A great adventure in the world of immortal cultivation

KP: (Pinching nose) Then, Han Buli, you tried to move the bronze statue again, but nothing happened.

Joan of Arc: 6.

Xiao Huohuo: Now it’s a choice between life and death.

Han Buli: ...

KP: It's time to make the final choice, Han Buli.

Han Buli: ...KP, can I be lucky? If I succeed, I will select the [key], if I fail, I will step on the [trap]

KP: (pinching nose) You roll the dice, but this lucky roll only has a 50% chance of success.

Xiao Huohuo: You actually want to leave your life and death to the inherently evil dice girl at the critical moment? Hajibuli, you coward!

Han Buli: If I don't trust Dice Mother, do I trust you two cheap parents? Damn, you don't even hesitate to cheat your son! (Pointing)

Xiao Huohuo: Happy.

Joan of Arc: Music.

KP: To be honest, it is true.

Han Buli: So, please, Dice Lady, please teach me how to talk!

Han Buli: Lucky, 6/50, success!

Han Buli: Quack! Die Niang, I love your teeth!

Joan of Arc: There is no process, the answers are all correct.

Romeo: No, you are also a mine clearance expert!

Xiao Huohuo: So what is the final answer?

KP: It's an hourglass. Han Buli came to the jade table and turned the hourglass over. As the sand fell, a secret door slowly opened not far ahead.

Han Buli: Damn, is the answer really that obvious? (Half annoyed)

KP: (Sighs) I am really impressed that you guys can be stuck for so long with Ding Zhen’s decryption at a glance.

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4600.

Chapter 166 Goodbye, my friend... (Time Sand Fourteen)

Xiao Huohuo: It’s so difficult. After all this time, the answer is the most obvious one.

KP: (Spreading his hands) I almost threw the answer in your faces, but you kept trying to figure it out for a long time, and it made me laugh.

Jeanne: Damn, stop talking nonsense, okay? Who knows if you, KP, are playing some tricks to deliberately cheat people. (Pointing and gesturing)

Han Buli: Indeed, let’s not let it happen that I predict your prediction, and I predict you predict my prediction, and it goes on and on endlessly.

KP: (Pinching nose) Am I so untrustworthy in your eyes?

Xiao Huohuo: KP, what you said is just like Lao Luo saying that he was not born - pure bullshit.

Romeo:?

Han Buli: Indeed, if you were a little bit trustworthy, I would not take the risk of luck in the end.

Xiao Huohuo: How do you mean?

Han Buli: Because the final right of interpretation lies with the KP. I'm afraid he'll suddenly change his mind and give me a bad job. If the dice rolls out, he'll have nothing to say. (laughs)

Xiao Huohuo: So thin!

Joan of Arc: It is indeed very thin.

KP: (Sighs) Oh, we are long-time friends with a common heart. When did we become so distant that we need to be on guard against each other at all times?

Joan of Arc: Okay, okay, stop pretending. Time is limited. Give me the GKD, you dog KP!

KP: (half annoyed) Tsk... Anyway, they successfully discovered the mechanism on the ground floor of the Imperial Master's Mansion. Han Buli and Zhendace opened the secret passage leading to the underground, and then began the exploration work.

Han Buli: Wait a minute, let me check my danger perception.

KP: Go down and then cross!

Han Buli: Tsk.

KP: After descending the secret passage for about five minutes, the two of you arrived at a vast underground space. It seems this was originally a cavern carved by a subterranean river. However, after "human intervention," the river's course changed, leaving only a flat rock bed nearly a kilometer long and wide. The surrounding walls were inlaid with glowing spiritual stone talismans, shrouding the entire cavern in a thin, dim light. You could vaguely see a massive object slowly trembling in the center of the cave ahead, estimated to be over ten meters tall. Simultaneously, a heavy, muffled thunderous sound echoed through the space, and judging by the sound, it seemed to be emanating from that object.

Xiao Huohuo: Is there a monster snoring while sleeping?

Han Buli: Danger perception!

Han Buli: Danger perception, 66/50, failed.

Han Buli: Damn, it’s bad!

Joan of Arc: Don’t be afraid if you don’t want to make your eldest son the heir. Daddy is here.

Han Buli: Damn, it's because you're around that I'm worried! (annoyed)

Xiao Huohuo: Happy.

KP: Just observe for a while, and I won’t give you any negative corrections.

Han Buli: Observation, 71/50, failure.

Joan of Arc: Observation, 91/30, failure.

KP: ...and then listen again.

Han Buli: Listening, 13/30, success.

Han Buli: It’s okay, it’s okay.

KP: Because of the distance and dim light in the cave, you can't tell what exactly is making the sound. However, Han Buli listened carefully to the thunder-like sound and felt that it was too regular and lacked fluctuations. It didn't seem to be a living thing, but rather the friction of some mechanical object.

Jeanne: A machine? A Gundam?!

Xiao Huohuo: Gundam grass.

Han Buli: Wrong, you didn't listen, so you don't know this information. I told Jeanne that my danger perception didn't detect any danger here, and the noise I heard up ahead seemed similar to that of weapon refining. Maybe Zhao Wuji, the old man, has secretly hidden some secret weapon refining method here. You might want to come closer and take a look.

Joan of Arc:?

Xiao Huohuo: Le, what a fast boomerang.

Romeo: Brother Buli is so bad, I like it so much~

Joan of Arc: No, you unfilial son! How dare you murder your own father!

Han Buli: I don't have a short father like that. Besides, you were the first to start. (Pinching nose)

KP:A loving father and a filial son.jpg.

Joan of Arc: I don't think so. I'm going to use my incredible wisdom to see through the sinister revenge of my rebellious son! (half annoyed)

KP: Then you have difficulty intelligence.

Joan of Arc: Difficult Intelligence, 9640, failed.

Joan of Arc: Damn!

KP: So, after hearing Han Buli say that there was no danger ahead and that there were even equipment refiners, Joan of Arc instantly became energized and started walking towards the behemoth in the distance.

Han Buli: I went into stealth mode and followed Joan of Arc from a distance.

Han Buli: Stealth, 44/80, success.

Han Buli: Hehehe.

Joan of Arc: No! I'm going to draw the Red Sun Sword!

Han Buli: Why are you drawing your sword if there is no danger?

Jeanne: Lighting!

Han Buli: Grass.

KP: Fair enough. Then, Zhendace, holding the Scarlet Sun Sword, and Han Buli following behind, quickly approached the massive object and finally saw its full extent—it was a massive millstone the size of a hill!

Joan of Arc: Millstone?

KP: Yes, the millstone.

Joan of Arc: Is there nothing else here?

KP: You haven't seen anything else yet.

Han Buli: Wait a minute, where is the mechanism?

KP: There are no traps. Zhao Wuji isn't that paranoid right now. (Pinching nose)

Han Buli:?

Joan of Arc: ????

Xiao Huohuo: Not yet, but maybe in the future. (Pinching nose)

KP: Anyway, you begin to examine this millstone closely—it's grayish-white, its surface gleaming with a cold, iron-like sheen. It's clearly a formidable magical instrument. Atop the lower, fixed disc, a hundred meters in diameter, sits an equally heavy, unmanned moving disc. The muffled, thunderous sound is the result of the grinding teeth within. As the discs slowly rotate, fine sand is continuously ground out of the gap between the two discs. However, this sand doesn't fall, but instead rises slowly into the air, gathering somewhere above.

Han Buli: Is there an hourglass on top?

KP: ...Yes! Looking in the direction the sand is flying, you'll find an hourglass floating about ten meters above the millstone. Unlike the ordinary hourglass that serves as the switch for the secret passage outside, this one is overflowing with spiritual energy, clearly an extremely advanced magical instrument. At this moment, the fine sand produced by the millstone is constantly drifting into the upper layer of the hourglass, replenishing the falling sand, achieving a delicate balance.

Romeo: Now I understand.

Han Buli: So, Zhao Wuji throws those 300-odd people into this millstone every year and grinds them into powder, right? (Pinches nose)

Joan of Arc: Damn birth!

Xiao Huohuo: Emmm, I suddenly have a bad feeling. I hope this feeling doesn't come true. (Pinching nose)

Han Buli: What premonition?

Romeo: Little Sand will be ground into powder... (Sad)

Joan of Arc: Damn! You dare you, you dog KP!

KP: No, I haven't said anything yet. (Half annoyed)

Xiao Huohuo: But I feel like you have said everything.

Han Buli: Indeed, in the end Xiaosha fell into Lao Luo’s arms and slowly turned into sand, then cried and said, “I really want to see the scenery of the world of cultivation…” right?

Romeo: Damn!

Joan of Arc: Ugh! (Ptsd committed)

KP: Tsk tsk, you young people, don't be so rigid. Am I the kind of KP who will give out knife attacks at the slightest provocation? If you get knifed, first look at whether it's your own fault. Have you been training well for so long? Have you done your research and exploration before entering the dungeon? Okay? I've never forced a knife attack in all the years we've been in the group. And you keep accusing me of knife attacks. It's really driving me crazy!

Xiao Huohuo: Hmm? Li + 7 Emperors? When did they come?

Romeo: (shocked) Look for your own faults, look for your own faults, look for your own faults in everything! KP, you look for your own faults every time you get abandoned in a group play session, okay? You look for your own faults when you can't find a girlfriend, you look for your own faults when no one responds to your memes, you look for your own faults when Nantong harasses you online and asks for your contact information... Oh, I'm the one harassing you, that's fine.

KP: Shit!

Xiao Huohuo: It’s hard to hold back.

Joan of Arc: I'm dying of laughter.

Han Buli: Then I will trust you again, KP... Let's get back to the topic. Combined with the information on the parchment notebook [Zhao Wuji is dead, but has come back to life through borrowing time], this millstone and hourglass should be the core magic tools that allowed Zhao Wuji to survive.

Xiao Huohuo: I think so! How about you, Old Han, see if you can smash these two things? Maybe Zhao Wuji will be reduced to ashes on the spot!

Joan of Arc: That makes sense, KP, can I use the Hundred-Step Flying Sword to attack the hourglass?

KP: ...You can try, but which sword are you going to use, Jeanne?

Joan of Arc: The Red Sun Sword.

Joan of Arc: Hundred-Step Flying Sword (Red Sun Sword), 4/100, almost a great success.

Gold spiritual root bonus, 55/70, success.

KP: Then, realizing that the hourglass magic weapon in front of her might be Zhao Wuji's fatal weakness, Joan of Arc no longer hesitated and directly controlled the Red Sun Sword to fly out.

Joan of Arc: Break it for me!

KP: The next second, accompanied by Jeanne's shout, the Red Sun Sword transformed into a golden and red blade light, striking directly at the hourglass in mid-air. However, to everyone's surprise, despite this blow that could split gold and stone, the hourglass remained unscathed. Instead, it emitted an inexplicable wave. Under this wave, the Red Sun Sword's light quickly dimmed, and the blade trembled violently, almost breaking!