freenovelworld Chapter 363: Adventure in the Ruins
Chapter 363: Adventure in the Ruins
Yun Yao and Chu Mochen, carrying the hope of their sect, resolutely stepped into the mysterious ruins. As soon as they entered, an ancient and mysterious atmosphere came over them, as if dragging them into a period of dusty years.
The surroundings were eerily quiet, with only the light footsteps of the two of them echoing in the empty passage. A faint light flickered on the wall, like some kind of ancient rune, emitting weak energy fluctuations, as if whispering the secrets of the past. Yun Yao couldn't help but reach out and touch it. As soon as her fingertips touched the wall, a chill instantly spread along her arm to her whole body. She quickly retracted her hand and exchanged a glance with Chu Mochen, both of them seeing solemnity and vigilance in each other's eyes.
Not long after they walked forward, the first mechanism appeared in front of them. It was a huge stone door, tightly closed, with complex patterns engraved on it. There was a circular groove in the center, and some strange symbols surrounded the groove. Yun Yao looked closer and found that these symbols seemed familiar. She frowned and thought for a moment, and suddenly her eyes lit up. She turned to Chu Mochen and said, "I have seen similar symbols in the ancient books of the sect. This should be a mechanism related to the power of the five elements. We need to put the corresponding spiritual objects into the groove in the order of the five elements before we can open the stone door." As she spoke, she took out a few spiritual crystals containing the power of the five elements from her storage ring. These were accidentally obtained during her daily training, and she didn't expect them to come in handy today.
Chu Mochen nodded slightly, his eyes fixed on Yun Yao's movements, secretly admiring her erudition. Yun Yao took a deep breath and carefully placed the spirit crystal representing gold into the groove. With a light "click", some runes on the stone door lit up with a faint golden light. Then, she placed spirit crystals of wood, water, fire, and earth attributes in turn. Every time she placed a piece, the stone door made a sound of mechanism turning, and the light became more dazzling. When the last piece of spirit crystal was embedded in the groove, the stone door slowly shook, making a dull roar, and slowly opened to both sides, raising a cloud of dust.
As soon as the two stepped into the passage behind the stone door, a sharp whistling sound suddenly sounded, and several black shadows shot down from above their heads. Chu Mochen reacted quickly, pulling Yun Yao behind him, and at the same time drew out his sword, slashing at the black shadow with a sharp sword energy. When they saw clearly what was coming, it turned out to be a group of bat-shaped demon bats emitting dim light all over their bodies. Their eyes flashed with bloodthirsty red light, and their sharp claws slashed through the darkness, bringing with them cold rays of light.
Seeing this, Yun Yao quickly moved her magic formula, and a flame shield instantly formed in front of the two of them. The demon bats hit the shield, making crackling sounds and sparks flying. "These demon bats are afraid of light, let's fight quickly and rush over!" Yun Yao shouted loudly. As she spoke, a ball of blazing flames ignited in her palm, and she pushed it forward fiercely. The flames were like a roaring fire snake, rushing towards the demon bats. Chu Mochen followed closely behind, waving the long sword in his hand, and the sword energy was crisscrossed, and the demon bats fell wherever he went.
The two fought all the way, and although they suffered a few minor injuries, they successfully broke through the obstruction of the demon bats and continued to go deeper into the ruins. As they moved forward, the front suddenly opened up and a huge hall appeared. In the center of the hall stood a tall stone statue with a majestic face, holding a glowing book in both hands, as if waiting for the destined person.
However, before they could get close to the stone statue, the ground suddenly shook violently, and stone pillars broke out from the ground and rushed towards them at a very fast speed. Yun Yao's eyes were stern, and she tapped her toes lightly. She shuttled between the stone pillars like a ghost, and her hands kept sending out spiritual power, trying to break the stone pillars. Chu Mochen relied on his superb swordsmanship to cut off the approaching stone pillars one by one. But the stone pillars continued to emerge, and the two gradually became a little powerless.
At this moment, Yun Yao caught a glimpse of a small groove at the base of the stone statue, and the groove was flashing with the same frequency as the stone pillar. She was moved and ran towards the stone statue without thinking too much. Chu Mochen understood and tried his best to open a path for her. Yun Yao came to the stone statue and found that it seemed that a spiritual object of a specific shape needed to be embedded in the groove to stop the stone pillar mechanism. She looked around and her eyes finally fell on an inconspicuous stone in the corner of the hall. The shape of the stone just matched the groove and also emitted a weak spiritual power fluctuation.
Yun Yao quickly picked up the stone and put it into the groove. In an instant, the ground stopped shaking, the stone pillar stopped surging, and everything returned to calm. The two of them took a long breath, wiped the sweat from their foreheads, and approached the stone statue step by step. The moment their hands touched the classics, a huge amount of information flooded into their minds, which turned out to be the shocking secrets about the ancient artifacts and the dark forces.
According to the records in the classics, the ancient artifact guarded by the sect is called "Lingxiao Divine Cauldron". It was bred by the chaotic spiritual energy when the world was first created. It has the supreme power to purify all evil and suppress all kinds of evil spirits. However, a thousand years ago, a great battle between good and evil damaged the Divine Cauldron and sealed its power. It is necessary to collect seven spiritual beads and nourish it with pure spiritual power to awaken its full power again. The dark forces approaching the sect now are the remnants of the evil sect. They want to seize the Divine Cauldron and unlock the evil power sealed in it in order to realize their ambition to rule the world of cultivation.
What shocked Yun Yao and Chu Mochen even more was that the dark forces secretly colluded with some traitors of the righteous path to achieve their goals, and had already planted many spies in the cultivation world, and even used strange soul-controlling techniques on the top leaders of some sects, making them work for the dark forces unknowingly. Now, they don't have much time left, and the dark forces may launch a general attack at any time. Once the Divine Cauldron falls into the hands of the enemy, the cultivation world will be in an irreparable situation.
The two looked solemn, knowing that they had a heavy responsibility. They carefully put away the books and prepared to return to the sect immediately to inform the elders of the news and discuss countermeasures. But just as they turned around to leave, a sinister sneer suddenly came from behind the stone statue.
"Want to leave? Since you have discovered such a secret, then leave your life behind!" As the voice fell, a black-robed figure slowly emerged. This person was shrouded in a thick dark aura, and his face was hidden under the black robe, so his appearance could not be seen clearly, but the powerful pressure he exuded made Yun Yao and Chu Mochen feel nervous.
The black-robed man held a glowing magic wand with a blood-red gem inlaid on the top. It seemed that countless wronged souls were screaming in the gem. He flashed and appeared in front of the two of them in an instant. He waved the magic wand in his hand, and a black crescent-shaped energy wave slashed towards Yun Yao.
Chu Mochen reacted very quickly, standing sideways in front of Yun Yao, holding the long sword horizontally, and took the blow. The powerful impact pushed him back several steps, his palms went numb, and the long sword hummed. "Who are you? Why are you hiding here?" Chu Mochen asked angrily, trying to suppress the surging blood in his body.
The man in black robe let out a weird laugh: "I am the black-robed guardian under the Dark Demon Lord, and I have been ordered to guard the secrets here. I didn't expect to be discovered by you two juniors. Today is the day you die!" After that, he waved his magic wand with both hands and muttered something. For a moment, the whole hall was filled with yin energy, and countless black skeletons crawled out from the ground, rushing towards Yun Yao and Chu Mochen with fangs and claws.
Yun Yao's eyes were cold, and she had no fear in her heart. She quickly formed seals with both hands, and the spiritual power around her body surged, turning into golden threads, weaving into a large net, blocking all the skeletons that rushed towards her. "It's not that easy to kill us!" She shouted, and the magic formula in her hand changed. The golden net suddenly shrank and crushed the skeletons one after another.
Chu Mochen took advantage of the situation and stabbed the black-robed guardian with his sword. The black-robed guardian snorted coldly and tapped his magic wand. A black light curtain appeared out of thin air and blocked Chu Mochen's attack. "Hmph, a grain of light dares to compete with the bright moon!" The black-robed guardian taunted, and then his figure flashed like a ghost and fought with the two.
Yun Yao and Chu Mochen cooperated with each other, one cast a spell to contain the other to attack closely, and for a while they fought hard with the black-robed guardian. But as the battle continued, the black-robed guardian's strength became more and more obvious. His dark spells were strange and changeable, and each strike had the power to corrode the soul, making Yun Yao and Chu Mochen gradually feel exhausted.
Yun Yao sensed something was wrong and thought about countermeasures in her heart. Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of a huge crystal chandelier hanging from the top of the hall. The chandelier contained extremely pure light power, which counteracted the dark aura of the black-robed guardian. Her eyes lit up, and she looked at Chu Mochen, and the two of them understood instantly.
Yun Yao pretended to be defeated and retreated step by step, attracting the attention of the black-robed guardian. Chu Mochen secretly gathered his spiritual power, and when the time was right, he threw his long sword at the chandelier. The long sword was wrapped in a sharp sword energy, and it accurately cut the rope of the chandelier. The chandelier fell with a bang, and when it broke, a strong light burst out, and the power of light surged out like a tide, instantly dispelling part of the dark aura.
The black-robed guardian was blinded by the strong light and paused. Yun Yao seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, put her hands together, and gathered all her spiritual power into a dazzling spiritual power ball, which she blasted towards the black-robed guardian. "Go!" The light ball whistled and hit the black-robed guardian hard.
The black-robed guardian screamed, and his body flew backwards like a kite with a broken string, hitting the wall hard, creating a huge deep pit. He struggled to get up, but found that his spiritual power was disordered, and it was difficult to fight for a while.
"I will spare your life today. Go back and tell your Dark Lord that as long as we are here, you can never get your hands on the ancient artifact!" Yun Yao said coldly, with unquestionable firmness in her voice.
The black-robed guardian looked at the two of them with resentment, knowing that he would not get any good today, so he turned into a puff of black smoke and fled in a panic.
Yun Yao and Chu Mochen looked at the direction where the black-robed guardian left, but they did not relax their vigilance. They knew that this was just a test by the dark forces, and the real crisis was still to come. After a short rest, the two of them took the classics and left the ruins without stopping, rushing towards the sect. Along the way, they were thinking about how to use the information they had obtained to deal with the upcoming dark storm and protect the peace of the sect and the cultivation world.
When they returned to the sect, it was already night. The two went straight to the Elder Hall and told the elders everything they saw and heard in the ruins. The elders all looked solemn when they heard it. A battle that concerned the survival of the cultivation world was about to begin...