The Ancient Realm Goddess
Stone House
The huge creature snorted after hearing Qing Yue'er's remark. He growled so hard that the ground shook again. Unfortunately Qing Yue'er did not turn her head in the slightest. The girl ignored him and continued moving north.
The demonic beast was finally only able to swallow its annoyance. He himself did not have the strength to leave this place, so just let the girl go. There is no safe place in the Devil's abyss.
However, something surprised him. All this time there were only a few people who were able to move up here. Most of them were unable to deal with low-class demons that had no shackles.
Their numbers are not small. It took strength and determination to make it here. The girl was young and alone, that meant her strength and determination became something that surpassed other humans in general.
The demon stared far north. The sky there still remained fiery red. Maybe there is an opportunity to get out of this place, but everything will not be that easy.
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Qing Yue'er continued to run forward. Cracks on the ground instead of decreasing even more in number. The size also becomes wider. What was originally only the size of two fingers, now became as wide as a human skull.
He became more cautious. Just a little careless might make his foot slip and get into the hot lava.
The air there is also getting hotter. It was really an arid land. Why is it more like a volcano? However, he did not see any mountains in this place.
Qing Yue'er walked down a steep road. Then he saw a few more shackled demons. The further north the demon he encountered would get bigger and scarier. Surprisingly they all always said the same thing, which was to prohibit him from going north.
However, it was increasingly forbidden instead of making Qing Yue'er stop. He became even more curious and wanted to arrive soon. Mo Jingtian told him to go there, but the demons forbade him. In this sense alone the two entities already have conflicting thoughts.
This time Qing Yue'er already had no idea how long time had passed. He stopped his steps for a moment. His body was already tired, if he still continued maybe his bones would fall out soon.
To be honest here even though the nature looks more dangerous, but there are no demons attacking. It was because the demons in this section had shackles that kept them quiet in place.
Maybe he should find a safer place, to rest for a moment to recover his energy.
Qing Yue'er researched the place where she was. Suddenly his eyes were fixed on the stone house that was on the side of the cliff. The stone house consists of an arrangement of stone slabs that must have been taken from this place.
"Should I go there?" qing Yue'er asked Ying Jun and Taotie.
"Yes, it's been days since you came to this place. At least restore your strength first," Ying Jun replied. He did not detect any danger from the stone house. Maybe there's nothing bad there.
Finally Qing Yue'er walked towards the stone house. He circulated his spirit power for a while, but there was nothing to be found. It also seemed that no one was occupying it.
He hit the door made of stone up to several times, but there was no response from within. Could it be that he had to open it himself?
In addition, around the writing there are also foreign runes that are connected to each other. Qing Yue'er's hand moved to touch. There was a foreign feeling that touched his heart. It was something that felt old-fashioned.
"Do you know what this is?" qing Yue'er asked.
Ying Jun and Taotie glanced at each other. They shake each other's heads. Either because you don't know or because you don't want to tell.
"That rune feels ancient," Ying Jun replied.
Qing Yue'er immediately snorted. It wasn't the answer she wanted, but it was more specific. If that's what he himself knows without asking.
He wanted to ignore it, but his interest had been aroused. Just this time he saw such a strange rune. Maybe it is a relic from the owner of this house. All right, maybe he should find out inside.
Qing Yue'er finally pushed the door. It was quite heavy because it was indeed made of stone, or also because it was never used again. It was obvious that he had used quite a lot of strength just to open it.
When the door was opened, a slightly stuffy air went straight into his nose. He was shocked because the state of the air here was very different from the one outside. If it's so hot outside then it's a little cold and quiet here.
"Is this house built specifically?" Qing Yue'er muttered to herself. He saw a very small house. It might only be liveable for one or two people only.
Suddenly his gaze fell on the stone box in the corner of the room. There was nothing else here, only the box had caught his attention. It's not that big, maybe as big as a human head.
Qing Yue'er immediately walked up to the box. His spirit power was scattered to check if there was any danger hidden there. However, until a moment he did not find any danger.
He held the cold box, then figured out how to open it. There was no keyhole or anything that allowed him to open it. There is only a carving in the shape of a three-petalled Lanhua flower on the lid.
"How do I open it?" Qing Yue'er tried to unscrew the box using her power. He even channeled spiritual qi to force it open.
After that, there was no movement. Qing Yue'er became curious, what exactly was inside.
"Try to drip your blood on the carving" Ying Jun said.
Qing Yue'er was stunned. Maybe he should try Ying Jun's proposal. He bit his finger until it bled. Then he dripped his blood on the engraving of the flower.
What happened next really made Qing Yue'er happy. His blood droplets flowed and spread throughout the flower carvings. It was not much but the red color managed to put it all together.
Suddenly a 'click' sound indicating an open key was heard. Qing Yue'er directly took the box and opened it slowly.