Chapter 224: Master, what should we do now?

Only after going down did Su Chen discover that while it looked low from above, the height was actually nearly eight meters, and even the water flow below was not as calm as it had appeared from above.

The further down they went, the more clearly they could hear the sound of the water striking the stone surface.

However, having reached this point, Su Chen was naturally unwilling to give up easily, so he bit the bullet and entered the water.

Upon touching the river water, he instantly felt a surge of abundant Spiritual Power flowing through his limbs and bones; the Spiritual Power contained in this water was extremely plentiful, truly worthy of the renowned Golden Scale Carp.

Su Chen casually scooped one up; it was visible to the naked eye that this Golden Scale Carp was quite old, its body round and plump, and after realizing it was trapped, it flicked its tail uneasily.

Su Chen confirmed that there was nothing wrong with these Golden Scale Carp, then casually took out a container and scavenged all the Red Brocade Carp inside into his space.

Afterwards, he gave Lv Luo a gesture, and Lv Luo understood, immediately pulling him up.

"Which way should we go now?"

Looking at the identical scenery on both sides, Lv Luo hesitated at this fork in the road.

Su Chen only took a slight glance before looking toward the right direction: "We go this way."

"Okay."

Hearing this, Lv Luo nodded and followed Su Chen's pace.

After walking two steps, she couldn't help but ask curiously: "Master, why are you so certain that we must go this way? I see both sides as exactly the same."

"I just observed the flow of the river; it is all flowing in this direction, so going this way cannot be wrong."

Su Chen said slowly; he did not believe anyone would be idle enough to keep Golden Scale Carp in such a godforsaken place.

Following the direction of the water flow, there must be something they don't know about waiting for them.

Thinking of this, Su Chen was filled with motivation, and his pace even quickened a little.

As they walked forward, the high walls that were originally eight meters above the river grew lower and lower, until finally they were almost parallel to the river, and the surging river water could roll onto the bank from time to time.

Clearly, this was a secret passage with a change in elevation; the further in they went, the deeper it became, which also meant they were one step closer to the secret.

Soon, their path was blocked by a thick stone door; the stone door fit the walls perfectly without a single gap, and the originally trickling stream also disappeared strangely in front of the door.

Su Chen and his companion confirmed several times that the water flow did not pass through the door cracks, and Lv Luo directly attacked the bottom of the door, but the bottom of the door remained motionless.

One must know that Lv Luo's current strength had already reached the Quasi-Emperor Peak, and she was almost invincible in this world; even if she was not skilled in combat, with her cultivation, breaking a stone door should have been easy.

Yet that stone door stood firm, and not even a speck of stone dust fell off.

This was very strange.

Lv Luo was somewhat doubting her life; she stepped forward to touch the gate, and the gate suddenly erupted with a burst of golden light, immediately attacking Lv Luo.

The speed was so fast that Lv Luo only had time to pull back her hand, but a strand of hair between her brows was still severed by the golden light.

As a person at the Quasi-Emperor Peak, she barely managed to dodge; if it were anyone else with a lower cultivation realm, they would likely have been struck in the center of the brow and died by now.

Ordinary people would have died silently without even reacting.

"I cannot open this door."

Lv Luo said with some frustration, feeling annoyed in her heart; she had thought that even if she wasn't the best in the Tianxuan Continent, she was at least someone who had fought everyone without a rival, but now she had hit a wall with just an ordinary stone door.

"This stone door is strange."

Su Chen shielded Lv Luo behind him; even though his current strength was not yet equal to Lv Luo's, as a man, he still protected Lv Luo without hesitation out of a sense of responsibility.

The material of this stone door was clearly no different from the surrounding walls, yet it contained incomparably powerful Spiritual Power, as if someone was continuously providing it from the shadows.

"So much Spiritual Power could definitely not be provided by an ordinary person."

Su Chen frowned and said, "Moreover, the Qingyun Secret Realm has not been opened for so many years; to be able to support it for so long, there are only two possibilities: one is that someone comes here irregularly, and the second is that there is a powerful spiritual object capable of providing this vast Spiritual Power."

"That's right, but what could it be?"

Throughout this journey, Lv Luo had not discovered any spiritual object that could provide such massive Spiritual Power.

"The only thing we've encountered on this journey with such Spiritual Power is the Red Scale Carp," Su Chen said with a slight smile.

Hearing this, Lv Luo suddenly had a moment of enlightenment.

Indeed, as a Supreme Holy Spirit Beast, the Golden Scale Carp did have this ability.

"But those Golden Scale Carp probably can't maintain the Spiritual Power for so many years," Lv Luo continued.

"I'm afraid that every few hundred years, someone enters the Time Illusion Realm to replenish the Golden Scale Carp inside from time to time, ensuring that this door has sufficient Spiritual Power."

Su Chen nodded, his hand unconsciously rubbing his chin, a flash of wisdom in his eyes.

However, it seems the Qingyun Alliance is hiding a great secret in the dark, though he didn't know why they would get involved in this Illusion Realm.

Now it seems it can only be an accident.

It is estimated that the people of the Qingyun Alliance did not expect them to enter this Illusion Realm so easily and find their way here.

Thinking of this, Su Chen laughed out loud twice.

This was truly Heaven helping him; he had a premonition that this trip would definitely be worth it.

According to Su Chen's current deduction, the place they came down was actually a dead end; after all, it was almost impossible for anyone to make the Old Tree Demon willingly sacrifice itself to let them in.

The things inside this door were what they were truly guarding; even if someone with ill intentions accidentally entered here, they would absolutely be unable to pass the Old Tree Demon's trial.

Thinking of this, Su Chen carefully observed his surroundings.

The Spiritual Power required by this stone door was immense; Su Chen had just fished out all the Golden Scale Carp, and the color of the river water was fading at a speed visible to the naked eye. Looking far into the distance, at the place where they had just arrived, the river water had already turned a pale cyan.

"Master, what should we do now?"

Lv Luo heard Su Chen's words and became increasingly alarmed, suddenly not knowing what to do.

"At this rate of Spiritual Power consumption, the Spiritual Power in the river water will soon be completely absorbed by the wooden door. When that happens, we will only face two situations."

Su Chen left his words half-finished and looked at Lv Luo mysteriously.

Hearing this, Lv Luo tentatively said: "Is the first one just waiting for all the Spiritual Power in the river to be absorbed into the door, and once the door completely loses its Spiritual Power supply, we can pass through without any effort?"

"That's right. The second one is relatively faster; after the river's Spiritual Power is absorbed, you will be responsible for touching the stone door and finding a way to release that Spiritual Power in advance, artificially interfering with the stone door's Spiritual Power storage."

Su Chen said slowly.

(End of this chapter)