Chapter Twenty-Four: A Century-Old Castle Emerges

With the help of the monkey now, Yu Xun had more time to continue looking for the exit—he kept removing the miscellaneous obstacles that blocked the foot of the stone wall, and searched carefully over and over again......

Eventually, he concluded that there must be some hidden mechanism in the stone chamber—but it would be hard to find for a while!

After being trapped in the stone chamber for several days, Yu Xun decided to take a pleasant bath in the hot spring pool on this day--to get rid of his fatigue! After removing the clothes on his body, he dived directly to the bottom of the pool......

Suddenly, Yu Xun felt as if he had touched something on the sole of his right foot! He immediately calmed down and began to concentrate on tentative groping with his toes...... Somewhere under the hot pool, there's something there!

Yu Xun turned around and returned to the place where the clothes were kept, took out the night pearl, and then dived under the water again......

Through the light emitted by the Night Pearl, this time he really saw that in the center of the bottom of the pool, there was a small stone statue in the shape of a dragon!

The exquisitely carved dragon stone statue must have been deliberately placed there! But what is the purpose of it?

Yu Xun decided to gamble on his luck - he was already in trouble anyway, and no matter how unlucky he was, it would not be much worse!

He once again dived to the center of the bottom of the pool, reached out and grabbed the head of the dragon stone statue, and pressed it down hard—no movement! Pull it to the side harder—still no movement! Yu Xun couldn't help but secretly feel strange: Could it be that this small stone sculpture is just an ornament?

Yu Xun, who had practiced the art of machine tools, felt that this must be unreasonable! And at this moment, he was already in a desperate situation, and he also had a lot of strength in his heart - this son just didn't believe in this evil!

After floating up and taking a few breaths of fresh air, Yu Xun's brain began to activate again, and he couldn't help but wonder: it should still be a matter of gestures...... So, after diving down again, his action was changed to - grab the head of the dragon and twist it vigorously, and now he did it right!

I saw the dragon stone statue turn away, revealing a small hole hidden underneath! Suddenly, the undercurrent in the hot spring pool surged, and the water in the pool poured down to the small hole that had just been exposed.

It turns out that this little dragon stone statue is a mechanism to release the water in the pond!

In this way, the water in the hot spring pool should be living water from a certain source...... However, where did the hot spring water in the pool flow from?—— Yu Xun secretly wondered in his heart.

When the water in the pool was almost drained, he began to look carefully in the empty pool—and after a while, he realized that there was indeed a small hole in the wall of the pool!

So, Yu Xun followed the sound of the water flow all the way, and finally found the source of the hot spring pool at the foot of a stone wall - accurately!

The entrance to the stone chamber is obscured by a number of lush wild plants – which are hard to see unless you look closely!

Yu Xun picked up a wooden stick, pushed away the plants, and finally saw the small hole that only allowed one person to enter and exit!

Yu Xun, who was shrinking his body, drilled out of the hole with his waist bent, and suddenly felt that there was a sudden enlightenment in front of him!

He hurriedly gulped down a few mouthfuls of the unusually fresh air in the mountains...... Then he looked up to the sky and laughed, and shouted: "The sky has eyes! I, Yu Xun, finally came out——"

Seeing the sunshine in his eyes, Yu Xun knew that he had arrived in the open air outside the stone room. After looking around, Yu Xun estimated that the place he was now based on the surrounding scenery should be the bottom of a valley!

Yu Xun's judgment was right, and at this time he was already at the bottom of the valley behind Shangluowu.

After enjoying the joy of relief from the predicament, Yu Xun continued to explore along the ravine...... He wanted to see what kind of place people could go to!

However, as soon as he had rounded the second corner, he found that not far ahead, there was an ancient castle! Could it be that the ancient castle in front of him was the century-old castle that he had often heard about when he was a child, Shangluo Fort?

The castle was built very old, it is said to have existed hundreds of years ago, and it was quite famous at the time, but then a severe earthquake caused the entire castle to sink into the ground...... Unexpectedly, now it has seen the light of day again!

For Yu Xun, this unexpected discovery can also be regarded as "if you don't die in a catastrophe, you will have a blessing in the future"!

Because exploring the legendary Shangluo Castle has always been a good wish in the hearts of the three brothers! Now, such a beautiful thing actually favored Yu Xun first-this should be regarded as God's special favor for him, right?

At this moment, Yu Xun's heart was overjoyed! He thought to himself: Since today's heaven-given opportunity, of course such an opportunity should not be missed! He immediately took a few deep breaths of fresh air, and then headed straight for the ancient castle with full spirit......

The horror and dreary of the past few days were all swept away at this moment! Because he had the privilege of seeing with his own eyes the true appearance of the century-old castle - such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity was in front of his eyes at this moment!

So, is this hundred-year-old castle that suddenly appeared in front of Yu Xun quite unexpectedly as mysterious as the rumors say? And for Yu Shaoxia, who is eager to find out, what awaits him in the castle - what will be?