The Journey of Immortal Cultivation
Chapter 189 - 126: The True Face of Wen Liangyu

Chapter 189: Chapter 126: The True Face of Wen Liangyu

"Headed to Wenger’s study. Hmm, now she’s changed direction, heading to the central courtyard of Wenger’s small residence."

Following Changtian’s guidance, she wound her way through the mansion with many turns and bends. Now wearing the appearance of the Treasure Bead, she exhibited a proud and indifferent demeanor, which naturally caused others to keep their distance.

However, just as she bypassed a cluster of bamboo, someone blocked her path, cheerily saying, "Sister Treasure Bead, why have you just arrived? I’ve been waiting in agony." A closer look revealed it to be none other than that green-robed servant.

Not to mention that Changtian wanted to crush him, even Ning Xiaoxian twitched at the corner of her eye. Yet this fellow spoke with tender affection, "Today, inside the mansion, I found another wonderful place, guaranteed to be undetected by gods and men..." While speaking, he sidled closer, intending to grab hold of her petite hand.

Ning Xiaoxian dodged his grasp with a swift move, covering her mouth and chuckling at him, "What’s the rush? Let’s talk inside." She took the lead and stepped into the bamboo forest.

Although her appearance was still that of the Treasure Bead, her beautiful eyes sparkled with emotion and allure, especially when she glanced back while turning, which completely captivated the man, who followed her without hesitation.

Then... there was no after that. He thought "Treasure Bead" was about to engage in a tryst with him in this spot, eagerly about to pounce, but unexpectedly, her smiling face suddenly turned stern, and a palm strike came his way. Before he could react, he felt a palm strike from behind his neck, instantly knocking him out cold.

Phew, she had wanted to do this for a long time! Ning Xiaoxian dusted off her hands, finally feeling a sense of relief.

Having dealt with this nuisance, she smoothly made her way to City Lord Wen’s private courtyard and, according to Changtian’s instructions, found the rockery in one corner of the yard.

She tapped the rockery lightly three times with the tusk knife handle, then heard Changtian saying, "The small pavilion placed at the upper left corner of the rockery, yes, that’s it—turn it to the left and then pull it outwards." The complexity of activating this mechanism, was it to prevent children from accidentally opening the secret passage while playing in the courtyard?

She did as instructed, and with a faint "clink," she turned to see that a hole had opened in the ground. Normally covered by an iron plate, covered with a layer of sand on top, and then sod on the surface, it was very deceptive in appearance.

She stealthily entered, and within a few moments, the hole automatically closed behind her. Luckily, she wasn’t claustrophobic, otherwise walking alone in this pitch-black tunnel might be terrifying. The passage was so narrow, thankfully she was a woman, with a slender frame, otherwise a six-foot-tall man might bruise his face and bloody his nose trying to traverse it?

Changtian said, "Wen Liangyu was quite surprised when he saw this hole too, and Fan told him it was an escape tunnel built by a former Master of the mansion. Little Half-demon self-mockingly thought that if he had visited his father here more often, how could he not have discovered the mechanism?"

"How far have they gone?" she quietly asked, only to discover that in such a secluded environment, even the faintest sound could be heard clearly.

"Twenty meters. Don’t worry, there’s a stream ahead, they won’t hear your voice."

She had only walked a few meters when she really heard the sound of flowing water. There was actually an underground river hidden beneath the City Lord Mansion, and judging by the sound of the water, the river had a substantial flow! Hmm, or to say, the first City Lord was truly capable, to have accurately built the City Lord Mansion directly above an underground river! Perhaps they had consulted with some famous geomancer or diviner at the time?

Her mind raced with random thoughts, but her feet kept moving. Changtian reminded her, "Slow your breathing, after the turn you’ll be there."

She tiptoed forward, careful to make her breathing as light as possible. With the Guiding Technique cultivated to the Great Success Realm, the human body could achieve inner breathing. Underwater, one could hold their breath for an hour. She was still several steps away from reaching this realm, but making her heartbeat and breath nearly imperceptible was easy.

The path suddenly opened up ahead, and it seemed that this tunnel connected to a naturally formed cave, roughly a hundred square meters in size, comparable to a three-bedroom apartment in Huaxia. The ground appeared to be deliberately smoothed out, quite flat, and in the center of the cave were two squarely shaped stone platforms. Torches were lit on the cave walls, illuminating the interior clearly. Ning Xiaoxian thought that the occasional flicker of the flames meant that the air was circulating. Otherwise, people would have suffocated inside long ago.

About half of the cave was submerged in water, and under the light of the fire, shadowy outlines underneath suggested that the cave extended farther, no wonder previous City Lords had used this place as an emergency escape route.

She peered out stealthily to see the various people inside the cave.