Chapter 913
The Secret Treasure Beneath the Black Hole and the Witch's Peach
Chapter 913 The Secret Treasure Beneath the Black Hole and the Witch's Peach
The main cave of Jinmian Mountain is called Yunding Cave. This cave is located on the mountainside. You can go up the stone steps along the mountain path. There are many tree people guarding the entrance of the cave because this cave leads directly into the interior of Jinmian Mountain.
Locke led Douglas into a cave, and suddenly, the magic candles along the mountain path lit up, illuminating the way.
The interior of Mount Golden Crown is an environment similar to an underground city. This entire mountain was originally formed as a super fortress during the pure-blood era to resist the potential extermination of the entire wizarding world.
Jinmianshan is skilled in efficient agriculture, which was originally designed to enable food self-sufficiency in the most dangerous times and to allow the company to survive independently even when the world is in crisis.
Along the way, the two saw many maze-like underground warehouses in Mount Jinmian.
To this day, there are still many warehouse areas, and even the wizards of Golden Crown Mountain, who cannot fully understand them and there is a certain degree of danger involved.
Locke led Douglas down the stone steps to the bottom of Mount Golden Crown, and they arrived at the lowest corridor at the bottom of the mountain. After passing through this corridor, which was only lit by automatically lit magic candles, they came to a stone chamber.
Standing at the entrance of the stone chamber was an old, hunched-over moon ring wizard. He had white hair and was blind, except for a demon eye in each hand. He also had dragon features on his face, with a prominent dragon scale and half a dragon horn.
He raised his hands and looked at the warrant from the wizard Trajan that Locke had shown him, bearing the seal of Catherine the Witch's office, which represented the approval of the academic committee, one of the three giants of Mount Corona.
“Young man, you have a bright future ahead of you, why come to the Black Hole Witch Peach Garden, the least promising of the twelve demon peaches on Golden Crown Mountain?”
"This is the landfill of Jinmian Mountain."
The old Moon Ring Wizard spoke, though his mouth didn't move, his telepathic voice simultaneously appeared on Locke and Douglas.
Locke gave Douglas a reassuring look; he had sought a guard post at the Black Hole Peach Garden from the wizard Trajan, where he would spend half a day.
In fact, the Black Hole Witch Peach itself does not need any protection, because it is impossible for a wizard who is too powerful to enter the Black Hole Witch Peach Garden without attracting the attention of any other wizards after entering Golden Crown Mountain.
If a wizard who is too weak gets close to the Black Hole Peach, the radiation from the magical pressure alone will be enough to cause him serious trouble.
For a typical second-ring wizard, unless they are a sun-ring wizard, getting close to the Black Hole Peach will not have any effect on them.
That's why it was so easy for him to ask Trajan for the position.
The Black Hole Witch Peach Garden was guarded solely to prevent foolish wizards from getting close.
Moreover, this is a retirement job.
Within Jinmian Mountain, there are a large number of special positions specifically for the older generation who have made contributions to the country. As long as they do not think about working hard and striving to the point of losing their positions, they can stay away from the involution of competition.
Locke said, "Senior, thank you for your hard work at Golden Crown Mountain. We are able to go further by standing on the shoulders of you seniors."
The old Moon Ring Wizard paused for a moment, then a smile appeared on his lips. He used telekinesis, a type of magic from the Mind School, to speak in the minds of Locke and Douglas: "Among young people these days, it's rare to find a wizard as polite as you."
“Those young wizards always think that we are just people who are just wasting our time on Mount Golden Crown, but they don’t think about who created this environment for them.”
“I have no objection to you going in, but there’s something wrong with this person.”
The old Moon Ring Wizard raised his hands, the eyes within them fixed intently on Douglas.
"The light of this person's soul is not pure."
Douglas's entire body stiffened instantly.
The old Moon Ring Wizard said, "He cannot enter."
Douglas looked at Locke with some alarm.
Locke remained expressionless.
"Yes, I know his spiritual light is somewhat impure. He's a member of my group, and I had him do some experiments related to dead souls, so his soul is tainted with a bit of death energy."
The old Moon Ring Wizard frowned. "Young researcher, I am a wizard of the Mind School. I am most skilled at sensing the light of others' minds—his and yours. No one can lie to me."
The old Moon Ring Wizard's eyes, held in his hands, were fixed on Locke.
Locke remained calm; he could sense that the other person was using telekinesis to scan his thoughts.
The telekinetic abilities of the Mind School are inherently more inclined towards physical damage than mental perception. In addition, as a potion master, he had already casually concocted a name potion using his own name before arriving here, and then drank it.
In other words, at this moment, I am essentially wearing the skin of my previous self.
What the other party can sense is the spiritual light they just received.
The old Moon Ring Wizard raised his hands, and the eyes within them met Locke's gaze.
A minute later, the old wizard suddenly chuckled softly.
"Ha ha……"
"That's enough. The younger generation surpasses the older. I'm old; now it's your era."
"Since you know him so well, then come in. Young second-ring potion master."
The old Moon Ring Wizard pointed out Locke's trick to get away with it.
The pupils in his palms revealed a playful expression.
He was quite certain that Locke was hiding something from him, and through his extensive experience, he immediately saw through Locke's deception, but he didn't actually find any evidence against him.
Moreover, through telekinesis, he probed Locke's general condition and found that he was a decent person. In addition, as a confidant of the Red Dragon Throne and holding Trajan's order representing the Academic Committee, the garrison commander of Peach Garden gave Locke face and allowed Locke to take Douglas through the pass.
The old Moon Ring Wizard, his back hunched, stepped aside.
He coughed. "I'll be back in half a day. I'm getting old, and I don't want to lose such an easy job. Goodbye, young potion master."
Locke nodded slightly to him.
Then, using a set of magic keys given to him by Trajan, he opened the door to the Black Hole Peach Chamber. Douglas said to Locke, "Little Boss, I..."
Locke said, "No need to say more."
“I know you’ve had some extraordinary experiences. Every wizard who comes to Golden Crown Mountain has had some kind of extraordinary experience. After spending so many days together, both His Majesty and I believe in you.”
A look of emotion flashed in Douglas's eyes; he felt a warmth completely different from that he had received from the original dark wizarding organization.
Locke said, "Let's go."
Locke pushed open the door to the Black Hole Chamber, and a burst of turbid air immediately spewed out from it. Locke frowned, and the power of the Myster on his body formed a pale green natural circulating force field to protect himself.
At the same time, a defensive force field of reversed elements appeared on Douglas's body, forcibly dissolving this turbid energy and preventing it from polluting the wizard's soul.
The two passed through the door of the Black Hole Peach Chamber. At first, it was quite narrow, but after passing through, they found that behind the door was a room that looked like a vast valley.
A gigantic black hole witch peach appeared before them.
This is a peach tree whose branches resemble the universe. Each leaf is like a star in the universe, and each leaf is like a starlight spot in the darkness, exuding endless charm.
The tree was enormous; the two people in front of it appeared as tiny black dots.
For a moment, their eyes were completely drawn to the magical plant, and they couldn't look away.
But Locke quickly realized what was happening and snapped his fingers near Douglas's ear, instantly waking Douglas up.
Douglas apologized to Locke, saying, "Sorry, little boss."
Locke said, "It's alright. The magical power of the Black Hole Peach is too strong, its magical pressure far exceeds ours, making it exceptionally attractive to us. Douglas, we can't stay here for long, especially you. Staying here too long could cause permanent energy pollution to your soul." "I'm asking you, where is the treasure you mentioned?"
Douglas pulled a necklace with a beast's claw attached to it from his neck. "This is a token. Inserting this token into the soil around the roots of that tree will activate the hidden magic within. If that magic still works."
"But once it's opened, there will be a level two creature guarding it. So only a level two wizard can enter."
Locke frowned.
“Without special authorization, even a throne wizard from outside wouldn’t be able to get here. Douglas, the location of your treasure is truly remote.”
Douglas blushed slightly.
Locke took the beast claw necklace and approached the Black Hole Peach. Instantly, wisps of turbid air transformed into waves that rushed towards him. These were the special energies gathered at the roots of the Black Hole Peach.
This is neither an attack nor a defense against the wizard; it is simply a phenomenon caused by the normal life activity of its roots, namely, respiratory activity.
"I've heard that the Black Hole Peach is the real library of Golden Crown Mountain, but I don't know if it's true or not."
Locke withstood the impact of the turbid air, his permanent defensive force field on his body expanding to block its attack.
He arrived beside the earthen ball at the root of the Black Hole Witch Peach.
The root ball of the Black Hole Witch Peach appears to be the size of a continent.
Locke suspected that this space had been subjected to some kind of spatial expansion magic from a sorcery school, in any case, the black hole witch peach was extremely large.
He reached out, trying to get closer to the roots of the Black Hole Witch Peach, but the next moment, some root-like roots on the earthen ball of the Black Hole Witch Peach attacked Locke, whipping him like whips.
Douglas was startled.
This Black Hole Witch Peach is either a third-ring or fourth-ring magical plant!
If that root were to strike Locke, Locke would likely be severely injured.
But the next moment, Locke grabbed one of the roots directly into his hand.
Douglas stared wide-eyed, quite surprised.
Locke exerted force with his palm, and the root-like plant instantly exploded.
Locke looked at Douglas and said, "Don't be nervous. These are not the roots of the Black Hole Witch Peach, but a kind of magical plant called 'Bamboo Root Vine' that parasitizes the roots of the Black Hole Witch Peach. It belongs to the root-parasitic magical plant category, which attaches itself to the roots of more powerful tree-like magical plants and survives by mimicking their roots."
"The reason they attacked me just now was probably because they mistook me for someone who came to weed."
At this moment, countless withered, yellow, root-like vines appeared on the earthen ball and lashed at him. Locke took out a golden wheat plant, and with a single lash, countless bamboo-like roots were instantly cut in half by his golden wheat.
Then, Locke shook the Golden Wheat, which transformed into a golden whip. In an instant, it lashed out countless times, and countless [Bamboo Root Vine] pieces fell to the ground.
Douglas covered his eyes with his right hand, because Locke's magical pressure had created a strong wind that made it impossible for him to open his eyes.
"Wow...that's amazing. I wish I could be like that someday."
The Wizard King Lagmamon whispered in his mind, "Being a second-circle wizard shouldn't be your end. My plan for you is that you should at least become a third-circle wizard."
Douglas thought to himself, "A third-ring wizard? Me? It's unimaginable."
Locke put away the golden wheat and then inserted the token necklace into the earthen ball.
Nothing happened at first.
Locke looked at Douglas strangely, and the next moment, two beams of magical light suddenly flew out from the crack in the earthen ball.
'It actually works!' Locke thought. 'After all this time, that spell is still effective. What's the principle behind it?'
The next moment, the two figures disappeared.
When the two observed their surroundings again, Locke and Douglas saw a dark, damp world filled with rain.
Locke immediately realized that the so-called secret treasure of the ancient wizard king was actually a world as his treasure trove, and this location was the entrance to the dimensional portal of that plane.
For some unknown reason, the founders of Golden Crown Mountain chose this area as the planting site for Black Hole Witch Peach and built Golden Crown Mountain, a military fortress, here.
Douglas seemed very excited, pointing in a direction within this dark world and saying, "Right there, the treasure is sealed inside that stone tablet. The stone tablet itself is a magic book."
"There should be a second-ring biological guardian here."
Locke closed his eyes, sensing the magical pressure of the entire world.
"Don't even think about it. Where can a second-ring creature live that long? Besides, this world has already been captured by the Dark World."
"There aren't even many ordinary people here."
"The whole world was deathly silent."
Douglas was stunned.
At that moment, the Witch-King Ragmamon whispered in his mind: 'I was wrong before. Indeed, so much time has passed. Maintaining this ruin is certainly not easy.'
"Then hurry over to that stone tablet and acquire the magical knowledge to correct your imbalance of the five elements. This is of utmost importance to you."
Locke's expression changed slightly.
Because a familiar demonic pressure descended.
He is the Dark Lord of the Dark World!
The voice of the Dark Evil King appeared here.
"Wizards, how dare you trespass into my territory!"
Give me your names!
The pressure of magic belonging to the Sun Ring level was crushing down on him, and Locke's expression changed drastically.
He felt that no matter where he tried to escape, he was blocked.
That was a desperate situation entirely caused by overwhelming superiority.
Locke never imagined that the world corresponding to this wizard's treasure had long been captured by the Dark World and fallen into darkness. He also never imagined that he would step into the territory of the Dark Great Evil King of the Dark World.
Oops.
Locke immediately realized that once he handed over his name to the Dark Lord, he and Douglas would be captured here for eternity.
The Witch King in Douglas's mind also realized this.
"Douglas is an old friend of the Dark World. You must leave with Locke immediately."
"He hasn't gotten close yet, which is why only the power at the Sun Ring level has been transmitted. His true form possesses power corresponding to the Third Ring level!"
(End of this chapter)