Chapter 984: Chapter 984: The Strange Pool
After hanging up the video call, Liu Zixuan looked directly at Zhao Yi: "You search from the west and I from the east, let’s meet in the middle and contact once we find it."
"Alright!" Zhao Yi nodded and headed straight to the west side of An Junshan.
Though searching for a special place in a vast expanse of whiteness isn’t usually difficult, the mountain was so large that even as two Emperor Realm experts, it took them a whole two hours to find it.
Upon hearing Zhao Yi’s voice, Liu Zixuan propelled himself swiftly forward to the location. Even he, accustomed to witnessing peculiar things and having gone through many experiences, was momentarily stunned by the sight!
"Am I seeing things?" Liu Zixuan exclaimed in amazement.
Their current position was at least seventy to eighty meters above the ground, quite close to the mountain’s peak, and the area they were in was a flat mountain land about fifty to sixty square meters.
The flatness of this mountain land seemed as if it had been intentionally crafted, yet they understood it was naturally formed, with no human interference involved.
Of course, these aspects weren’t enough to astonish Liu Zixuan and Zhao Yi; what completely overturned their understanding was a pond of about three to four square meters in the middle of the flat land, filled with steaming, colorless liquid like a hot spring.
A hot spring appearing in the midst of a frozen, snow-covered mountain? This was simply baffling!
"Could there be magma inside the mountain, which is why this strange sight occurred?" Zhao Yi pondered for a moment and asked.
Liu Zixuan shook his head: "We all have basic knowledge about volcanoes; near the crater, melting does occur, but don’t you find it odd?"
Saying this, Liu Zixuan pointed around: "Look, the area is very symmetrical, as if someone deliberately set it up. Can a volcanic magma be so well-ordered? Moreover, the liquid inside is definitely not melted snow water."
"Then what is it?" Zhao Yi looked forward and asked.
"Vitality Water!" Liu Zixuan replied gravely.
Finding Vitality Water at the Seven-Star Tomb was something Liu Zixuan anticipated, given its presence in both the Ghost Wood City Seven-Star Tomb and the Celestial City Seven-Star Tomb before, yet he didn’t expect to see it outside the Seven-Star Tomb this time.
This Vitality Water, while often deemed a type of spring water, is valued tremendously higher than spring water.
For ordinary people, drinking it extends life; for Martial Artists, it can expand meridians and nourish the dantian. Although it doesn’t hold much value for Emperor Realm experts, it’s a treasure for those newly entering the Martial Realm.
Thinking about it, Liu Zixuan had an idea: once everything is done here, he wanted to have all the Vitality Water he found brought to Lingxiu Village. Even if they couldn’t use it, it would still be great for the villagers in Lingxiu Village.
"Alright, let’s not dwell on these things; I’ll ask how to open the Seven-Star Tomb!"
Immediately, Liu Zixuan dialed Madman Zhou’s video call again.
Soon, the call connected, and upon seeing the steaming Vitality Water, Madman Zhou and the others were also taken aback for a moment.
"This is somewhat similar to the Seven-Star Tomb in Ghost Wood City back then, the tomb entrance is beneath the water. But considering the Four Symbols Extreme Land, the Snow Mountain, and the steaming Vitality Water, it seems to be a tomb with Yin Yang Profound Technique."
Listening to Madman Zhou, Liu Zixuan was puzzled: "Yin Yang Profound Technique? Are you saying, this tomb is a Taiji Tomb?"
"Correct, it’s likely another tomb within a tomb. Given Star Sea’s thousands of years of history, this type of tomb was certainly constructed by ancient Feng Shui Masters; it might even be their tomb. While it may not reach the level of Zhuge Liang or Ghost Valley Master, it’s not far off," muttered Madman Zhou.
"A tomb within a tomb—seems like other than the Seven-Star Tombs in Lingxiu Village and Qian Nan Land, the others are all tombs within tombs," Liu Zixuan said with a frown.
"No, even in Lingxiu Village and Qian Nan Land, they’re tombs within tombs. Recently, both Gu Yu and I have examined them. That leopard’s lair you visited before is not far from the Seven-Star Tomb in Lingxiu Village. Moreover, the one in Qian Nan Land, besides being a Seven-Star Tomb, is also the Land of the Ancestral Dragon Vein. So strictly speaking, they all are!" Madman Zhou analyzed.
"Then, let’s take a look at what new features this tomb within a tomb beneath the pool has!" Liu Zixuan laughed.
"Wait!" Noticing Liu Zixuan was about to hang up the call, Madman Zhou quickly said, "Don’t you dare forget to bring me back other treasures as well. I haven’t opened my Treasure Hall in a long time because of your troublesome matters!"
"..."
Hearing this, Liu Zixuan and Zhao Yi both had black lines forming on their foreheads; Madman Zhou just never forgets to fill his pockets wherever he goes!
After hanging up the call, Liu Zixuan said, "The pool isn’t large; I’ll go in first. If there’s no danger, then you can follow."
"Alright!" Zhao Yi nodded.
Liu Zixuan put his belongings aside and jumped into the pool, but soon found himself disappointed.
From the outside, the bottom of the pool couldn’t be seen. Once he jumped in, it was only about two meters deep. Holding his breath and looking around, the water was very clear, revealing everything. There was no sign of the Yin Yang mechanism Madman Zhou mentioned, not even a strand of hair.
Coming back to the surface, Liu Zixuan scratched his head, "Could Madman Zhou have been mistaken? There’s nothing inside."
"Couldn’t be." Zhao Yi grinned, "Did you try attacking the bottom of the pool?"
"It’s just ordinary mountain rock; attacking it won’t do much," Liu Zixuan muttered.
"Then you come up first and let me take a look."
Once Liu Zixuan was up, Zhao Yi also jumped in and, like Liu Zixuan, found nothing. He, too, attempted using inner strength to strike the walls and bottom of the pool, only stirring up some dust, as if nothing was there.
"Nothing at all," Zhao Yi was also a bit frustrated.
Achoo!
While the pool was warm, the snow mountain was extremely cold. Soaking wet, Liu Zixuan came up and sneezed: "I need to go down to warm up!"
Splash!
Just as Zhao Yi hadn’t come up and Liu Zixuan jumped down together...
The snow around the pool suddenly swept towards them like an avalanche, burying them in the pool in the blink of an eye.
More inexplicably, the previously impenetrable pool bottom became like a sponge, rapidly absorbing all the water. As the sponge-like mountain rocks at the pool bottom suddenly split downwards, Liu Zixuan and Zhao Yi, covered by snow, felt the ground vanish beneath their feet and started falling below.
Experiencing all this in a moment, the two entered a completely bewildered state.
Yet before they could comprehend what was happening, danger approached quickly!
Comments