5 Trials (1/2)

Ivan slowly analyzed the suggested ideas.

”If we are looking for a key then what is the keyhole? We don't know what we're even going to be looking for so that is not detailed enough to find an answer.”

”If we're going around in circles surely we should have found this 'foe'. If either one of the groups moved in a faster pace then we should've already met. However after walking around we haven't noticed any traces of any 'foes'.”

”Breaking the walls.... is actually not too bad. It's very simple and could be a possible answer for this test but the problem is... what are the repercussions? If the tomb of this cultivator were to have people breaking and destroying his cave there will be consequences. There might as well be a rune that will activate there is a certain amount of damage done that could self destruct the cave. For now... let's not try that”

”To check the walls and fire orbs... As long as we don't damage anything it should be fine. This is probably our safest bet so i agree with Christian's plan”

Christian took advantage of this to start displaying how great his ideas were but Ivan didn't waste time so he started to move people into positions.

Christian would still be in the middle but that is just to keep a look out for anything.

If they managed to find something and anything inside the cave changes then Christian should be the first to notice.

Dean, Pierre and Rose would be on the left while Ivan, Ayesha and Anne would be on the right.

Ivan and Dean's job is to check the fire orbs to see if there's anything special about them.

Pierre and Ayesha's job is to check the upper area of the walls while Rose and Anne's job is to check the lower half of the walls.

By gathering in this position they slowly walked down the cave to find anything discerning features that could be noticed.

Checking the Fire orbs one by one Dean was surprised to suddenly find that the fire orbs were very gentle. They felt like glass but had this durability that was as strong as iron.

However in this case that wasn't what surprised Dean. The reason he was surprised was that for some reason this fire orb suddenly detached itself from the

On the brink of crying Dean pointed towards the empty gap on the wall while holding the fire orb ”Uhh guys, I think i broke something”

Christian was interested about the fireball so he was about to grab it but Ivan was faster as he snatched the fire orb.

Taking a better look at the orb there didn't seem to be any damage ”I don't think you broke it, did you apply much force?”

Immediately answering him Dean responded ”I didn't use much force, only when I grasped it properly did the orb fall off”

Taking in the new source of information Ivan was able to make a conclusion ”This could be like a key. Rose, maybe you were getting to something. This is just a suggestion but maybe if we collect enough of this we can then escape this place.”

Christian wanted to take the spotlight so he added his own insight ”Nothing changed from what I have noticed around here so I agree that there may be more”

Ivan felt this could be dangerous so he mentioned ”Don't use too much force or there may be an unpredictable mess.”

With the discovery of the detached fire orb Dean shed a little bit of hope to everyone here. For a while now they were just wandering around without any hope of finding a clue but this fire orb was the biggest motivation that made them continue this arduous test.

Without rest they continued looking for any more clues an with enough hard work they were able to hear Anne suddenly scream.

Running towards Pierre she buried her head into his chest with her hands gripping tightly

No one wanted to take a closer look at their intimacy except for Rose that tried to show her concern for Anne.

Ayesha looked at Anne with a little bit of disdain but focused his gaze on the subject of the matter

What surprised Anne?

Taking a closer look at where she first screamed Ivan, Christian, Dean and Ayesha were also surprised.

But with Ivan's confidence and Dean's familiarity their surprise into a type of happiness.

Christian picked up their expressions and quickly ran to Anne ”Nice, you found another one”

Pierre and Anne were confused but Ivan stepped in to explain ”The walls have just crumbled. If you had that much strength I wouldn't be surprised if you were a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.”

True to his words there was a large hole in the side of the wall with a few pieces of rubble beneath it. If one looked through the hole carefully they would truly notice there was a small slab of wood

Ivan taking the slab of wood out notice that the center was caved in and the sides had runes in a symmetrical fashion.

Everyone looked closely but they couldn't understand what the inscriptions were.

Ivan found the caved in center of the wooden slab to be interesting so he placed the fire orb on top of it and found that it fitted perfectly.

Ivan told Christian to look for any changes since they found another thing and jested with Pierre ”When you said to break a wall... it somehow managed to work. Maybe the next one might be finding a foe.”

Anne sighed ”Please no, I have been getting a scolding from my aunty for not practicing my martial arts.”

Ivan passed the fire orb and wooden slab to Christian since he was the one who had the most free time.