Chapter 35: The sealed stone chamber

After hearing my simple explanation, Old Zhang’s mood calmed down a little. After all, it wasn’t a real blue-eyed fox in front of him, and he could barely accept a stone.

However, when he heard this, Chengxin became interested and asked, “Chengyi, tell me more.”

I didn’t rush to answer Brother Chengxin’s question, but said, “Let’s take a look first, and then we’ll talk about whether there’s a way out.” After all, I was only judging things based on the handwritten notes left by my master, but in the end, everything here was strange. If I couldn’t find a way out, I wouldn’t have the heart to sit down and talk about the Charmstone.

“Well, let’s find a way out first.” Old Zhang didn’t want to stay in such a place for a moment, and quickly nodded.

Ruoxue, on the other hand, seemed to be aimlessly walking around, and Wu Laogui followed her closely, muttering something that I couldn’t hear. I only heard one sentence: “Miss Ruoxue, do you have any sisters or younger sisters?” Ruoxue ignored him.

Sister? If the strange girl Ru Yue came, I’m afraid it would be enough to drink a pot! No, two pots!

I thought to myself, and began to look for a way out of this stone room. Although there were eight fox lamps lit, this stone room was still half-hidden in darkness. It was not clear until you got close, and you could only walk over to see if the way out was over there.

With the help of the fox lamps, the flashlight’s light could easily penetrate the darkness, illuminating the remaining half of the stone chamber.

The remaining half of the stone room was just as I had guessed, with the walls at the end covered in large and small blue-eyed foxes. The eyes were particularly lifelike, but apart from the two with small enchanted stones, the rest were just real murals.

However, with the fox lamp lit and the flashlight’s light, the enchanting stone could not exert its so-called “power,” and it did not affect us, but the three of us did not look good, because this was clearly a closed stone room. At least I didn’t see any way out.

I was not giving up hope, so I simply walked to the wall covered with foxes, feeling and knocking on it one by one. In my heart, since this place is ventilated, there is definitely no way out. Maybe this wall is hollow.

I didn’t want to miss a single inch of the wall, so I kept knocking on it. Seeing my actions, Lao Zhang and Chengxin also understood what I meant, and quickly came to help knock on the wall, also not wanting to miss a single inch.

We spent two whole hours knocking on this wall, not sparing even the corners at the highest and lowest points. The fact that it was a solid wall struck us mercilessly.

What should we do? Should we go back the way we came? That would be difficult, because it was a downward slope with a few steep sections that were hard to climb, but it wasn’t an insurmountable problem.

The most annoying thing is the problem with the wolves! If they haven’t dispersed yet, or if they have dispersed but see us coming out and follow us… I don’t think we’ll have that much luck seeing such a snow cave again.

“Let’s take a break,” said Chengxin, smiling. Unlike my impatience, he was able to maintain a gentle smile and was mentally stronger than me.

“Then let’s rest for a while.” Old Zhang’s disappointment was unconcealed, and he sat down on a stone platform.

Speaking of this stone platform, it is the only thing in this stone room. It is placed in front of the wall with foxes painted on it. We had also noticed it before, but after some observation and tinkering, we decided that it was a natural stone, just one side of which had been smoothed out, and then for some reason it had been brought down to this place.

The three of us were silent, but Ruoxue didn’t say anything. She was still the same, getting up and walking around from time to time, looking around, and sitting down from time to time, looking more and more confused.

“Old Zhang, don’t be discouraged. There must be an exit here because it’s well ventilated. The worst thing that can happen is that we climb back the same way we came and fight to the death with those wolf cubs. If that doesn’t work, we don’t have to go to the depths of the old forest. Let’s go back. There are rivers, lakes and seas waiting for me and Chengyi. You should go back and live a good life.” Chengxin said gently.

This time, Old Zhang didn’t smoke a pipe, but instead asked me for a cigarette and lit it. After a long silence, he said, “To be honest, I really want to go to the depths of the old forest, for my ancestors and for myself. I’ve spent most of my life here, and my life has been just like that, happy and ordinary. But when I think back, I always want to live a different life. After seeing so much, I want to see more. I can also brag to my old buddies when I go back that I saw the blue-eyed fox. You can believe it or not.”

Chengxin patted Zhang on the shoulder to show his understanding. If humans lose their curiosity and the desire to explore, what will they have to talk about in the future? Our goal is always the Milky Way, a world that is bound to be more exciting, even though we are still standing at the starting point.

I can certainly understand Zhang’s feelings, but I’m more worried about Ruoxue’s situation. She’s always been so calm, but after entering this tomb, something’s wrong with her. Even Wu Laogui is looking at Ruoxue, who seems to be sleepwalking, with a strange expression.

I couldn’t help but shout, “Ru Xue, come here.” At the same time, my heart was beating violently. If Ru Xue didn’t respond to me, it could only mean that she hadn’t woken up from the “eye world” and had already fallen into it.

But that doesn’t make sense. She asked me a question in the middle of the way. What is the situation with Ru Xue? My palms are sweating. Is this a sign of concern?

“Hmm?” Fortunately, Ru Xue responded to my words. When she saw me calling her, she immediately turned her head and looked at me.

I don’t know why, but when I looked at Ru Xue’s confused expression, I suddenly felt an inexplicable pain in my heart. The pain instantly filled my heart, but I didn’t know where it came from.

“Come sit down, I’ll tell you about the blue-eyed fox.” I forced a smile and patted the large rock beneath me, pretending to be excited and speaking loudly to Ru Xue.

“Mmm.” Ru Xue returned to her usual calm and composed expression, like a submissive deer, and walked a few steps to my side, climbed onto the large rock, sat down next to me, and even snuggled up to my shoulder.

I didn’t understand why, after arriving in the forest, Ru Xue seemed to have let go of me. She didn’t care about the things that had troubled us for so many years, bound us, and could only watch from afar. She was attached to me, intimate, and even her emotions had become rich.

She leaned against me, and I held her hand. It was a little cold, but I didn’t think about it too much. I just wanted to use the warmth of my palm to warm Ru Xue’s hand. In addition, after she leaned against me, my heartache inexplicably disappeared, subsided, and became calm again.

Chengxin was happy to see our intimacy. He once said, “Chengyi, when you and Ruoxue are in the forest, don’t be awkward. Just think of it as entering a small world that has nothing to do with the outside world, and be happy.”

Cheng Xin’s words were simple, but his affection for me was not simple. He didn’t want me to be so miserable.

As for Old Zhang, he didn’t care at all. A man who has lived for half his life wouldn’t be surprised to see a young man in love.

Wu Laogui began to mutter again, “Miss Snow, do you have any sisters or brothers?”

We laughed, and I said, “Let’s talk about the enchanting stone. If it can exist in large quantities, it will definitely be the best thing for us cultivators. I said that it stores in a different direction. What it can store is powerful thoughts, spiritual power, and spiritual energy to influence others. It is equivalent to letting others fall into your own spiritual world. This is like the same principle that we cultivate jade on a daily basis, filling it with a positive magnetic field to help our own fortunes! That is why it is called the “Enchanting Stone.” The handwritten notes of the master say that a long time ago, there was such a sect…”