Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 1576: Chapter 1560: Farewell, Golden Lotus

Huo Sining certainly didn’t miss the greed that flashed in Mr. Huang’s eyes. She exchanged a glance with Gu Xu but didn’t say much.

”Let’s open this door first.”

Compared to Mr. Huang and his group, Gu Xu was much more cautious.

In his view, since the owner of this underground palace went to such great lengths to create this labyrinth, the hidden treasures must be extremely secretive and couldn’t be obtained so easily.

Even with that Maze Map, Gu Xu had an ominous feeling in his heart. He was afraid that what lay beyond this White Jade Gate was the most dangerous.

”Boom——”

Mr. Huang turned the Taiji Rotating Wheel on the Bagua Chart according to the final decoded key.

Soon, the White Jade Gate before them, as if being pulled apart by two mighty forces, emitted a thunderous sound.

Instantly, stone chips and dust flew as the entire door slowly slid open to both sides.

As the door opened, the entire underground palace was revealed before everyone’s eyes. Not only Mr. Huang but even Huo Sining was left dumbfounded.

The underground palace was a thousand-year-old limestone cave with countless stalactites hanging from the cave ceiling. There were no flames, but the entire cave was clear and bright. In the instant the stone gate opened, light flooded out.

Huo Sining and the others had been walking in the dark passage for so long that this sudden brilliance felt extremely scorching, almost too intense to keep their eyes open.

Once they adapted to the cave’s light, they began to walk toward the cave, looking around as they went.

It was then that Huo Sining discovered why the cave was so vividly bright—it was because of some strange substance attached to the stalactites and stalagmites.

Those substances sparkled like pearls and gems, illuminating the entire cave.

She looked up at the jagged stalagmites, where countless such granular substances hung down. Some were as large as fists, others as small as pearls, in hues of deep blue, faint purple, or orange, twinkling like stars in the sky, exceedingly beautiful.

”What is this?”

Master Chen, walking in front, instinctively reached out to scrape at the stalactites, trying to pry one off the stonewall to examine it.

Unexpectedly, the moment those sparkling substances were touched by a human hand, they instantly shattered into fragments, falling to the ground like dust and stone chips, quickly dissolving into water-like forms and disappearing into the soil.

Seeing this, everyone was astonished.

For in all their knowledge, none had ever seen such a thing.

Huo Sining found it intriguing and couldn’t resist wanting to pinch one off to play with.

Little did she expect that just as she reached out her hand, it was pulled back by Gu Xu.

”Don’t touch it.” Gu Xu’s eyes were vigilant as he stared at those granular substances and said in a deep voice, ”Be careful, it might be poisonous.”

Huo Sining suddenly realized, breaking out in a cold sweat on her back.

Damn it, she was actually bewitched by these things, forgetting their current situation.

In this underground palace full of unknown dangers, the items inside shouldn’t be handled carelessly. If they weren’t cautious, they might trigger a mechanism, courting disaster.

Having touched those granular substances, Master Chen was also terrified, his face ashen. He hurriedly took out wet tissue wipes to scrub his hands where he had touched those substances, fearing that one slip could result in poisoning, like those who were shot dead by the poisoned arrows in the trap formation before them, dying instantly.

The Maze Map stopped at the White Jade Gate, so after entering the gate, Huo Sining and the others had to carefully advance step by step.

After walking for about ten minutes, they unexpectedly heard the sound of running water.

”It seems like there’s the sound of water ahead.” Mr. Huang was the first to react, following the direction of the sound. It wasn’t long before they discovered a waterfall at a corner.

This underground palace indeed contained hidden marvels!

This was a sheer cliff, with a ten-zhang waterfall cascading down, splashing countless droplets.

Under the long-term erosion of the waterfall, a pool about ten meters square had formed at the base of the cliff. The water in the pool was crystal clear, revealing the green stones at the bottom.

Mist hovered over the pool, and as they approached, they could even feel the warmth—it was actually warm!

In the water of the pool where the waterfall fell, a Pure Lotus was growing. Among the verdant lotus leaves, only one flower stalk extended, with a lotus bud waiting to bloom standing gracefully in the center of the pool, bathing in the waterfall’s embrace like a fairy draped in light gauze.

More astonishingly, under the hot spring waterfall, the Pure Lotus’s leaves spread out on the water’s surface, their hand-sized foliage and the budding lotus were radiating a rich golden glow in the darkness, almost too bright to behold.

Seeing the lotus, Huo Sining stood transfixed at the edge of the pool, as if struck by something.

Cliffs, hot springs, the lotus, these things flashed through her mind one by one.

Sinking into these scenes, Huo Sining was filled with amazement and disbelief, her mind churning with all sorts of chaotic thoughts, becoming utterly tangled.

”What’s wrong?” Seeing Huo Sining’s unusual expression, Gu Xu asked worriedly.

This Golden Lotus, why is it here?

Huo Sining was utterly baffled, she didn’t even hear Gu Xu’s question. Her hand unconsciously reached out as she rushed two steps forward to touch the water’s lotus.

”Be careful!”

Gu Xu, who had been keeping an eye on the cave, dashed forward and pulled Huo Sining back.

Just then, as Gu Xu was pulling Huo Sining out of the clear pool, a giant green python burst out of the water.

Water splashed around as the enormous serpentine head rose in front of Huo Sining and the others, its sinister tongue flicking in and out, its dark red eyes staring intently at Huo Sining!

Even Mr. Huang, who frequently ventured into ancient tombs and encountered many terrifying scenes, claiming he wouldn’t flinch even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of him, showed an involuntary, intense fear in his eyes upon seeing this azure beast.

Huo Sining, even more frightened, turned pale, unable to find words for this giant python.

”Mr. Huang, what should we do... do we run?”

Master Chen was more terrified than the others; being born in the year of the rat, snakes were his nemesis. At the sight of a snake, his legs turned to jelly, trembling with the urge to flee at once.

”Don’t move!”

Even though Mr. Huang was scared, his worldly experience kicked in. Seeing Master Chen considering a desperate run, he was alarmed and quickly grabbed him to stop him from making any further moves.