Ji Jiuying was hearing about this place for the first time. Gong Mingyue stepped forward and said, "Jiu'er, Longyang went to the Wilderness City two days ago. We will go to the Wilderness City after we have confirmed the news, so as not to alert them."
Ji Jiuying nodded, and the most urgent matter was to resolve the Feng family's affairs first.
"By the way, Uncle Xiao, what happened when you said you couldn't contact my second uncle?"
"I don't know why, but the communication stone suddenly stopped working. I suspect that Feng Che has probably entered some kind of restricted place."
Upon hearing Xiao Yichen's words, a look of worry flashed across Ji Jiuying's face. She took out the jade pendant, channeled her spiritual energy into it, and soon there was a response from the other side.
"Jiu'er, you've emerged from seclusion?"
"Yes, Second Uncle, where are you now?" Ji Jiuying asked.
"I just left the Wilderness City, what's wrong, Jiu'er?"
The group exchanged glances, and surprisingly, Feng Che had also gone to the Wilderness City.
"Feng Che, did you use the communication stone in the Wilderness City?" Xiao Yichen asked.
"Yes, but it seems there's a restriction in the Wilderness City, so the communication stone can't be used."
"No wonder I couldn't get in touch with you," Xiao Yichen said helplessly.
"Contact me?"
"Yes, I asked Yuehua, and she said Kamakura might be in the Wilderness Castle."
“I also had my doubts, but Fengwu and I have been in the Wilderness City for the past few days and haven’t found anything.”
The group was puzzled. They had clearly been searching in the direction of the Wilderness City, so why hadn't they found anything?
"By the way, little girl, when are you free? How about we go to the underground spiritual vein first?" Xiao Yichen said with a smile.
Ji Jiuying hadn't forgotten about the White Tiger Seal. Originally, she planned to go to Blue Star after dealing with the Feng family, but since they'd run into each other, she decided to first go to the underground spiritual vein to check on the White Tiger Seal, and then go to the Treasure Pavilion to get Qi Yun's Divine Return Needle.
"good."
The group soon appeared on Blue Star and followed Xiao Yichen to an underground secret chamber. The chamber was filled with spiritual energy, which suggested that this was the entrance to the underground spiritual vein.
Xiao Yichen arrived at a wall, cut his palm and placed it on the wall. Blood flowed out in all directions along the lines on the wall until he heard a sound that resembled the turning of a mechanism.
Click click click!
boom--
The stone wall slowly opened, and the group passed through it into a small secret room. The recessed part of the stone wall directly in front of them was exactly the shape of the White Tiger Token.
Ji Jiuying took out the White Tiger Token and placed it on the plate.
The entire wall emitted a silvery-white light until it was fully opened, and the White Tiger Token automatically returned to Ji Jiuying's hand, revealing a spacious secret passage in everyone's sight.
The group did not proceed forward, but instead carefully observed the secret passage. At this moment, the ground formed blue squares, each square brick barely large enough for two people to stand on. Moreover, there were restrictions here; they could neither dodge nor fly, and could only walk through.
"Could this be a trap?"
Hei Xiangling looked at the square bricks on the ground emitting a blue dazzling light with a puzzled expression and asked.
"Yes, and the password changes every time it's passed."
Xiao Yichen said with a solemn expression.
"Do you know the password?"
"have no idea."
"·····"
"You, the dean of a department on Earth, don't you know?"
Hei Xiangling's lips twitched slightly.
"Although I am the dean of Blue Star, this is my first time entering this underground spiritual vein." Xiao Yichen smiled wryly. If this girl hadn't received Qi Yun's inheritance, it's hard to say whether he would have been able to enter in his lifetime.
Ji Jiuying glanced at the blocks on the ground; they needed to move six correct blocks to reach the other side.
At this moment, Qi Yun, who was inside the space, spoke up.
“Girl, I know the correct password, but I suggest you go in pairs, because the third time will be much more difficult.”
Ji Jiuying remained silent for a long time. She couldn't fully trust Xiao Yichen yet, so she couldn't reveal her secrets to him.
The only way is for Hei Xiangling to be stored in the space first, so that Xiao Yichen will only think that she has entered her sea of consciousness. Then she and A Yue can go over first, and Xiao Yichen can come over by himself in the second round.
With a wave of her hand, Hei Xiangling's figure disappeared from the spot.
“I know the way. Ah Yue and I will go first, and you can come over later.”
Before Xiao Yichen could say anything, Ji Jiuying and Gong Mingyue stepped onto the first square. Upon seeing this, the worry on Xiao Yichen's face disappeared, replaced by confusion. How did she know? Could it be that Qi Yun's inheritance contained information about the spiritual veins below?
Xiao Yichen narrowed his eyes, and at the same time, he remembered that she had suggested going to the underground spiritual vein with him. What was her purpose?
While Xiao Yichen was thinking about these things, Ji Jiuying and Gong Mingyue had already landed safely on the other side.
"Uncle Xiao, it's your turn. Do as I say."
"good."
Xiao Yichen snapped out of his daze and responded.
"The third square in the first row."
Xiao Yichen stepped on it without hesitation.
"Second square in the second row."
"·····"
"The first square in the sixth row."
Xiao Yichen walked up from the last row, and the blue cubes behind him changed their appearance again. The original thirty-six cubes instantly became eighty-one, just as Qi Yun had said, it had become more difficult.
Hei Xiangling also emerged from the space.
They hadn't walked far when they came to another stone wall. But this stone wall had a strange lock on it, with a pair of eyes, a mouth, and a nose in the middle, and various symbols around the lock.
"Do I need to enter the password manually?"
Hei Xiangling leaned closer and looked at the lock with a puzzled expression.
"You can say it."
A hoarse voice came from the door lock's mouth, and Hei Xiangling screamed in fright, dodging away from the stone wall.
"What the hell? You scared the hell out of me!"
The lock on the stone wall slowly opened its eyes, and the group stared in astonishment at this sight. This lock could actually talk!
"If I'm not mistaken, this lock is a metal-eating beast."
Gong Mingyue's voice came through, and Xiao Yichen looked at Gong Mingyue with a puzzled expression.
"That's right, you need to enter a password to get in."
The iron-eating beast glanced smugly at the group.
Hei Xiangling narrowed her eyes, a wicked smile playing on her lips: "You should feel pain, right?"
The iron-eating beast's face darkened: "W-what are you going to do?"
"Of course, it's to get revenge for scaring me just now..."
In an instant, loud bangs and screams echoed in the secret room.
Ji Jiuying, Xiao Yichen's lips twitched slightly, and he involuntarily took a step back.
That's too brutal and violent...
Clang—
Several teeth fell to the ground.
"Stop, stop! Please stop hitting me! My face is getting distorted!"
"Stop hitting it, grandma! Stop! I... I'll help you unlock it..."
Hearing this, Hei Xiangling stopped, and even picked up the fallen tooth and put it back in...
"That's more like it!"
The group was stunned again. This was actually possible?
Qi Yun chuckled in the space. This Black Fragrant Feather must know about the Iron-Eating Beast, otherwise it wouldn't have used this trick to force it to unlock itself.
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