Chapter 573: Chapter 240: Family Secret Map, Entering Wu Ling

However, the number of Golden Core Sea Fish was, after all, limited.

Previously, during the trades in the City Lord’s Mansion, a single, ordinary Demon Pill could be sold for twenty thousand Spirit Stones.

’But based on the density Xiao Chen was sensing now, wouldn’t that price have to drop by at least half?’

’If that were true, it would actually be a good thing. It would make it easier for everyone to obtain cultivation resources.’

With his visibility limited, Xiao Chen searched for six straight days, covering most of the Sea Abyss.

Finally, in a deep trench at the bottom of the Sea Abyss, he discovered the upper half of a man-made pillar jutting out of the ground.

Over millions of years, a thick layer of sediment had accumulated on the pillar, almost completely obscuring its original appearance.

However, because the pillar itself was made of stone, a few crooked pictographs on its surface had managed to survive.

"Tsk, tsk. It really pays to carve things in stone."

Xiao Chen remarked, chipping away the caked-on sediment.

Sure enough, the characters underneath were unfamiliar, yet held a trace of familiarity.

They bore a slight resemblance to the characters from the visions he had seen during the Lunar Eclipse.

"This wasn’t easy... but I’ve finally found it!"

A jolt of energy shot through Xiao Chen, and he immediately began to dig downward along the pillar.

The bottom of the Sea Abyss was mostly shifting sand and small pebbles.

Therefore, clearing it away wasn’t particularly difficult; the only problem was the sheer volume of it.

After digging for three straight days, Xiao Chen finally unearthed the original entrance to Wu Ling from beneath the sand and stone.

What appeared before him was less a door and more a monolithic slab of stone covered in carved runes.

These runes varied in form. Some resembled a crescent moon in the sky, their edges traced with wisps of Spirit Patterns. Others looked like ferocious beasts, baring fangs and claws, and exuded an aura of ancient majesty.

’There’s no door. How am I supposed to open this?’

Xiao Chen reached out, trying to push the giant stone.

To his surprise, the moment his fingertip touched the cold stone surface, a strange power surged up his arm and swept through his entire body.

Immediately after, he felt his Qi Blood jolt within him as if it were being drawn out.

Then, as if it had confirmed something, the power retreated back into the stone slab.

RUMBLE...

A deep rumble emanated from within Wu Ling, as if something was turning behind the giant stone.

Then, Xiao Chen saw a glow appear from behind the stone slab in front of him.

The entire stone slab then shuddered once and slowly sank into the ground, revealing a transparent barrier of light behind it that held back the seawater.

Huh?

’It can open by itself?’

Xiao Chen had already been wondering how to break it open by force; he never expected the entrance to operate so smoothly.

’This isn’t right.’

’Logically, shouldn’t the entrance have been sealed shut by the massive stone?’

’And then filled with multiple traps to stop any ill-intentioned intruders?’

Looking at the wide entrance and the transparent barrier of light that didn’t obstruct his view in the slightest, Xiao Chen suddenly felt like he was being deliberately lured into a trap.

He slowly descended the stairs leading down from the entrance and was immediately hit by a smell of decay.

It was the unique odor you’d get if you took old grain that had been sitting in a warehouse for years, wrapped it in a quilt soaked through with damp air, and then buried the whole thing under an old tree stump on a sunless slope.

The staircase wasn’t long, only eighty-one steps in total, descending about thirty or forty feet.

At the bottom was a fist-sized Luminous Pearl, casting a soft, moon-white glow.

Standing at the bottom of the stairs, Xiao Chen saw a long passageway stretching out before him.

The walls of the passageway were inlaid with countless faintly glowing crystals, illuminating the area as brightly as day.

The crystals were not simple prisms, but had instead been carved into the shapes of various Witch Talismans.

The most numerous among them symbolized the different phases of the moon, followed by unfamiliar runes shaped like flowers, birds, and the like.

The ceiling of the passageway was adorned with a series of magnificent murals. Their colors were still as vivid as new, as if untouched by the passage of time.

The mural nearest the entrance depicted a High Priest raising a scepter toward the moon with both hands, while his tribespeople knelt in orderly worship.

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