BXBX NOVEL Chapter 240: Mine Isnt That Round
Chapter 240: Mine Isn't That Round
Why didn't it just tell me how to open this box?!
And now, it's impossible for me to go back and ask that. I don't even know if it's still alive. Enchantress Liu and Master Mu don't have the aura of a True Dragon, so the ghost dragon servant will try to stop them. However, they won't be as merciful as me.
What are we going to do?
If those two monsters charge in here, the three of us definitely won't be a match for them. But we can't take the stone box. The Coiling-Dragon Pillar is ridiculously enormous; it's impossible to uproot it.
I can't think of any solutions right now.
Will we end up having to cup our hands together submissively and yield to them?
The greatest treasure of the Blue Dragon's Hidden Realm is right in front of me. I'll be in for a world of hurt if I can't take it with me.
Seeing Chu Liang lost in his thoughts, Monk Pushan called out urgently, "Chu Liang! Move!"
Chu Liang's heart ached at the thought of leaving the treasure behind. Nevertheless, he turned around without the slightest hesitation and flew toward the exit at the other end.
Humans often desired the unattainable, much like a snake trying to swallow an elephant. So, it was natural for Chu Liang to covet treasures. If he couldn't obtain them, it just meant it wasn't in his destiny to do so.
Monk Pushan and Luo Yao, on the other hand, had no idea that the stone box contained a Dragon Orb. They just thought it was some strange box. Nonetheless, even if they knew it contained treasure, they wouldn't think much of it.
The trio flew out swiftly, escaping through the exit on the other end of the large hall.
Ahead of them was another extremely long and narrow passageway. The trio flew for a long time without hearing any sounds behind them.
Chu Liang knew that the two monsters might get delayed by the stone box. After all, they'd opened the Blue Dragon's Hidden Realm to search for the treasures that lay within it. Their target might very well have been the Dragon Orb to begin with, so they wouldn't just pass by the stone box.
This was good news for the trio though. It meant that the two monsters wouldn't be in such a rush to chase after them, allowing them to avoid the two monsters easily.
The Blue Dragon's Secret Realm was so vast; just how long did they have to stay in hiding for?
However, if the two monsters were to get their hands on the Dragon Orb, it might give them control over the entire hidden realm. In that case, they might not even need to search for the trio; they would be able to sense the trio's presence and catch them straight away.
The trio would truly be doomed then, with no path to the heavens and no door into the earth[2].
Chu Liang was deeply worried about that. Then he saw a patch of daylight shining in from overhead. There was a massive gaping hole in the ceiling of the passageway, a split in the sealed skeleton.
The trio flew out and looked down at the skeleton. It turned out that the evil dragon had been split in two at the waist. This was probably the site of the fatal wound that led to its death.
Despite having traveled for so long, the trio had only traversed through half of the evil dragon's corpse. It was easy to imagine how enormous the evil dragon had been during its lifetime.
The trio left the memorial. Their current location was far from where they had encountered the Vampire Bat-Dragons. Moreover, without the Enchantress Liu and Master Mu on their heels, the trio could take the time to cautiously explore the area without attracting the attention of the draconic demonic beasts in their surroundings.
Just as the trio entered the jungle, Chu Liang suddenly gasped inwardly.
Did I forget something?
What happened to that little golden butterfly that just emerged from its cocoon?
...
"What's this?" Enchantress Liu asked.
She stood gracefully on the Coiling-Dragon Pillar, tucking her hair back with a look of anticipation.
Master Mu's gaze was fully focused on the stone box as he caressed it very great affectionately with both hands.
He answered casually, "This is an enchanted tool with a locking mechanism that the ancient dragons made. The enchanted formations engraved on it are simple, but Heavenly Law is concealed within them. Their workmanship is vastly superior to those of mortals."
Enchantress Liu asked another question. "Will the Blue Dragon's Orb be inside?"
Master Mu sounded even more nonchalant as he replied, "We'll know once we open the box."
"Once we have the Blue Dragon's Orb, we'll have command over the Blue Dragon's Hidden Realm. The countless draconic descendants and treasures of nature will be ours. Then we can choose a secluded place for cultivation."
"We?" Master Mu turned and shot her a glance. "Didn't we agree on a sixty-forty split between you and me? Don't worry. I won't take more than what we agreed on. Your sect, the Dark King Sect, is too powerful. I do not dare to take more than what's my share."
"Oh..." Enchantress Liu uttered as she leaned over to Master Mu, pressing her body against his. She placed her hand gently on the stone box and whispered in Master Mu's ear, "I'll give all of this to you... I'll give myself to you too. How about that?"
"You're blocking my view," Master Mu said, thoughtlessly pushing Enchantress Liu's hand away.
Enchantress Liu frowned, feeling a little angry. "You—"
"I know about your romantic affairs. You've had over twenty lovers from diabolical sects, but they're all dead now." Master Mu injected his foundational qi into the stone box, slowly probing it. "You said you'll give all of this to me, what you really meant is that you want to take all of it for yourself."
"I didn't kill them!" Enchantress Liu exclaimed, her eyes widening in shock. She froze for a moment before adding, "Well, not all of them."
Enchantress Liu added inwardly, The Southern-Route Guider's death wasn't my doing.
"Regardless, you're as vicious as snakes and scorpions. There's no way I would dare to touch you. This time, you used my skills to open it, and I used your key to enter the hidden realm. Let's call it a fair trade. I just hope you'll keep your promise."
"Hmph," Enchantress Liu snorted coldly.
Seeing how Master Mu was so engrossed in studying the enchanted formation inscriptions on the stone box, Enchantress Liu reckoned that he wouldn't even notice if someone snuck up and attacked him from behind. She really wanted to try doing that.
Nevertheless, since the box hadn't been opened yet, she still needed this man's skills.
After a while, Enchantress Liu asked impatiently, "Can you open it or not?"
"I can," Master Mu answered confidently.
Enchantress Liu pursed her lips, keeping mum. After all, she had never met a man who said he couldn't do something. Nonetheless, the truth would eventually reveal itself.
Master Mu seemed to be an exception though. After a while, he started circulating his qi at a maddening pace, and green steam rose from the bones in his limbs!
With great effort, he managed to unravel the enchanted formations. Without unraveling the enchanted formations first, it was likely that even a seventh-realm Eminent One wouldn't be able to open this stone box with brute force.
A moment later, white light shone out from the stone box!
A breath that seemed to have been sealed for tens of thousands of years, going as far back as the ancient primordial times, escaped from the stone box. The box had opened a crack!
"Open!" Master Mu shouted and pried the box open with his hands!
Harsh bright light burst out of the box, but the two monsters didn't even let themselves blink. They looked inside the box with intense excitement.
Even to diabolical cultivators of their caliber, the hidden realm of an ancient True Dragon was an incredible place. And now, they were about to possess that realm. How could they not be excited? How could they not be overjoyed?!
When the light finally dissipated, they saw that inside the stone box was a round... black hole.
They were stunned.
After a long silence, Enchantress Liu reached inside the box and felt around, concluding that the box was indeed empty.
She looked at Master Mu. "What's going on?"
Enchantress Liu's initial reaction was to suspect that this guy had done something sneaky while he was opening the stone box!
However, Master Mu was just as surprised. He probed the hole with his divine sense, checking it more deeply than Enchantress Liu had done. Master Mu swiftly reached a conclusion as to what had happened.
He explained, "Someone made a hole that starts at the bottom end of the stone pillar and extends all the way up here. They took the content of the box and left... How did they do that?"
Master Mu was even more astonished than Enchantress Liu. He was well aware that the Coiling-Dragon Pillar had been made with an extremely solid material.
Just how incredible was this person's cultivation prowess that they managed to dig their way through the pillar?
...
What about the little golden butterfly?
Just as Chu Liang had that thought, a beam of dazzling golden light approached him from behind.
It turned out that the little golden butterfly had been following right behind Chu Liang all along.
But...
Chu Liang looked at the little golden butterfly and thought that there was something really strange about it.
The little golden butterfly looked bloated, its belly bulging because of the round object inside. Its originally fleshy white body had distended so much that it was now reduced to just a thin membrane wrapped around the object. The little golden butterfly looked just like a snake that had swallowed an elephant.
The spherical object inside its belly flashed constantly. With that luminous golden light shining through the little golden butterfly's thin white membrane, the little golden butterfly looked like a large firefly as it flew over to Chu Liang.
"Is that your spirit pet?" Monk Pushan asked.
"Mm..." Chu Liang uttered hesitantly.
I really want to say that my spirit pet isn't that round.
This glutton.
If I'm not mistaken, it seems to have swallowed the Blue Dragon's Orb.
How on earth did it manage to do that?!
1. GT wanted Dragonball. ☜
2. Basically saying that they have no way to escape, even by flying or digging into the earth. ☜