The cave was empty, except for a pool of water at the bottom of the cave, there was nothing else.
Ye Chen stood next to the pool, feeling the source of the heavenly demon's aura in the cave, and immediately understood that this aura came from the bottom of the pool.
"Yan Xuan'er, you look at Amao, I'll go to the bottom of the pool and take a look."
Ye Chen summoned Yan Xuan'er, and after explaining something, he jumped into the water.
The bitingly cold pool water actually made Ye Chen feel a bit of coldness entering his body, and he even had to use Taoist Fire and Flame Tablets to protect his body before continuing to dive.
After successfully diving into the bottom of the pool, Ye Chen saw what he was looking for at a glance. A heavy stone box was sunk diagonally into the mud at the bottom of the pool.
"No matter what it is, let's talk about it after we get it."
With Ye Chen thinking this way, he came to the stone box and prepared to reach for it.
Suddenly, there was a burst of dazzling white light all around, and then the white light connected into a triangular area, surrounding him and the stone box.
Ye Chen was immediately surprised: "Is there a formation to protect you?"
The temperature of the pool water dropped rapidly, and the Taoist fire around Ye Chen's body was unable to withstand it, and was completely extinguished almost in the blink of an eye.
A biting chill instantly entered the body, and the pool water began to condense at a speed visible to the naked eye. Ye Chen hurriedly activated the Taoist Fire again to forcibly guard around his body.
Even with the resistance of Dao Spirit Fire, the speed of the pond water congealing has already made it difficult for Ye Chen to move. If he delays for a while longer, he may be frozen here.
Ye Chen hurriedly reached out to pick up the stone box at his feet, but found that it was extremely heavy and he couldn't pick it up.
After trying two more times, the water in the pool was almost completely frozen, and the Taoist fire in him had reached its limit.
Ye Chen had no choice but to give up the stone box that was already at hand, and before the water in the pool completely condensed, he struggled to leave the area of influence of the formation.
After leaving the triangular area, the white light gradually disappeared, and the condensed water slowly melted again.
Ye Chen thought for a while and simply returned to the shore.
"Amao, can I take you back to the village first?"
Amao didn't respond or object, so Ye Chen took Amao back to Taiping Village.
After settling Amao into his house, preparing food, water, and some children's toys, Ye Chen returned to the bottom of the pond again.
This time, under the protection of the fire spirit Yan Xuan'er, the fire of the Taoist spirit easily dispelled the chill in the pond.
Ye Chen stood outside the range of the formation, looked at the stone box in the sand, and said to Yan Xuan'er: "After you go in later, try to see if you can burn the stone box."
Yan Xuan'er nodded and said, "Sir, it's no problem."
"I hope the contents in this stone box won't be burned so easily."
Ye Chen thought that since it was protected by the formation and the stone box, it shouldn't be damaged so easily.
So he let Yan Xuan'er do what he did.
Not long after arriving at the stone box again, the previous formation was activated again, and the pond water quickly condensed again.
But this time, standing next to Yan Xuan'er who was trying hard to burn the stone box, Ye Chen didn't feel much chill.
Under Yan Xuan'er's efforts, before the water in the pool completely solidified, the stone box made a soft sound and cracked a faint crack.
Ye Chen hurriedly left the array with Yan Xuan'er. After the water returned to calm, Yan Xuan'er entered the array alone this time to burn the stone box.
After several times, Yan Xuan'er finally shouted excitedly to Ye Chen: "It's open!"
Ye Chen entered the formation again and saw that the stone box had been burned into black, and a large gap had been cracked on the box.
Ye Chen took out the evil sword, inserted it gently into the gap, and pried it hard, and the stone box immediately split into two halves.
"A horn?"
Ye Chen looked at what was exposed in the stone box. It was from this horn that the strong aura of the heavenly demon was constantly exuding.
He put away the horn and returned to the village.
After entering the house, Ye Chen saw Amao obediently waiting for him to come back in the room. The things he had prepared before going out, except for the amount of water, were not moved at all.
Not caring about this, after closing the door, Ye Chen took out the horn and placed it in front of Amao.
He looked at little Amao and asked, "Is this what you are looking for?"
Amao looked at the horn in front of him. His originally dull eyes suddenly exuded a strange look, and he nodded for the first time.
Then he stretched out his little hand and held the horn firmly with both hands. The next action surprised Ye Chen.
Because after little Amao picked up the horn, he glanced at Ye Chen and put it in his hand.
Ye Chen asked in surprise: "You...do you want to give this horn to me?"
Amao nodded and pushed the horn over hard.
Ye Chen couldn't understand what Amao was thinking.
Why should I give it to myself after finally finding something, especially since the aura of the heavenly demon on this horn is the same as that on Amao.
However, under Amao's insistence, Ye Chen had no choice but to accept it.
He originally wanted to find out the origin of this horn, but Xuan Hanyu didn't know either. He only knew that the demonic aura on it came from the sky demon, which was the same as Amao's.
But Amao couldn't speak and was too young, so there was no possibility of communication.
Ye Chen inquired with the villagers for several days, but found no other information except the tragic events that happened to his family after Amao was born.
He had no choice but to find the answer from Amao.