The underground cave was at the end of the tunnel in the middle of the intersection.
After many twists and turns, Xiao Tan and Laughing Soul finally returned to the stone door. They each took out a stone slab and placed the red and blue stone slabs into the stone plate in the middle of the door.
The Eight Trigrams were perfectly filled, and they fit perfectly. At the same time, the Yin and Yang stone slabs lit up and started to spin on their own inside the stone plate. Several seconds later, dust and debris fell from above the stone door. Then there was the sound of heavy grinding, and the stone door slowly rose to reveal what was behind it.
Behind the stone door was no longer a cave but a rectangular stone room, and there was a light source in the room.
Xiao Tan and Laughing Soul looked around the door. There did not appear to be any living creatures inside, and they could not see any obvious traps. Therefore, the two stepped into the stone room side by side.
The ceiling of the stone room was about five meters tall. It was not flat, and there were many glowing objects stuck between the gaps. They did not look like living creatures, and they were not high-class objects like luminous pearls. They looked like blue crystals from StarCraft, but they were brighter.
Opposite the stone room was a stone door, and next to the door was a turntable mechanism. It was probably used to open the door.
"I say … aren't you a bit cold?" Xiao Tan looked at Laughing Soul and said.
When they were rushing, Laughing Soul had let Xiao Tan walk in front. Inside the tunnel, they had relied on the miner's hat and flashlight, so they could not see clearly. Now that they were in a brighter spot, Xiao Tan saw Laughing Soul's face and her slightly shivering shoulders, and he realized that something was wrong with her.
"I'm fine … Achoo!" When Laughing Soul spoke to Xiao Tan, she had her head slightly tilted up, so her line of sight met the light. She sneezed loudly, and her saliva splashed all over Xiao Tan's face.
Xiao Tan wiped his face. "Take care of yourself."
"Hmm … How come you're completely fine?" Laughing Soul used her hands to cover her mouth and nose. She took a deep breath and said, "But you've been in the water as well … Is this the biological characteristic of a normal person?"
"As a doctor, the first thing I have to do is to deny your baseless and contrary medical knowledge," Xiao Tan replied.
The next second, he was hit on the head.
"Secondly …" Xiao Tan leaned forward, and his eyes met Laughing Soul's.
"What are you doing?" Laughing Soul shrunk back instinctively, and a blush crept up her face.
"Hmm … Your pupils don't show any signs of dilation." Xiao Tan looked into her eyes and said, "That means the problem isn't too serious. Your body temperature should be above 33 degrees Celsius …" He thought about it and said, "Although your face is pale and your lips are slightly purple, you should be able to move around after walking all the way here. Your body temperature should be rising … It's probably because of your wet clothes."
"You, take three steps back and maintain a distance of at least one meter from me." Laughing Soul narrowed her eyes and said with displeasure.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Tan was confused, but he still followed her order.
"When I first came out from the pool, the menu did show that I was frozen. It will affect my movement speed and exhaustion of Stamina Points, but it's gone now. Only the physical discomfort is still there." Laughing Soul sighed. "Doctor, we're playing a game. If there's any problem, you can see it from the data. There's no need for you to look, smell, question, and feel my pulse."
"Doctors of traditional Chinese medicine look, I am …"
"Don't interrupt me! Let me finish. "
"Okay …"
"From now on, under normal circumstances, you are not allowed to come within one meter of me, and you are not allowed to do anything that is too sudden like leaning your face in," Laughing Soul said. "Do you understand?"
"Er …" Xiao Tan was confused for a few seconds before he nodded. "Sure …"
"Okay, I'm done."
Xiao Tan did not say anything else. He shrugged, turned around, and walked to the side of the stone room.
There was a spiderweb-like crack on the wall, and the pattern was very neat like it was a target. Xiao Tan had a feeling that this was something set up by the system, so he wanted to use his hand to touch it to see if it would trigger something.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he took a few steps forward, the wall began to tremble. The cracks on the wall rippled from all sides to the center like waves. A few seconds later, a white stone head broke through the wall from the "bullseye" position.
The stone had a square face, phoenix eyes, fiery eyebrows, a wide nose, thick lips, a beard, and a bun on the top of his head. Of course, these facial features were all carved out of stone and were white in color.
The stone's eyeballs could move. He looked at Xiao Tan and then at Laughing Soul. Then he opened his mouth to speak, but it was unclear whether he had a throat or not …
"Which book do you want?" the stone asked.
"Which book?" Xiao Tan repeated. He did not know how to answer, so he turned back to look at Laughing Soul with a questioning gaze.
Laughing Soul walked to stand beside Xiao Tan. She put down the machine gun that she had raised a few seconds ago and asked the stone, "How many books do you have?"
"Three," the stone replied.
"What are the three books?" Laughing Soul asked. In terms of conversing with NPCs, even though she was not as good as Brother Jue, she knew how to get information out of them.
"Why are people so ignorant these days?" the stone replied. "Since Pangu split open the sky and Nuwa created man … there have been fourteen books on kung fu. But you commoners are getting weaker with each generation. Now, there are only three kung fu that you can practice. "
The stone read aloud, "These three books … Mantra of Heaven and Earth Inversion, Tri-Flower Focus, and Shapeless and Formless Law."
"Er …" Xiao Tan was stunned. "That sounds so powerful. Are you planning to give it to us?"
"Don't you want it?" the stone asked.
"Can we have all three?" Laughing Soul asked immediately.
"No," the stone answered directly. "Oh, by the way, the person who came last time took the Shapeless and Formless Law. Now, there are only two left."
"How many people came last time?" Laughing Soul asked.
"One," the stone replied.
"But there are two of us," Laughing Soul said.
"Hmm … Back then, the master told me that each person can only take one book, and he could not give more. But he did not say that if two people came … "The stone seemed to hesitate.
"I don't know him." Laughing Soul pointed at Xiao Tan.
"Huh?" Xiao Tan was confused.
Laughing Soul smiled slyly. "Stone, give me the Tri-Flower Focus."
The stone did not waste time. There was a flash of white light, and a paper manual appeared in Laughing Soul's hand.
"Oh, oh …" Xiao Tan understood. He took a step forward. "I don't know her either. Give me the Mantra of Heaven and Earth Inversion."
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