"Xiaoyu, you can smell the Qilin bones here, but can you smell the living Qilin?"
Lu Chen touched Yu Qilin's head and asked.
Woo?
Xiaoyu didn't nod or shake his head, but turned his head sideways, with a look of confusion in his eyes, as if he didn't know how to answer.
"you mean……"
Seeing Xiaoyu's expression, Lu Chen couldn't help but frown, and said, "Are you not sure whether there is a living Qilin?"
Hmm hmm...
This time, Xiaoyu nodded hastily, which made Lu Chen look confused.
"Then... keep looking. All I have encountered so far are skeletons. I haven't seen anything good yet."
Lu Chen squatted down, looked at the skeleton, and finally found a space ring on the skeleton's hand.
Opening the space ring that had been sealed for a long time, I found that it was almost empty, except for a three-foot-long fairy gold cane.
The top of the cane is a small, smooth ball. The body of the cane is engraved with images of galloping beasts, but there are a few mottled marks. It looks extremely vicissitudes of life after countless years.
"This is...the beast master's beast control staff?"
Lu Chen took out the staff and inspected it carefully, but found nothing special. Then he said with some disappointment, "This should be a beast-control staff from ancient times. Unfortunately, the energy in the staff has disappeared, and it is just a useless staff."
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Woo!
When Xiaoyu saw the appearance of the beast control staff, she was also surprised and even moved her face closer to take a look.
After a moment, Xiaoyu suddenly raised a paw and placed it directly on the small ball at the top of the cane, as if there was some secret there.
Sure enough, when the small ball came into contact with Xiaoyu's claws, and with the blessing of the power of the mythical beast, it gradually became brighter.
As the brightness grew larger and larger, it finally formed a group of intense light, shining in all directions.
In an instant, the ball of light actually illuminated six unicorns of different shapes, some flying in the sky, some running, some hiding on the ground, or lurking...
It is lifelike, like a living thing, but it is just a unicorn in the light and shadow, and does not exist in the world.
"Six unicorns?"
Lu Chen stared at the light, looking at the light and shadow unicorns, his brows gradually frowned, "From the entrance to the end of the cave, there are only five unicorn bones in total. Where is the other one?"
The walking stick is the beast-controlling tool of the skeleton. The unicorn that appears on the head of the staff is definitely not for decoration. It is probably to mark how many unicorns the skeleton controlled during his lifetime.
It is normal for a unicorn master to control six unicorns. It can even be said to be a little less.
Because Mingyue controls more unicorns, as many as eight.
The next question came. Lu Chen searched the entire cave and couldn't find the sixth unicorn bone. He couldn't match the six unicorns of light and shadow, which made Lu Chen a little puzzled.
But the puzzle is that even if this mystery cannot be solved, it will have no impact on Lu Chen. It has no meaning in the first place.
The first mystery was ignored, but the second mystery, the third mystery, the fourth mystery... came one after another.
Why did the beast master who had been dead for countless thousands of years die here?
Those big sandworms stationed in this area are protecting this cave?
What is the secret of this cave? It is guarded by a thirteenth-level Immortal Sandworm?
Lu Chen arrived here for the first time and didn't know anything yet. None of these mysteries could be solved.
"Xiaoyu, let's search everywhere to see if we can find other passages?"
Lu Chen glanced at the entire cave and said, "If it's a dead end and you can't find anything, then all the puzzles here will be solved, and our trip will be in vain."
Hmm hmm...
Xiaoyu nodded hurriedly, and released her claws from the top of the cane. The light disappeared and returned to its original appearance of a small ball.
Afterwards, Xiaoyu ran away and wandered around the cave, looking for any clues.
Lu Chen did the same, looking here and there, not letting go of anything suspicious.
In the end, Lu Chen did not find anything, but Xiaoyu found something and called Lu Chen over with a whine.
In a remote corner of the cave, there is a piece of square stone. It doesn't look special, and I don't know what is there.
Woo...woo...woo...
Xiaoyu pointed at the square stone and kept whining, giving Lu Chen signals.
"Did you smell it? There is something under the stone?"
Lu Chen stared at the square stone and asked.
Jade Qilin's sense of smell is very sensitive and can smell out smells that humans cannot smell. Otherwise, it would not be able to smell out this sandy cave.
Woo!
Xiaoyu shook her head. It seemed that Lu Chen had asked the wrong question, or that he had denied Lu Chen's question.
"There is nothing under the square stone. Is there something wrong with the square stone?"
Lu Chen asked again.
Hmm hmm...
Xiaoyu nodded hurriedly.
"Then, this square stone is...the mechanism!"
Lu Chen guessed.
Hmm hmm...
Xiaoyu nodded again.
"Then you're welcome, just turn on the mechanism."
Lu Shenwei said nicely.
Woo woo woo...
Xiaoyu shook her head, looking aggrieved, as if saying she couldn't open it.
"Then let me do it!"
Lu Chen stretched out his hands, pressed them on the square, and then twisted to the left...
As a result, it couldn’t be twisted!
Then turn it the other way and twist to the right...
Still can’t twist!
That is to say, the opening method of this square stone mechanism is not opened by twisting!
"If you don't twist it left and right, just press it!"
Lu Chen put his hands on the square stone and pressed hard...
The square stone did not move at all and was not picked up at all.
"It doesn't mean left or right, nor does it mean down, so there is only the best direction left."
Lu Chen grabbed the square stone with both hands, the immortal energy was everywhere, and he pushed hard...
Click, click, click...
There was a sound of loosening under the square, and the square stone even rose up, and was actually moved higher by Lu Chen.
However, after being raised half a foot, Fang Shi could no longer be lifted up.
It was obvious that the mechanism under the square stone had become stronger, and Lu Chen's strength was not enough.
"Six dragons fighting body!"
Lu Chen didn't even have to think about it. He directly summoned his fighting body. After reaching the limit of strength, he used all his strength to move the square stone.
Boom boom boom...
This time, the force was in place, and the sound of mechanical rotation came from under the square stone, and the square stone was lifted up from the ground.
This time, the square stone was raised three feet and turned into a square rectangular stone. Then there was a clicking sound, as if it was stuck by something, and it couldn't be moved anymore anyway.
But at the next moment, a crack opened in the cave wall behind the square stone, opening wider and wider.
Only then did Lu Chen realize that it was not a crack in the cave wall, but a secret door made of immortal stone, which was being opened by a mechanism.
If Xiaoyu hadn't noticed something wrong with this square stone, Lu Chen might not have noticed this inconspicuous square stone, and then he wouldn't have been able to find the secret door.
Unable to find the secret door, this cave was a dead end, so Lu Chen had no choice but to go back home.