Braised Dragon with Soy Sauce

Chapter 295 Black Stone Secret Realm

Chapter 295 Black Stone Secret Realm

"What level is Brother Yu's Xuan Gong cultivation at now? We haven't sparred in a long time, shall we have another match today?"

"Let's not call it today, it's a bit rushed. Let's do it another day!"

Mo Yuming felt awkward when he heard Yuan Xiaomei suggest a match. He had sparred with the white ape siblings many times in the canyon. Although the three of them were at similar cultivation levels, the white apes were naturally much stronger than humans. They were far superior in both strength and reaction speed, so Mo Yuming had never won. Therefore, Mo Yuming was reluctant to spar with them. After all, they were friends, not enemies. He couldn't go all out or try to take shortcuts. He could only fight them head-on and counter their moves. Mo Yuming was not used to this kind of restrained competition, so he had already lost in terms of momentum before the match even started.

"Accept!"

But Yuan Xiaomei had no intention of considering Mo Yuming's opinion at all. As soon as she finished speaking, she made her move. Before she could finish speaking, a stone the size of a millstone appeared out of thin air and smashed directly at Mo Yuming's head, following the direction of Yuan Xiaomei's finger.

Mo Yuming was startled and had no time to explain, so he hurriedly retreated. But the stone seemed to be pulled by a rope, following closely behind Mo Yuming and crashing down. Mo Yuming had no choice but to hurriedly throw a punch to counter, shattering the stone with one blow.

"Come again!"

Before Mo Yuming could retract his fist, Yuan Xiaomei again raised both palms and pushed towards him, causing more than a dozen stones to rain down on him from different directions. White apes possess earth-type inherited attributes, and the purity of their inherited bloodline determines their future abilities. Yuan Xiaomei and Ape Fatty undoubtedly possess extremely high bloodline purity. Even before reaching adulthood, they have already displayed exceptional talent.

Although Mo Yuming was not afraid of the attacks from these stones, it was still extremely embarrassing to endure being hit by them, so he could only frantically smash the rapidly falling stones.

Three years has passed, which is nothing to the white ape who has a long life, but Xiaomei is an alternative. Her personality is very different from other white apes. In addition to being active, she also likes to fight. Because the blood essence is very pure, it awakens quickly. It is no longer what it was before. It has the ability to protect itself. The iron-billed eagle that hurt them in the past is no longer a threat. Therefore, Xiaopang and Xiaomei can walk freely in the canyon with the acquiescence of their elders. But the canyon is so big, and apart from the elders of the tribe and some juniors, the only ones who can play with them are the Wu Clan teenagers from Yishi Valley. However, the Wu Clan teenagers mainly practice soul power, and there is no way they can compete with them in Xuan Gong, so the only one who can compete with Xiaomei is Xiaopang. But Xiaopang, like other apes, is born lazy. He doesn't like to practice and only likes to sleep. This is why Xiaopang is often beaten.

Now that a sparring partner has finally come knocking, Xiao Mei couldn't resist the urge to challenge Mo Yuming with all her might.

Yuan Xiaomei's cultivation improved rapidly, but Mo Yuming was no slower, even more so. However, throughout the competition, Mo Yuming only used his earth-based techniques to fight Xiaomei. Both were at the peak of the Earth Rank in terms of cultivation. Due to her bloodline inheritance and physique, even though Mo Yuming had pushed his earth-based profound techniques to their limits, he was still somewhat inferior to Xiaomei. He was at a disadvantage in every aspect, whether it was the use of spiritual energy or movement techniques. So far, he was basically on the defensive. However, Mo Yuming had already achieved some success in cultivating the Soul Wheel Guidance of the Witch Clan, and his sea of ​​consciousness had begun to take shape. Therefore, his perception ability was far superior to Xiaomei's. Mo Yuming could clearly see the trajectory and speed of every move Xiaomei made. Therefore, he could react accordingly in time. Although he seemed to be constantly on the defensive, Mo Yuming was actually able to block and neutralize Xiaomei's moves in time.

"Heaven and Earth Prison!" Yuan Xiaomei suddenly stretched out her hands, then crossed her palms and clenched them tightly. Instantly, the air within three zhang around Mo Yuming became viscous, then quickly solidified into hard stone, forming a huge stone sphere centered on Mo Yuming.

Unable to defeat Mo Yuming after a long struggle, Yuan Xiaomei grew increasingly resentful. She unleashed her full power, employing her recently awakened bloodline combat technique, Heaven and Earth Prison. This technique was a high-level earth-elemental profound art, possessing immense power. It could instantly solidify the air around a target, forming an unbreakable stone sphere that imprisoned the enemy within. It could also be cast around oneself for protection against enemy attacks. However, this technique consumed a great deal of the user's spiritual energy. Those without a certain level of cultivation would find it difficult to execute.

This technique is divided into three levels. The first level is Yuan Xiaomei's current state, forming a giant stone sphere about three zhang (approximately 10 meters) in size. As her cultivation level increases and her strength reaches a certain point, she will enter the second level, at which point she can form a giant stone fortress tens of zhang (approximately 33 meters) in size, with the strength of the rocks increasing several times over. When her strength rises to another level, this combat technique will improve again. Upon advancing to the third level, she can condense a thousand-zhang (approximately 33 meters) rocky mountain with a mere wave of her hand, suppressing an entire region.

Although this technique is powerful, it requires strong profound cultivation. Yuan Xiaomei was able to maintain it for only a few breaths before she exhausted all her spiritual power. As a result, after six breaths, she was so exhausted that she had to stop and sit on the ground panting.

Without the support of spiritual energy, the stone sphere quickly dissipated, revealing Mo Yuming, who was covered in dust and dirt.

Mo Yuming hadn't expected Yuan Xiaomei to unleash such a powerful attack. Before he could react, he was suddenly sealed off, unable to move. Just as he was racking his brains for a way to escape, he suddenly discovered that the stone sphere binding him had vanished instantly. Although he wasn't seriously injured, he was still left in a sorry state.

"Sister Xiaomei is really amazing! Yuming admits defeat!"

Mo Yuming admitted that no matter what, he really couldn't break Xiao Mei's move just now. His whole body was bound, and even the most advanced combat techniques couldn't be used. Unless he had strength far exceeding that of his opponent, and used overwhelming force to forcibly break through the restraints, there was no possibility of him escaping.

"You're smart to know what's good for you!" Yuan Xiaomei laughed happily.

"Come on, I'll take you to a very peculiar place. I discovered it by chance some time ago, and the elders are all there studying it now. It's said to be a relic left behind by our distant ancestors. It's very mysterious!"

Yuan Xiaomei was in a great mood. She grabbed Mo Yuming's hand and ran towards their residence, with Little Fatty skipping along behind, introducing them:

"It was a huge space filled with many treasures. Among them was a strange big iron rod. Whenever we got within three zhang (approximately 10 meters) of it, it would make a 'buzzing' sound, as if it didn't want us to get close. Only Xiao Mei was unaffected."

That large iron pillar would continuously emit golden light. When the golden light emanated, sitting around it made it easy to enter a meditative state, and one could feel the awakening of one's bloodline much faster than usual..."

Deep within the cave inhabited by Homo sapiens, a massive black stone wall, strikingly different from the surrounding grayish-brown rocks, was embedded in the rock. This massive stone wall was remarkably smooth and even, with a narrow, elongated crack running through its center, as if cut by a sharp tool. The crack was about two feet wide and over ten feet high, but inconspicuous on the enormous stone wall. Because the entire black stone lacked any luster, and there was no light coming from the crack, coupled with the dim lighting in the cave, it was extremely difficult to spot this crack without guidance.

"This black rock is extremely hard, and even our earth-based mystical arts are of little use. Originally, there was a layer of ordinary rock attached to this rock wall, and this crack was also hidden by the rock. Our ancestors lived in this cave for thousands of years without discovering the secret behind this rock. It wasn't until one day when I was practicing the 'Heavenly Fall' combat technique in front of this rock wall that I accidentally shattered the rock attached to the black rock wall, revealing this crack."

I was very curious, so I groped my way in. It was very dark inside the crack, and I don't know how long I walked. Just when I was about to give up and turn back, I suddenly felt a glimmer of light ahead. I don't know if it was just my imagination, so I decided to keep going.

This time, they hadn't walked far when they were blocked by a stone wall. When they reached the end, they found that there was indeed a faint light on the stone wall. The very weak light was coming from an extremely small crack. If it weren't for the fact that the crack was completely dark, there would have been no way to find this faint light.

I touched the crack with my hand and found that it was a very straight line, dividing the stone wall in front of me in two. At that moment, my fingers felt that the faint light coming through the small crack was actually an extremely special earth elemental energy, very pure, unlike ordinary earth elemental energy. Even the extremely weak elemental energy made me feel very shocked. At that moment, I guessed that there might be some rare treasure sealed inside the stone wall.

I tried every method to strike the stone wall in front of me, but after striking it for a long time, there was no movement at all. Disappointed, I sat down on the ground. Because I had used up a lot of my energy, I felt very tired, so I decided to recover some of my energy first. When I sat down to meditate, I discovered that I couldn't absorb any earth elemental energy from this long, fissure-like cave. The earth elemental energy in the surrounding rocks was actually imprisoned within the rocks, resisting my absorption. The only thing I could absorb was the extremely rare and special earth elemental energy emanating from the fissure.

After absorbing this wisp of spiritual energy, I entered a state of ethereal tranquility. Suddenly, I felt as if I were imprisoned within rocks. Normally, we earth-elemental cultivators are least afraid of rocks and soil; the rocks and soil on the earth are an inexhaustible source of energy for us. But now I felt something different. I was actually imprisoned by the rocks, and the omnipresent earth elemental energy around me could not be absorbed. It even imprisoned my body, making it extremely difficult to even move a finger.

Just as I felt utterly helpless and filled with immense fear, a wisp of special earth elemental energy drifted out from the crack in the rock once more. Although extremely rare, it still gave me a different feeling. Only in this near-vacuum state could I sense the special nature of this tiny wisp of energy. This wisp of energy, absorbed into my body, was not only extremely pure but also seemed to possess a strange spirituality. It seemed capable of awakening the inheritance within my bloodline.

It was in this strange situation that my cultivation of profound arts improved rapidly. In addition to awakening many inheritances, my perception ability was also greatly enhanced. My soul power could actually connect with the spiritual energy in the gap along that gap, and guide this special spiritual energy to quickly pass through the gap to my side and be absorbed by me.

While guiding these spiritual energies, my soul power can also use them to probe the depths of the crevices. However, this perception extends very slowly.

I don't know how much time passed, but my soul power sensed something amiss. Suddenly, I noticed the gap at the front seemed to have widened, and a dense, unique spiritual energy appeared all around. As my soul power entered, it immediately connected with this spiritual energy. This energy was extremely active, and guided by my soul power, it quickly flowed through the gap to my side, where I absorbed it. It was at this moment that I awakened the profound combat technique, Heaven and Earth Prison.

As time went by, after my spiritual power was fully restored, I felt that I could communicate more with the spiritual energy in the crevice. I could even sense the situation inside the crevice through this spiritual energy. I sensed that there was a huge space inside, and in the center of this space stood a huge iron rod. The special spiritual energy that was constantly emanating from this iron rod was emanating from it.

At this moment, I felt the stone wall blocking my way loosen slightly, but I still couldn't push the boulder aside with my own strength. Finally, I had no choice but to exit the rift and find our clan leader, telling him what had happened. Soon after, all the elders of the clan rushed over to investigate.

But the crevice was too narrow, allowing only one person to pass at a time. Those who entered struggled with all their might to push the boulder aside, but even our most powerful elder couldn't budge it!

Xiao Mei stood in front of the black stone wall and explained to Mo Yuming how they discovered this secret place.

"So how did you eventually open the cave entrance?"

Even the most powerful elder of the ape clan couldn't push that rock away, so how did it eventually open? Mo Yuming was full of questions.

"Haha, actually, the stone door isn't pushed inwards at all. We were all mistaken. Because the crack was narrow, we all thought the boulder had to be pushed forwards to open it. But that's not the case at all. It's actually two large stone doors that are locked together. Each door has a shallow groove about three feet off the ground. Just press your hands on the two grooves and push hard to both sides, and the door will open. The two huge stone doors are embedded in the black rock; how could you push them open forwards!"

Xiao Mei laughed heartily as she spoke.

After hearing Xiaomei's explanation, Mo Yuming couldn't help but feel embarrassed. What a ridiculous misunderstanding!