The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 3056 Dangerous Action
In the distance, Qian Ying saw Zhou Zixing standing behind the building without moving for a long time, so she couldn't help but ask in a telepathic voice, "Elder Zhou, has that unicorn horn been inserted yet?"

He was about a hundred meters away from Zhou Zixing. He could talk normally, but he would have to shout loudly. Otherwise, at a distance of a hundred meters, Zhou Zixing might not be able to hear what he was saying if he spoke too softly.

However, speaking loudly would damage his dignity, so it would be more convenient to transmit his voice, and it would also consume very little of his innate power.

After hearing Qian Ying's telepathic message, Zhou Zixing explained the situation.

After hearing this, Qian Ying thought for a moment and then transmitted her voice again: "Observe whether it can be rotated or pressed after being inserted. Try all of them. Maybe the method is wrong. If you can't figure it out, then pull out the unicorn and put it back in. Maybe the speed was too fast or the timing was wrong."

Qian Ying thought of the button in the recess, which only appeared during the day and disappeared at night, so she thought that it might be that the timing of its placement was wrong, or that the method of placing the unicorn was incorrect.

Anyway, this building has been there for a long time, so it's possible that putting the unicorn in might not activate the mechanisms inside. So let's try a few more times, maybe something will happen.

"Okay, I'll try again!" Zhou Zixing thought it was possible after hearing this, so he went closer to test it and see if there would be any reaction.

However, before Zhou Zixing could reach out, he suddenly heard a slight noise!
Zhou Zixing heard the noise but couldn't find its source or what was making the sound. So he could only retreat and move away from the strange building.

As for taking out the unicorn horn or spinning it around, those actions are no longer being considered; avoiding danger is the top priority.

"Elder Zhou, what happened?" Qian Ying asked curiously via telepathy when she saw Zhou Zixing dodging the strange building from a distance.

"Just now, I think I heard a noise, but I don't know where it came from. So I'll move away from this building and observe first," Zhou Zixing explained telepathically.

He wasn't ashamed of his actions; after all, caution was paramount, and one couldn't be careless. Careless people were long dead, like Ma Sanxing, who died mysteriously. Although he himself was nearing the end of his life, nobody wanted to die; everyone hoped to live as long as possible.

The world is so beautiful, and there is still something to look forward to; how can one not cherish it?

Hearing Zhou Zixing's explanation, Qian Ying didn't press further. He was quite far away and hadn't heard anything, so he remained quiet for the time being, waiting to see what would happen before discussing anything else.

As the two quietly stared at the strange building, it fell silent again.

"Huh? That's strange. I clearly heard some noise just now. Although I'm not sure if the sound came from this building, there shouldn't be anything else strange around. But now there's no sound. That's interesting." After waiting for a while, Zhou Zixing found that there was no sound again, so he transmitted his thoughts to Qian Ying with some curiosity.

Just as Zhou Zi was wondering, he suddenly heard a vibrating sound coming from the building. This time, he was certain that the sound was coming from the building itself, and that it was coming from underneath it.

In other words, the source of the sound was under the building, but since there were no entrances or windows around the building, and it was just a strange building extending into the lake, he couldn't figure out what was under it when there was noise.

"Elder Qian, did you hear that?" Zhou Zixing asked Qian Ying telepathically.

"I heard it," Qian Ying replied. Although the voice wasn't loud, as a third-level Innate Realm expert, her senses were extremely sharp, so she heard it clearly even from a distance of over a hundred meters. Furthermore, she also felt the vibrations as the sound traveled.

However, after the sound and vibration subsided, the building fell silent again, and there was no further movement.

Isn't this just playing with them?
"Elder Zhou, please don't approach the building yet. Just wait and see." Qian Ying advised Zhou Zixing to be cautious, believing that it's better to be safe than sorry.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zixing readily agreed and stood a short distance away from the building to observe carefully.

'Why not take this horn out, rotate it, and put it back in?' he thought to himself, and reached out to take the horn out. But after putting the horn in, it was flush with the rock wall of the building, and he couldn't get any leverage.

Therefore, Zhou Zixing placed his palm directly on the base of the unicorn, intending to use the power of his domain to pull the unicorn out.

However, to his surprise, before the domain could be fully deployed, he felt a vibration in his palm, followed by a faint sound.

In an instant, Zhou Zixing retreated, putting distance between himself and the building.

However, it was discovered that after the building made a noise, there was no further response, as if the noise did not come from inside the building.

This building is really strange. Could the commotion just now be because he was trying to take out that unicorn horn? Just as Zhou Zixing was wondering about this, the sound came again. This time, however, Zhou Zixing could clearly perceive that the sound was coming from this strange building.

Then, just as he was trying to pinpoint the exact location of the sound coming from the building, he noticed that about half a meter above the unicorn he had just inserted, a small dent appeared after a commotion.

After the dent appeared, the entire building fell silent again.

Zhou Zixing waited for a while and, finding no danger, slowly stepped forward to examine the newly appeared dent. He was also puzzled; the entire building was constructed of very hard stone, but it wasn't granite.

He could tell whether it was granite or not. But it was quite unexpected that a stone even harder than granite would have dents and buttons.

Standing in front of the building again, I carefully examined the dent that had just appeared. The dent wasn't deep, about five to six centimeters deep, and its size was only about the size of a baby's fist. Inside the dent, there were some strange patterns, as if they had been etched on.

Furthermore, these patterns emit a soft, gentle glow that is not glaring and can still be clearly seen even during the day.

Qian Ying was too far away to see what was happening, while Zhou Zixing was standing right in front of the hollow and could see everything clearly.

After the unicorn was inserted, another small dent appeared, and there were some etching marks inside that he couldn't understand.

However, Zhou Zixing was an old hand at this. Although he didn't understand what was going on with the reappeared dent, he could guess that this small dent could probably fit something about the size of a baby's fist.

As for what such a large object was, he naturally had no idea. And after the strange structure made such a small dent, there was no further movement.

This made Zhou Zixing complain. All he did was create a dent, and then there was no warning at all. Would it kill him to give a warning?

However, they were quite helpless and could only continue to observe the newly appeared small dent, but they still couldn't figure it out.

In the end, Zhou Zixing still couldn't figure out what those etched patterns were or why they emitted a faint glow. So, he gritted his teeth and touched them with his finger to see what it would feel like.

But when he touched it with his fingers, he felt nothing other than a cool sensation.

After touching and feeling it for a while, Zhou Zixing pressed it hard, but found that there was no change. The light on the etching seemed to be naturally formed, as if it was born to emit light.

Unwilling to give up, he scratched the surface with his fingernails a few times, but it had no effect and didn't even leave a mark.

He simply drew his innate short sword and thrust it down forcefully, but there was still no reaction, and he couldn't remove even a trace of the glowing object.

What the hell is this thing that makes up these strange patterns?
In the distance, Qian Ying saw Zhou Zixing standing behind the building for a long time without reacting, seemingly slashing at something with his innate short sword. She was a little curious. The unicorn horn was inserted into the recessed hole, so something should have happened, but nothing had happened yet. What was Zhou Zixing busy slashing at?

"Elder Zhou, what are you doing?" Qian Ying couldn't help but ask telepathically.

Upon hearing Qian Ying's question, Zhou Zixing sheathed his innate short sword, then turned to Qian Ying and recounted what had just happened.

"You mean there's another small dent above where the horn was inserted, and there are some strange patterns inside the dent?" Qian Ying asked curiously. If he didn't have to keep an eye on the two strange beasts, he would have gone over immediately to see what the strange dent was and what the etched patterns were.

“Yes, it’s a very strange etching pattern, and it even emits a faint fluorescence. Even though the whole valley is in daylight and the light is very strong, I can still see the fluorescence in these etching patterns clearly,” Zhou Zixing transmitted to Qian Ying.

Fluorescence? Etching? And a dent the size of a baby's fist?
Some vague memories flashed through Qian Ying's mind, but she couldn't quite grasp them. It was as if she had seen these things somewhere before, otherwise she wouldn't have such vague memories, but she couldn't recall them for the time being.

Huh? Suddenly, Qian Ying seemed to have thought of something, and transmitted her voice to Zhou Zixing: "Elder Zhou, put your hand into that indentation. Even if you can't fit it in, don't worry about it. As long as your fingers can touch the etched patterns, that's fine. Then circulate your innate power and release it onto the etched patterns."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zixing frowned and did not follow Qian Ying's instructions. Instead, he asked via telepathy, "Elder Qian, what are the results of your method? Why do we need to touch these etched patterns and transmit innate power?"

Thinking to himself, if there were any dangers, Qian Ying wouldn't have to bear them, while he would have to face them alone—that was absolutely impossible!

Although he was not as strong as Qian Ying, he would never want to do something so dangerous.