Chapter 100: The Wordless Immortal Book

The group sat down to rest.

"Where are you going to find this so-called immortal opportunity?" Li Lin asked.

Bai Bufan and Zhao Xiaohu both heard this, their eyes full of confusion.

Ding Yingqiu looked at the two, then said: "South of Beiliu County, there is a cave dwelling named Gou Lou Cave... Once, an immortal master surnamed Ge stayed there."

"Just on such a piece of news, you want to go?"

Li Lin was somewhat puzzled; they didn't even know what was there.

Ding Yingqiu, however, said excitedly: "You also know about cultivators; you should understand that the essence of an immortal is sacred. Let alone leaving behind some cultivation secret manual, even if they left a piece of cloth, it might be some magical artifact or treasure."

"Perhaps," Li Lin nodded.

Seeing Li Lin agree with her view, Ding Yingqiu looked at the sky and said: "Let's go quickly; it won't be good if we are late."

The group immediately moved, with Ding Yingqiu leading the way ahead.

Three hours later, the sun had already begun to tilt westward.

Bai Zhiwei looked around and said: "It is black everywhere here, gray stone mountains, the scenery is all much the same; how did you, Inspector Ding, recognize the path?"

Ding Yingqiu smiled: "I have already carved the terrain map into my mind."

Then she pointed to a relatively tall, solitary peak ahead and said: "It is halfway up there."

The crowd rushed over, using the Lightness Technique to reach the mountainside very quickly.

Bai Bufan and Zhao Xiaohu, however, climbed up using hands and feet, their speed much slower.

There was no help for it; the two were not very skilled in the Lightness Technique.

After the four waited for them to come up, they all arrived at the cave entrance together.

As soon as they approached, they felt a gentle breeze flowing out from inside the cave at the entrance.

It was not that kind of cold, yin wind, but a warm wind.

Ding Yingqiu took a fire starter from her bosom, lit it, and walked ahead: "Since this place is where I invited you, let me go first."

The group nodded and followed behind.

With the fire starter, the cave passage did not seem dark.

And at their feet were stone steps... artificially carved.

This cave was not deep; soon the group arrived at the deepest part.

Ding Yingqiu extinguished the fire starter.

Compared to the passage, this place was bright.

A slanting ray of sunlight shot down from a crack overhead, shining onto a pool of clear water.

And this pool water served as a reflecting mirror, scattering the sunlight throughout the entire cave.

It was very warm here, and... there was also a very special aura.

Behind the clear pool, there were stone tables and stone stools, as well as a stone bed and bookshelves.

On the stone wall further back, several very mysterious large characters were carved in relief, yet Li Lin recognized none of them.

That very wonderful feeling was emanating from the large characters.

"Look for things, see if there is anything special, or check for any mechanisms," Ding Yingqiu laughed loudly: "No matter what we get, we all get a share."

Everyone moved into action.

Searching all around here.

This cave dwelling was actually quite large, but it couldn't withstand six people searching; almost every place had been searched, yet nothing was found.

The group gathered together, all shaking their heads.

Ding Yingqiu was quite disappointed and said: "Could it be that someone has already been here?"

This was not strange; if she could find this place, others naturally could too.

Bai Zhiwei smiled: "It's fine, let's search again; if an immortal opportunity were this easy, it wouldn't be called an immortal opportunity."

The group scattered again.

Li Lin came to the side of the pool, looked for a while, and discovered three characters faintly visible at the bottom of the pool; looking again at the three on the stone wall, they seemed very similar.

What connection was there between these?

Li Lin looked at the bottom of the pool for a while, then at the stone wall.

After staring for a long time without seeing any pattern, just as he was about to give up, he suddenly saw a prompt.

【Formation +1】

Hmm?

Li Lin immediately felt joy and continued staring at these two places.

Thus, after a while, a proficiency prompt would appear.

After a while, Li Lin gradually understood what the function of this formation was.

"So that's how it is," he muttered to himself.

At this moment, the others happened to gather over; seeing Li Lin like this, their eyes were also full of curiosity.

"This is a formation," Li Lin pointed to the bottom of the pool, then pointed to the stone wall: "It will activate at the Hour of Zi."

The group looked at him in amazement.

Ding Yingqiu asked curiously: "Has Inspector Li been here before?"

Li Lin shook his head: "I just saw some miscellaneous books on this subject at home before."

He could only say this.

Miscellaneous books!

Everyone felt somewhat helpless in their hearts.

What kind of miscellaneous book would record knowledge so ancient and secret?

Bai Liwei said, "Then let us wait here until the hour of Zi."

Everyone nodded.

Ding Yingqiu took a bottle from her clothes and sprinkled a ring of protective barrier powder around them.

This was the Ding family's 'specialty,' so she naturally carried it with her.

Everyone sat down within the circle to rest, eating dried rations.

At the same time, they chatted idly.

Time passed little by little.

After about three more double-hours, the time was approaching the hour of Zi.

By now, even Zhao Xiaohu felt somewhat sleepy.

The sunlight that had previously slanted down had already turned into moonlight.

Although the light within the grotto-heaven was not as bright as during the day, the moonlight, diffused and reflected by the pool water, still allowed one to barely make out objects.

Furthermore, it carried an inherent sense of coldness.

Everyone stood up and waited quietly.

A moment later, a faint glow rose from the bottom of the pool, and the three large characters on the stone wall seemed to attract the moonlight, brightening up.

"Is this the formation?" Zhao Xiaohu asked in surprise, looking at those three characters.

The others wore much the same expression.

But after the group waited a while, they saw only the three characters light up, with no other reaction.

They turned their gaze toward Li Lin.

Li Lin walked out of the circle of protective barrier powder.

Ding Yingqiu couldn't help but shout, "Be careful, the Desolate Anomalies might see you..."

But everyone soon discovered that the white jade token at Li Lin's waist did not light up.

"There are no Desolate Anomalies here," Su Huafang exclaimed in astonishment.

Ding Yingqiu was also somewhat surprised, then adopted an attitude of obvious certainty, saying, "This is an immortal's grotto-heaven; how would the Desolate Anomalies dare to act presumptuously!"

The others followed Li Lin out of the circle of protective barrier powder.

Li Lin approached the stone wall and placed his hand upon it.

Subsequently, ripples of moonlight flashed across the stone wall, revealing long vertical grids; on some of the ten-digit nodes, there was also a small circle.

Li Lin injected Yin energy; a red light swiftly connected along these lines, soon linking over a dozen grids.

Watching this scene, the others felt it was truly marvelous.

Li Lin removed his hand from the surface of the stone wall, and at that moment, the entire wall became transparent.

Behind it lay a larger space.

"Let's go in."

Li Lin smiled and walked in first.

"Impressive," Bai Zhiwei sighed.

Su Huafang nodded.

Subsequently, the few others followed, passing through the stone wall that had turned transparent.

Here, they saw large piles of bamboo slips stacked together, and furthermore, on the bookshelves lining the surrounding walls, many books were displayed.

Everyone immediately rushed over, each person flipping through books or bamboo slips.

But soon, their expressions all froze.

Whether books or bamboo slips, they were all blank.

Not a single character!

(End of Chapter)