Chapter 601: Mechanism
The appearance of Happy’s party caused the atmosphere in the front hall to instantly become tricky.
Even though the atmosphere between the leaders of the two sides was rather harmonious, Little North, Wu Kuo, and the others were rather scheming people. They knew what was happening and how quite a number of sects had secretly targeted Sky Demon Secret Cave because of Mu Clan’s actions.
In fact, they even thought about coming over to get a portion of the pie. Little North did not intend to show a friendly att.i.tude to Wind a.s.sault Tower because of that. Black fog surrounded him while he stood by the side and sized up Phantasmal Shadow and her group. No one could tell what he was thinking about.
The group from Wind a.s.sault Tower might have been conversing in a relaxed manner earlier, but when they truly came face to face with six of the elites from Mu Clan, they could not help but feel a little nervous.
Forget about Happy, who had obtained the t.i.tle of strongest in the martial arts tournament, Silver Wolf and Wind Chimes were fiends in their own right.
The group could not easily get rid of all six of them. Besides, there were even the hostile-looking Ten Thousand Poison Duke and Throw Spirit d.u.c.h.ess among them…
“Thank you for keeping me in your mind. I am fine. While I was at Hero’s Mountain Villa, I witnessed your elegant demeanor and impressive mannerisms as the strongest player in the world, and I remember it up to this date. Now that I have the chance of meeting you, I feel very gratified.”
“Haha.”
Happy carefully observed Phantasmal Shadow, who stood tall and straight in front of him. In his previous life, she was Shadow Empress whose fame was equal to that of Dream Clouds.
He laughed heartily after remembering that and exchanged a few more pleasantries with her. He did not dare to be even the slightest bit inattentive to her.
“I, too, admired your gracefulness a lot, Tower Master Phantasmal Shadow. By the way…” His tone changed, and he asked, “Tower master, did you come to Sky Demon Sect for Sky Demon Secret Cave as well?”
“It seems like I made a fool of myself before you. I heard rumors that there seems to be a great secret contained in Sky Demon Sect, which got me incredibly curious, so I brought a few friends here with the thought of investigating it, but after searching around the area for a long time, we still didn’t manage to find the way to activate Sky Demon Secret Cave…
“After that, I heard from my friends outside that you’re here, so I thought about joining you once you come.” She stopped talking for a moment and looked at Happy with worry in her eyes. “We won’t be causing you any trouble if we join you, right?”
Happy smiled.
There was no way he would believe that the mechanism to the entrance of Sky Demon Secret Cave would serve as an obstacle for Shadow Empress, who was famed for her wisdom.
He smiled and said, “Once Sky Demon Secret Cave is activated, there might be plenty of unexpected situations. All we can do is to protect ourselves.
“If you insist on delving deep into it, we will naturally have no opinions about it, but know that if our luck is bad,we may run into Myth Realm elites and there will be deaths in this trip.”
When Happy saw that Wu Kuo and the others’ expressions turn unpleasant, he stopped talking for a moment before he continued at the same speed. “Also, we came here today to save Wudang Sect’s Great Hero Song Yuanqiao. Our goal might be different from why you might have come to Sky Demon Secret Cave.”
Silence reigned.
When Phantasmal Shadow heard Happy say words that were basically the same as him refusing to travel with them, her expression changed slightly, but she quickly recovered.
“I see, but it’s alright. If we follow behind you, it should be pretty safe for us. We can also provide two of the Sky Demon Orders that are required for the entrance.”
She was quite surprised that Happy had come for a rescue quest and that he would actually not mind revealing the details of the quest.
“If that’s the case, then I will adhere to your request, Tower Master Phantasmal Shadow.”
Happy did not try to persuade her any longer and gave new orders with a calm expression. “Big Brother Medicinal Stone, you know mechanisms pretty well. I’ll have to trouble you. Please hurry up and search for the mechanism that will activate the entrance…”
The moment he finished speaking, All-powerful Medicinal Stone, who had never sized up Phantasmal Shadow and her party and spent all the time observing the hall, said in a lackadaisical tone, “The mechanism to the entrance should be the two stone pillars with dragon carvings located near the altar.”
That one sentence instantly attracted both parties’ attention to the stone pillar near the altar.
“Stone pillar?” Wu Kuo was stunned.
He could not believe that All-powerful Medicinal Stone could find out where the mechanism was located right upon arrival, but he also knew that the man would not speak without reason. So, his gaze immediately wandered about the seemingly normal stone pillars.
All-powerful Medicinal Stone continued explaining then. “Only the fires in the braziers of those two stone pillars with dragon carvings near the altar are burning slightly weaker, which makes the altar much darker.
“Also, The Sky Demon Sect disciples always carry with them items such as flints, which is why I’m guessing that we need to put in flints into the braziers to activate the mechanism. Well, I mean, it should be able to help us locate the true mechanism.”
A hint of surprise flashed past Phantasmal Shadow’s eyes. She sized up the middle-aged man who was dressed up in a rather unkempt manner, and her gaze moved to Happy, who looked calm.
She frowned.
“Go and take a look.”
The two people beside Wu Kuo had been searching for the mechanism for a long time, so when they heard All-powerful Medicinal Stone mentioning the secret of the mechanism after just taking a single look at the hall, they felt unable to accept that they lost, but only a little.
They stood up, and like moles, they stepped on the stone pillars with dragon carvings. In the blink of an eye, they climbed more than sixty-five feet up. Then, they cast a flint they obtained from the evil cult disciples into the brazier.
Whoos.h.!.+
The flames instantly climbed several feet higher!
The altar became much brighter, and the five elites were shocked. Subtle changes had occurred on the four Dharma images on the altar.
When they were illuminated by the flames, a rather small pit appeared at the waist of the Dharma images. By the looks of it, a Sky Demon Order could be placed inside it.
“It’s out!” Wind a.s.sault Tower’s Wu Kuo cried out in shock and looked at All-powerful Medicinal Stone in disbelief. A hint of admiration could be seen in his eyes. “Brother Medicinal Stone, you’re really awesome. As expected of an elite from Marvelous Handed Sect.”
“You praise me too much.”
All-powerful Medicinal Stone smiled and shrugged before jumping on the altar to examine the four Dharma images. Upon seeing them, he immediately frowned and stopped Wu Kuo, who had taken out the Sky Demon Orders to place them on the Dharma images.
“Wait!”
“What’s wrong?”
The grave expression on All-powerful Medicinal Stone’s face caused the group from Wind a.s.sault Tower to feel a little surprised.
All-powerful Medicinal Stone ignored the reactions of Phantasmal Shadow and the others and used his hand to touch the Dharma images for a while before his eyes sparkled. He seemed to be listening to something. Then, he cast his gaze on the Recondite Steel Gate as well as the entrance that were dozens of feet away from them.
His expression was stern and incredibly grave.
Silver Wolf, Little North, and the others quickly noticed that there was something off about All-powerful Medicinal Stone, and they all spoke.
“What’s wrong?”
“Is there something abnormal?”
Phantasmal Shadow was also staring at All-powerful Medicinal Stone. She knew that he must have noticed something.
No one in the area noticed Happy’s expression. When All-powerful Medicinal Stone’s suddenly grew incredibly solemn, a hint of relief and surprised delight appeared on his face.
After listening for a while, All-powerful Medicinal Stone suddenly said in a grave tone, “Four keys.”
No one said anything, they just looked at each other at a loss.
They knew that All-powerful Medicinal Stone had to be talking about the four Sky Demon Orders, but his next words made their expressions become stern and much graver.
“Four keys, and each of them corresponds to four independent mechanisms, but they must be activated at the same time. What a strange mechanism. Since it needs multiple keys to activate Sky Demon Secret Cave, why did they separate them? Why do I feel like they’re not mechanisms that need keys to be activated… but more like mechanisms that need keys to activate a trap?”