My Xiuxian painting style is not right

Chapter 163: The Woman in the Stone Coffin (Page 13)

The valley is filled with morning mist, and the air is fresh with a hint of earthy fragrance.

Birds are singing happily on the branches, and the sunlight is shining through the gaps in the leaves, forming mottled spots of light on the ground.

Chen Yu stretched and thought he had slept well last night, except that the stone bed in the cave was a little hard.

He turned to look at Lin Qingxue, Liu Ruyan and Shangguan Wan'er. The three beauties were still asleep.

Lin Qingxue lay on her side, her long eyelashes trembling slightly, like a dancing butterfly.

Liu Ruyan lay on her back with her red lips slightly parted, revealing her white teeth.

Shangguan Wan'er slept soundly, holding her sword.

Chen Yu walked to Heifeng and gently pushed him, "Heifeng, wake up, it's time to set off."

Heifeng rubbed his sleepy eyes and yawned, "Leaving out so early?"

"The early bird catches the worm." Chen Yu said with a smile, "We must quickly find the Nether Pearl and then return."

Heifeng stood up and stretched, his whole body making crackling sounds, "Okay, let's go."

Chen Yu woke up Lin Qingxue, Liu Ruyan and Shangguan Wan'er, and then they left the cave together.

"Where are we going now?" Liu Ruyan asked, tidying up her messy long red hair with her slender fingers.

"Let's go to Nether Valley." Chen Yu said, "Heifeng said the Nether Pearl is in Nether Valley."

"Netherworld Valley?" Lin Qingxue frowned slightly. "I heard it's very dangerous there, with many ghosts."

"It's okay, I'm here." Chen Yu patted his chest and said confidently, "I will protect you."

Lin Qingxue rolled her eyes at him, "You? You'd better protect yourself."

Chen Yu chuckled, "Don't worry, I'm very capable."

Heifeng led them through a dense forest and came to a valley.

The valley was filled with cold winds and a spooky aura that made people shudder.

"This is the Nether Valley." Heifeng pointed at the valley and said, "The Nether Pearl is on an altar at the bottom of the valley."

"This place looks eerie and makes me uncomfortable." Liu Ruyan hugged her arms and rubbed the goose bumps on them.

"Yeah, it feels like the yin energy is quite strong," Lin Qingxue also said. The ice-blue jade pendant in her hand was emitting a faint cold light, as if fighting against the surrounding yin energy.

Shangguan Wan'er said nothing, drew her sword, and observed the surrounding environment vigilantly.

Chen Yu took out a peach wood sword from his storage bag. This was the sword he had exchanged in the system mall before, and it was specially used to deal with ghosts.

"Let's go in." Chen Yu said.

They walked carefully into the Nether Valley along a rugged mountain road.

The scene at the bottom of the valley was even more eerie and terrifying, with dry bones and rotting corpses everywhere, and the air was filled with a pungent stench of decay.

In the center of the valley, there is an ancient altar, built of huge black stones, engraved with all kinds of strange runes.

In the center of the altar, there is a black bead, emitting a faint light.

"That's the Netherworld Pearl." Heifeng said, pointing to the black pearl in the center of the altar.

"Finally found it." Chen Yu said excitedly, "Let's go and take it away."

They approached the altar cautiously, fearing to disturb anything.

Chen Yu walked around the altar several times, muttering, "How do I open this thing?

Do I have to step on the trap like in the game?"

He tapped the ground around the altar a few times experimentally.

Suddenly, there was a loud noise in the center of the altar, and the ground cracked, revealing a staircase leading down.

"Holy crap! There really is a trap!" Chen Yu exclaimed, turning to look at the three beauties. "Looks like we're lucky. Let's go down and take a look."

Lin Qingxue and Liu Ruyan nodded in agreement, while Shangguan Wan'er cautiously observed the bottom of the stairs and said, "Be careful, there might be danger down there."

"Let's go down and take a look." Chen Yu said, and took the lead in stepping onto the stairs.

The stairs were very steep and slippery, and Chen Yu almost fell.

"Be careful." Lin Qingxue reminded him from behind.

Chen Yu steadied himself and continued down. The stairs were very long and seemed to have no end.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, they finally reached the end of the stairs.

Before them lay a vast underground space, dotted with faintly glowing stones, barely allowing them to make out their surroundings.

"Where is this place?" Liu Ruyan looked around curiously.

"I don't know." Chen Yu shook his head. "It looks like a secret room."

In the center of the chamber stood a massive stone platform. It was empty except for a stone slab covered in strange runes.

"The runes on this slab seem to be the same as those on the altar."

Lin Qingxue said as she carefully observed the runes on the stone slab.

"Could this be the real altar?" Chen Yu guessed.

"It's possible." Shangguan Wan'er nodded. "Let's look around and see if there are any clues."

They dispersed and searched everywhere in the secret room. Chen Yu walked to the corner of the secret room and found a pile of scattered bones there.

There were still some tattered clothes left on the skeleton, which looked like they were left behind a long time ago.

"It seems someone died here." Chen Yu said.

"What?" Lin Qingxue, Liu Ruyan and Shangguan Wan'er all came over.

"There are skeletons here." Chen Yu said, pointing to the skeletons in the corner.

"It seems that these people are cultivators who have strayed here by mistake."

Black Wind examined the skeletons and said, "The wounds on their bodies were all caused by some powerful force."

"Could it be the power of the Nether Pearl?" Chen Yu guessed.

"It's possible." Heifeng nodded. "The power of the Nether Pearl is very strong and evil. Ordinary people can't bear it at all."

"Then aren't we in danger?" Liu Ruyan said with some fear.

"Don't worry, I have a solution," Chen Yu said with a smile. He pulled out a pair of sunglasses from his storage bag and put them on. "These are radiation-proof glasses I spent a lot of money on. They can protect against all evil forces."

Lin Qingxue, Liu Ruyan and Shangguan Wan'er all rolled their eyes at him. These were clearly just a pair of ordinary sunglasses, not anti-radiation glasses at all.

Chen Yu walked to the stone platform and carefully observed the runes on the stone slab.

He found that the arrangement of these runes was very special and seemed to contain some kind of pattern.

"I think I know how to open the altar." Chen Yu said.

"Really?" Lin Qingxue asked in surprise.

"Yeah." Chen Yu nodded. "Look, the way these runes are arranged is actually a formation."

He pointed at the runes on the stone slab and explained, "This formation is called the 'Nine Palaces and Eight Diagrams Formation.' As long as these runes are activated in a specific order, the altar can be opened."

"Then how do we activate these runes?" Liu Ruyan asked.

"You need to use spiritual power." Chen Yu said, "You inject your spiritual power into these runes."

Lin Qingxue, Liu Ruyan and Shangguan Wan'er followed Chen Yu's instructions and injected their spiritual power into the runes on the stone slab.

With the infusion of spiritual power, the runes on the stone slab began to glow.

When all the runes were activated, the stone platform suddenly vibrated.

The stone slab slowly rose, revealing a pitch-black hole.

"It seems that this is the entrance to the Netherworld Pearl." Chen Yu said.

"Let's go down." Lin Qingxue said.

"Wait." Heifeng said suddenly, "I feel something is wrong down there."

"What's wrong?" Chen Yu asked.

"I sense a very powerful demonic aura." Heifeng said, "Also, this demonic aura is very familiar."

"Familiar?" Chen Yu asked doubtfully, "Do you know the owner of this evil aura?"

"Yes." Heifeng nodded, "If I'm not mistaken, the owner of this evil spirit should be that thousand-year-old fox spirit."

"A thousand-year-old fox spirit?" Chen Yu, Lin Qingxue, Liu Ruyan and Shangguan Wan'er were all surprised.

"How did it get here?" Chen Yu asked.

"I don't know either." Heifeng shook his head, "But I'm sure it's down there."

"What should we do then?" Liu Ruyan said with some fear.

"What are you afraid of?" Chen Yu patted his chest and said, "I'm here. I will protect you."

"Chen Yu, don't be so stubborn." Lin Qingxue said, "That's a thousand-year-old fox spirit. We are no match for it."

"Yes, Chen Yu, let's leave here first." Liu Ruyan also said.

"No." Chen Yu shook his head, "The Nether Pearl is right below. We can't give up."

"But……"

"It's nothing to worry about." Chen Yu interrupted Lin Qingxue and said, "We have come this far, and we absolutely cannot give up halfway."

He turned to look at Heifeng and said, "Heifeng, you stay here and protect them."

"What about you?" Heifeng asked.

"I'll go down and take a look." Chen Yu said, "I want to see how powerful that thousand-year-old fox spirit is."

"Chen Yu, you're crazy!" Lin Qingxue exclaimed.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine." Chen Yu said with a smile, "Once I get the Nether Pearl, we'll leave here."

After he finished speaking, he jumped into the cave.

The cave entrance was pitch black and bottomless. Chen Yu could only feel his body falling rapidly, with the wind whistling in his ears.

I don't know how long it was before my feet suddenly shook and landed on solid ground.

"Fortunately, I didn't fall to death." Chen Yu patted the dirt off his body and looked up. The cave entrance had become very small, like a distant star.

"This damn place is really dark." Chen Yu took out a night pearl from his storage bag, and the surroundings suddenly lit up.

This is a small stone chamber with rough and bumpy walls, obviously carved out by humans.

In the center of the stone chamber, there was a huge sarcophagus with some strange patterns carved on it, which looked like some ancient characters. Chen Yu didn't recognize any of them.

"Could this thing be the coffin of that thousand-year-old fox spirit?"

Chen Yu muttered to himself, and walked bravely to the side of the sarcophagus, reaching out and pushing the lid.

The lid of the sarcophagus remained motionless, as if it were connected to the ground.

"It's quite heavy." Chen Yu tried harder, but still couldn't push it.

"Forget it, let's look around for clues first." Chen Yu gave up the idea of ​​pushing open the lid of the sarcophagus and began to look around in the stone chamber.

In the corner of the stone chamber, there were some bones piled up, with some tattered clothes remaining on the bones, which looked like they were left behind a long time ago.

"These people must be cultivators who strayed here by mistake." Chen Yu thought to himself, "It seems that this is not a good place."

At this moment, there was a noise coming from the cave entrance, and the figures of Lin Qingxue, Liu Ruyan and Shangguan Wan'er appeared at the cave entrance.

"Chen Yu, are you okay?" Lin Qingxue breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Chen Yu was safe and sound.