People in the Qin Dynasty, entertained during the Warring States period

Cao Ze headed towards the cliff and casually asked Madam Mingzhu a question.

Anyone can see that the black fruit is now extremely poisonous.

"What can I do with it? Turn it into poison, of course. But I'm not poisonous, I wouldn't dare eat it."

Lady Mingzhu specially used a small silver porcelain bottle to store the vermilion fruit.

When the two arrived at the cliff,

Cao Ze looked around.

The moonlight is bright tonight, the sky is cloudless, and the visibility is excellent.

But Cao Ze looked around for a while and didn't see any movement.

"Let's go, let's go into the cave first."

Madam Mingzhu said "Oh" and followed Cao Ze into the cave entrance at the foot of the cliff.

Although her strength was at the peak of the second tier, which was not weak in the martial arts world, she was no match for Tianze and his two companions. Therefore, she would never leave Cao Ze and would stay close to him.

As soon as Cao Ze entered the cave, he noticed something was wrong.

The underground river that originally flowed inside the cave has dried up.

As he ventured deeper, he discovered some more anomalies.

The mountain path inside the cave seemed somewhat unstable, with many cracks around it.

It seems that this cave is maintained by other forces, most likely the legendary magic array.

No wonder that five hundred years ago, with the manpower and resources available at that time, they were able to dig out such a large tunnel.

Soon, Cao Ze and Madam Mingzhu arrived at the giant stone gate again.

The giant stone gate was still open, but the huge stone chamber behind it was completely different from before.

There were no mysterious patterns or runes.

Even the white jade that had previously shone brightly and was suspected to be a "spirit stone" has become a colorless stone.

"Someone has been here."

Madam Mingzhu pointed to the fingerprints on the stone, clearly indicating that someone had pinched it.

Cao Ze noticed the marks of a walking stick next to the rock and guessed that Tian Ze might have come here again.

"Let's go."

He looked at the dust that kept falling from the top of the cave and decided he didn't want to stay any longer.

He would be devastated if the cave were to collapse by accident.

Let alone a grandmaster, even a great grandmaster or a celestial being would probably suffocate here.

"Boom!"

Cao Ze had just stepped out of the stone chamber when a bronze ball, about the size of a small rubber ball, fell from the sky and hit him at his feet, almost making him jump.

He was on high alert the whole time, how could he not have reacted when someone was about to hit his toes?

"Huh? What's this?"

Lady Mingzhu looked at the intricately patterned bronze ball at Cao Ze's feet and touched it with some curiosity.

Surprisingly, the bronze ball seemed to have a mind of its own, directly dodging Madam Mingzhu's hand and spinning around Cao Ze's feet.

"……I go!"

Cao Ze seemed to realize something and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

He thought of the Divine Dragon Soul from the movie Qin's Moon.

That mythical beast that feeds on metal and will automatically enter a hibernation state if it doesn't eat.

When it is dormant, it looks like a stone ball.

"Do you know what this is?"

Lady Mingzhu looked at the copper ball that could dodge and was extremely surprised.

Cao Ze calmly grabbed the bronze ball, and the instant he grabbed it, the bronze ball turned into a stone ball.

This strange change made Cao Ze even more certain that this thing was very likely the Dragon Soul.

Unexpectedly, the dragon soul that will appear in the Western Regions in the future is in this cave. The waters of this world are unusually deep.

"I don't know! This place is very likely to collapse soon, let's get out of here."

Madam Mingzhu also realized that the most urgent thing was to leave, so she quickly left the cave with Cao Ze.

On his way out, Cao Ze pondered what had just happened.

It seemed that the dragon soul fell from the sky because of his appearance, and judging from the scene where it dodged Lady Mingzhu but circled around him, it seemed that something on him had attracted it.

What exactly is it...?

Cao Ze thought about it again and again but still couldn't figure it out.

Could it be because I touched the stone slab and picked up its scent?

Unfortunately, he may never be able to verify it, as the stone slab that recorded "the connection between heaven and earth" disappeared without anyone noticing.

Cao Ze and Madam Mingzhu left the cave and climbed up the cliff.

But then three beautiful figures rushed toward them at high speed.

"You really are here."

Ya Fei seemed very happy that she had guessed Cao Ze would come to the cave again.

Therefore, she sent Mei San Niang down the mountain with Ying Ge to deliver intelligence to Xinzheng.

Seeing that Cao Ze was unharmed, Zi Nu breathed a slight sigh of relief. Then, her purple eyes fell on Madam Mingzhu behind Cao Ze, her expression inscrutable.

Jing Ni, as Cao Ze's legitimate woman, came up to him without any hesitation and gave him a big hug.

Lady Mingzhu had no time to be jealous of Jingni. She looked around but did not see her aunt. Instead, she saw Zi Nu looking at her with ill intent, which made her feel a little uneasy.

Now that her identity as a seductive demon has been exposed, if Zi Nu captures her, she'll be in for a world of hurt.

Until I find my aunt, I'd better stay by Cao Ze's side.

Suddenly, the cliff began to move slowly. Countless birds and beasts mistook it for an earthquake and fled frantically down the mountain.

Cao Ze, who was tenderly cuddling with Jing Ni, was suddenly awakened.

"Oh no! Get down the mountain quickly!"

He was delayed by the arrival of the three women and forgot that the cave below was on the verge of collapse.

"rumble……"

Another earthquake shook the earth, seemingly triggering a chain reaction, with rocks falling in a flurry.

The women's expressions changed, and without further ado, they all followed Cao Ze down the mountain.

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Chapter 487 Marrying Honglian

"Rumble..."

Twenty miles after Cao Ze and his group left Xuannv Peak, the several-hundred-meter-high peak collapsed with a deafening roar.

The earth is shaking!

Thirty miles away in Xinzheng, countless people were awakened from their sleep.

Not long ago, Han Fei, who had been working through the night in the Han Palace, after listening to the information brought by Ying Ge and Mei San Niang, asked Zhang Liang to take people to Xuan Nu Peak to verify it, and also to try to invite Cao Ze to Xinzheng for a chat.

He continued working tirelessly day and night, processing official documents from various places, until he noticed the great earthquake tremors.

"……earthquake?"

Han Fei, who was writing under the lamp, turned green instantly.

That tremor was definitely going to cause an accident!

Why did this earthquake have to happen now of all times? It's like they're trying to destroy South Korea!

When Han Fei ran out of the main hall, the palace was already in chaos.

"Strange... When has Xinzheng ever had such a strong earthquake before..."

After regaining his senses, Han Fei muttered to himself.

Xinzheng is located in the Central Plains and has experienced earthquakes before, but they were all small earthquakes with low tremors.

This was nothing compared to this one, which almost shook the main hall to pieces.

"Your Majesty, Xuan Nu Peak has collapsed!"

Zhang Liang came running over, panting.

He had only led his men a dozen miles outside Xinzheng City when he encountered Cao Ze, who was wearing a grass skirt. Before they could say much, he saw Xuannv Peak collapse with a roar, which made him disregard everything else and return directly to Xinzheng.

Even if no one is injured or killed in such a catastrophic event, it could easily plunge South Korea into turmoil again.

"What?"

Han Fei was dumbfounded.

A mountain hundreds of meters high and weighing hundreds of millions of tons, can collapse just like that?

Zhang Liang quickly explained.

"Brother Cao said that the cave inside Xuan Nu Peak collapsed, which caused Xuan Nu Peak to collapse."

Han Fei exclaimed in surprise, "Is that cave really that big?"

He didn't really believe what Mei San Niang and Ying Ge said.

After all, to excavate such a massive project at Xuannv Peak would have required generations of persistent digging by the people of Zheng, and this could not have gone unnoticed by the world or unrecorded in history.

This alone was enough to make him doubt the authenticity of the cave.