After rebirth, the eldest sister voluntarily abdicated and gave way to the wise.

Chapter 406 Stone Archives

When Su Yanqing and Shi Tou returned from their investigation, they only saw Fang Wan Ning lying unconscious on the ground. The entire second floor of the inn was empty, and even the guests in the other rooms had disappeared.

Stone was terrified and had to hold onto the door frame to avoid stumbling.

Su Yanqing glanced at him sideways, then turned and went downstairs to find the shopkeeper and the waiters coming and going.

Stone didn't follow him anymore. Instead, he went into Shui Lian'er's room alone, picked up the storybook that was still half-scattered on the ground, and stood there in a daze.

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Li Chuanlu initially thought that Jiang Liqian and Xu Youan's group were all young masters and ladies from aristocratic families, just out having fun, with fancy moves but no real skills.

But when they saw that the two of them entered the outer barrier of the city lord's mansion without any effort, this idea shattered instantly.

He stared at the two men in shock, feeling ashamed of his previous thoughts.

He shouldn't underestimate anyone.

Jiang Liqian and Xu Youan didn't realize anything was wrong. They casually broke the barrier and planned to explore in three directions as they had agreed on the way there, and meet again here an hour later.

Just as Jiang Liqian was about to let Li Chuanlu choose a direction, she didn't see him and realized that he was still breaking the barrier outside the barrier. Because he was afraid of alerting the people of the city lord's mansion, he was very careful.

Jiang Liqian walked back quickly and pointed, creating a gap large enough for one person to pass through in front of Li Chuanlu.

Li Chuanlu pursed his lips, strode in, and gave Jiang Li a slight nod.

Jiang Li smiled slightly in response.

The purple spiritual energy dissipated, and the barrier automatically returned to its original state.

“I choose this side,” Li Chuanlu said, pointing to the east.

Jiang Liqian and Xu Youan then chose two other directions.

"Meet here in an hour, no matter what happens," Jiang Liqian emphasized again, looking intently at Xu Youan.

Xu Youan was reluctant to part ways with his senior sister, but each of them going in a different direction was the fastest way to explore the city lord's mansion, and he had no good excuse to object.

But seeing his senior sister's concern and worry for him unexpectedly made him feel strangely satisfied and a little happy.

Oh well, every cloud has a silver lining.

Jiang Liqian chose the south direction. She put an invisibility talisman on herself and shielded her aura, quickly disappearing into the darkness.

Compared to those famous large cities, Chang Le City is not very big or prosperous, but the city lord's mansion is built with a rugged path. If you follow the road built inside the mansion, you will have to go around several turns in many places.

She didn't understand. Was this the unique aesthetic of the Lord of Chang Le City?

After passing through five courtyards in one go, Jiang Liqian finally noticed something amiss around an inconspicuous artificial rock.

Several exquisitely shaped and valuable artificial rocks are scattered throughout the pond, but the rock closest to the center of the pond looks as if it has just been moved, with ripples spreading outwards around it, and the turbid pond mud churning and bubbling.

There must be something hidden at the bottom of this pool.

Jiang Liqian was certain, so she flew across the lake and carefully observed the artificial rock. After some searching, she suddenly found a rock with faint spiritual power underwater on one side.

She tried to move it, but failed.

Then, he tentatively injected some spiritual energy into it.

With a soft "clack," the artificial rock trembled and then slowly moved to the right. Immediately afterward, a barrier spread out, separating the surrounding pool water and revealing a deep passage that could be entered.

To prevent any accidents, Jiang Liqian left a secret signal outside that Xu Youan and Li Chuanlu could understand, and then tiptoed inside.

The barrier disappeared, the artificial rocks returned to their places, and the pond surface became calm again.

The passage was dimly lit and extremely long. Jiang Liqian walked for a long time with her nerves on edge, but she still couldn't reach the end. Moreover, the further down she went, the thinner her spiritual energy became.

Jiang Liqian possesses a top-grade lightning spiritual root. With the aid of the Qiankun Heart Method, she doesn't need to consciously circulate her spiritual power; spiritual energy will naturally and continuously flow into her body. However, as she goes deeper into the passage, she clearly feels the stagnation in the circulation of spiritual power.

Others might not immediately notice, but she already felt uncomfortable all over.

That's strange. Logically speaking, spiritual energy is everywhere and shouldn't become thinner just because it's underwater—could there be something here that blocks spiritual energy?

Jiang Liqian took out several top-grade spirit stones from her Qiankun bag, clenched them tightly in her palm, and continued forward with great vigilance.

She didn't know how long she walked, but finally she saw a stone door at the end of the passage.

The stone door was very thick. As usual, Jiang Liqian was about to look for any mechanisms, but as soon as she made a move, the door slowly moved and opened.

Jiang Liqian reacted quickly and immediately retreated, creating a safe distance between herself and her sect members.

Fortunately, the invisibility talisman on her body had not lost its effect. When a figure slowly walked out of the stone door, the other party did not see her.

However, Jiang Liqian did not let her guard down and suppressed her aura to the lowest possible level.

Even high-level invisibility talismans have fluctuations of spiritual energy. If the other party's cultivation level is high enough, or if they are extremely observant, they will definitely be able to detect her presence.

Fortunately, it all seemed to be a false alarm for her. After passing through the stone gate, the person left without stopping.

Jiang Liqian slipped inside before the stone door closed.

As soon as she entered, she was dazzled by the piles of high-grade spirit stones behind the stone door.

With so many high-grade spirit stones, this is definitely comparable to the treasury of those prosperous cities!

This Lord of Chang Le City is truly insatiable.

Jiang Liqian walked around the stone warehouse, but apart from piles and piles of spirit stones, she didn't find anything else.

However, the real strange thing is that nothing was found.

It's normal that the treasury is protected by something special, which isolates the spiritual energy here. What's abnormal is that Jiang Liqian couldn't find out what was causing the isolation of the spiritual energy.

Either the thing is so exquisite that Jiang Liqian is unable to discover it with her current abilities; or the thing is not in this stone vault, but in another hidden space.

Is there another secret room here?

Jiang Li pursed her lips and approached the piles of spirit stones step by step.

Since there are only spirit stones here, then...

“If you go any further, I will have you arrested.” A sudden voice rang out behind Jiang Liqian.

Jiang Liqian felt her hair stand on end and quickly turned around, cold sweat instantly sliding down her forehead.

This person managed to get behind her silently!

Her invisibility spell hadn't expired yet, but he saw her with perfect accuracy... which meant that he knew she was there when they were outside.