Chapter 1255

The Ghost Ape pressed hard a few times, but the stone door didn't move at all, and it also squeaked twice. Ling Guang translated: "The stone door is integrated with the ground, as if it has taken root; there are traces of chiseling and prying outside the door."

He Lingchuan raised the fluorescent spores to look closer, and sure enough, there were knife-shaved and axe-chiseled scratches around the stone door, as well as white marks from knocking; it seemed someone had tried to open the door.

"This stone door has probably been reinforced by an array."

The one-armed ghost urged the crowd: "Hurry, hurry, the Ghost King's aura is getting weaker and weaker."

If they delayed any longer, it wouldn't be able to track it.

Moving forward, it actually became brighter and brighter. The one-armed ghost looked eagerly: "The Light Well is here!"

The end of the road suddenly opened up, and light flourished.

This was a huge grotto with a height exceeding thirty zhang and a diameter exceeding one hundred zhang, very empty; shouting once would have lingering echoes.

The stalactites on the ground were like small mountain peaks, leaving no place to step, so they could only honestly walk on the path opened in the middle.

Everyone's gaze was attracted by the huge crystal in the center of the grotto at the first moment.

It was crystal clear; rather than calling it a crystal, it was better to call it a crystal mountain, because its height reached twenty zhang, already exceeding the height of many small hillocks on the ground.

From the perspective of the crowd, it was magnificent.

And this crystal mountain actually glowed, illuminating the entire grotto as bright as day; the light everyone felt just now came from it.

Dong Rui was even more unable to turn his eyeballs, because there was something inside the crystal mountain!

To be precise, there were more than a dozen monsters solidified inside, most of them looking like humans, with hands and feet and able to stand upright, hairless on the body, but some had an extra eye on their forehead, some had extra tails, but their appearance was not ugly, and their forms were even very coordinated, unlike the deformed monsters under the Profound Lu Ghost King.

Their figures were all very tall, the shortest being one zhang high.

Fu Liushan muttered: "This, could this also be a Hea...!"

"Heavenly Demon." In the past, He Lingchuan had only seen Heavenly Demon remains, but it didn't prevent him from setting the tone at first glance now. The huge remains solidified in the crystal were nine out of ten Heavenly Demons! He asked Dong Rui: "Have you seen such things?"

Dong Rui knew what he meant and shook his head like a wave drum: "Not so intact!"

He had once sneaked into a secret divine tomb and taken away divine bones and divine blood. But the remains in that tomb were by no means as complete as those in the crystal mountain.

This crystal mountain didn't know how it was formed, and the Heavenly Demons solidified inside were all lifelike, as if small insects in amber were forgotten by time.

These Heavenly Demons had already died thousands of years ago.

Fu Liushan coughed: "Whoever did this, that person's taste is really special."

Sealing Heavenly Demons up as sculptures; the person who could do such a thing had a unique style in both ability and aesthetics.

He Lingchuan was even more curious about the original owner of this cave dwelling.

After the three had their fill of eye candy, the one-armed ghost pointed to the mountain wall: "The Ghost King's aura points there; it might have escaped from the top."

In the direction it pointed, there was a small path built along the mountain wall; each step was a rectangular blue stone strip, one end suspended in the air, and the other end driven into the mountain wall.

The three looked up again, and there was a cave entrance on the diagonal side of the grotto, about one zhang in diameter, but it was inconspicuous in such a large grotto.

"Does this cave lead outside the mountain?" The three followed behind the one-armed ghost and went up the steps.

"Yes, entering from this cave, you can go straight to the ground. That is the original entrance and exit of the underground palace!" It added, "This big crystal glows day and night, so this place is called the Light Well."

The three walked higher and higher, almost circling the entire crystal mountain.

One section of the mountain road was very close to it, and one could reach it with a hand.

Looking at it from a close distance, the crystal mountain was even more magnificent, and the Heavenly Demons sealed inside were even more lifelike. Ling Guang shrank on He Lingchuan's shoulder, always feeling that they would open their eyes and look over in the next second!

Fortunately, such a terrifying thing never happened.

Dong Rui didn't have this fear; he reached out to touch the crystal mountain and pressed it twice: "Soft, very elastic, not crystal."

He Lingchuan also reached out and pressed it, and sure enough, the "crystal" was quite Q-elastic, but the further he pressed in, the greater the resistance.

"What is this?"

Even the knowledgeable Dong Rui shook his head to show he didn't know, and took a dagger to cut and scrape it a few times.

It couldn't be scraped. He incited He Lingchuan: "You do it?"

He Lingchuan's blade was different.

He Lingchuan couldn't be bothered with him.

"No matter what material this is, it keeps the Heavenly Demon remains intact." Dong Rui clicked his tongue in praise. "Wonderful! This crystal mountain is not only for viewing but can also preserve the activity of experimental materials."

Ling Guang suddenly pointed: "There's a hole!"

They had climbed fifteen zhang high, and from this angle, they could just see a hole in the crystal mountain.

Walking a few more steps, they were just facing this hole. Dong Rui looked carefully for two seconds and suddenly said: "The hole was dug out from inside the crystal mountain."

That is to say, something dug a hole from the inside and drilled out!

What could be inside the crystal mountain? Heavenly Demons! This statement was truly creepy. Even knowing that this happened a long time ago, Ling Guang still felt a chill on its back and subconsciously moved closer to He Lingchuan's neck.

He Lingchuan stared at this broken hole: "For a Heavenly Demon, this hole is too small."

Heavenly Demons averaged over one zhang in height, but this hole could only accommodate a bear crawling out.

Fu Liushan interjected: "Perhaps it's a Heavenly Demon's attendant?"

Inside the crystal mountain, there were some monsters that didn't look like Heavenly Demons.

"No." Dong Rui watched without blinking. If it weren't for the tight schedule, if it weren't for the fact that they still had business to attend to, he would want to climb into the hole in the crystal mountain to see clearly now. "This hole is connected to a Heavenly Demon, at its—"

He changed the angle to see more clearly: "—abdomen?"

Ling Guang muttered: "The guy who dug the hole came out from its belly?"

"Be a little bolder." Dong Rui gave a hehe laugh. "Maybe that thing was originally in the Heavenly Demon's belly and gnawed open its belly to crawl out!"

Ling Guang squeaked, and all its fur exploded.

"H-here, hurry up." The one-armed ghost had already climbed to the edge of the cave and had to urge them. These few people were playing happily; did they really think they were here for sightseeing?

The entrance of this cave was in a beautiful full-moon shape, obviously having been carefully polished.

A full sun and a crescent moon were painted above the entrance; I don't know what paint was used, but it glowed under the illumination of the Light Well.

He Lingchuan pondered: "Are these two patterns code names?"

The Soul-Absorbing Mirror in his arms nodded: "Ancient immortals liked to embed their names on the ceremonial gate."

Ceremonial gate? He Lingchuan's footsteps paused slightly.

The ceremonial gate is the second main entrance of a cave dwelling, immortal sect, or government office.

It showed that they were indeed very close to the main entrance of this cave dwelling.

(End of chapter)