As the Universe Turns - Chapter 381
Chapter 381 Golden Crow Foot
“Senior, wait, let me take a look …”
As Xiao Chen dealt with Wuji Shangren, he carefully inspected the branches. He picked up a stone and threw it at one of the branches. The Spiritual Energy immediately sent it to the other, so that the restriction formation could slowly restart.
After a while, he picked up a handful of stones from the ground and tried them one by one. After a while, Wuji Shangren could only hear “ding ding dong” sounds coming from inside, but he couldn’t see what he was doing inside. He didn’t dare to rashly walk over and said impatiently, “Kid, what are you doing inside?”
“I’m’asking for directions’. Senior, wait a moment. I’ll be ready soon …”
Xiao Chen had roughly figured out the operation of the formation, and Wuji Shangren felt that there was something strange inside, but he didn’t dare to go over. He could only suddenly let out a loud shout, “Brat, come out!”
Xiao Chen ignored him, and Wuji Shangren was certain that there was some deceit in this. He shouted in a low voice, “Come out!”
As soon as he finished shouting, he flew over. It was also at this moment that Xiao Chen finally activated the grand formation. With a “rumble”, the entire cave trembled violently. Immediately after, a huge boulder fell from the cave entrance, sealing the entire cave entrance. Inside, the formation froze, but outside, it was impossible for him to break through.
“Kid!”
Wuji Shangren’s expression was shocked. He didn’t expect that there was an ancient restriction array here. It turned out that that brat was actually manipulating an array formation inside. He was really angry. He shouted angrily, “Brat, if you don’t come out, I’ll catch you when I come in and refine your soul!”
Xiao Chen sneered. He knew that he couldn’t break through this restrictive ancient formation. He was confident this time. He sneered, “Senior, if you can enter, then let’s talk about it. If you can’t, then you might have to stay outside with the bones of the dead for a night.”
“You … stinking brat!”
Wuji Shangren was even more furious. He secretly hated that he hadn’t killed him directly before. At this moment, he continuously struck at the huge rock at the entrance of the cave. However, with the restriction formation frozen, the entire cave was unbreakable. No matter how much he attacked, there was no effect at all.
After confirming that the formation was unable to break through, Xiao Chen felt relieved and said, “Senior I am, please advise me to save my energy. I’m afraid that Senior won’t have the strength to defend against the bones of the dead people outside if they come back to life.”
As soon as these words were spoken, the outside world quieted down. Xiao Chen smiled coldly and turned around to look inside the cave. There seemed to be a passageway inside the ancient cave. It was unknown where it led to. Let’s go take a look first.
At this moment, Wuji Shangren was on guard outside, afraid that the bones outside would be resurrected just as Xiao Chen had said. After all, this place was too strange.
“Brat, if you have the ability, stay inside for the rest of your life. Otherwise, if I catch you, I will teach you to destroy both your body and spirit!”
Wuji Shangren’s eyes were cold as he stared at the tightly sealed cave. Only then did he carefully go to the side and recover his cultivation.
After about the time it took for the incense stick to burn, Xiao Chen walked inside the ancient cave. The cave was crisscrossed, and the terrain was extremely complicated. There was a faint sound of water droplets, and it was unknown where they came from.
However, judging from his lifeless appearance, this ancient cave probably hadn’t been visited for nearly 10,000 years. If he hadn’t accidentally crashed into Spiritual Energy’s crack and fallen to the bottom of this white bone abyss tonight, this ancient cave would still be sealed here.
Further ahead, some strange murals appeared on the stone walls of the cave. Some of them looked like ancient totems, some looked like symbols used by priests, and some were ancient characters that he could not understand.
It was hard to imagine what kind of place this place was in the past, and what was going on with the white bones outside. He walked closer. Although he could not understand the words on the stone wall, he could understand some of the murals.
On one of the stone walls, there were ten suns. In the middle was a big tree. There were nine suns under the big tree. There was a sun above the big tree. At the same time, there was a three-legged divine bird standing on the tree branch.
Xiao Chen was slightly stunned. The tree on the mural was probably the Fusang Divine Tree, and the Three-legged Divine Bird should be the legendary Golden Crow.
This time, he was even more certain that the Yang Valley was in the Qiongsang Mountain while the Fusang Divine Tree was in the Yang Valley. The myths and legends were true.
However, an ancient mural alone could not determine when the Fusang Flower Gathering would bloom. Moreover, he had not found Yang Valley yet, and there was a Wuji Shangren guarding it outside, so the situation was not optimistic.
Right at this moment, a faint trace of divine power aura came out from the cave. Xiao Chen’s divine sense was sharp. He immediately caught the source of the aura and carefully walked inside.
When he arrived at a cave inside, he smelled a strand of dust. It was different from other places. This place should have been visited a long time ago.
After carefully searching the cave for a while, Xiao Chen finally found the source of that trace of divine power. This was no longer just Spiritual Energy, but a faint ancient divine power.
This strand of divine power aura was under a dusty stone slab. Xiao Chen moved the stone slab away and saw something below. It was like a bird’s claw, as thick as a human’s arm, and its entire body was scarlet-gold. The divine power aura came from this strange scarlet-gold bird claw.
“This is …”
Xiao Chen couldn’t help but be slightly stunned. What was this thing? He reached out his hand and touched it. Instantly, his mind began to churn violently. An ancient divine power instantly spread throughout his entire body, causing him to feel as if he had been struck by lightning. His entire body trembled violently.
“Golden Crow Feet.” It was also at this moment that these three words suddenly appeared in his mind.
Xiao Chen looked at the scarlet golden bird claw in disbelief. According to legend, the divine bird Golden Crow had three legs. Could this be one of them?
After a while, he slowly picked up the Golden Crow Foot. Although it was only as thick as the bones of an ordinary person’s arm, the weight of the Golden Crow Foot was extremely heavy. It weighed about two to three hundred jin. If it was an ordinary mortal in the mortal world, he would probably not be able to pick up such a divine artifact.
Xiao Chen felt the divine power in the Golden Crow’s foot. His heart pounded. He didn’t expect that he would encounter such an ancient divine artifact today. The Golden Crow’s foot could no longer be classified as a magic treasure. Instead, it surpassed the existence of a magic treasure. It should be a divine artifact.
If this Golden Crow Foot landed in the hands of an immortal, it would be an existence that could slay gods and destroy immortals. Now that it landed in his hands, it was unknown how powerful it was. However, the Golden Crow Foot seemed to have lost some of its former glory.
Xiao Chen saw many tiny cracks on it. It must have been left in an ancient war. He couldn’t help but sigh. Such a powerful ancient divine artifact was about to be damaged. From the looks of it, it could only be used three or four more times. The Golden Crow’s feet would be damaged and unable to be repaired.
After a while, he looked at the stone slab on the ground and began to ponder. Who buried the Golden Crow Foot here? Could it be that the white bones covering the abyss had something to do with the Golden Crow? Was he killed by someone using the Golden Crow Foot, or was he killed for the sake of snatching the Golden Crow Foot?
Xiao Chen looked at the Golden Crow Feet in his hand. No matter what, this divine artifact had coincidentally fallen into his hands. The most important thing now was to recover his strength as soon as possible and then leave.
…
One night passed. It was already dawn outside. Wuji Shangren sat outside the cave for a night. While recovering his strength, he focused on guarding his surroundings. Now, his strength was almost fully recovered.
He stood up and looked at the entrance of the cave. Last night, because the light was too dark, he was unable to see clearly. But now, he could clearly see that there were six groups of strange runes on the huge rock that sealed the entrance of the cave. It seemed that the key to breaking the restriction was to do so.
“Brat, when this old man breaks through the formation and captures you, I will make sure you don’t beg for death …”
A murderous intent appeared in Wuji Shangren’s eyes. He walked towards the entrance of the cave, carefully examining the runes on it, and then began to attempt to break the restriction.
After about two hours, the restriction at the entrance of the cave became weaker and weaker. The Yin Qi on Wuji Shangren’s face also became heavier and heavier. He continuously struck the boulder with one palm and another palm, causing the nearby mountains to shake and tremble endlessly.
“Brat, if you don’t come out, this old man will come in and capture you. I will definitely refine your three souls and seven souls into ashes!”
Wuji Shangren shouted angrily and was about to slap again. At this time, Xiao Chen’s voice finally came from inside, “Senior, stop fighting. If you continue, I’m afraid the entire cave will collapse. At that time, this junior will be buried inside, and you won’t be able to get what you want …”
“Brat, are you finally willing to come out …”
Wuji Shangren’s eyes were cold with killing intent. He suppressed the anger in his heart and said in a deep voice, “Come out now, I’ll spare your life. Otherwise, I’ll teach you how to die!”
Even so, he thought in his heart, when you come out, this old man will immediately extract a wisp of your soul essence and see where you can run to!
“Senior, keep your word? As long as I come out, you won’t kill me?”
“Nonsense! Quickly come out!”
After waiting for an entire night, Wuji Shangren was running out of patience. He only wanted to capture this person as soon as possible and then leave this gloomy Abyss of Bones. For some reason, this Abyss had always put an unusually great pressure on him. The bones that covered the ground were just the tip of the iceberg in the entire Abyss.
“Alright, I’m out. Senior, step aside.”
“Quickly come out! Stop talking nonsense!”
Wuji Shangren retreated a little, and at the same time, a Genuine energy appeared in his hand. With a “rumble”, the huge rock that sealed the entrance of the cave finally opened, and Xiao Chen had already appeared at the entrance of the cave.
“Brat!”
Seeing him come out, Wuji Shangren’s eyes were bloodshot. He raised his palm and was about to hit him. Xiao Chen hurriedly stretched out his hand and said, “Senior, wait a moment!”
“How is it? Brat, what else do you have to say?”
Wuji Shangren stopped, afraid that there was some kind of deceit in it. He looked into the cave behind him and saw nothing unusual. Only then did he feel relieved.
Xiao Chen said, “I found something interesting in the cave last night. Senior, do you want to take a look?”
“What is it?”
Wuji Shangren’s eyebrows furrowed even more tightly. He thought to himself that this brat was full of tricks. There must be nothing good about him …
“Then …”
Xiao Chen suddenly raised his head. At this moment, it was as if he had suddenly changed. His eyes turned extremely cold. “Senior, look carefully.”