To the west of the Poison Sect's forbidden grounds was a large rift valley. Inside the valley was a dense, dark forest. Every tree and blade of grass could be used to create poisons.
As soon as Han Yunxi's group entered the forest, they could feel the chill.
The valley was dark and cold to begin with, and it was winter now. It was a very strange sight. The vegetation was still lush, but the air was as cold as winter.
Han Yunxi was already wearing a cloak, but Long Feiye took off his own to drape it over her shoulders. Then he held her by the shoulders.
Gu Beiyue and Baili Mingxiang walked behind them and saw the scene.
Baili Mingxiang's expression was calm as if he hadn't seen anything. However, Gu Beiyue's lips curved into a warm smile.
The deeper they went into the forest, the dimmer the light became.
Finally, just as they were about to enter the darkness, they saw a large circular altar in the distance.
The altar was made of stone and looked very simple and unadorned. It was surrounded by stones with a tall, wordless stele in the center. From a distance, the entire altar looked solemn and mysterious.
Han Yunxi hadn't forgotten the feeling she'd felt when she first saw the stele. It was like her soul had been sucked away and she couldn't control herself.
Long Fei Ye also couldn't forget Han Yunxi's dazed expression when he first saw her here.
If possible, he didn't want to come here a second time.
Han Yunxi didn't dare to stare at it for too long. She turned back to Gu Beiyue and saw that Gu Beiyue was also staring at the stele.
"Gu Beiyue, were you the one who saved me back then?" Han Yunxi smiled.
Back then, when they were fighting with Chu Tianyin in the secret passage, the passage had caught fire and collapsed, causing a crack to appear in the ground. No one had expected it at the time, so Long Fei Ye didn't have time to catch her.
She remembered that when she fell, her head was dizzy. When she woke up, she had already landed on the ground and was safe and sound.
At that time, she only felt that it was very strange, and faintly felt that there was a white shadow following behind her.
Gu Beiyue laughed. "It is this subordinate who has frightened the Princess."
"You saved her life." Long Fei Ye would only talk more when he was with Gu Beiyue.
"More than one life," Han Yunxi said seriously.
Gu Beiyue had saved her many times while he was hiding his identity.
The three of them chatted and laughed. Baili Mingxiang was alone and very quiet. She looked at Gu Beiyue with envy.
She firmly believed that Doctor Gu liked Princess.
However, the princess still didn't know about it. Presumably, she wouldn't know for the rest of her life.
To be able to love someone to this extent was also a kind of happiness. Unfortunately, she couldn't do it anymore.
As they approached, the wordless stele in the altar gradually became clearer.
The wordless stele was still simple and mysterious. The upper part had been weathered and blackened, but the lower part was covered in moss. The upper part was lifeless, while the lower part was full of vitality. It was like light and darkness, life and death intertwined.
"I saw words on this stele in my dream, but I didn't finish reading it," Han Yunxi said seriously.
They stopped outside the altar and could clearly see that there was not a single word on the stele.
Long Fei Ye and Gu Beiyue looked at the stele seriously. Gu Beiyue even stepped over the short stone wall and walked in.
Long Fei Ye and Han Yunxi had wanted to get closer for a long time, but they were a little afraid.
The stele was clearly only a head taller than Gu Beiyue, but Gu Beiyue felt small standing in front of it. Even Long Fei Ye and Han Yunxi felt the same way.
Gu Beiyue walked around and looked carefully. He even gently touched the moss on the stele, but he didn't find anything.
"Wait here, I'll go take a look."
Long Fei Ye's fear was all because of Han Yunxi. Otherwise, there was no place in this world that he wouldn't dare to go.
Han Yunxi nodded obediently. Long Fei Ye went over, but he didn't touch the stele. Instead, he checked the grass around the stele. Gu Beiyue had checked it before, so he wasn't worried.
He stomped on the ground and knocked on the grass. Then, he carefully checked the short stone wall, but he didn't find the mechanism that he expected.
Usually, the altar would be the highest place of the clan, and all the inheritance would be hidden in the altar.
But, if there were no hidden mechanisms, and there were no words on the stele, what could they do?
Gu Beiyue turned back, and said seriously, "Princess, maybe … the secret is hidden in the poison storage space?"
Han Yunxi didn't say anything. Maybe, if she tried to walk closer and look at the stele carefully, maybe the same thing would happen again, and she would see the words on the stele again.
She looked at Long Fei Ye, wanting to ask for his permission.
But, at this moment, Gu Beiyue suddenly exclaimed, "Something's wrong!"
"What's wrong?" Long Fei Ye got up and walked over.
"There's something wrong with this stele!" Gu Beiyue punched the stele. The stele actually made a faint buzzing sound.
"It's not stone!" Long Fei Ye was very sure. He clenched his fist, and punched it too.
Long Feiye's punch was much stronger than Gu Beiyue's, so the stone stele shattered into pieces with a loud crack.
After the fragments fell to the ground, they saw a wordless stele made of Xuan gold. There wasn't a single scratch on it, and it was perfectly preserved!
Long Fei Ye and Gu Beiyue simultaneously examined it carefully, but neither of them found any words on the stele.
But it had to be said that this was a huge discovery.
Gu Beiyue and Han Yunxi exclaimed at the same time, "Blood!"
The blood of a direct descendant of the Poison Sect could open the Xuan gold door. Gu Beiyue had used the Xuan gold door to confirm Han Yunxi's identity as a direct descendant of the Poison Sect.
Why was this stele made of Xuan gold? And why did it use stone as a disguise? Something was clearly wrong!
Han Yunxi strode over, but before she could move, Long Fei Ye grabbed her hand.
How could Gu Beiyue know that Han Yunxi had transmigrated? He only thought that Long Fei Ye was worried that Han Yunxi would be in danger if a crack suddenly appeared in the ground.
Thinking up to here, Gu Beiyue turned to Baili Mingxiang. "Miss Mingxiang, if anything happens later, you should return to Medical City."
Gu Beiyue was such a warm and attentive person. Baili Mingxiang quickly nodded. "Yes, thank you, Doctor Gu."
The invisible Xu Donglin appeared and stood by Gu Beiyue's side to protect him.
Han Yunxi bit her finger and carefully dripped a drop of blood onto the stele.
They hadn't seen what had happened at the Xuan gold door last time, but this time they saw it clearly. As soon as Han Yunxi's blood touched the stele, it was immediately absorbed and disappeared.
Now that the blood had dripped, all that was left was to wait.
However, the wait was a little long.
Even Long Fei Ye had never been so nervous. Han Yunxi was flustered and couldn't help but lean closer to him. Gu Beiyue frowned and was rarely so serious.
However, no matter how long they waited, nothing happened, whether it was inside or outside the altar.
Could it be that there was something wrong with this method?
Or was this Xuan gold stele just a coincidence and didn't have any special meaning?
"Inside the stele, is there still …"
Long Fei Ye was about to try to break the Xuan gold stele when a rustling sound suddenly came from around them.
The short stone walls around the altar began to crack, just like how the wordless monument had been shattered, and the stones kept falling down.
Soon, Han Yunxi and the others saw a very beautiful scene. The entire wall around the altar was made of colored glass and had good transparency. They could faintly see that there were many unknown rare flowers and plants growing inside.
Han Yunxi immediately activated the detox system, but it didn't detect any poison in these flowers and plants.
The Poison Sect's forbidden grounds were filled with poison, to say nothing of something hidden so well. These flowers and plants had to be poisonous! It looked like the poison was very rare, or else the detox system wouldn't have failed to detect the slightest abnormality.
Han Yunxi looked around and found that there was a fruit stalk left on each of the plants. It was obvious that someone had plucked the fruit. The fruit stalks looked very fresh. Could it be that they'd just been plucked?
Why had these poisonous plants been specially raised here? Who had raised them? How long had it been?
What kind of poison had they plucked all the fruits to make?
Han Yunxi was full of questions. If she didn't understand, Long Fei Ye and Gu Beiyue were even more confused.
"It should have been Bai Yanqing who plucked them," Gu Beiyue said seriously. Besides Han Yunxi, Bai Yanqing was probably the only one who could open the stele.
"What is he trying to do now?"
They hadn't discovered the antidote to the Poison Gu humans, but they'd discovered Bai Yanqing's secret instead. Han Yunxi was very worried.
"Let's keep looking," Long Fei Ye said mildly.
He immediately looked to the right and said coldly, "Who's there!"
Xu Donglin reacted the fastest and immediately chased after the man. Long Fei Ye had the Shadow Guard protect Gu Beiyue while he brought Han Yunxi with him. They quickly overtook Xu Donglin and saw a figure running out of the forest.
There weren't many people who could come to this place!
Long Fei Ye didn't plan to let the man go so easily. Even though the man had run far away, he still hugged Han Yunxi tightly and chased after him.
But when they reached the darkness, Han Yunxi stopped them. "It's too dark here. We can't see anything. It's very dangerous. Let's go back. "
Long Fei Ye was a veteran and knew that it was unwise to continue chasing. Moreover, the man was hiding in the surroundings and the Shadow Guard and Xu Donglin didn't notice him. It was enough to show that the man's martial arts were extraordinary.
Although it was a pity, Long Fei Ye still listened to Han Yunxi's advice and turned back.
Everything was fine at the altar. Gu Beiyue saw them and quickly asked, "Who is it?"
Long Fei Ye said mildly, "We didn't catch up. His qinggong is good and his martial arts are not bad. It seems to be a man. "
"Bai Yanqing?" Gu Beiyue guessed.
But he immediately rejected this idea. If it was Bai Yanqing, why would he hide and run away?
"From the looks of it, he must be very familiar with this place," Long Fei Ye said mildly.
Han Yunxi and Gu Beiyue were alarmed. This man was the altar, so if he was familiar with this place, it was very likely that he was a direct descendant of the Poison Sect!
"Let's go back first. We'll talk when we get back," Long Fei Ye said mildly.
Since they'd already been targeted, it wouldn't be wise for them to stay here any longer.
Han Yunxi smiled helplessly. She was the new Poison Sect Head, but she still had to be so cautious in her own territory. She said, "Send a few poison guards to stand guard. Don't let the intruder come close."
She had a feeling that the flowers and plants in the glass wall held a huge secret!
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