Shi Xuan observed the crater from the mountaintop for a long time, but it showed no signs of revival. It seemed that it had been ruined by Jin Da Da who rushed in.
Shi Xuan and Lu Shenzhi exchanged a glance and said, "Senior Brother is waiting for me outside. I'll go down and take a look."
Lu Shenzhi was a little worried, but remembering that there was still a big golden dog inside, he nodded.
"Be careful, and come up immediately if you notice anything amiss," Lu Shenzhi instructed.
Shi Xuan stood up, took two steps forward, and jumped straight into the crater.
Jin Dada seemed to sense Shi Xuan's arrival and came up from the depths of the crater to meet him. Just as Shi Xuan was halfway down, Jin Dada rushed up from below and caught him.
Shi Xuan was originally planning to put a speed-reducing charm on himself when he was almost at the bottom, but now that Jin Dada came out, he didn't have to.
Shi Xuan patted Jin Dada's head. "Spirit pets are sometimes useful, like saving a talisman..."
Now Shi Xuan could save himself some trouble. He had been thinking about whether he should observe the area around the crater to see if there was anything suspicious that needed to be explored.
Now that I'm sitting on Kim Jong-un's back, I don't need to worry about those things anymore. Kim Jong-un has been down there for so long; he must have already investigated everything.
As expected, Jin Dada led Shi Xuan directly to the deepest part.
The cave was too deep; it was pitch black inside.
Shi Xuan took out a lighting instrument and illuminated the entire area.
Before her stood two imposing bronze doors.
The gate is three or four people tall, and it is engraved with complex and rhythmic ancient patterns. It looks very magnificent and awe-inspiring.
To Shi Xuan's surprise, a totem of an eye was clearly carved on one corner of the two doors!
Is this the "Newcomer" organization?!
If this is indeed the territory of the "Newcomer" organization, then such an impressive gate, hidden so well, suggests it's a very important place.
Shi Xuan asked the other members of the team, and apart from Shi Xuan, no one else's spiritual power showed any abnormalities.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, even if someone comes here, they will not realize that this place is different, let alone think about the inside of the volcano.
Even assuming someone did think of it, they probably wouldn't have a single Jin Da (a powerful figure in Chinese history) willing to come down and scout. Ultimately, it's virtually impossible for them to discover the secret here.
Shi Xuan didn't rush to push the doors open. She first observed the two doors from the outside. Judging from their appearance, a layer of dust had settled on the edges and gaps, suggesting that no one had been here for a long time. Even divine sense would be blocked when it touched the doors, indicating that the material of the doors could isolate divine sense.
Shi Xuan thought to himself that he would definitely have to dismantle and take these two doors away later, as anything that could isolate divine sense was a good thing.
Since her divine sense couldn't penetrate the gate, Shi Xuan connected her divine sense with Yin Shuang, so that if any emergency occurred, she could take her spirit pet and hide in her own space at any time.
After making all the necessary preparations, Shi Xuan finally walked to the front door.
She reached out and pushed the door, but it wouldn't budge.
The door is engraved with intricate patterns, which seem to be a kind of directional runes.
Shi Xuan tried to channel his spiritual energy into the intricate patterns, but there was no response.
Shi Xuan withdrew his hand and re-examined the two large doors. Following the intricate patterns to the end, he discovered that at the end of the patterns was a small, palm-sized round platform.
The small round platform has rims around its edges, making it look like some kind of liquid needs to be poured into it so that it can flow into the patterns.
Shi Xuan frowned, took out the communication jade he had with Lu Shenzhi, and left a message for Lu Shenzhi, telling him to come down.
Lu Shenzhi seemed to have been keeping an eye on Shi Xuan's movements. Not long after the telepathic communication, Lu Shenzhi landed beside Shi Xuan.
"Senior Brother, do you recognize this pattern?" Shi Xuan asked. "There's a round platform hidden behind it, connected to these patterns. I just inputted various types of spiritual power, but there was no response."
Lu Shenzhi carefully examined the two large doors and replied, "I've heard that there's a kind of inheritance site that requires bloodline certification. Looking at this round platform, it seems that one needs to bleed to enter and obtain permission before entering."
"Is that so?" Shi Xuanyang raised his eyebrows and said, "Then we're afraid we can't get in. Why don't we just blow it up and see what's inside?"
“This is the only way we can do it,” Lu Shenzhi said. “The concept of bloodline is vague and unreliable. We might as well call all the team members down and try them one by one. If no one can open it, then we can blow it up. After all, some places of inheritance will self-destruct if they are forcibly destroyed.”
Because some cultivators leave behind their legacy for their descendants, if outsiders forcibly enter, it's better to destroy it than to leave one's own possessions to outsiders.
If it were a typical place of inheritance, there would be no need to force it if you couldn't get in. But here, with eye totems painted on it, Shi Xuan was determined to go in and take a look.
“Okay,” Shi Xuan approved. She had Jin Da take her back to the ground, gave each of the twenty-odd people on board a slowing talisman, explained the situation below, and told everyone to gather at the bottom of the crater.
Lu Wenxing held up the slowing talisman and looked at it, then quietly told Shi Xuan, "I don't think I need to waste this talisman. I'm already a half-demon, what bloodline do I have left?"
Shi Xuan glanced at him and replied, "If you don't go down by yourself, it will be too conspicuous. People will immediately guess that you have a problem."
Lu Wenxing immediately followed.
This is no joke; he has to keep this secret.
They don't even know it yet, but they've already started reciting poetry together. If they did find out, who knows how much they'd laugh at them.
Lu Wenxing could already imagine that Chen Qi would definitely come over to mock him, and might even keep bringing it up every time he saw him.
With that thought in mind, Lu Wenxing sped up considerably and followed everyone as they jumped into the volcano's crater.
Once the twenty-two people had assembled, Shi Xuan and the others dripped their blood onto the small platform one by one, but there seemed to be no reaction.
Shi Xuan wasn't disappointed. She hadn't expected any of these twenty-odd people to have any powerful descendants or to gain the favor of some kind of inheritance site. That would be an incredible stroke of luck.
The team members tried one by one, and after about twenty people, they had all gone their turn.
In the end, only Lu Wenxing was left.
He walked slowly and hesitantly to the round platform.
I didn't want to shed this innocent blood, but now, in order to avoid revealing my identity, I have no choice but to go along with it, which is really unfair.
Thinking this, he glared at Chen Qi, as if things had escalated to the point where Chen Qi was mocking him.
Chen Qi was inexplicably glared at, paused for a moment, and then glared back.
After a fierce exchange of glances, Lu Wenxing was brought back to his senses when Shi Xuan patted him on the shoulder. Reluctantly, he pricked his finger and let out a few drops of blood.
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