Chapter 998 – Walking to the End of the Mountain Cave and Hearing Bad News (1/2)
Chapter 998 – Walking to the End of the Mountain Cave and Hearing Bad News
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Jin Yulu was still wearing that silk robe decorated with patterns of copper coins, looking like a wealthy landlord. But his appearance was somewhat more ragged now, as he was covered in dirt and bits of stone. Xiaode looked even worse, his clothes caked in yellow mud of an even darker shade than the tawny and ruthless light in his eyes. They looked more like some sort of filthy object.
Jin Yulu was stunned to see Chen Changsheng standing in front of the cliff, but his expression quickly turned into one of relief, as he knew without even thinking that Chen Changsheng's presence had to do with Luoluo.
Xiaode viewed Chen Changsheng with a somewhat complex expression. In the last few years, he had often unwittingly conducted himself according to Chen Changsheng's style and demeanor.
In other words, he was learning from his once-most-hated foe. For them to suddenly meet today inevitably made things rather awkward for someone as proud as him.
Jin Yulu asked, ”Your Holiness the Pope has come to see His Majesty?”
Chen Changsheng nodded. ”Did the two of you see him?”
Jin Yulu shook his head, appearing particularly tired. ”His Majesty is clearly inside, but it's impossible to get in.”
Chen Changsheng was quiet for a while, then asked, ”Is the Saint well?”
Jin Yulu answered, ”I have not seen him, so I do not know.”
A wary expression appeared on Xiaode's face.
Chen Changsheng said to him, ”The Shi clan leader told me of this place.”
Xiaode understood the meaning hidden in these words and said, ”Then we will have to depend on you.”
The Shi clan leader was renowned for his foresight and caution. If he were not sure that Xiaode could not succeed, he would never have told Chen Changsheng where the White Emperor was spending his secluded cultivation.
Chen Changsheng gazed at the black cliff, feeling the might of the sealing array, his eyebrows perking upward.
In order to resolve all the problems facing him, he had to confirm the situation within the black cliff.
This was a view shared by both Chen Changsheng and the Shi clan leader.
Xiaode also felt the same, so after withdrawing from the Heavenly Selection ceremony that he had planned and prepared for many years, he had come to this black cliff and started digging.
Jin Yulu also felt the same, and he had come earlier than Xiaode and dug faster.
At present, Xiaode had been digging for two days and nights without rest while Jin Yulu had been digging for four days and nights.
Just now, Chen Changsheng had also been planning on using force to overcome this seal. This method relying purely on strength seemed crude, even idiotic, but it was often the best choice.
Experts like Xiaode and Jin Yulu naturally understood this reasoning as well.
Regrettably, they had still failed.
There was no need for Chen Changsheng to try again, but he wanted to go in and take a look.
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The cave was on the surface of the cliff, but it was not straight. Rather, it inclined upward, then went very deep, and then went upward again.
Chen Changsheng followed Jin Yulu and Xiaode for an extremely long time before finally reaching the end.
Seeing the deep claw marks in the walls around him and sensing the traces of violent Qi, he felt like he could really see what had been happening in the last few days.
Jin Yulu and Xiaode had entered berserk metamorphosis, their giant bodies crazily attacking the hard rock of the cliff, the massive image of a lion or panther occasionally appearing in the dark cave.
He quickly noticed the peculiar aspect of the cave. The wall in the very front was extremely smooth, as if constructed of jade. There was no blemish on its surface, not even a speck of dust.
Jin Yulu explained, ”We tried changing directions, but we've never been able to get past this stone wall. This means that this place is the living pivot of the array.”
Chen Changsheng asked, ”What is the stone wall itself made of?”