Chapter: 5821

What was even more terrifying was that the air here not only contained moisture and carbon dioxide but also massive amounts of toxic compounds released by decaying tree trunks and mudflats, which had undergone fermentation and various chemical reactions over unknown years to form a highly toxic gas detrimental to mammals.

Moreover, although there are no people around here, wild animals often stumble upon this place while searching for food. After entering, they soon become disoriented due to lack of oxygen and toxic substances in the air, eventually falling into a coma and ultimately dying. The decomposing bodies then contribute to the increasingly hazardous air.

If someone were to stumble upon this place by chance or intentionally traverse numerous mountains to get here, it would essentially be a one-way trip.

However, when Wu Feiyun arrives at this place, her expression remains completely calm, instead becoming more agitated and excited.

She takes a step forward without hesitation into this murky air, which may not cause her any real harm but still makes her feel queasy, so she holds her breath as she walks towards the lowest point.

At this moment, the valley floor is completely dark. Wu Feiyun extends her senses to encompass everything around her, and all that surrounds her becomes crystal clear in her mind.

When she reaches the deepest part, Wu Feiyun encounters many massive stone pillars, each about 5-6 meters tall and 2-3 meters wide.

Although these stone pillars appear natural and unprocessed by human hands, they seem out of place here, as if someone had deliberately collected them and placed them here.

Moreover, there are many stone pillars, arranged haphazardly like a stone forest.

Upon seeing these seemingly randomly arranged stone pillars, Wu Feiyun shows no surprise, but instead displays a sense of nostalgia, gently stroking the stone pillars while muttering to herself, "My master, my elder brother, I'm back."

After saying this, she takes a step forward into the stone forest and moves through it with a specific rhythm.

This stone forest, also known as the nine palaces and eight trigrams array, was laid down by her master Meng Changsheng before his passing.

The mysterious aspect of this array lies in that if one does not know the key to breaking it, regardless of where they enter from, they will never be able to find a true exit.

The only way for an outsider to break through this array is to destroy all the stone pillars, leaving none intact.

However, this array was originally set up by Meng Changsheng to guard the cave dwelling, according to his plan; as soon as someone tries to forcefully enter, he will be aware of it before they can even complete the destruction of the stone forest;

If the opponent's strength is inferior to his, he can secretly take action and kill them;

If they encounter someone stronger than him, Meng Changsheng will not be afraid, because these stone pillars form a massive array that is numerous and each pillar is extremely robust and heavy; it would require a significant amount of time and energy for the opponent to destroy it all, giving him ample time to escape;

By doing so, he has escaped danger and kept his dwelling hidden from the outside world for hundreds of years.

Only two people have ever managed to enter: Wu Feiyun and her elder brother Lin Zhuhui.

Wu Feiyun returns here again, choosing a familiar route and then rapidly moving through the stone forest.

After multiple passages, Wu Feiyun suddenly flashes into position, with the eight trigrams array's exit appearing before her; a beautifully crafted arched stone gate.

Both sides of the stone gate have couplets written in crazy grass script, with the top line reading "Closed cultivation for eight hundred years" and the bottom line reading "Wearing starlight and moonlight for nearly a thousand years".

The horizontal inscription on this couplet is quite different from others', consisting of five characters instead of four: "Can one get eternal life?"

Wu Feiyun is very familiar with this couplet, and she looks up at the middle five characters, muttering to herself: "What is eternal life? Is it 500 years or a thousand years? If you live for a thousand years, can you change your name and cultivate yourself in seclusion for 500 years, but still ultimately die? Is there any way in this world that allows humans to coexist with heaven and earth?"

She then chuckles sarcastically and shakes her head: "Flyyvan thought too much. How would you know the answer if you don't even know how long you'll live?" JrNovels.com