"We're all here anyway, let's go in and find out!"
After hesitating for a moment, Su Yuan gritted his teeth, then hugged Lan Qingling and walked toward the cave.
After walking out of the cave, Su Yuan discovered that the temperature inside was actually higher than outside.
Moreover, there is another set of stone steps on the ground of the cave, which is exactly the same as the one outside.
So Su Yuan walked along the stone steps and walked inside.
This section of stone steps is not long. After walking for about two minutes, there was a fork ahead.
Su Yuan walked to the fork, followed the stone steps and turned to the right, and found a cave inside.
The cave looks quite simple, and the surrounding rock walls look quite messy, with many horizontal and vertical marks, as if they have been cut out.
But what surprised Su Yuan the most was that deep in the cave, he vaguely saw a person sitting upright.
"There are people in this place!?"
Su Yuan was shocked. After all, the rock wall outside and the cave inside were both sealed. How could anyone seal themselves in a place like this?
Shocked, Su Yuan's curiosity had been aroused.
So Su Yuan took a deep breath, calmed down his excitement, and then walked towards the cave.
After getting closer, Su Yuan finally saw the figure, but he was shocked again...
It was an old Taoist priest wearing a purple robe. He had a simple and thin face, a long beard, and frost-like temples. His hands were folded in a seal, his eyes were slightly closed, and he was sitting cross-legged on the ground.
The posture of this old Taoist priest is similar to that of ordinary Taoist disciples.
The old Taoist priest closed his eyes slightly and sat motionless on the ground. Next to him, there was a stone table.
The stone table is very simple, as if it was made from a piece of rock that was randomly polished.
But on the stone table, there was a sheathed sword and a simple black stone niche.
"Hello, Taoist Priest!"
Su Yuan took the initiative to say hello to the old Taoist priest.
But the old Taoist priest seemed not to have heard what Su Yuan said and remained motionless and ignored him at all.
"Uh... Taoist Priest, actually I... I broke into... your house unintentionally. I'm really sorry!"
Su Yuan carefully explained to the old Taoist priest again.
The old Taoist priest still closed his eyes and did not respond.
"Ahem, cough, cough... Taoist priest, I'm sorry for disturbing you. Can you please... say something to me?"
Su Yuan asked the old Taoist priest again.
But the old Taoist priest still didn't react at all...
"Taoist Master...I know I disturbed your Qingxiu...but I...I really didn't mean to come here. If you are unhappy, I will leave immediately...But, can you just say a word to me and tell me what to do?"
Can you please leave here?"
Su Yuan bit the bullet and said this to the old Taoist priest.
The old Taoist priest still didn't respond...
"I said, sir... answer my question. Wouldn't it be very embarrassing for you?"
Su Yuan asked again, but the old Taoist priest still had no response.
At this time, Su Yuan felt very puzzled and strange, and couldn't help but muttered: "Is this old Taoist priest so cold and cold? Or is there some other reason?"
When he thought of this, a thought suddenly flashed through Su Yuan's mind: "Could it be that...this old Taoist priest has already sat down?!"
The so-called "sitting" means that after a Taoist master reaches the realm of Dacheng, he can overcome birth, old age, illness, death, and various catastrophes, and finally reach the great realm and ascend to immortality by "sitting"!
To put it simply, this old Taoist priest may have turned into an immortal, but his physical body is still here, incorruptible and lifelike!
As soon as this idea came up, Su Yuan became excited...
So Su Yuan looked at the old Taoist priest carefully with his eyes wide open, and found that his face was rosy, just like an ordinary person's. Although his eyes were slightly closed, he was not breathing at all.
Su Yuan boldly stretched out his hand to check the old Taoist priest's breath, but there was no breath at all.
"It seems that he has really passed away!"
Su Yuan was startled, but the original excitement faded.
Because Su Yuan had many questions in his heart, he wanted to ask the old Taoist priest questions, but unfortunately the old Taoist priest had already passed away. He could only feel very sorry.
After his mood calmed down, Su Yuan carefully looked at the scene in the cave again.
He walked to the stone table, reached out and picked up the sheathed sword, feeling very light in his hand.
The scabbard is engraved with cloud patterns and some strange symbols.
Su Yuan held the hilt of the sword and wanted to take it out and take a look.
But Su Yuan soon discovered that he could not draw the sword out.
The sword body seems to be "welded" to the scabbard. Unless the scabbard is broken open, the true appearance of the sword body cannot be seen.
Su Yuan gave up the idea of breaking open the scabbard. After all, this was the sword left by the old Taoist priest, and he didn't want to destroy it like this.
Then Su Yuan's eyes fell on the black stone niche on the stone table.
Su Yuan took a closer look and discovered that the black stone niche was made of a material that looked like stone but was not stone at all.
Moreover, its shape is quite strange, with edges and corners, and its whole body is as black as ink. It is not metal, but it has a mysterious metallic luster, and it does not look like wood.
For a while, Su Yuan couldn't figure out what kind of material this black stone niche was made of.
So Su Yuan picked up the black stone niche and wanted to open it to see what was inside.
But Su Yuan soon discovered that he could not open this black stone niche.
"Damn it, what kind of words are these? Could it be the Book of Heaven!" Gao Yun stared at the black stone niche and didn't recognize the words on it at all.
Thinking that Lan Duoyang was still isolated from the outside world and had no news, Gao Yun stopped studying it. He directly stretched out his hand and touched the black stone niche, wanting to take it away and study it again.
"Bata..."
As soon as his hands touched the black stone niche, the originally closed black stone niche opened automatically. Then, a strange scene happened...
The moment the black stone niche opened, a golden light burst out at the same time, piercing Gao Yun's eyes fiercely, making him confused. At the same time, he smelled a special medicinal fragrance like musk and orchid...
When the brightness gradually weakened, Gao Yun could see what was in front of him clearly - he saw a lifelike carving of a big vermilion bird, fluttering its wings and about to fly. It raised its head and opened its mouth, with a golden pill the size of a pigeon egg in its mouth.
Pill, that medicinal scent is obviously coming from that pill.
At the bottom of the stone niche, there is also a strange dark green bamboo slip. The bamboo slip was rolled into a ball by a piece of yellowed golden silk, and it was quietly placed in the stone niche, with a kind of silent ancient vicissitudes of time.
"Huh? This bamboo slip is at least from before the Han Dynasty... This thing is still a precious cultural relic!" Gao Yun exclaimed.