The appearance of Happy and his party caused the atmosphere in the front hall to instantly become strange.
Even though the atmosphere between the leaders of both sides was rather harmonious, Little North, Wu Kuo, and the others were a little scheming. This was especially so when they learned that quite a number of sects had also set their eyes on Sky Demon Secret Cave because of Mu Clan's actions. In fact, they even intended to come over and take a share of the loot. Little North did not intend to be nice to Wind Assault Tower. Black fog surrounded him as he stood by the side. His eyes were like cold stars as he swept his gaze over Phantasmal Shadow and her party. No one knew what he was thinking about.
The people from Wind Assault Tower might have spoken in a relaxed manner just now, but when they truly faced the six elites from Mu Clan, they could not help but be a little nervous.
Forget about Happy, who had officially become the strongest in the world in the martial arts tournament, Silver Wolf and Wind Chimes were two fiends, and they could easily kill the six of them. Besides, there was also Ten Thousand Poison Duke and Wind Walker Duke, who had hostile expressions on their faces.
"Thank you for your concern, Happy. I'm fine, but Hero's Mountain Villa has always remembered the glory and awe-inspiring presence of the strongest in the world. Right now, I have the chance to see you again, and I'm very pleased."
"Hehe."
Happy carefully observed the graceful Phantasmal Shadow in front of him. In his previous life, she was Shadow Empress whose fame was on par with Dream Clouds. He laughed heartily and replied politely, not daring to be the slightest bit inattentive. "Tower Master Phantasmal Shadow, I admire your grace a lot as well."
"By the way."
His tone changed, and Happy said, "Tower Master Phantasmal Shadow, you came to Sky Demon Sect this time because of Sky Demon Secret Cave, right?"
"I've embarrassed myself. This time, I heard rumors that Sky Demon Sect seems to be hiding a huge secret, and I'm incredibly curious, so I brought a few friends over to investigate it, but even after searching for a long time, I still couldn't find a way to activate Sky Demon Secret Cave. I heard from my friends outside that you're here, so I decided to wait for you to take action together." She stopped talking for a moment before she looked at Happy worriedly and said, "If we join you, we won't cause any trouble to Mu Clan, right?"
Happy smiled.
Naturally, he did not think that the mechanism at the entrance of Sky Demon Secret Cave would be a problem for Shadow Empress, who was famous for her wit.
"Once Sky Demon Secret Cave is activated, a lot of unpredictable situations might appear. We can only protect ourselves. If you insist on investigating it, we will naturally have no objections, but at that time, we might not be able to divert our attention to take care of too many things, because based on our predictions, the worst case scenario is that we will run into Myth Realm elites, and there will be casualties on this trip." When Happy saw that Wu Kuo and the others' expressions had turned sour, he stopped talking for a moment before he continued speaking at his usual speed. "Also, this time, I came to Sky Demon Secret Cave mainly to save Wudang Sect's Great Swordsman Song Yuanqiao.
"…"
When Phantasmal Shadow heard Happy's words, which basically meant that he was refusing to travel with her, her expression changed slightly before she recovered.
"I see, I see. But it's fine. If we follow behind the elites from Mu Clan, we should be very safe. As for the Sky Demon Orders needed to enter the entrance, we can give you two." She did not expect that Happy would come because it was related to a rescue mission, and he did not mind telling her the details of the mission.
"If that's the case, we'll do as you wish, Tower Master."
Happy no longer tried to persuade her. With a calm expression, he gave his orders.
"Big Brother Medicinal Stone, you have a better understanding of mechanisms. I'll have to trouble you to hurry up and help me search for the mechanism to activate the entrance."
Right after he finished speaking, All-powerful Medicinal Stone, who had not been sizing up Phantasmal Shadow and the other five, swept his gaze across the hall. "The mechanism to activate the entrance should be the two stone pillars with dragon carvings near the altar," he said in a lackadaisical tone.
That one sentence instantly attracted both parties' attention from the altar to the stone pillars.
"Stone pillars?"
Wu Kuo was stunned.
He could not believe that All-powerful Medicinal Stone would be able to discover the location of the mechanism the moment he arrived, but he knew that All-powerful Medicinal Stone would not speak without reason. His gaze instantly swept over the normal stone pillars.
All-powerful Medicinal Stone continued explaining.
"There are twelve stone pillars with dragon carvings, but the flames in the braziers near the altar are slightly smaller, causing the light on the altar to be rather dark. Also, items like flint often appear on Sky Demon Sect disciples. That's why I'm guessing that if we throw flint into the braziers, we should be able to activate the mechanism. Oh, no, I mean, we should be able to discover the real mechanism."
A strange light shone in Phantasmal Shadow's eyes. She looked at the rather unkempt middle-aged man before her gaze landed on Happy, who had a calm expression on his face.
She frowned.
"Go and take a look."
The two people beside Wu Kuo had been searching for the mechanism for a long time. When they saw All-powerful Medicinal Stone pointing out the secret of the mechanism with such certainty after he came over to take a look, they felt a little indignant. They jumped up like moles and stepped on the stone pillars with dragon carvings. In the blink of an eye, they climbed to a height of more than sixty-five feet. Then, they each threw a flint they obtained from an evil cult disciple into the braziers.
Thud!
The flames instantly rose by several feet!
The altar became much brighter, and surprise appeared on the people's faces. Then, they noticed that the four Dharma images on the altar had gone through a slight change.
When they were illuminated by the flames, a rather small dent appeared at the waist of the Dharma images. Judging by their appearance, they could place a Sky Demon Order in it.
"It's out!"
Wind Assault Tower's Wu Kuo cried out in surprise. He cast All-powerful Medicinal Stone a glance in disbelief, and a hint of admiration flashed in his eyes. "Brother Medicinal Stone, you're indeed amazing. As expected of an elite from Marvelous-handed Sect."
"You praise me too much."
All-powerful Medicinal Stone smiled and shrugged. Then, he jumped onto the altar and swept his gaze over the four Dharma images. Then, he frowned and stopped Wu Kuo from placing Sky Demon Order on the Dharma images. "Wait!"
"What is it?"
The solemn expression on All-powerful Medicinal Stone's face caused the people from Wind Assault Tower to be slightly surprised.
All-powerful Medicinal Stone ignored Phantasmal Shadow and the others' reactions. He used his hand to touch the Dharma images, and his eyes sparkled as if he was listening to something. Then, he cast his gaze on the Recondite Steel Gate dozens of feet away and the entrance.
His expression was stern and incredibly grave.
"What's wrong?"
Silver Wolf, Little North, and the others soon noticed All-powerful Medicinal Stone's abnormality, and they spoke up.
"What's wrong?"
Phantasmal Shadow also stared at All-powerful Medicinal Stone. She knew that he had definitely noticed something.
No one in the area noticed Happy's expression. When All-powerful Medicinal Stone put on an incredibly solemn expression, a hint of gratification and surprise appeared on his face.
After listening for a while, All-powerful Medicinal Stone suddenly spoke in a grave tone.
"Four keys."
"…"
The group of people looked at each other.
He knew that All-powerful Medicinal Stone was talking about four Sky Demon Orders.
However, All-powerful Medicinal Stone's last sentence caused everyone's expressions to become stern, and they became much more solemn.
The latter said,
"There are four keys, and each of them corresponds to four independent mechanisms, but they can only be activated at the same time. What a strange mechanism … Since multiple keys are needed to open Sky Demon Secret Cave, why are they separated? Why do I feel like these aren't keys for mechanisms … They're more like traps."
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