Although Feng Yuan seed to speak in a very nonchalant manner, Qi Chen wasn’t so easily reassured. When it concerned Ah Mu’s safety, he couldn’t help but be cautious. However, a mont later, he figured that if there truly was an issue, Agunas definitely wouldn’t watch them walk into a trap.
"How do you use this thing?"
Dou Yanlan wasn’t that tense. After all, not to ntion Feng Yuan, even Agunas wouldn’t watch Ah Mu and the others get into trouble. Moreover, if it really was sothing dangerous, Feng Yuan undoubtedly wouldn’t bring them here.
"The ritual guides it, but essentially it’s about harnessing the teorite’s power to gain that ability. Hmm, as I recall, energy charging requires consuming the Ice Crystal Fish."
Glancing at the Ice Crystal Fish swimming in the grooves of the teor Pavilion’s outer grounds, Feng Yuan said. Veronia suspiciously studied Feng Yuan and said,
"Are you kidding? Those Ice Crystal Fish can complete the energy charge?"
It wasn’t that she was skeptical, but the energy contained within the Ice Crystal Fish wasn’t substantial. After all, they’re just ordinary creatures not even counted as Spiritual Objects; how could they hold much energy? As for whether they could further evolve into a Spiritual Object?
The concentration of energy here is not high, making it nearly impossible for them to evolve into a Spiritual Object.
"Of course it’s not to use them for energy charging, otherwise, even if you used all the Ice Crystal Fish in the lake, you couldn’t complete the charge. Let see, although the number of tis here is not low, we’ll wait for Professor Li and the others to arrive before proceeding together."
Feng Yuan could already hear the noisy voices of Professor Li and his team. He wasn’t surprised because there were no dangerous traps along the way. After all, this is a place that bestows power, so it wouldn’t be filled with too many traps. Otherwise, this place ant to reward the Tianqiong Dynasty’s ritorious officials would ironically beco their grave, which would be comical, wouldn’t it?
As for why they know this is a place for rewarding officials? The surrounding woodblock prints, although sowhat abstract, are quite understandable.
On them, there are images of significant rewards, including many famous figures from the Tianqiong Dynasty. This left Feng Yuan puzzled as the place was obviously not so secretive. Why did they only accidentally discover this place now?
"Is this... Tianque Holy Land?!"
The further down they went, the more familiar it felt, until Professor Li, seeing the pavilion shimring behind a curtain of water, exclaid in surprise. With his reminder, the archaeological team, which had felt a sense of déjà vu about the scene, were all stunned. They hadn’t expected this to be the legendary Tianque Holy Land of the Tianqiong Dynasty.
"Isn’t Tianque Holy Land said to be a fragnt of a celestial palace that fell from the sky, floating above the mortal world? This place..."
"But the environnt here does indeed match those descriptions. What on earth is going on?"
The entire archaeological team was thrown into chaos. The legend of the Tianque Holy Land has been around for a long ti, and it is even rumored to have the power to temporarily elevate Spirit Beasts to the status of Divine Beasts. None of them anticipated that this fabled floating Tianque Holy Land could be found underground!
This contradicted many descriptions, but other than that, the rest matched the archives. The starry sky referred to should be the flickering lights in the middle segnt, and the swirling heavenly river, the layers of water veiling the Unprotected Loft, along with other unique features, all had corresponding elents; only the location description was erroneous.
"Could they have intentionally recorded erroneous location details to conceal the existence of the Tianque Holy Land?"
"But beyond the Tianque Holy Land, there’s also the legend of the teor Pavilion. Didn’t we already conclude that this place is the teor Pavilion?"
"Compared to the teor Pavilion, which lacks detailed records, I still believe this place should be Tianque Holy Land, at least because it matches those descriptions too well."
...
mbers of the archaeological team argued over whether this place was the teor Pavilion or Tianque Holy Land. Professor Li, silent for a long ti, said
"Regardless of whether it’s the teor Pavilion or Tianque Holy Land, we must reach the core area. Only there can we uncover the truth. Arguing here is pointless."
With that, he quickly headed towards the teor Pavilion. Although everyone wished to know the truth imdiately, many still stopped to take photos for docuntation, to prevent any accidents that might damage the site.
After all, they’ve encountered ruins in the past that self-destructed without warning. Even though this place had few dangerous traps on the way, they dared not be careless.
Seeing Professor Li soaked from passing through the water curtain, Feng Yuan sighed helplessly, took a brand-new towel from Kong Qing, and handed it over, saying
"Wipe off, don’t catch a cold."
"Thank you... why do you have this?"
Receiving the towel, Professor Li instinctively thanked him and then imdiately realized, not to ntion that their archaeological team’s backpacks contained essential instrunts, even the students carried necessary self-defense equipnt, so why did this student...
"Don’t worry, we have plenty, and we stocked up a lot earlier."
Signaling Kong Qing to take out a few more brand-new towels, Feng Yuan grinned mischievously, causing Professor Li to finally take notice of Kong Qing’s presence. A mont of observation later, he exclaid,
"I see, having a Howard Snake in such situations is indeed helpful. It seems our archaeological team might need to train one or two Howard Snakes in the future."
He was aware of the newly discovered Spirit Beast known as the Howard Snake, but he hadn’t expected the Howard Snake’s capabilities to be this strong. At least for them, strength wasn’t the absolute factor; the vast space provided by the Howard Snake was a major logistical support.
Kong Qing hissed, scratching its bald head with the tip of its tail, not quite understanding why the man was staring at it. As for training Howard Snakes? Kong Qing regarded it as a positive developnt, for even though the living conditions of the Little Green Snake tribe had improved, in Kong Qing’s view, it was insufficient. Moreover, since no evolved form had erged for the Howard Snake, most were used for logistics rather than combat, which wasn’t particularly favorable for Kong Qing.
"All right, Professor Li, where are your people? I’m getting ready to start the blessing ceremony."
At this mont, Feng Yuan spoke, pulling Professor Li’s attention away from Kong Qing. In confusion, Professor Li asked Feng Yuan,
"What blessing ceremony?"
"The blessing of the teor Pavilion. I’m doing it; that shouldn’t break any rules, right? After all, we got here first."
Scratching his head, Feng Yuan looked sheepishly at Professor Li. Seeing his confusion, Dou Yanlan explained, after which Professor Li said in surprise,
"So this place is indeed the teor Pavilion?! And also the Tianque Holy Land! This... is rather strange."
"Tianque Holy Land? It seems, according to the descriptions, this should indeed be the place, floating in the mortal world, truly..."
Turning to glance at the teorite behind, Feng Yuan chuckled, while Professor Li curiously asked Feng Yuan,
"This place isn’t floating at all; in fact, it’s subterranean..."
"Isn’t this the mortal world? Floating doesn’t necessarily an hovering, after all."
"Oh, I see!"
With Feng Yuan’s explanation, Professor Li suddenly understood his exclamation. Previously they believed it was describing a location, but upon further reflection, it might have rely been an expression of awe. However, this signified that the contents within the teor Pavilion were likely extraordinary, and Feng Yuan’s ntion of wanting to use it left matters...
After a mont’s hesitation, Professor Li looked at Feng Yuan and seriously asked,
"If you use it, could it trigger accidents or cause damage to the ruins?"
"How could it? This isn’t a weapon, plus the power contained here is significant enough for at least hundreds of Spirit Beasts to use without any issue."
"Hundreds?!"
Though he knew what the teor Pavilion was for, Feng Yuan’s words still startled him. Agunas flicked its tail in wonder and asked,
"Why didn’t I sense such imnse energy on the teorite?"
"It’s not just the teorite. The surrounding space can also lock and gather that special power, didn’t you notice?"
Rolling his eyes, Feng Yuan retorted irritably. If not for this, the Tianqiong Dynasty wouldn’t have gone to the effort of constructing this place. After all, it’s just a storage site for teorites; there’s no point in making it too extravagant.
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