Su Chen stood still and waited quietly. His intuition told him that there might not be any so-called treasure left here.
But it might be the place where He Xingyao spent the most time.
Just as Su Chen had said, as time passed, the relief in front of them finally began to move.
Large stones were falling rapidly.
A smooth wall appeared before the three of them.
At the bottom of the wall, a small door was visible.
"We have to break the formation again?"
Looking at the intricate patterns drawn on the small door that had been opened, Jiang Li subconsciously felt that she probably still had to continue breaking the formation.
"Breaking the formation isn't necessary, but we might need to offer prayers."
Su Chen took out the items needed for the sacrificial ceremony from his Qiankun bag.
He was familiar with the patterns on the door, but they were only left after someone had been buried.
There's only one kind of person who could make He Xingyao go to such lengths to personally create this space.
Back then on Mount Shu, all those who lost their lives because of the Thousand Machines Sect's sealing technique.
Su Chen's bow was a tribute to He Lianxiong, who had chosen to follow the same path as him without hesitation, risking most of his fortune.
More than three thousand years ago, even with annihilation looming, some people still harbored ulterior motives.
There aren't many people who can face death so decisively and calmly.
Although Hua Jingyun and Jiang Li didn't know what was inside, they still followed Su Chen in offering sacrifices.
"Let's go."
Su Chen slowly pushed open the small door and greeted the two of them.
The corridor behind the door wasn't very long, and they quickly passed through the narrow passage and saw a large area of stone carvings that looked quite old.
In the very center of the stone sculpture enclosure, there is a crystal coffin.
From a distance, it was shrouded in smoke and could not be seen clearly at all.
Who could be inside the crystal coffin?
Why were they buried here?
Moreover, these stone carvings look very detailed and are significantly more realistic than the reliefs on the outside.
Jiang Li was about to step closer to the stone sculpture when Su Chen stopped her.
"These people were the first link in the plan to cause the world to decline, and they also prevented the catastrophe from happening back then."
They were the ones we just worshipped.
Su Chen said to Jiang Li with a serious expression.
"Oh, I understand."
But how come you know everything here so well?
From those traps to these people, you wouldn't happen to know who's buried in the crystal coffin, would you?
Jiang Li's words made Su Chen pause. These stone sculptures were the corpses left behind by those people back then. Who else could the crystal coffin in the center be besides He Xingyao?
"You really know that?"
That place wouldn't be yours from before...
Jiang Li stopped mid-sentence.
These secret realms have existed for at least three thousand years.
After so many years of reincarnation, can Su Chen's soul still remember what happened back then?
If it's true, that would be terrifying.
Just as Su Chen was pondering how to explain, a series of sparse sounds came from outside the corridor.
The demonic cultivators lying on the ground seemed to have finally recovered.
However, they watched Su Chen very cautiously.
The two women clearly centered their attention around Su Chen. They had seen the commotion outside and were already familiar with Su Chen's methods.
"You have three breaths to get out of here, or don't blame me for not warning you."
"Brother, that's not how it works, is it?"
Although you are very strong, the rest of us are not weak either. If we really fight, you will not be able to escape unscathed.
Since we've come this far, why don't we all compromise and see what good things are inside that crystal coffin?
All the demonic cultivators were at the Qi Refining Perfection stage; if their strength wasn't high enough, they wouldn't have been able to survive in front of that relief sculpture.
"You have two breaths left."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Li drew her sword.
She could clearly feel the anger in Su Chen's heart. If she weren't afraid of disturbing the person in the crystal coffin, Jiang Li would have rushed up right now.
"I've never seen anyone as domineering as you in the North. We came for the treasure, but since you're unwilling to share, then we'll have to settle this with our strength!"
Before the other party could finish speaking or even draw his weapon, he was already decapitated.
The other demonic cultivators were startled and dared not linger. They fled frantically, using both hands and feet.
In their minds, there was only one person with such means: Su Chen, who kept them within the northern territory and made it impossible for them to cross the border.
Since Su Chen had already made his move, how could he possibly leave them a way out?
In the blink of an eye, all the demonic cultivators who had entered this space were killed!
"Don't go past the statue, I'll go in alone."
Su Chen gave a word of advice, then strode out.
These statues appear harmless, but in reality, the ground beneath their feet is a series of array points. Anyone who enters without permission will be directly attacked by the array.
The outer reliefs are there to confirm the correct person.
Only those who are extremely skilled in puppetry can enter this space.
And the only one who could truly and perfectly overcome the obstacle of the relief sculpture was probably Su Chen.
Because the core of puppetry was modified by the two of them.
The version passed down from the Thousand Machines Sect was completely unable to remove the external reliefs.
Su Chen approached the crystal coffin step by step.
Just as he had guessed, He Xingyao's body lay peacefully inside.
"This is not a place with good feng shui, so why did you choose this place?"
They even went to great lengths to move all the statues here. What exactly did you experience back then? What were you thinking about?
Su Chen carefully examined He Xingyao in front of him.
She still looks just like she did when she was young; time seems to have left no trace on her face.
Perhaps when He Xingyao chose to seal herself away here, she was still far from dying peacefully.
"Ugh."
Su Chen sighed softly.
"Over three thousand years, aren't you afraid that something might go wrong along the way, causing the plan to fail?"
How could you be so confident that you would definitely see me?
This crystal coffin is made of a special material, and its main purpose is to isolate it from all external interference.
At the same time, various measures were taken to ensure that He Xingyao's body would not suffer any problems over time.
This method was probably learned by He Xingyao from the techniques she left for Lu Wuyai.
As for the soul, He Xingyao did not have a magical artifact like the Tianzheng Sect, but instead used a secret method to seal the soul directly within her body.
This approach has both advantages and disadvantages.
The advantage is that, unlike Lu Wuyai, there's no need to go through another detour to find the body again and guide the soul into it.
The downside is that if it goes on for too long, it may be completely sealed by the secret technique.
This directly leads to the soul falling into nothingness, from which it can never be freed.
Su Chen had no idea what kind of inspiration He Xingyao had left for him.
If it is not possible to accurately stimulate He Xingyao's soul.
She will remain asleep forever, never to wake up.
To put it another way, it was a fall from grace.
Su Chen walked around the crystal coffin once, and after removing the restrictions of the formation, he slowly lifted the crystal coffin up.
If Su Chen didn't know about this, that would be fine, but now that he has found He Xingyao, there's no reason for him to leave her here.
But the moment he lifted the crystal coffin, he froze on the spot.
A small space was carved out directly beneath the crystal coffin.
Inside are several spiritual herbs that can nourish the soul.
However, due to the erosion of time, these medicinal herbs have long since withered and died.
Looking at the array formations around him, Su Chen immediately understood that He Xingyao had tried to use the array to bring these statues back to life.
However, when the secret technique was activated back then, no one left themselves any room for maneuver.
Life, soul... everything he possessed was burned to ashes.
There is absolutely no possibility of turning things around.
He Xingyao was well aware of this, but she couldn't convince herself to give up.
We can only try our best and do everything we can to try new things.
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