Chapter 48 - Then I Shall Trust Them (2/2)

”We can use a puppet to test if it can at least come back from the gate, if it can, we can check the video to see what it saw on the other side, after that we can make our decision.”

Krune and the others immediately accepted the idea, and Yusa just so happened to have a puppet herself, it was a very weak one though, its power was between the 2nd and 3rd stage of Qi Condensation. Krune couldn't help but ask why she had a puppet.

”Isn't that obvious? With this thing I don't need to do any shores like wash clothes or prepare my meals, it's really convenient, it can also record and share videos, it's a must have item for every lady cultivator who travels a lot.”

Shinja nodded, she too has one of those in her spatial ring.

Ao and Krune just looked at each other, they had never thought about buying one before, but they might next time they go back, just the 'no need to care about shores' was enough to pick their attention.

Yusa went forward and set up a concealing formation so that no one would find them in this place, this time it was a good one, early stage core formation demon beasts and cultivators would have a hard time to see through without paying attention to that place specific.

”Well, let's dig.”

Even though they are cultivators, to dig two kilometers underground wasn't simple, they had to share the job between each other and even so it took them almost four hours to reach the sealed cave, fortunately, even though cultivators would specialize in one element, it didn't mean that they couldn't use the others, so they all used earth element until they got all the way down.

They were all surprised when they saw the gate for the first time, the elements were really spinning around the gate, it was quite beautiful, they looked around and just like Krune said, it didn't seem like someone stepped inside this sealed cave in a very long time, Krune tried to probe inside the gate but his Divine Sense couldn't pass through, so he could only look at Yusa.

”Alright, it's up to your maid puppet now.”

Yusa nodded and imputed the orders in the puppet, after injecting enough spiritual energy, the puppet came to life and started moving in the direction of the gate, after it entered, Yusa lost her link with the puppet, but it was okay, Yusa ordered the puppet to record its surroundings while waiting for ten minutes before coming back, that was to test if she puppet would be trapped inside or not.

”What if it doesn't come back?”

Krune shook his head.

”I don't know, let's hope it will, if not, we better not enter it before we reach core formation at the very least.”

Time passed and when it was finally ten minutes, a ripple appeared on the gate and the puppet walked out of it, everyone looked at it as if it was made of gold!

”Quick! Transfer the recordings to our communicators.”

Yusa nodded and sent the recording of everything it saw to everyone devices.

Turns out that the place the domestic robot appeared was also a sealed cave, although it looked different from the one they are in, it doesn't change the fact that it also had no exit, with that, one of their first question had been answered. Why haven't the living beings of the secret realm used this exit to leave? Because they probably didn't even know it existed at all!

But it was also good, at least they would be safe after entering, of course, that is considering the entrance would not close before they came back, the bad thing is that they can't say if the the ambient outside of that cave is hostile or not.

The group pondered a bit until Krune decided to talk first.

”Alright, the good thing is that there is no danger after entering, as far as we could see there were no formations or traps either, if I'm not wrong, the gates had been prepared like that on purpose for its owner to use it when the time comes, and that time would probably be when it had to escape straight away, so the expert who built it might even be alive still.”

”The problem is, without entering we won't be able to find anything else, sending puppets inside to excavate their way up is out of question, if that cave is as deep as this one, there is no way a puppet that we can afford pay for can finish going up in a short amount of time, it will keep running out of spiritual energy too. So we can only enter if we really wish to understand this place more, what you think?”

Yusa raised her hand.

”I say we enter, we decided to not go into the Furiu Realm mainly because of the risks of get in a fight with other cultivators, but now there is no cultivators from other powers entering with us, if even in this condition we can't take the risk, then we might as well stop cultivating, to cultivate is to go against the heavens in the first place, we should take this opportunity.”

Ao Sulian agreed with her statement, their group had already given up the Furiu Realm after all.

”Good, now we just need to decide who will enter, because in case the entrance closes, the one who stayed can simply spread the news to all powers at the same time, no guild will try to kill that person anymore since it will not be a secret that can be hold in the end.”

Ao was the one to talk this time.

”I say we should enter together.”

Krune looked surprised at him, could it be he didn't hear what he just said? But he waited for Ao to continue anyway.

”I might not know if it's too dangerous or not, but I know that I wouldn't be able to sit still while waiting for you two to come back, if the portal closes and the group that entered doesn't come back, those who stay will only feel guilty about that, at least, I would think that if I was there, I might have helped more than if I was here guarding a portal that closed, fortunes and risks walk hand in hand, since we believe each other, we should confront head on everything that come at us together, besides, even if the portal closes, it doesn't mean that there is no other exits, not to mention that whatever we find there will be ours. In my opinion, the gains overcome the risks.”

Yusa also agreed with Ao, she is a money grubber, but she still puts the block head and mister cool guy as the most important for her.

Krune sighed and didn't say anything more, if Yusa and Ao entered, he obviously would stay behind waiting to see what will happen with them.

At that moment, Krune, Yusa and Ao looked at Shinja.

”That being said, the decision lies on Shinja's shoulders, if she says we go, then we go, if she says we stay, the we stay, we trust your decision.”

Shinja was taken aback, why would they leave the final decision for her? She was feeling a little sad at first, she heard those three talking but felt like she wasnt supposed to be there, that they might not even care her opinion in the first place. But turns out that they decided to trust her as the decision maker, it might not be appearing on her face, but she felt really moved at moment, this goes to show how much they consider her own will.

She looked at the gate and determination appeared on her face.

'If they can trust me completely like that, then I shall trust them completely as well!'

She looked back at her new friends and smiled, something that she wasn't used to do normally.

”I say we confront risks together, share the fortunes together, and if fate dictates so, we die together, we shall enter!”

Yusa immediately jumped over and hugged her, she was really happy.

Krune and Ao just smiled after seeing that, Ao then sent a message through Divine Sense to Krune.

”It seems like our group got a new member.”

Krune nodded.