Chapter 1477: Hollow Wall

Chapter 1477: Chapter 1477: Hollow Wall

Xv Jiazhi really had made a new discovery, otherwise he wouldn’t suddenly go rabid and shove a whole shelf over, smashing it to pieces on the floor.

What he’d found was a pattern, a pattern identical to the scribbled ghost-symbols on the last page of the Tangxi Meridian!

Xv Jiazhi had flipped through the Tangxi Meridian dozens of times; only that final page of ghost-symbols made no sense to him. Not just him—Kun Yun couldn’t understand it either.

One thing was certain: that last page was the most crucial part of the entire book. If you couldn’t understand it, then everything else was for nothing.

"How... how could this diagram be here?"

Wang Sijing also voiced her doubt. The Tangxi Meridian, like the Thousand Jin Rock, was a treasured heirloom of the Wang Family. As a direct descendant, Wang Sijing had of course studied the book as well, just without any breakthroughs. Naturally this diagram had left a deep impression on her.

Chen Moxiang was even more speechless. She said to Wang Sijing, "So in your ancestral shrine, someone’s been scribbling all over the walls?"

In her eyes, this was basically desecrating the ancestors.

Lin Tian’s eyes flashed with sharp light. When it came to what this diagram represented, probably no one understood it better than he did. This diagram was the Array Map engraved inside the blade of the Thousand Jin Rock. Every line junction was the position of an array piece.

The ridiculous part was, the grand array Wang Sijing had previously activated with her blood—the route those stone statues walked was exactly the same as this diagram on the wall, yet she still hadn’t recognized it.

With a brain this dull, it’d be a miracle if she ever managed to comprehend the array inside the Thousand Jin Rock.

Lin Tian stood behind Xv Jiazhi and said coldly, "Move. Let me see."

Xv Jiazhi didn’t go against Lin Tian’s words and stepped aside.

Lin Tian stood before the wall and lightly knocked on it, producing hollow ’dong dong’ sounds. Hearing this, joy surfaced on the faces of Xv Jiazhi and Chen Moxiang—there was empty space behind this wall!

In stark contrast to their expressions was Wang Sijing, whose face was gloomy. She really didn’t like seeing these people making new discoveries inside the underground palace. This was clearly the Wang Family’s own underground palace! These damned invaders!

But very quickly, her expression smoothed out again, even carrying a faint smile.

So what if they’d found something new? Even if there was emptiness behind the wall, Lin Tian and the others had no way of brute-forcing their way through; that would only backfire. As for finding the mechanism to enter, Wang Sijing didn’t believe they could do it.

Suddenly, Lin Tian faced the wall and sat down cross-legged. At the same time, he handed the rope tied to Wang Sijing over to Xv Jiazhi, saying, "Guard me."

Beyond that, Lin Tian said nothing else at all. He closed his eyes and began stored-thought cultivation, leaving Xv Jiazhi completely dumbfounded.

Handing the rope to Xv Jiazhi and asking him to guard—what kind of huge trust was that? You had to remember, he himself was a bastard guilty of the unforgivable crime of betraying his master and destroying his ancestors.

Very soon, Xv Jiazhi let it go. His master was really magnanimous; he knew Xv Jiazhi wouldn’t harm him and would instead do his best to protect him. Because Xv Jiazhi had desire in his heart—he wanted to know what lay behind the wall, and the only person who could open the mechanism was Lin Tian.

Honestly, right now Xv Jiazhi really wanted to slam a palm down on Lin Tian’s head and splatter his brains. Because his identity as the unfilial disciple had already been exposed; in the future Lin Tian would stand on the opposite side from him, and that was a opponent whose pressure made it hard to breathe.

Xv Jiazhi was also a proud man. Born into the Ancient Martial the Xv Family, he naturally possessed a proud heart. He still couldn’t fully believe that facing Lin Tian, he had absolutely no chance of victory.

Wang Sijing’s face was even darker; she hated seeing Lin Tian looking so calm and confident.

Inner Strength surged within her Sea of Qi as Wang Sijing suddenly lunged toward Lin Tian, palm raised high, wanting to kill him with a single strike.

Xv Jiazhi instinctively charged forward to meet her, fist against palm.

Bang!

In their clash, Wang Sijing ultimately took the upper hand. With one palm she nearly fractured Xv Jiazhi’s hand bones, sending his body crashing heavily into the wall behind him.

An explosive Golden Core expert against a high-level Martial Artist—for Xv Jiazhi’s arm to not be completely ruined was already considered lucky.

Xv Jiazhi bared his teeth, shook his arm out a few times, then once again put on a "nothing’s wrong" expression as he stood guard by Lin Tian’s side. In reality, his entire arm was trembling slightly, and it felt like there was a fire burning in his chest.

A Golden Core expert... far too terrifying!

A faint cold smile appeared on Wang Sijing’s face as she mocked, "I really didn’t expect this—Mr. Xv, the traitor who betrayed his master and destroyed his ancestors, would actually put his life on the line for his master."

That palm strike from earlier had only been a probe; she didn’t take Xv Jiazhi seriously at all. It was Lin Tian who was too strange—who knew if he’d suddenly turn around and take her life.

Xv Jiazhi snorted heavily, his thick brows and big eyes widening as he said, "I know I’m not your match, but stalling you for a while is no problem. If you don’t believe me, come and try."

"What a complete idiot!" Wang Sijing cursed, her face dark. She had no intention of throwing a second palm because killing Xv Jiazhi was meaningless; trying to kill Lin Tian was far too risky.

...

In truth, Wang Sijing was overthinking it. From the moment Lin Tian handed the rope to Xv Jiazhi, he’d already thrown himself completely into stored-thought cultivation, cutting off all connection to the outside world.

He didn’t fully trust Xv Jiazhi, but at this moment he had no choice but to trust him. It was incredibly risky, but the odds were in his favor!

Besides, he’d just given Chen Moxiang a meaningful look. If either of them made any suspicious move, the pistol in her hand was definitely not just for show.

Lin Tian pressed his palm against the wall, pouring a large amount of Spiritual Qi into it.

He figured that since the mechanism within this wall was related to the Thousand Jin Rock, it definitely needed to be communicated with using Spiritual Qi, just like when he’d first discovered the array inside the Thousand Jin Rock.

Sure enough! Just as he’d expected, the Spiritual Qi flowed into the wall like it was entering another space. Inside this wall there were countless holes, densely packed like a piece of wood gnawed through by termites—smooth on the outside, crisscrossed with lines inside.

A flash of insight shot through Lin Tian’s mind, and he immediately guided his Spiritual Qi to circulate following the paths on the Array Point Map.

Everything went incredibly smoothly. As long as the route was correct, the Spiritual Qi would eventually sink into the stone door and vanish without a trace.

Running the Array Point Map once with his Spiritual Qi consumed nearly half the Spiritual Qi in his Sea of Qi. In the end, Heaven indeed favored the diligent—the stone door let out a crisp sound, like some component snapping apart.

Lin Tian quickly withdrew from his stored-thought state. When he opened his eyes, the stone door before him was slowly opening, emitting a buzzing hum.

The eyes of the other three were also drawn over, especially Xv Jiazhi—when the door opened a gap big enough for a person to pass through, he immediately wanted to rush inside. In the end Lin Tian grabbed him, saying in a deep voice, "Tired of living? Even if you don’t care about your life, you still have to hand over the antidote for that genius."

After Lin Tian said this, Xv Jiazhi hurriedly froze in place. He really had gotten too excited!