“Although it appeared to be an old person’s hand, it was very strong, indicating that their cultivation is not low.“Their strength was extremely formidable and managed to repel my grandfather with just a casual strike.“Their techniques were agile and elegant like a phantom, making it impossible to predict their moves.“Their eyes… I caught a glimpse when they attacked me. They seemed clear and devoid of hatred or any intent to kill. There was also a faint mole at the starting point of their right eyebrow.”Kate described it in great detail.As she spoke about the person’s attack pattern, especially the mole between the eyebrows, Andrius’ heart suddenly skipped a beat.It sounded more and more like Old Hagstorm!He immediately thought of many things.At the beginning, Registus told him that dealing with the fake emperor was something he had to do.Then, when he had gone to the Swallows’ stronghold and attempted to kill the fake emperor, the Dragon Manor Master and experts sud
Andrius noticed something in Kate’s tone and asked curiously, “Kate, do you know about this mural?”“Yes!” Kate also snapped back to her senses and said truthfully, “My grandpa told me that the Klein family's treasure actually consists of two things.“The four great families only know that the jade pendants contain a great secret, but they don’t know that the treasure also includes a mysterious mural, which likely also holds a great treasure.“I believe the mural before us is the one my grandpa spoke about. I just didn’t expect it to be hidden beneath the magma. It’s truly astonishing!”So, that was it!Andrius could not help but be amazed. He was only partially aware of the details regarding the Klein family's treasure.If what Kate said was true, then Norvin had actually done him a favor.However, why did that person he suspected to be Old Hagstorm push Kate down as well? What was his purpose?“For now, it seems we can’t return yet.”Kate looked at the ancient mural and sugg
Kate took a long breath and said with a wry smile, “Let me recover for a while. You can continue studying it.”Then, she began to recover.Andrius went back to study the mural.The only thing that puzzled him was that there were several contradictory points in the mural.In the top left image, the sun and moon hung together in the sky. It was a clear violation of common sense. That was not the only one.In the top right image, there was a large fire burning over water.In the bottom left image was darkness shrouded in the light.In the bottom right image, flowers bloomed in the middle of winter.In the central image, flesh and blood grew on corpses.Everything was highly unusual, and Andrius could not make sense of it.“Phew...” After a deep breath, Kate recovered quite a bit. She opened her eyes and saw Andrius’ troubled expression, then asked, “How is it? Did you find anything new?”Andrius shook his head with a wry smile. The pictures had completely stumped him.“Let’s l
In the mysterious hall, Andrius and Kate remained unaware of the changes outside.They had explored every corner of the hall, from the pebbles under their feet to the ceiling, but found nothing else. They walked around aimlessly and ended up returning to the mural again.“This doesn’t make sense.” Andrius looked at the mural and placed his hand on it. “This hall was built near the magma, yet the air is so humid. There should be a water source nearby, and it should probably be a large one.”Kate was also puzzled and glanced at some moss in a corner. “If there were no water source, the air wouldn’t be this humid, and moss wouldn’t grow.”Both of them were perplexed.“Let’s keep searching!” Andrius gritted his teeth. “I suspect there is an underground river somewhere here.”“Okay.”The two had already lost count of how many times they searched the area thoroughly.However, after circling around a dozen times, they still could not find any hidden mechanisms or secret compartments,
Andrius took out a compass from his pocket that he prepared beforehand for their treasure hunt. Then, he began to determine their direction.“It should be...”He looked at the compass while moving, leading him and Kate to a specific location in the spacious hall. “Right here.”Here?Kate frowned slightly and leaned down to knock the ground twice but found nothing unusual.Andrius focused on the spot beneath his feet and seriously, “Kate, try to break this area.”“Okay!”Kate nodded and gathered her inner energy, then delivered a powerful punch to the floor.Crash!The powerful surge of inner energy from a Martial King struck the floor, cracking it open to reveal the real surface.A stone staircase extended downward into the darkness, and there was no visible end in sight.However, aided by faint light, Andrius could see glimmers of reflection.“There really is something!”Kate was shocked upon seeing this path.“Let’s go down and have a look.”Andrius led the way, kickin
Upon hearing this, Andrius instinctively tensed up and looked at Kate warily, but he did not speak. He was both puzzled and greatly surprised.“Don’t overthink it.” Kate said, “You also don’t want to keep staring at me while I’m all wet, so I’m just borrowing your jacket. I’ll return it to you once I dry my clothes.”Andrius was relieved after understanding the situation.“Here.”He did not think much of it and took off his jacket to hand to her.“Turn around,” Kate took the jacket and said shyly. Although she was bold, she could not be too casual.“Right.”Andrius immediately turned around. Then, he heard the sound of rustling.Kate said, “Okay, you can turn back now.”Andrius turned back around.At that moment, Kate had some of her own clothes in her hands. She wore Andrius’ oversized jacket. Surprisingly, it did not look too out of place on her slender figure and even added a unique allure.Fortunately, when they had come to Mount Albus, everyone was wearing thick, warm j
Andrius began to study the mural.This time, he quickly immersed himself in the task.However, the more he examined it, the more profound he found it.At first, he only saw the lines resembling meridians and dots resembling acupuncture points and thought it was a diagram of cultivation techniques.Later, he noticed the little figures, paid attention to the central altar, and deduced the existence of the underground river.Now...Andrius found more and more details.For example, there were fish in the mural’s stream. If it were before, Andrius would not have paid that much attention to the fish.However, he knew better now. Everything in the mural conveyed something.So, what did the fish represent?“Hm?”Just as he was puzzled, the aroma of fresh fish drifted over, sprinkled with cumin.Andrius went down to the underground river in surprise.He found his jacket neatly folded on the side while Kate was already dressed, holding a well-grilled yellow fish and eating it bite b
The underground river was very deep.Andrius estimated it to be at least over twenty meters deep. There was no sight of the bottom. The surroundings were pitch black with no trace of light, making it impossible to see anything except some faint shadows.Kate did not intentionally dive this deep. It just so happened that she discovered the fish at this depth.Before long, she keenly spotted the fish in the water.She immediately signaled Andrius, and both of them followed the school of fish, swimming toward the unknown distance.The journey would be a long one.The fish in the river swim leisurely, but they consistently headed toward the distance.Around ten minutes later, Andrius’ expression changed drastically. He saw a faint glimmer of light ahead!Splash...Kate was also excited, and her swimming speed increased significantly.However, Andrius suddenly felt a severe sense of weakness. He became dizzy, his limbs were powerless, and he could not control his body anymore.He