Idle game leads to another world.

Chapter 1756: Mountain and River Ball

Deep in the bamboo forest, there is a thatched hut, a few acres of thin fields, and gurgling springs.

It can’t be called a paradise on earth, but it is a quiet and secluded place.

I could still feel the chilling ghostly aura one second ago, and the next second I was in this peaceful place. The change was a bit too big.

Several people walked forward slowly, and soon they found a short stone tablet buried by weeds beside the pebbled road, with the words "Qinglan Valley" written on it.

Not far away, several white skeletons of large animals appeared in the grass, which looked like cows.

Further ahead, past the well, is a thatched hut.

The house is not big. Apart from the barn at the back, it can probably accommodate only one or two people. However, the preservation of this thatched house is much better than the buildings outside. The roof is basically still there, but part of the mud brick wall is translucent.

Standing here and turning to look at the lake, you can see the fairy air curling up in the water, shining brightly and exceptionally bright.

"No one has been here for a long time. Go inside and take a look. Remember not to touch anything that looks strange."

The magic is very unscientific, allowing the highly concentrated ruins to be preserved for tens of thousands of years and still retain their general appearance.

The same goes for spiritual energy. Perhaps because the spiritual energy here is relatively strong, the thatched hut and the cow skeletons outside are still relatively well preserved.

The doors and windows of the thatched hut were closed, but they were just closed, not locked.

Qin Yan took the lead and quietly pushed the door open a crack. Yang Yiyi and Ning Xianer protected her on both sides and could pull her back immediately if there was any danger.

The door made a teeth-grinding noise. After waiting for a while, I thought that if there was someone inside, there would definitely be movement, but the only response was silence.

Qin Yan pushed the door open from the side, took a look inside, and finally walked in.

This thatched house is the same as it looks from the outside, not very big. It is not the kind of house that looks like a toilet from the outside but has the space of a palace inside.

At first glance, the first thing that catches your eye is the straw raincoats and straw hats hanging on the wall, and next to them there are farm tools such as hoes leaning against the wall.

There is a small shelf on the wall on the left side of the entrance, on which are placed some woodworking tools. There is a stove under the wall next to the door, and the fire has smoked the wall black.

On the other side of the stove was a wooden bed with a straw mattress and a straw mat on top.

A thick layer of dust pressed everything down, almost as thick as a finger, but apart from the fact that everything was covered with a layer of dust, it was so ordinary and plain, so plain that people would forget that this place might have been inhabited by immortals.

Before entering, I thought it was some dangerous place, but after entering, I found it was just a thatched hut.

Li Chengxi observed through the monitor and was able to confirm that this was not an illusion, it was truly a thatched hut.

“It doesn’t seem like there’s anything special about it.”

Yang Yiyi also came in and looked around. The house was just not cleaned properly. It could still be lived in if it was cleaned up properly.

"It is indeed a thatched hut, but it is too early to say that there is nothing special about it."

Yugui flew out of Yang Yiyi's arms and pointed at the bedside as if Li Chengxi himself:
"There should be a secret door on the ground next to the bed."

This thatched house actually has a wooden floor, but the dust is so thick that no one can see it.

Yang Yiyi used the scimitar as a shovel, and with a few swipes she pushed away the dust at the location where Li Chengxi pointed, revealing something that looked like a trap door, and then she slapped him with her palm.

The wooden board broke into pieces, revealing a square hole that was large enough for one person to pass through. A slightly rotten smell wafted up from below.

I turned on the flashlight and shone it downwards, and found a not-too-deep staircase in the cave.

Everyone walked down the stairs, descended about three to five meters, and landed on solid ground again. This was a small basement. As soon as they came down, the most conspicuous thing was a "crystal ball" placed in the center of the basement.

At first glance it looked like a crystal ball, but as you got closer you realised it was actually a round glass ball the size of a fish tank, sitting on a mahogany base.

The glass ball seemed to glow on its own, and when staring at it, the faint light began to form images, turning into a mountain range covered in snow.

Qin Yan identified it and said in surprise:
"Isn't this Erlang Mountain?"

The image displayed in the glass ball is exactly the Erlang Mountains. It is as if the entire mountain range was shrunk down and stuffed inside, and every detail can be seen clearly.

Yang Yiyi was about to raise her hand, but Li Chengxi stopped her and said:
"Don't touch it. Didn't I just tell you not to touch anything weird?"

While speaking, Li Chengxi was typing quickly, asking Lei Lei what this thing was.

The God's identification function is not omnipotent. Li Chengxi opened the item's properties and only saw "a glass ball filled with magic power".

There is absolutely no use in writing it.

Since only Li Chengxi could see the images displayed on the monitor and he could not take photos with his mobile phone, Li Chengxi had to rely entirely on text descriptions, and he was a little worried that they might not be accurate enough.

Fortunately, Lei Lei was reliable and sent a message back quickly.

"This is a mountain and river ball."

It sounds like a very cool treasure, but in fact it is just a remote control for controlling the cave...

The snake demon cave that Yang Yiyi had visited before was actually a poor peasant cave. The real cultivators' caves would be very large.

Monks rarely share their caves with others and usually stay alone.

It is very troublesome for one person to manage a huge cave, so the mountain and river ball came into being.

Lei Lei said that the Mountain and River Ball was very fragile and its main function was to manage the flow of energy in the cave.

If a cave is left unattended for a long period of time, the flow of energy will of course be problematic. Once a certain threshold is reached, the Mountain and River Ball will turn into a handful of clear water and disappear.

Yes, it looks like glass on the outside, but actually it is a ball of water.

There has been no one in Erlang Mountain for at least a thousand years, and the immortals who once lived here had left even earlier. The fact that the mountain and river ball is still there shows that the energy flow in Erlang Mountain has been relatively stable, so it has been preserved.

However, this is not a monitor, nor is it a shortcut key that can move mountains and seas. It is just a remote control for convenient energy adjustment.

So don't expect to be able to see things like human activities in the valley through it.

"Anyway, don't touch it. You don't know how to control it. Touching it carelessly may cause big trouble."

Monks pay attention to the balance of the five elements. Although Erlang Mountain is not a small world opened up independently, it has been isolated from the outside world by magic.

The natural balance of the outside world cannot affect this area, so the Mountain and River Ball needs to make artificial adjustments.

If someone who doesn't know how to do it tries it, the most likely result is energy imbalance, which will not only cause a big explosion but also make all the spells of Erlang Mountain invalid.

When they heard Li Chengxi say not to touch it, everyone took two steps back and shone their flashlights in other directions.

Coincidentally, a set of bamboo tables and chairs were captured in the corner. They looked like they had been used for a long time and were covered with patina.

On the table were several pen holders, inkstones and ink blocks, as well as a bamboo slip that looked like it was not an ordinary item.

(End of this chapter)