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Of course, there was also a disadvantage to this, that Foreign Dignitary Hong had used a prescription to cultivate, so the medicinal efficacy for his recovery was minuscule. Although Foreign Dignitary Hong's cultivation had improved tremendously, he had only recovered a year's worth of life. This was just gossip, so he decided to stop for the time being.
As for Xiao Li, after he left the prescription, he left the excited Foreign Dignitary Hong in his room and left. He did not return to his dwelling place, but instead went straight to the interior of the altar.
As Xiao Li ran, he thought about what Foreign Dignitary Hong had told him and estimated the most likely places to hide the secrets of the main altar. In the end, he decided on three locations: the first was the backyard of the main hall of the inner hall; according to Foreign Dignitary Hong, no one had ever been there before; the second was a cave near the Great Elder's residence, which was said to be visited every seven days no matter who was the Head Elder; the third place was only recently discovered.
As Xiao Li thought back to what Foreign Dignitary Hong had said, he discovered that this seemingly loyal Foreign Dignitary was not an ordinary person. He said, ”I found out from the Great Elder's servant that all the elders have been gathered in a secret place recently to discuss some important things, and no one has ever known about this secret place before.” From this, it could be seen that he also had eyes and ears in the inner hall, all for the purpose of investigating the important situation in the inner hall. Xiao Li thought to himself, ”Looks like there isn't a single person in the pavilion who isn't easy to deal with. Like little monkey and Old Zhao, looking at Foreign Dignitary Hong, who doesn't seem different on the surface but is crafty on the inside.” Especially since this Foreign Dignitary Hong even tricked the little monkey. However, this person seemed to be a bit cowardly; otherwise, he wouldn't have been scared by him and obediently cooperated with him.
However, there was one good thing about this kind of person, his life was the longest, everything he did was up to his life, moreover his behavior did not seem to want to gain power in the altar, if not with his ability he would definitely not just become a small guest official. It seemed like he was also forced to come here to do business.
Xiao Li thought of many things and felt that his thoughts were complicated. He hurriedly shook his head to get rid of the distracting thoughts as he thought, ”Why do I care about all these? I should think about which place would be the most advantageous.” As he was thinking about where to go, he focused all of his attention to check the surroundings. Now, he had entered the inner hall. The guards of the inner hall were not as relaxed as those of the outer hall. Furthermore, it was said that the people of the inner hall all had unique skills, so he had to be extremely careful. He immediately made up his mind that he would first go to the place which both Foreign Dignitary Hong and the little monkey were especially suspicious of. Firstly, this place was discovered recently, so it must have been the most hidden place, and it must have been discovered not long after Ying Ying was caught; secondly, no one must have come here at night, because the Altar Master strictly forbade anyone else to come near this place. Thus, he thought that this should be the most suitable place for night scouting.
Once Xiao Li made his decision, he would increase his speed, hoping to end it as soon as possible. He didn't have much time left, and it was already more than half the time he had left. With the help of the shadow, Xiao Li avoided the group of guards and finally made it to his destination after taking many detours. It was an unremarkable mountain wall. Currently, Xiao Li was hiding in the shadow of a mountain rock. He didn't dare to act rashly as he was afraid that there would be guards guarding this place. In front of him was a wide flat area where movement must have been discovered, so he crouched in the shadows and looked around.
Xiao Li observed the place for a long time. There really didn't seem to be anyone here. However, he still didn't feel reassured. He immediately threw a small stone at the stone wall, which hit the wall with a sound of 'Du', and then the stone hit the ground. After a few 'di di di' sounds, the stone finally stopped. After jumping out of the rock, Xiao Li checked his surroundings but still did not see any movement. He did not care much about this and flew straight to the edge of the mountain wall, searching for the mechanism to open the hidden door. This was what the little monkey had told him, that since the servant girl said that all of the Altar Master's men had entered the mountain, then there must be a hidden mechanism nearby to open the secret door.
Xiao Li didn't have any experience in this area, and according to what the little monkey said, there were two types of mechanisms: automatic and manual. Xiao Li didn't have any experience in this area, and according to what the little monkey said, there were two types of automatic and manual mechanisms.
Xiao Li followed what the little monkey said and used a stupid method to search the surrounding walls inch by inch. However, he didn't find anything abnormal. He felt very dejected and thought to himself, ”If the little monkey was here, he would have definitely discovered the secret door long ago.” However, there was nothing he could do. He could only search carefully, but he still couldn't find it.
Xiao Li stopped and thought to himself, ”According to what the little monkey said, this pavilion is very expensive, so it must be an automatic mechanism. There is no mistake, I must have missed out on something.” He looked at the wall again and again. Suddenly, he raised his head and looked up. He cursed himself for being stupid. He only saw the things in front of him but did not look up.
Finally, he found a slightly protruding rock that was about ten times bigger than the size of his fist. He exerted a little strength and the rock loosened a little, and when he grabbed onto the rock, he twisted left and right, and he heard a slight sound of rope coming from below. He hurriedly climbed down and saw a hole a few feet wide appeared on the mountain wall, and only one person could pass through it.
Without any hesitation, Xiao Li dove into the cave. The mountain behind him also closed up. After Xiao Li entered the cave, he discovered that there was another world within it.