The Eternal Saint of Alchemy

At the same time, the Meng family observer from the Azure Scale Clan also sent over records of the rock strata on the west side of the Scale Ridge through official channels. Bai Ye used the Silver Frost Sword to synchronize and compare the signals from both sides.

It was confirmed that the ground conditions observed by the Star Pattern Sect observation point and the Azure Scale Clan were consistent with the signals recorded in the array room. All three signals pointed to the same place, and there were no abnormalities in the signals.

Canglan confirmed that the transportation routes for this season were not affected, and explained that after winter, the traffic situation in the northern part of the Silver Plain was basically stable, and all sections were operating at the expected level.

There were no congestion or interruptions, and all transportation orders have been closed.

Xiao Fan archived all the records from the Azure Scale Clan and the Star Pattern Sect, as well as the waveforms from the array room, and officially recorded the coordinates of the signal source on the map of the Dual Realm Platform.

In the fifth week of winter, Xiao Fan, Bai Ye, and Xue Han arrived at the location where the signal had been transmitted. The area was located on the western side of the northern section of the Scale Ridge, an open area covered with a thin layer of snow.

Bai Ye scanned the area with his Silver Frost Sword and found a shallow pit underground.

Xue Han examined the ground above the pit and found that the snow on the ground was even, without any signs of being disturbed, and without exposing the ground structure or impact marks.

After determining the location, Xiao Fan used his short staff to inject his spiritual power into it. During the process, he determined that there was a spiritual power sensing point at the bottom of the cavity.

Bai Ye scanned the wavelengths of these light spots with his Silver Frost Sword and found that the waveforms of these light spots were exactly the same as the signals in the magic array room, and the connection with the dome crystal ball was also very stable.

Xue Han circled the hole, confirming that the surrounding ground was flat, without any signs of collapse, cracks, or tilt.

After completing the scan, Bai Ye archived the reconnaissance record along with the array room record, marking the location and depth of the void. Upon returning to the Twin Realms Platform, Xiao Fan recorded his location on the platform's map, designating it as an independent node in the northern part of the Gray Rift.

In the sixth week of winter, the crystal ball emitted a short echo. About half an hour later, the echo disappeared, and the crystal ball's signal returned to normal.

Bai Ye used the Silver Frost Sword to record the entire process of the echo, confirming that there were no abnormalities in the operation of the dome crystal ball. At the same time as the echo appeared, the pattern on the Silver Frost Sword also produced a pattern that was exactly the same as the echo from the crystal ball.

After the echo, the array room conducted a comprehensive monitoring of all nodes in the beacon system, confirming that the spiritual energy transmission channels between the six beacons, the real bronze bell, and the dome crystal ball were all stable.

Looking at the echo recordings in the hall, Xiao Fan noticed that the echo emitted by the crystal ball had a waveform at the end that was the same as the waveform when the Northern Front Guard Alliance was intercepted, but the intensity was weaker.

During the echo, the traces left by the Silver Frost Sword, along with the time recorded in the array room, all pointed to the location of the hollow in the northern part of the Scale Ridge.

Master Cheng officially incorporated the Echo Records and the Hollow Records west of the northern section of the Scale Ridge into the same archive index and synchronized them in the Twin Realms Platform map system.

By the end of winter, Shuangjietai had completed the compilation and archiving of all external cooperation records for the season. The "Nanbo Chamber of Commerce Agreement" has been filed in Shuangjietai's main archives.

In its winter summary report, Canglan confirmed that the Northwest route would remain open this quarter. The communication records between the Star Pattern Sect and the Azure Scale Clan for this quarter have been compiled and categorized.

Since the beginning of winter, after multiple measurements and records, a stable long-distance connection has been established between the crimson-gold crystal and the crystal ball in the array room, from the dual-realm teleportation room to the domed stone chamber north of the gray rift.

There was no attenuation during continuous monitoring throughout the winter. Bai Ye arrived at the array room at the end of winter to check the waveform data of the Silver Frost Sword recorded throughout the year, and found that a complete connecting pattern had appeared on the Silver Frost Sword.

These lines correspond to the annual waveform of the dome crystal ball. It starts in the Anvil Settlement area south of the Gray Rift, passes through the Gray Rift, the Scale Ridge, the Dome, and finally reaches the hollow part on the west side of the northern section of the Scale Ridge.

The chill of deep winter seeped in through the cracks in the door outside the courtyard wall, forming a thin layer of frost on the threshold. This frost was then melted by the warm light filtering through the cracks in the door, leaving a thin, damp trail.

The mid-stage monks in the main hall marked the last collaborative record of winter with a number and the archive time. The Earth Core Golden Mane Beast lay at the door of the magic room, the ends of its mane emitting a faint golden light, keeping in sync with the crimson-gold crystal in the room.

After the last snow of winter melted, the tunnel route in the northern part of the Grey Rift Valley revealed a flat, silvery-grey rock face.

In the first week of spring, Xiao Fan went to the hollow area in the northern and western part of the Scale Ridge Land to prepare for formal exploration.

The Earth Core Golden Mane Beast followed behind the group. A faint golden light emanated from the tips of its mane. As it moved forward, its speed increased, until it reached the edge of the rift valley before stopping. It pawed at the soil with one of its front paws before raising its head a moment later.

During the exploration, Xiao Fan discovered that the soil layer above the cave was much shallower than he had imagined, consisting of only a thin layer of gravel.

The rubble was cleared away, and a round stone slab appeared before him.

A diagram of the spiritual energy channels was drawn on the stone slab, exactly the same as the distribution of the crystal balls on the dome, except that a dotted line extended from the dome stone chamber to the northwest, and at the end of the dotted line was the same symbol.

Bai Ye scanned the stone slab with the Silver Frost Sword, confirming that it was the same as the stone slab in the Rift Stone Gate, and that the dotted line pointed north of the Silver Ridge, which is the northern end of the Silver Plains.

The Earth Core Golden Mane Beast circled the stone slab once, its pale golden mane emitting a soft glow that made the slab feel warm.

Xiao Fan used his short staff to inject spiritual power into the halo on the stone slab. One by one, the spiritual power patterns on the stone slab lit up, and the runes on the dotted lines also lit up, floating in mid-air before disappearing after a few seconds.