Chapter 972: There really is a door (2/2)

Long Feiye raised a hand to stop him. “Alright, I understand.”

Gu Qishao gave a start as he realized he’d fallen into Long Feiye’s paces. His beautiful face immediately fell while the others narrowly laughed out loud. Fortunately, they held it back. Han Yunxi couldn’t even figure out the poison plants, so Long Feiye wasn’t expecting much from Gu Qishao either. He asked instead, “Where was the wolf totem image located?”

Han Yunxi walked in front of the wordless stele and shut her eyes. Using her memory, she tried to find the location of the wolf totem in her dreams. Many times, it was impossible to recall dreams, but Han Yunxi had a fresh recollection of last night. As soon as she closed her eyes, images from the dream appeared in her mind. She quickly pinpointed the location on the stele.

“Here. That’s where the blood came out of the forehead,” she pointed at the stele.

Long Feiye and the rest looked at the empty space in disbelief. If not for Han Yunxi’s dream, who would be able to find any secret switches on the smooth surface? Han Yunxi looked at Long Feiye, then the rest, and asked, “I’ll...begin, then?”

Everyone immediately looked towards Long Feiye, Gu Qishao included. Long Feiye grasped Han Yunxi’s free hand and nodded. Han Yunxi steeled her resolve and bit through her finger to squeeze out a drop of blood. She was about to smear it on the stele when Long Feiye suddenly took her hand and pressed it down with her. Very soon, they let go of each other.

Unlike yesterday, Han Yunxi’s blood stayed on the stele a while before being absorbed within. And yet as soon as that happened, the entire stele began to quake. The altar shuddered with it, the tremors growing stronger like an earthquake! Long Feiye protected Han Yunxi and backed away, the rest following along. But all of their eyes were fixated on the wordless stele, afraid to miss a second.

As expected!

Soon enough, the scene from Han Yunxi’s dream came to life. The wordless stele suddenly split in the center. At first, it was just a long and narrow crack, but it soon grew wider as if pulled apart by a fordmless energy. Gradually, a doorway formed in its place.

Though she called it a “door,” it was more like a cave opening leading to an unknown world. It was too dark inside to see any light, so no one knew where it’d lead them.

“Well, well, so this was the big secret of the Poison Secret!” Gu Qishao scooted closer. While everyone else was hesitant, he had no fear at all. Very soon, he reached the entrance and glanced back at Han Yunxi and Long Feiye. “We’re really going in?”

“Mm,” Long Feiye nodded.

“Then come on already, I’ll lead the way for you guys!” Gu Qishao said before plucking a small night luminous pearl from his sleeve. In the darkness, the pearl gradually grew brighter until it illuminated their surroundings.

“I think we should take the lead instead, Gu Qishao. You should be more careful,” Han Yunxi said.

“I’ll lead the way, no problem!” Gu Qishao said as he prepared to enter, but no matter what he did, his foot couldn’t step into the darkness. It seemed like he’d ran into something hard, because there was a thump.

“You hit...the Xuan gold stele?” Han Yunxi asked.

“Seems like it. It’s this incredible?” Gu Qishao couldn’t believe it and kicked harder at the entrance, but almost ended up knocking himself off his feet. He staggered back a few steps until he regained his balance.

“It really is Xuan gold. Poison lass, this isn’t some illusion, right?” Gu Qishao asked in astonishment.

“Princess, how about you go try instead?” Gu Beiyue suggested.

These words reminded everyone that she had been the one to open the door, so perhaps she was the only one qualified to enter. Long Feiye’s gaze turned complex before he too, went forward to try it himself. His results were no different from Gu Qishao.

Han Yunxi stepped forward and prepared to try when Long Feiye pulled on her hand. Before everyone’s eyes, she carefully tested it out and...actually stepped inside.

What’s more!

As soon as Han Yunxi took the first step, the inside of the cave glowed with light. Following that was an absolute force that all but started to pull her in! Long on guard, Long Feiye held on before she was utterly sucked in, but his strength soon paled before the power of the cave. Instead of struggling, he simply used his other arm to hug Han Yunxi tight. Because of that, both of them were sucked into the entrance.

“Hold onto them!” Gu Qishao shouted as he pounced on Long Feiye’s foot. Gu Beiyue immediately grabbed onto Gu Qishao’s hand as they started flying into the cave.

Baili Mingxiang and Xu Donglin were still standing speechless until Gu Beiyue shouted, “Xu Donglin, Miss Mingxiang, get over here!”

Xu Donglin was waiting for those very words. He grabbed Baili Mingxiang and grabbed the hem of Gu Beiyue’s robes seconds before the doctor was completely swallowed up by the darkness.

Once everyone was inside, the opening gradually shrank until it soon disappeared from sight. The Xuan gold door resumed its former appearance as if nothing had happened at all. The surrounding shadow and poison guards exchanged looks of disbelief. All they could do now was guard the entrance until Han Yunxi and the rest returned.

But...just where had they gone?