A soft moan escaped, causing both of their faces to flush.
When Meng Xiaoyu first heard the moan, she didn’t react immediately.
But within just two seconds, her face turned red.
How could that sound be so similar to the one she made when she was with Han Rubing and her sister doing that kind of thing?
What was going on with this person to make such an embarrassing sound?
Not realizing she was the culprit, Meng Xiaoyu silently blamed Ling Yuer for being impure in her heart.
Ling Yuer, on the other hand, was dying of embarrassment and anger.
“How could I make such a sound?
It’s so humiliating.
It’s all Xiaoyu’s fault.
Why did she have to lick my neck?
Doesn’t she know my neck is very sensitive?
Is she trying to seduce me?
But even if you want to seduce me, you have to consider the time and place!”
With these thoughts, the two of them continued walking in silence, each lost in their own thoughts.
It wasn’t until more than half an hour later that someone finally broke the silence.
“Where is this?”
Meng Xiaoyu asked as she jumped off Ling Yuer’s back, examining the stone door in front of them.
“This should be the secret chamber we’re looking for,” Ling Yuer said, also examining the stone door.
“Oh!
But how do we get in?”
Meng Xiaoyu asked after trying to push the door and finding it wouldn’t budge.
“There must be some kind of mechanism!”
“But we just searched all around and didn’t find any mechanism!”
“There might be something we missed.
Let’s search more carefully!”
Ling Yuer said, and then started searching again on her own.
“Oh!”
Hearing Ling Yuer’s words, Meng Xiaoyu had no choice but to join her in searching again.
Half an hour later, Meng Xiaoyu said, “No, we can’t find it!
There’s nothing but stone walls around here, and we can’t find anything that looks like a mechanism!”
“Indeed, we haven’t found any mechanism,” Ling Yuer also stopped searching.
“Do you think this stone door doesn’t have a mechanism at all and is just meant to be pushed open with force?”
Meng Xiaoyu said with a bit of amusement.
“Impossible.
Such a heavy stone door would be very difficult to push open with just force,” Ling Yuer replied seriously.
“True!
But if it’s not meant to be pushed open and we can’t find a mechanism, how are we supposed to open this stone door?”
Meng Xiaoyu said, idly kicking a small stone on the ground.
Then, “Ouch…
that hurts!”
“What happened?
What’s wrong?”
Ling Yuer hurried over to her when she heard Meng Xiaoyu’s cry.
“Nothing, nothing, I just accidentally kicked a stone…”
Meng Xiaoyu stopped mid-sentence, looking down at the small stone that had hurt her foot.
“What’s wrong?”
Ling Yuer asked, puzzled, seeing Meng Xiaoyu suddenly stop talking.
“Come and look at this small stone,” Meng Xiaoyu called Ling Yuer over to look at the stone that had hurt her foot.
“What’s with the stone?”
Ling Yuer asked curiously, seeing Meng Xiaoyu trying to twist and turn it.
“Ah?
Oh!
Nothing, hehe,” Meng Xiaoyu said awkwardly after a while with no result.
At first, she thought the small stone was the mechanism because it was so small yet hurt her foot and didn’t move at all.
This reminded Meng Xiaoyu of some movies she had seen, so she squatted down and tried to shake the stone with both hands.
But when she found it didn’t move at all and the tightly closed stone door didn’t react, she realized it was just a small protruding stone on the ground.
This discovery left Meng Xiaoyu very disappointed and angry, so she stood up and stomped hard on the stone that had wasted her time.
“Click… rumble… rumble…”
As the stone door suddenly opened automatically, Meng Xiaoyu was stunned.
She looked down at her foot, “So that’s how the mechanism works!”
Just after she finished marveling, Ling Yuer pulled her into the so-called secret chamber.
Amazed and shocked, Meng Xiaoyu couldn’t imagine what kind of person the owner of this secret chamber was.
How could they be so wealthy?
Looking at the boxes of gold and silver treasures, Meng Xiaoyu finally understood why the owner went to such great lengths to build this secret chamber.
If she had so much gold and silver, she would do the same.
With this thought, Meng Xiaoyu suddenly felt that the hardships she had endured earlier were nothing.
“Wow! Such big pearls! And so much gold!”
Meng Xiaoyu exclaimed happily, holding a pearl the size of a pigeon egg in one hand and stroking the gold ingots in the box with the other.
But soon she cried out again, “Wow!!! This blood-red jade pendant is so beautiful! Yuer, look! The craftsmanship on this jade pendant is so exquisite! The phoenix on it looks almost alive. I bet even in the 21st century, there isn’t such fine craftsmanship! It’s simply stunning.”
At this moment, Meng Xiaoyu had put down the large pearl she was holding and was now holding a small box with both hands, her eyes fixed on the blood-red jade pendant carved with a phoenix inside.
“Hehehe, that’s the Chi Hun Pendant,” Ling Yuer, who had been searching the stone chamber for the Xuanfeng Token, was first surprised when she saw the jade pendant in Meng Xiaoyu’s small box, then chuckled and revealed the name of the pendant.
“Chi Hun Pendant? Is that the name of this jade?”
“Yes, this Chi Hun Pendant was crafted by a renowned jade master over three hundred years ago.
He spent most of his life traveling through more than twenty countries at the time and finally found this fiery jade under a volcano in the extreme south.
It took him nearly three years to carve it into the Chi Hun Pendant.”
Seeing Meng Xiaoyu’s puzzled expression, Ling Yuer explained the origin of the jade pendant.
“Wow!
Spending so much time on a single jade pendant, isn’t that a bit exaggerated?”
Meng Xiaoyu asked, quite surprised by Ling Yuer’s explanation.
“Hehehe, it’s not exaggerated at all! According to legend, this fiery jade carved into the Chi Hun Pendant was formed from the blood of the divine bird Vermilion Bird that fell to the mortal world. Anyone who wears this jade is said to be immune to all poisons, protected from insects, unafraid of severe cold, and has miraculous healing powers that can bring the dead back to life.”
Hearing Meng Xiaoyu’s question, Ling Yuer explained the benefits and effects of the Chi Hun Pendant.
“Really? Is this jade really that good?”
Meng Xiaoyu asked, somewhat skeptical after hearing Ling Yuer’s words.
“According to legend, it is! But whether it’s true or not, I don’t know. After all, the Chi Hun Pendant disappeared from the world over a hundred years ago, and I didn’t expect it to appear here,” Ling Yuer said, spreading her hands with an innocent expression.
“So it’s just a legend. If it’s a legend, then it’s probably not true,” Meng Xiaoyu said, a bit disappointed after hearing Ling Yuer’s words.
“Not necessarily! Legends aren’t always untrue! You know, three hundred years ago, the Chi Hun Pendant almost caused wars between many countries! If the Chi Hun Pendant didn’t have any special qualities, why would so many countries fight over it three hundred years ago?”
Ling Yuer comforted Meng Xiaoyu, hearing the disappointment in her voice.
Meng Xiaoyu was shocked by Ling Yuer’s words.
She looked down at the Chi Hun Pendant in the small box in her hands, then looked up at Ling Yuer.
“Are you serious? This jade pendant could cause wars between countries?”
“Absolutely true, every word,” Ling Yuer said, raising her hand as if swearing, seeing Meng Xiaoyu’s skeptical expression.
“Well, regardless of its magical effects, just for its exquisite appearance, I must have it,” Meng Xiaoyu said, taking the jade pendant out of the small box and preparing to wear it around her neck.
“Wow! This jade pendant is so warm!”
As soon as she held the pendant, a warm sensation spread from her palm to her entire body.
Although it was midsummer, the warmth from the jade pendant didn’t make Meng Xiaoyu feel hot at all.
This discovery delighted Meng Xiaoyu, and after putting the pendant around her neck and tucking it into her clothes, she began searching around again, hoping to find more beautiful and exquisite items like the Chi Hun Pendant.
(Chi Hun Pendant: I am a rare treasure, not just an accessory.)
However, after searching for a while, Meng Xiaoyu straightened up and stopped looking.
She realized that aside from the Chi Hun Pendant, which was somewhat special, the rest were just gold and silver items and some larger pearls and agates.
Although Meng Xiaoyu liked these things too (because they could be sold for money), they weren’t the kind of delicate and exquisite items she was looking for.
“Yuer, what are you looking for? Haven’t found it yet?”
Seeing Ling Yuer still rummaging through the entire secret chamber, Meng Xiaoyu asked.
“Xuanfeng Token,” Ling Yuer tossed these three words to Meng Xiaoyu without turning her head and continued searching.
“Did you find it?”
After asking this, Meng Xiaoyu realized she had a brain freeze.
If Ling Yuer had found it, would she still be rummaging around like this?
However, the busy Ling Yuer didn’t notice how silly Meng Xiaoyu’s question was and simply tossed back a “no” before continuing her search.
“Hey, are you really sure the Xuanfeng Token is here?”
Seeing Ling Yuer searching like a headless fly, with countless gold and silver treasures scattered all over the floor, Meng Xiaoyu couldn’t help but ask with some heartache.
All those gold and silver treasures scattered everywhere!
That’s pure silver and gleaming gold!
How can you be so ruthless, tossing them around so carelessly?
