Chapter 354 Descending into the Ground
"Do we have a torch?" Bai Rouyun looked at the darkness that seemed to be neverending in front of her. She could not help but feel a familiar feeling of eagerness and adrennailine that was rushing through her veins as she wished to experience the unknown world below the surface of the ground.
"We do not have a torch, but there is a night pearl in the second layer of the Primal Chaos Pagoda." Xiao Bao quickly found the night pearl within the pile of gems and treasures,and withdrew a few differently sized pearls.
Two were as large as an adult's fist, while the rest were varying in size, between the size of a loquat and a fingernail. The light each of these night pearls emitted depended greatly on their sizes, and the smaller ones only managed to spread a small halo of illumination.
However, Xiao Bao did not dislike them, and gave the two largest pearls to his parents, after which the smaller ones were placed in Jiaojiao's hair and Xiaohua's petals. Xiao Jin and himself took the medium sized pearls in their hands, and the group were ready to move forward together, adventuring through the dark tunnels ahead.
"Don't you find it weird that no one else managed to find the spiritual vein before?" Xiao Jin's voice suddenly resounded through the silence. She was looking forward into the darkness, but she seemed to be more occupied by her thoughts of the sudden appeareance of a spirit vein this close to a road. It made no sense that no one else had found it before them, but reality proved that it had been placed here for thousands of years without being noticed.
"When we were above ground, we could not sense the aura emitted from the vein at all. I am of the impression that there is some sort of aura canceller hidden within these tunnels, making it so that you won't sense the special aura unless you fall over the vein itself." Li Moyun's eyes were not aimed towards the darkness in front, but instead glanced in a direction blocked by the tunnel wall.
He could sense that a certain aura block was placed in that direction, but what this block was meant to hide, he still did not know. The block was so powerful that even his senses had been covered, and he could not help but feel quite curious.
However, Li Moyun was not going to explain his inability for now. He knew that if he said that he knew where the block was, but not what it was hiding, Bai Rouyun would hurry towards the center area right away, as her personality was to aim straight for the trouble.
He had, however, experienced many things throughout the years in the secret realm, and he no longer rushed straight towards the dangers, as a roundabout tactic could give him a better understanding of the situation, and better preparation for the final clash.
As a result, he simply followed behind Bai Rouyun and allowed her to determine their direction completely. He merely wished to see her have fun, and also be safe at the same time. He even felt that this tunnel was likely to contain countless chances and battles that would help her advance her abilities to another level.
Bai Rouyun did, indeed, not have so many plans like Li Moyun. Although she knew that many dangers lay ahead, she was not planning on intentionally exploring before aiming for the center, instead, she decided to let fate decide where they went.
Taking the first step into the darkness of the tunnel the sound of their footsteps reverberated through the hollow path. Bai Rouyun could not help but rekindle her previous emotions from the time when she was dancing on the edge of life and death every day.
"The walls would appear to have been eroded through many years. From the marks, it would appear that there was once a river here." Bai Rouyun was not all about rushing and being reckless. As she looked at the tunnel's walls, she quickly found that these paths did not appear to be human made, but instead the result of millenias with water eroding the rocks, little by little.
"But there is no water here." Xiao Jin could not help but look around with some confusion. She did not doubt her mother's words, but she could not help but feel weird as she did not find any traces of water.
"The water is likely to have already vanished from here." Bai Rouyun smiled gently as she looked around. "If you look at the path we are walking, it is tilting downwards, so I would imagine that the water has gone deeper into the tunnels than where we are now. We can keep out eyes out for the water later on."
Bai Rouyun could not help but gently rustle Xiao Jin's hair. The little spirit was adorable, and her thirst for knowledge was quite admirable.
Li Moyun was equally happy to see the current situation, but where Bai Rouyun smiled at her cute daughter, Li Moyun was looking at his beloved wife, loving to witness her proud and knowledgeable appearance. It was clear that their current situation was clearly her strong points, and she loved this kind of experience.
The group was in a great mood, but even so, everyone were alert and their senses stayed vigilant. Every sound and movement was noticed by them, and they did not rashly advance without looking out for dangers in their way. Even so, nothing happened as the tunnel kept descending further and further into the ground, swallowing them in the dense darkness.