The entrance to the Huo Yuan Cave was destroyed in the Martial Law.
Fortunately, Wu Kejiu, Qin Ming and others had excellent memories, and with the aid of their magical powers for exploration, they quickly found the location of the cave.
The path ahead is a winding single-person alley that stretches far and narrow, as if leading to the ground. Logically, there should be no light here, given its narrowness.
However, to Chen Yun's surprise, it was bright and lush here, as if a layer of golden radiance was unfurled on the sides of the mountain cliffs along the path.
Wu Kejiu walked in the lead, not turning his head as he introduced, "This golden radiance is the light from the artifact of strange fire."
This was something Chen Yun had already guessed, and he wasn't very interested.
He instead asked curiously, "Master Wu, there has been a question buried in my mind for a long time. Can you help me answer it?"
Wu Kejiu continued to walk slowly, "Please go ahead."
Chen Yun said, "I have caused significant damage several times in battles with others. Although the Yueyue Lake Cave is vast and boundless, countless cultivators must have entered it throughout history, causing great destruction. Why are you able to find your way here based on previous experiences?"
Martial arts battles can cause significant destruction to the terrain.
There may be some places with reference points, which can still help determine whether it is the original location.
However, like Chen Yun and Kang Yuan's previous fight covered an area of hundreds of miles, the changes in the terrain make it almost impossible for even the best memory to locate it.
Such occurrences should not be rare.
Then, why can Wu Kejiu, Qin Ming, and others always rely on their experience from last time and never find the wrong place?
This has been Chen Yun's long-standing question.
The steps of Wu Kejiu, who was walking ahead slowly, paused noticeably.
Then, as he continued forward, he let out a hearty laugh, "Mr. Chen, you don't know this, but each cave heaven possesses an unimaginable power of the heavens and earth that operates almost constantly. It's just that our cultivation is too shallow to sense it."
Chen Yun didn't quite understand the meaning of these words, but he knew that Wu Kejiu had more to say, so he didn't interrupt by speaking and just listened quietly to the continuation.
As expected, Wu Kejiu continued, "So it is with the Yueyue Lake Cave. Why does it open only once every fifty years? Because in those fifty years, the heavenly and earthly power within the cave has been slowly repairing, allowing everything within the cave to return to its original state."
This time, it was Chen Yun who was taken aback, "Do you mean that the next time we come in, the landscape will still be like it is now?"
The voice came from behind, "Yes, teacher."
Chen Yun asked again, "Since this is the case, will the heavenly and earthly roots and various treasures that we take out be rejuvenated?"
"It will only restore the terrain and the spiritual energy, so some of the heavenly and earthly roots are relatively scarce, and we won't take all of them. We will leave some to allow it to sprout branches and bear fruit, continuing to grow more. Also, if a magical treasure is taken, the original divine energy within the Yueyue Lake Cave may continue to nurture itself, but it will no longer give birth to a treasure identical to the last time. Moreover, the time it takes for the original divine energy to give birth to a magical treasure is not just a few decades." Wu Kejiu emphasized this point,"It takes thousands of years, tens of thousands of years, or even millions of years and countless divine treasures as measure."
A voice came from behind, "Some magical treasures have been nurtured since the beginning of the universe. For example, the two most powerful magical treasures in the Yueyue Lake Cave, the Golden Scissors and the Golden Axe, are said to have been condensed from the original divine energy of Fengxia Cave when it was first formed. After countless eons, they were born."
Ah, so that's it. Chen Yun roughly understands the functioning of the cave heaven.
Then, if some treasures cannot be obtained this time, as long as the coordinates are recorded, they can be obtained the next time when one's strength is stronger and enters the cave again.
He knew that every coordinate was extremely precious.
After all, the Yueyue Lake Cave is so vast that even at the level of real humans, it's impossible to uncover all the treasures.
Therefore, recording information about where heavenly and earthly roots grow, where magical treasures are located, and so on, is very important.
As they chatted idly, they continued forward.
The conversation ranged from the creation of the heavens and earth to various strange tales and amusing anecdotes.
For example, Wu Kejiu and the others discussed the worldview, which indicates that the passage of time in the heavens and earth also has a cycle of birth and death, creation and destruction. There are five great ancestor calamities in total, namely Longhan, Chiming, Kaixuan, Shanghuang, and Yan Kang. Each ancestor calamity is separated by forty-one billion years.
Chen Yun knew all of these information.
Although he knew all of these information, hearing others discuss and guess the viewpoints was also interesting.
After a cup of tea's worth of time, the group finally reached the depths beneath the earth.
Wu Kejiu had just stepped out of the cave and pointed to the south, "Mr. Chen, that's the magical treasure I mentioned that would erupt into strange fire."
Before Chen Yun could step out of the cave, he saw a gold glow in front of him. Following Wu Kejiu's direction, he saw a small stone cave in front of him, which could accommodate only about 40 to 50 people. On the walls were countless symbols and inscriptions that he couldn't recognize.
In the center of the cave was a small spring of water, above which floated a golden lamp.
Accurately speaking, it is a bronze oil lamp, but with a small golden flame on top, which illuminates everything around it with a golden light, including the bronze oil lamp itself.
The bronze oil lamp was marvelous beyond belief, hanging in mid-air even though there was nothing below it.
The lamp, which was the size of a palm, was covered with all sorts of peculiar symbols.
What really surprised Chen Yun was that he had a vague feeling that the lamp wick seemed to have the thoughts of a living being, and this thought was constantly warning him and Wu Kejiu and others not to approach.
Is this lamp "alive"?
Chen Yun couldn't help but feel surprised.
He has obtained two magical treasures so far.
They are "Yinian Qizi" and "Bing Huan".
Both of these magical treasures are extremely powerful.
The former can help him challenge at a higher level, while the latter's power is earth-shattering.
Yet, even these two incredibly powerful magical treasures did not give Chen Yun a "living" sensation like the green lantern.
It is more similar to the feeling of the Red Gold Slaying Demonic Sword.
Chen Yun knew that the Red Gold Slaying Demonic Sword contained a sword spirit, which is why it gave the impression of being alive.
Then, now that this green lamp is transmitting a similar yet more powerful consciousness, it must also have a spirit inside.
"Wow," Zhang Ling couldn't help but exclaim when she first entered, "This golden lamp is so beautiful."
Wu Kejiu corrected, "Carefully look, it's a bronze oil lamp."
Some cultivators who visit here for the first time, like Zhang Ling, mistakenly think it's a golden lamp at first.
Upon hearing Wu Kejiu's correction, these people carefully inspected it and found that it was indeed a green lamp.
Chen Yun, Wu Kejiu, and Qin Ming were all high-level magicians, so they could easily discern the truth at a glance.
Zhang Ling, Sun Yan, and others were all middle-level magicians with less profound magic power, so they couldn't immediately discern the true nature of the green lamp and mistakenly thought it was a golden lamp.
This is a difference in magic power, rather than a difference in experience.
Perhaps it's because this green lamp illuminates in a gold color.
For a moment, the group exclaimed in amazement.
Sun Yan didn't quite understand and asked, "Master Wu, the light from this green lamp looks very gentle, unlike what you said."
Wu Kejiu shook his head and said, "You didn't see this green lamp unleash its terrifying might last time, so you naturally don't know its horror. That iron-armored general, whose power was comparable to that of a high-level magician, was chasing us and boasting his power here. He was almost killed instantly when the golden flame of the lamp illuminated him. Fortunately, he escaped quickly and narrowly saved his life. Afterward, a senior magician who had advanced to the upper stage came here. Although we warned him, he didn't believe in evil spirits and wanted to take it. Before he could touch it, the green lamp sprayed out a strange fire that burned him to ashes."
"Wow, that's terrifying?" Sun Yan showed a look of fear.
Qin Ming's face looked somewhat serious and said, "Not only that, but the senior magician who advanced to the upper stage at that time also had a defensive armor magic treasure. It was still destroyed together with the strange fire sprayed out by the green lamp."
What?
A defensive magic treasure, and yet the person along with the treasure was burned to ashes?
This moment, Chen Yun finally knew the terrifying might that this green lamp magical treasure contained.
Originally wanting to use the Ice Ring treasure to try and suppress the strange fire, he completely abandoned the idea.
Chen Yun knew that attempting to obtain the green lamp with the Ice Ring treasure was possible, but if he failed, he would certainly be reduced to ashes.
To gamble away his own life for a magical treasure that may exist in theory?
Chen Yun wouldn't do such a thing. He cherished his own life very much.
"I will only come to obtain it when I have absolute confidence."
Chen Yun was secretly thinking in his heart.
Wu Kejiu saw that Chen Yun did not make any move and probably guessed what he was thinking.
He said casually, "Alright, everyone has seen the green lamp magical treasure. Let's continue on our way."
"Mm."
"Magical treasures are indeed good, but if you are not destined for them, it's better not to waste time here."
Everyone was very wise and none of them acted as recklessly as that senior magician who was in the later stage of the upper grade fifty years ago.
Chen Yun followed everyone else to leave.
Although he didn't try to collect this green lamp treasure, he wasn't empty-handed. At least, he remembered the location of a supreme magic treasure. By the time he returned here fifty years later, he should be capable of obtaining it.
He believed that with the help of the "Great Luo Elixir," he would definitely attain immortality in fifty years. By then, the probability of obtaining the green lamp would also be greater than it is now.
...
In the evening, after enduring the difficult Ice and Fire Path, they finally arrived at a picturesque place with mountains and clear waters.
As usual, some rested while others patrolled.
Out of respect for Chen Yun, everyone let him take the first watch of the night.
At this moment, Chen Yun was patrolling around the lake near the camp.
He walked on the water while taking out the magic artifact of money to check its inside, wanting to see what was inside it.
As Chen Yun's spiritual awareness entered the interior of the money magic artifact, he saw an ancient book written with "Soil Transformation Art" inside.
Fuck!
Is there really a soil transformation technique?
Seeing this, Chen Yun was overjoyed!
(End of this chapter)
