Absolute Death Game

After getting ready, Xiao Buli ignored Gu Yuexuan, who was still standing to the side, and began searching the entire room. The room wasn't very big to begin with, and it had just been struck by his Thunder Spell, so there were very few possible hiding places. Buli remained standing still, sweeping the room with his gaze first.

"What are you looking for?" Gu Yuexuan asked impatiently.

Seeing that his eldest senior brother seemed displeased, Xiao Buli repeated his discoveries and, seeing his relentless demeanor, Gu Yuexuan had no choice but to help him look. In a short while, the two had walked a circle inside the Stone Hall without finding what Buli had hoped for.

"Junior brother, it seems the treasure chest isn't here. Let's hurry back and report to master," Gu Yuexuan urged again.

"Wait a moment," Xiao Buli replied perfunctorily while his mind raced. To leave? Leaving meant there may never be another chance to return. Generally, if one finds a key or something similar inside a dungeon, it can usually be used within the dungeon. If they left this place, the key would become useless.

Thinking this, Xiao Buli's gaze fell on the well and the throne. If there were any secret chambers, the mechanisms were most likely located at these two spots.

"Eldest senior brother, could that well be the Gathering Yin Pool you mentioned before?" As he spoke, Xiao Buli headed toward the middle of the well. Due to the earlier bombardment, the well was somewhat lower than before, with its rocks peeled off one layer, but this didn't stop the well from continuously spewing out cold air.

Gu Yuexuan nodded upon hearing this, "Indeed, in fact, Yin Energy is a type of Vital Energy. If you're not afraid of Yin Energy eroding your body or altering your path of cultivation, using the Yin Energy in this well can also cultivate Cultivation Techniques."

Xiao Buli was momentarily stunned upon hearing this. He opened his tracking Vital Energy skill, and indeed, the small screen revealed a large, dark mass that seemed to be continuously surging.

However, the Yi Wood Xuan Yang Scripture was obviously a Yang Attribute Cultivation Technique. If he cultivated with Yin Energy, wouldn't that be seeking death? Buli shook his head at this thought, but he still noted down the location, wondering if any of his brothers would take this path in the future. He couldn't let such a large pool of Vital Energy go to waste.

"Eldest senior brother, do you think there might be something hidden inside this Gathering Yin Pool?" As he said this, Xiao Buli approached the pool to have a closer look.

"Be careful, junior brother," Gu Yuexuan, startled by his actions, promptly cautioned, "The Gathering Yin Pool is filled with Yin Energy. Even those who practice Yin Ghost Skills would only dare to absorb it from a distance and would never enter, let alone hide anything inside. You could easily be invaded by Yin Energy if you approach rashly."

Xiao Buli felt a chill in his heart and quickly stepped back; the seemingly slow-moving mist actually possessed such power.

If the Gathering Yin Pool wasn't it, then only the throne was left. Xiao Buli turned and walked over to the throne, circling it. The throne looked incredibly heavy. He tried pushing it but it didn't budge at all. Buli didn't dare to use brute force, fearing he might damage the mechanism. He moved to the front of the throne and randomly clicked around with his mouse. Suddenly, he noticed a slight anomaly, but it was fleeting. If Buli hadn't been staring at the computer screen, he might have thought he was seeing things. He carefully moved the mouse back along the same path, and as it reached the armrest of the throne, the change happened again. The arrow of the mouse cursor transformed into a large gear-shaped icon. Ha! There was a way.

Xiao Buli hurriedly clicked the mouse, and immediately there was a sound reminiscent of mechanical movement, but the sound was fleeting, and then everything was still again. Strange, Buli clicked several times, and each click produced a mechanical sound, but nothing else happened.

Gu Yuexuan, who was standing behind, seemed to have figured it out and uttered, "Eh," walking up behind Xiao Buli, "Junior brother, keep applying pressure. Don't just tug at it intermittently."

"Oh," Xiao Buli suddenly realized his mistake. Anxious, he had only been lightly clicking. Holding down the left mouse button with his right index finger caused the character's hand on the screen to keep twisting the armrest. The sound of the mechanism turning continued, and the entire throne moved slowly to the left, revealing a dark hole underneath. Buli kept the mouse button pressed until the chair stopped moving before letting go.

Buli approached the hole with Gu Yuexuan and peered inside.

"It's pitch black inside, so I can't see if there's anything, but it smells a bit off," said Gu Yuexuan, looking into the hole. Xiao Buli naturally couldn't smell anything, but he knew that without venturing into the tiger's den, one could not get tiger cubs. Instead of guessing, it was more pragmatic to go down directly. With this thought, he took the still-lit oil lamp from the wall. Fortunately, the oil lamp was made to look like a stone bowl, making it convenient to hold.

"Senior brother, let's go down and take a look," Xiao Buli spoke without waiting for Gu Yuexuan's response and started walking down.

Due to the mission, NPC Gu Yuexuan obviously didn't have much autonomy. Even though he was anxious to return, he had to follow. The two descended with the dim light from the oil lamp and saw that it was a square corridor below, clearly man-made and quite ancient. The corridor wasn't long; after about ten meters, they reached the end where a metal door barred the way, strikingly revealing a cell.