to steady myself.

I was nervous, after all, this was the place most people wanted to explore. I waited until the wind died down before I slowly went into the cave. Before going in, I also figured out one thing: the jade key broke because it can only be used once, and it would be invalid after use. No one had come in before me except the person who set up the mechanism, and no one would be able to come in after me.

I took a deep breath, and when the door opened, I felt a little nervous. But when I thought it was just a death, and I could go to accompany Yunwen in advance, there was nothing to be afraid of, so I took a deep breath and went down.

When I walked into the Taiqiong Cave, I was surprised that it was not so dark. There was a bright object in front of me, illuminating the whole cave. There were some murals all around, which were exactly the same as the patterns of small figures on the bronze ware, and they were all telling some stories. I took a few glances out of curiosity, but they were all some abstract meanings, which I didn’t quite understand.

Some little figures are holding round objects, some are holding crescent-shaped objects, and some are holding pots. The explanation is that there are little figures holding many strange things. These are all the chaos on the left, while the patterns on the cave wall on the right are easier to understand. It is a coherent story, from back to front. The general meaning is that there should be a person who is high above, and all the people are kneeling to him. Then there are several pictures of forging iron and casting swords, and finally there is the starlight, sun, and moon (simple patterns that are easy to understand), etc. In the last picture, there is no little figure, only a plain sword blade with five words written below, but they are all oracle bone inscriptions or bronze inscriptions, and I don’t understand what they mean.

After reading all this, I have almost entered the cave. Continuing to go deeper, there are many winding roads, which can be described as twists and turns. Walking through the narrow path, I can hear the sound of flowing water. After turning a corner, I suddenly see the open space and see the source of the light. It is a glowing sword hidden here.

It was inserted into a mountain spring water pool, and the pool was illuminated by its light. As the saying goes, it is not the depth of the water that matters, but the presence of a dragon. I saw the light here was as bright as day, and the sword was like a real dragon guarding it. I couldn't help but feel a breath of life here. I haven't had much contact with it, but perhaps this should be called spiritual energy.

Behind the spring pool is a huge abyss with hot steam rising from it. As Yunwen described, there must be molten lava underneath.

Gathering the five elements and the eight qi in the center, and using the dragon to stabilize the shape, what is the origin of this sword?

"Is this the supreme treasure? It's a quite ordinary sword, quite similar to the sword used by Taoist priests in my hometown to perform rituals." I muttered.

I think other people would be deeply disappointed when they see this sword. It has a plain appearance and a somewhat blunt blade. Apart from its luminous function, I really don't know what other uses it has. People have been searching for it for hundreds of years, and now it has come into the world, but it is like this. It really wastes too many people's time and experience to believe in some so-called legends.

I believe that this thing can slay demons and drive away evil spirits. Anyway, there are no such things in the world. But to say that it can make the user live as long as heaven, I think it is basically an exaggeration of mythology. Perhaps the sword blade made of special material has the functions of stainless steel, and it can also glow.

Everything is exaggerated. It can live as long as the sky. After all, it will not rust, and it can glow, so it can naturally exorcise evil spirits. This is a function that the ancient people could not imagine. They thought it was magical and naturally regarded it as the supreme treasure. But for us modern people, it is just a rare and ordinary thing.

"Oh!" I couldn't help but sigh.

At this time, there was a buzzing sound outside again. I thought, oh no, the big stone door outside is probably going to close. Once it closes, I will be trapped here to death.

Thinking that I couldn't make this trip in vain, I pulled out the sword that was stuck in the spring pool with a thud, then quickly turned back and ran towards the door. I remembered that it took two minutes to open it, and it should also take about two minutes to close it completely, so I didn't have time to think about it and ran as fast as I could.

I walked through the narrow path and passed the mural area. I saw that the door had been lowered for more than half. I ran over quickly and threw my sword out to avoid hurting myself when I slipped over. Then I relied on inertia to smoothly slide out of the cave door on the ground. When I went out, I rolled outside for several times before I stopped.

Also, because of the friction when he slipped out just now, a big hole was worn out on the back of his pants. He thought it was a good thing that there was no one around. If there were people around, he would probably be laughed at for his embarrassing appearance.

I sighed and saw that the door was closed.

Then I went over to pick up the blunt sword, and I was almost so angry that I vomited blood. I saw that the blunt sword became rusty as soon as it left the spring water. And I remembered that it had no light when I came out of the cave just now. It was just that I was in a hurry and didn't pay attention to this.

"A piece of scrap iron? Is this thing the most precious treasure? To be honest, it's not as good as the several Ming Dynasty swords in the worm hole. I remember there was a nice seven-star fine steel sword in it. I should have chosen those! This? If I sell it as scrap iron, I can probably only get more than one dollar." I said disappointedly.