Chapter 1003 - 1003: The Secret Chamber Beneath the Stone Cauldron
Chapter 1003 - 1003: The Secret Chamber Beneath the Stone Cauldron
"Why is it a star map, not a tombstone?"Liu Ruomei was filled with surprise and disbelief.
The others were equally stunned.
There were indeed patterns on it.
Zhang Bin's gaze, however, was directed towards that stone cauldron.
Finally, he sensed that the stone cauldron might hold secrets.
Whoosh...
He swiftly flew to the mountain peak where the stone cauldron was, standing atop this object that resembled a stone cauldron.
His eyes suddenly emitted a strange light.
He activated his X-ray vision ability.
Now his X-ray vision ability was quite formidable, able to see through rocks over ten meters thick.
Unfortunately, it was still a vast whiteness, just the structure of stone.
Whoosh...
He slowly flew around this stone mountain, carefully using his X-ray vision.
But there was still no discovery.
It was just ordinary stone.
It was not a tomb.
Zhang Bin was still not giving up, landing at the foot of the mountain, meticulously observing and using X-ray vision again.
Similarly, he found nothing.
"The Taiqing Dongtian has a magical tower, which is likely a spiritual treasure nurtured by Heaven and Earth," Zhang Bin pondered as he stood at the foot of the mountain. "This signifies that the Taiqing Dongtian is extraordinary. However, the tower is sealed. The Dragon Clan inside was annihilated. Here appears a Bronze City, and such a peculiar stele with a gold civilization star map. All these suggest Taiqing Dongtian hides a colossal secret."
"Could the secret not be within the tower, but beneath this cauldron?"
Zhang Bin murmured to himself, immediately using his Earth Escape Ability.
Like a ghostly spirit, he sank downwards.
Below, the structure was entirely rocky, making Earth Escape highly difficult.
If it were soil, Earth Escape would, of course, be easy.
Zhang Bin sank about five thousand meters and began to struggle.
A Flying Sword Bloody Fang appeared from nowhere in his hand, swiftly carving out a hole.
He stored the rocks in his Space Ring.
After all, he didn't need air and oxygen; Xiao Qian and Xiao Lv were supplying that.
He sat cross-legged at this place, diligently cultivating Pure Heart Mystique.
Once his Earth Escape Ability fully recovered, he continued diving down.
After toiling like this for most of the day, he still had no discovery; below was just ordinary rock, hiding no secret.
Yet, Zhang Bin was rather excited because he felt this was highly unusual. Why such enormous stone?
With not even a single crevice?
He did not give up, persisting in using Earth Escape, resting by carving out a hole when tired.
"Master, indeed something's odd because you've been moving in circles, not going deeper underground."
Tutu's voice suddenly echoed in Zhang Bin's mind.
"Impossible, I've carved out a stone cave. If I were circling, I would encounter my previous stone cave," Zhang Bin said in astonishment.
"The cave you carved out restored itself," Tutu excitedly said. "I was also deceived. I only found out the secret after scanning multiple times. However, the rocks here can block my scanning ability, so I can only scan within a meter around you. Now the place you're in is the cave you dug last time, now restored. But because I scanned closely and found the patterns identical, I discovered the secret."
"Damn..."
Zhang Bin was shocked. If this were true, then there were mega secrets here, likely set up with formations he couldn't comprehend.
He clearly knew, formations must be set on hard materials.
But this was just ordinary stone, how could formations be set?
"Master, you better exit first; this place is too terrifying," Tutu said nervously. "If you trigger some powerful trap, it would be disastrous."
"Even You Jiuxuan didn't discover the secret here. You know, You Jiuxuan stayed in the Cave Heaven for three million years. Though most of his time was spent hiding in a coffin, he had the cauldron for thousands of years. Evidently, this place is not simple," Zhang Bin became increasingly excited and thrilled instead of retreating. He used Bloody Fang to dig furiously, straight down, intending to carve a tomb raider's tunnel to the underground depths.
And not using Earth Escape.
Because using Earth Escape meant circling.
Apparently restrained by a formation, and he had no means to discover it.
If not for Tutu's reminder, he would never have found the secret here.
He would have had to give up eventually because it was all stone.
He continued to dig furiously.
The Flying Sword was extraordinarily sharp, making rapid digging.
So, in just over an hour, he had dug a hundred-meter-deep raider's tunnel.
Then he finally arrived at a miraculous place.
This was a space.
Not large, just the size of a room.
Empty with nothing inside.
However, on the wall, there was a stone door with a square recess, looking somewhat peculiar.
This space was very crude.
It seemed to be haphazardly opened by someone in a hurry.
"Open for me..."
Zhang Bin excitedly rushed forward, grasping the handle, and pulled hard.
But the stone door did not budge.
"Break for me."
Zhang Bin punched the stone door hard.
The stone door still didn't move.
"Damn, it's just ordinary stone. How can it have such formidable defensive power?"
Zhang Bin was astonished.
He then tried various means to break in but failed, even the sharp Taiqing Cone couldn't break the door.
He used Earth Escape, yet couldn't enter.
"Damn it, I can't get in?"
Zhang Bin was furious.
Inside must be wondrous treasures, otherwise, there wouldn't be so many security measures.
However, he soon calmed down, carefully studying this door again, his gaze finally landing on the rectangular recess.
He thought to himself, could there be a secret here?
However, after researching for a while and trying numerous methods, he still couldn't discover the purpose of the recess.
Let alone open the door.
"Master, this recess seems to be in the shape of a book."
Tutu said.
"In the shape of a book?"
Zhang Bin's eyes suddenly lit up, like a dazzling sun.
A Bronze Box appeared from nowhere in his hand; he opened it and took out the Celestial Demon Technique, Part One.
The Taiqing Sect disciples had already seen the Celestial Demon Technique, Part One once, so he took it back.
This kind of treasure was too precious; of course, he would keep it himself.
He observed closely, discovering that the recess on the door was almost identical to the Celestial Demon Technique, Part One.
Without hesitation, he placed the Celestial Demon Technique into the recess.
A miraculous event occurred.
The stone door suddenly lit up with a faint white light, as if a lamp had been turned on.
"Damn, there's hope, there's really hope."
Zhang Bin was overjoyed, nearly fainting from excitement. He never dreamed that the Celestial Demon Technique, Part One would be the key to entering the stone door.
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