Chapter 582

From the entrance behind the Devil’s Wall, it was all the way down again.

Tang Huayi muttered as she walked:

“In the past few days, it seems like we’ve been drilling through caves.

”Is this really a mountain with 100,000 peaks, or a mountain with 100,000 caves?“

”Since it’s a mountain with 100,000 peaks, naturally there have to be many caves.”

Ye Jingxue glanced at her and then reached up to pinch the hair at the side of her face:

“It’s just that there is a lot of moisture in the mountains, and there are also underground rivers in the caves. The humidity here is really too high. I didn’t feel it up there, but now that I’m here again, I always feel like my hair is damp.“

”After we get out of here, I definitely want to take a good bath.“

”We’ll have to wait until we get out first…”

As Ye Jingxue said this, she couldn’t help but glance at Jiang Ran.

She lightly bit her lip.

She still remembered what Tang Huayi had said to her earlier.

Now that she thought about bathing, she couldn’t help but think about medicinal baths… Some things are awkward the first time, but with repeated practice, you gradually get used to them.

Now Ye Jingxue feels that undressing in front of Jiang Ran has become the norm.

She doesn’t even feel shy…

This is not a good sign.

Could it be that in the end, she will also end up like that demon girl from the Demon Sect?

She had no reason to think this, and she couldn’t pay attention to her idle chatter with Tang Huayi.

Tang Huayi had no one to talk back to, and she also calmed down a little.

However, the path was not as difficult as she had imagined.

There were no more traps along the way.

In just the time it took to brew a cup of tea, the path opened up in front of them, and the sound of rushing water once again reached their ears.

Looking around, there is a circular stone platform in the middle of the grotto.

The two ends of the stone platform are connected by stone bridges.

The stone bridge is different from the previous one. The previous one looks as if it were naturally formed, while the one in front of them clearly shows signs of human intervention.

On both sides of the stone bridge, there is rushing water.

The strange thing is that no matter how surging the water is, it will not cross the stone bridge.

It is as if there is something on the stone bridge that suppresses the water flow.

Everyone looked at it at once and was about to move on when the eldest princess let out a cry of alarm:

“Look up.”

Jiang Ran and the others looked up and saw that there were two dragons coiled at the top of the grotto, with a huge “dragon pearl” between them.

The two dragons were lifelike, with every scale and claw vividly depicted.

It seemed as if there were really two legendary divine beasts guarding the place.

But upon closer inspection, they discovered that the two dragons were made of stone.

Jiang Ran’s eyebrows slightly raised:

“What does this mean?”

“In the past, the predecessors who built this underground demon country, when repairing the palace, did not spend such a large sum of money.

”These two dragons, I’m afraid there is another mystery.“

Tang Shiqing suddenly looked at Jiang Ran:

”You said…that divine weapon, it wouldn’t be the bead of these two dragons playing with the pearl, would it?“

”Two dragons playing with a pearl…“

Jiang Ran nodded slightly:

”Let’s go and take a look.”

Upon hearing this, the group wasted no time and walked across the stone bridge.

In the blink of an eye, they arrived at the platform in the center.

They discovered that there was actually another pool in the center of the platform.

The pool was not filled with clear water, but an unknown milky-white liquid.

There were also a few plants growing in the middle, like bamboo shoots, and they looked quite pleasing.

“What is in this pool?”

Ye Jingxue tilted her head and looked at it twice, not understanding for a moment.

He couldn’t help but look at Jiang Ran.

Jiang Ran was proficient in medicine and knew a lot about this mess.

He just didn’t expect that this time Ye Jingxue also saw confusion in Jiang Ran’s face.

He recognized the snowfish from before, but this milky white liquid in the pool was something he had never seen before.

“Could this be… the legendary fairy dew?”

A na suddenly spoke, his tone full of strong doubt.

Jiang Ran and the others immediately focused their attention on A na:

“What fairy dew?“

”Fairy dew chalcedony!“

An Na said after a moment’s thought:

”Although I have been busy taking over the position of clan chief these past two days, I have also found time to visit the Demon God.

“And from her lips I learned that the reason she was able to control the insects at such a young age was not only because she was a natural genius, but also because when she was young, she had taken the fairy dew chalcedony.

”Of course, this is the name the Demon God gave to this object.

“She said that when she was young, she accidentally fell into a crack in the mountain.

“There was no way up, so she had to find another way out.

”Unexpectedly, she stumbled into a cave and found a pool the size of a bowl in a cave, with ‘fairy dew chalcedony’ that ‘grew from the ground and was as white as jade’.

“She didn’t know the effects of this object and dared not drink it rashly.

“However, at that time she had not eaten or drunk for three full days, and she was extremely thirsty and hungry. So she gritted her teeth and drank this thing.

“Unexpectedly, just one sip made her pass out.

”After she woke up, she discovered that not only had her internal strength increased greatly, but she also had an indescribable feeling. Since then, she gradually mastered the method of controlling insects.

“Using this ability, she asked the insects for directions and escaped from the crack.

“This led to her later feat of unifying the 100,000 great mountains.

“However, after she woke up, the ‘small bowl’ of fairy dew and jade essence that she still had completely dried up.”

He said this and glanced at Jiang Ran:

“The Gu Shen’s life is extremely legendary, and she has had many adventures, but the Gu Shen claims that compared to this fairy dew and jade essence, all the other adventures she has seen in her life are a bit unremarkable.

“Unfortunately, she ruled over the 100,000 Great Mountains and had people search for it.

“But it was never found. I only feel that such natural treasures can only be obtained by chance.

”You shouldn’t force it.

“But now I’m not sure if this is really that thing.

”After all… what the Gu Shen said was too mysterious, making people want to believe it but also afraid to believe it rashly.”

Jiang Ran smiled after hearing this:

“In that case, why not take some out and study it properly after you leave.”

As he spoke, he reached into his pocket to take out a container, but suddenly felt a movement in his sleeve and something jumped out.

It was the little scorpion Mei had given him earlier.

Since arriving in the Ten Thousand Poisons Pit, the little scorpion had been sleeping in Jiang Ran’s sleeve.

Jiang Ran had almost forgotten about it, but he didn’t expect it to suddenly wake up at this time…

Not only did it jump out of Jiang Ran’s sleeve, it also jumped into the pool.

Jiang Ran was stunned. He reached out to catch it, but before he could do so, he heard a splash and the scorpion disappeared.

Jiang Ran was stunned, and then he asked around:

“Do you know if scorpions can swim?”

An Na and Zhuo shook their heads resolutely:

“Absolutely not!”

Jiang Ran’s face turned black, and he quickly reached out to catch it.

However, just as his fingers were about to touch the suspected “fairy dew jade”, suddenly bubbles appeared all over the pool.

Then the water level of the “fairy dew jade”, which had already been full to the brim and was about to overflow, dropped at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Jiang Ran was stunned, and without thinking about anything else, he quickly took a bottle to collect it.

After barely filling two small bottles of “fairy dew jade”, the pool was already empty.

The only thing left was Jiang Ran’s little scorpion, curled up and shivering at the bottom of the pool.

Jiang Ran picked it up and shook it gently.

After taking a closer look, he was relieved to see that it was still alive.

Then he looked at the empty pool and the scorpion in his hand, which had fallen asleep again… He was a little confused:

“Could it be that this little thing has drunk the entire pool dry?“

Everyone looked at each other, at a loss for a moment.

After all, no matter how you looked at it, it just didn’t make sense.

”Forget it, there are bound to be things in this world that we can’t understand.

“If this is really fairy dew and jade, then it can be considered a treasure of nature.

”In the past, the Gu Shen was able to do that with just a single sip, and although we lost a pool, we got two bottles.

“It’s more than just a sip… And…“

Jiang Ran said this, reached out and grabbed the thing that looked like a bamboo shoot, and pulled it out of the pool.

”And this… This thing was born from this, so I don’t think it’s ordinary.

“Take it back for research as well.”

He said this and handed the thing to An Na.

An Na nodded, and pulled the remaining two out, storing them all away.

After doing all this, Jiang Ran looked up at the pair of dragons playing with the pearl above his head.

After a moment’s hesitation, he leapt up and landed lightly on the pearl.

His body seemed weightless, and the pearl did not waver at all as he stood on it.

He reached out and tapped it lightly, and an empty sound echoed.

Jiang Ran raised an eyebrow, changed his position, and landed on the dragon’s claw on the side, and held up the pearl with both hands.

The pearl was not embedded here, and it was easy to remove.

But after Jiang Ran took the bead, he stared at the dragon heads on the sides.

He was afraid that there were also some mechanisms in the stone-carved dragon heads, and that they would be activated immediately after the bead was taken, destroying this underground demon kingdom.

However, after waiting for a long time, there was no change, so Jiang Ran let out a sigh of relief.

Holding the bead, he leaped from mid-air and fell.

The bead was not small, about half a person tall, and it seemed to be made of gold from the outside, but it was hollow inside.

After it was placed on the ground, everyone gathered around.

“Is this the divine weapon?”

“But… if the divine weapon is a bead, how do you use it?”

“When you are fighting an enemy, do you pick it up and throw it?”

“And then?”

“The opponent catches it and throws it back?”

“…”

Several people chatted casually, all joking.

Jiang Ran rolled his eyes, extended two fingers, and walked inch by inch over the bead.

The process was quite slow.

Although the Seven-piece Jigsaw puzzle had the ability to imitate the work of nature, it was necessary to examine it little by little.

This bead, which was more than half a person tall, took Jiang Ran a full incense stick’s worth of time to discover the clues.

Immediately, he used two fingers to probe, and he heard a crackling sound. A crack appeared on the seamless shell, and the crack closed, as if it had touched some mechanism inside.

Then I heard a series of clicking sounds.

The top half of the entire bead was opened at a dazzling speed.

The crowd could then see clearly that the golden shell was only a layer.

Inside there were extremely complex mechanisms and gears.

However, at the very core was a black, mysterious iron box.

There were four gold-stamped words on the box: Divine Weapon!

“It’s true!”

The Demon King of the Underworld trembled with both hands:

“The legend is true, the legend is really true!

“There really is this divine weapon!

”Legend has it that this object can change the world, can move mountains and fill seas, and has unfathomable power.

“Congratulations to Your Highness on obtaining this divine weapon, with which you can point your sword at the world and unify the rivers and lakes, and the day is not far off! !”

When he got excited, he knelt directly on the ground.

Ana and A Zhuo glanced at each other. A Zhuo’s eyes were full of doubt. Should he kneel down as well?

After a moment’s thought, Anna told him to calm down.

Shiqing, Jingxiang, and the princess all opened the box.

Tang Shiqing frowned, which was rare:

“This… the box isn’t very big.”

Indeed, it was no bigger than an ordinary sandalwood box, and it was probably not even big enough to hold a book.

Jiang Ran took the box out of the bead and weighed it in his hands:

“For a box, this thing is indeed a bit surprisingly heavy.

“But…”

He suddenly remembered what the others had joked about earlier. This thing can’t really be used to throw at the enemy in a fight, can it?

But if it’s a weapon… what kind of weapon can it hold?

“Could it be that there are hidden weapons inside?”

Tang Huayi began to use her imagination: “Once it’s in your hands, no one in the world can stop you?”

“That has nothing to do with moving mountains and filling seas.”

Ye Jingxue immediately retorted, then looked at Jiang Ran:

“Why don’t we open it up and take a look, I’m curious.”

Jiang Ran didn’t want to be a tease either, he was also curious about what exactly was inside.

However, upon hearing this, he still said:

“Wait a moment, let’s find a safe place to talk about it.”

He was still a little worried that someone might have tampered with the box.

Just now, he had examined it for a while, and was sure that it was not locked from the outside, almost as if it was telling the person who got it to hurry up and open it…

The more so, the less secure it is.

They are still on the platform in the middle, not the best time to check this object.

Everyone glanced at each other and nodded in agreement.

After all, the way out has not been found yet, so there is no need to rush to see what is inside.

The road they came from was impassable, so they had to walk towards the other side of the stone bridge.

After leaving this cave, it was a winding cave.

Following the cave all the way, there were gradually fewer signs of human activity around.

Just as Jiang Ran thought that his group had probably already walked out of the underground demon kingdom established by the old predecessors of old, he saw a door.

This door was very familiar to Jiang Ran.

Not long ago, when they arrived at the entrance to the underground demon kingdom, they were stopped by this door.

This was the second such door.

“…After all this time, not only was blood testing required when entering,

”but also when leaving.”

Jiang Ran scratched his head:

“How did this door open using my blood?

“This technology is comparable to paternity testing.”

“Paternity testing?”

Tang Huayi was curious:

“What is that?”

“It’s asking someone to check whether a son is really yours. It’s about whether there is a bloodline between father and son.”

Jiang Ran casually answered.

However, everyone was shocked.

A Na couldn’t help but ask:

“Could there be someone who isn’t your son?”

A Zhuo also kept shaking his head:

“Impossible?“

”Nothing is impossible…“

Jiang Ran waved his hand lightly:

”There are a lot of things that go wrong in this world.

“The old Duan family also caused a lot of trouble… Never mind, you wouldn’t understand if I told you.”

He had wanted to use the story of the Prince of the South King of Dali as an example.

But he figured it would be like playing music to a cow, so he simply didn’t say any more.

Instead, he picked up the box again:

“Since we are still inside the door, it means that it is still safe here.

“But once we step outside this door, it’s a different story.

“So let’s check it out here.”

Everyone immediately nodded, and Jiang Ran placed the box in a relatively safe position.

Seeing that it was about the right distance, he snapped his fingers.

There was a loud clatter, and the box opened.

There were no hidden weapons, no poisonous smoke, and no insects.

Jiang Ran told everyone to calm down, and he went over to check it out for himself.

He didn’t find anything wrong either.

He reached out and picked up the box.

He glanced back at the people present, but his eyes were filled with disbelief.

Tang Huayi couldn’t wait any longer and came up to Jiang Ran:

“What exactly is this divine weapon?”

He glanced inside, but was stunned:

“This is it?

”What kind of divine weapon is this?“

”What on earth is it?”

Ye Jingxue couldn’t wait to draw her sword, because one after the other, they were all starting to be evasive.

Jiang Ran didn’t wait for her to rush over either, and took something out of the box.

It was a scroll with golden threads.

Looking at the golden scroll in Jiang Ran’s hand, even Tang Shiqing, who was usually calm, and Ye Jingshuang, who had always followed Jiang Ran’s lead, were a little confused.

The princess was even more stunned:

“This is the divine weapon?”

“Could it be some secret manual of divine power?”

The Demon King frowned in deep thought, feeling a little disappointed.

Although a secret manual of divine skills is not unacceptable, Jiang Ran’s martial arts are already very high, so no matter how powerful the secret manual of divine skills is, it is just icing on the cake…it’s not even icing on the cake.

Jiang Ran shook his head, however:

“No, it can’t be a martial arts secret manual…”

If it were a martial arts secret manual, he would have inherited it from the word “devil” earlier.

The old clan chief made such a big fuss and took such great care to hide the scroll so carefully.

It must be more than that.

Jiang Ran pondered for a moment before opening the scroll.

Before he could read the entire text, he saw the three characters at the top.

“The Dragon Slaying Classic!!”

Tang Huayi quickly read out.

Although the characters were different from those of the present, it did not affect the ability of the crowd to recognize them.

She looked up in shock:

“Is it really a martial arts secret manual?”

Jiang Ran slowly opened the scroll, but did not see any text.

Instead, there were pictures!

Jiang Ran said with a face full of confusion:

“This should be a map of the Demon Kingdom thousands of years ago.”