Otherworldly Desert Dust-Chapter 529 - 484: Abyss Light Yuan You

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Guo Hong and Lu Xian were found within the city, both also concealing their identities as ordinary Gold Seekers in the Free Trade Long Street, selling mutated organs obtained from the Corpse Tide.

When Wu Hen brought Temple Concubine Tai Ya in front of them, both of them were quite surprised.

"The whole city is holding a heroic ceremony for her," Guo Hong said.

After learning of Tai Ya's identity, Guo Hong and Lu Xian were somewhat at a loss; in the past, even ordinary clerics of the Lan Guang Temple were unapproachable figures, yet now Wu Hen had cunningly brought one over, and they seemed to be communicating very harmonously.

"The fact that we are identified as the Corpse King is quite peculiar, to figure this out, we must first go to the Ancient Lizard Pool," Wu Hen said earnestly.

Guo Hong and Lu Xian listened to Wu Hen's words, but a big question mark flashed in their minds.

What is the connection between these two things?

Just as Lu Xian was about to ask, Guo Hong responded quickly, although he didn't understand why Wu Hen had said such illogical words, he still echoed: "Yes, we need to make a trip to the Ancient Lizard Pool, perhaps the answers will be found there."

Both of them only knew that the clue about the Ancient Lizard Pool came from Marquis Changqiu, who said there were High-dimensional Yuan You Fragments there.

"The Ancient Lizard Pool is in our Lan Guang Temple, will I be able to find out who wants to harm me there?" Tai Ya asked.

"Right, Guo Hong, didn't you just say you heard that Commander having a secret conversation, he is to meet with some mysterious person at the Ancient Lizard Pool, we can stake them out there and find out what they are exactly conspiring, maybe it's something wicked that aims to bring down the Lan Guang Temple. This is not just about your life and death as a temple concubine, but about the survival of the Lan Guang Temple in Oasis City," Wu Hen, sensing Guo Hong was catching on, immediately spoke with grave seriousness.

Guo Hong could barely keep up with Wu Hen's train of thought, just nodding continuously, "Ah, yes, yes..."

"That's a big deal!" Tai Ya's expression tensed up, "It's good you didn't let me reveal myself, otherwise we wouldn't be able to catch the big fish by waiting patiently."

"Now you are the Lan Guang Temple's Ghost Agent, everyone thinks you are dead, but in fact, you are investigating a terrible conspiracy against the Lan Guang Temple. Once you find the real culprits and expose their evil plan, you can reveal that you are still alive, making everyone look at you with newfound respect." Wu Hen casually applied a typical western movie cliché to inspire Tai Ya's zeal to defend.

Indeed, not only was Tai Ya incapable of resisting the vast majority of the external environment, but she also had no resistance to such a straightforward lie, her eyes pure as pearls filled with the steadfast, wise light of a Light Goddess!

"No time to delay, let's hurry to the Ancient Lizard Pool, I know a secret passage. Most of the Lan Guang Temple Knights are attending my funeral, so it's likely no one will notice us," Tai Ya said.

Someone like Mr. Corpse King who had saved her several times, how could he deceive her.

He must possess extraordinary wisdom and vision.

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The funeral was extremely grand, also highlighting the status of the Lan Guang Temple Concubine in Oasis City.

And not long ago, Oasis City had just experienced a major Corpse Tide attack, leaving everyone extremely fatigued, as the funeral moved on to toasting and drinking, people relaxed their guard, mourned while singing and dancing.

Tai Ya felt a bit lost.

She thought many people would cry for her, after all, in the past she had helped many people live a stable life in Oasis City.

But while passing by a funeral buffet area, she noticed that the majority of people were eyeing the food on the buffet tables, drinking sweet wine, tasting savory pastries, no different from an official grand banquet, only during the flower tributes did everyone somewhat curb their smiles, showing respect for the deceased.

"I thought everyone would cry for me all day, but turns out the tears they shed are less than the beverages they drank," Tai Ya pouted, visibly unhappy on her face.

"You've lived in a fairy tale for too long, I don't quite understand which wise person decided to release you so early for business," Wu Hen said.

"I am amazing, I just have some little flaws," Tai Ya emphasized.

Wu Hen recalled the scene where Tai Ya acted as the human shield for him uninjured.

Oh, right, this woman's defense attributes are also maxed out, his own Eighth-Rank Life full-force attack did not even hurt her, her fainting was entirely due to her phobia.

"Is this the entrance?" Wu Hen pointed to an iron fence ahead.

"Hmm, our temple behind is vegetarian, but the rest of us prefer barbecued meat, so some wise managers opened a small path here to bring in those rich meats," Tai Ya said.

Entering the small path, stairs appeared ahead, leading downward. Wu Hen used his Listening Sense to probe inside, and after making sure there was no danger, he led the three into the secret passage of Lan Guang Temple.

The secret passage was simply constructed, mainly for chefs transporting food...

Indeed, the secret passage ultimately leads to the kitchen of the Lan Guang Temple.

The Lan Guang Temple is built within a man-made Earth Cave. The cave is quite spacious, and the rock walls are embedded with numerous luminescent crystals, even a large expanse of crystals like a beautifully dazzling chandelier that hangs from the center of the man-made cave, illuminating the vast majority of the area like daylight. The brilliance also carries a bit of warmth, making the Lan Guang Temple not damp and dark, despite being underground, but rather splendidly majestic.

"The Ancient Lizard Pool is even deeper, just follow the stone platform and dark stairs winding downward," said Taiya.

This was the first time Taiya returned home yet felt like a thief, much like the times in childhood when consumption of meat was strictly prohibited behind the temple, and she secretly ate roasted chicken.

Although they encountered a few knights clad in black-gold armor along the way, under Taiya's skilled guidance as an insider, they still smoothly made it through the dark stairs.

The dark stairs were very long, extending deep into the ground. Initially, it was very dim, but gradually, ripples of light reflected on those smooth rock mines. The rock mines themselves were colorful, scattering illusion-like light liquid paint into the air. Thus, even without nearing the mysterious Ancient Lizard Pool, they felt as though they were in a realm of gentle radiant waters.

Continuing downward, it was hard to distinguish whether they were in a colorful deep pool or amidst a cavern densely filled with illusion ore.

"This here is the Ancient Lizard Pool," said Taiya.

"But where is the pool?"

"Water is light, light is water; we are already within the Ancient Lizard Pool," explained Taiya.

"And the ancient lizards?" Wu Hen promptly inquired.

"They were killed by us. When the temple was initially built here, an ancient crustal lizard was discovered, which was extremely temperamental and forbade us from excavating here, so we had to hunt it down. Afterward, we discovered that this place's Earth Radiance Abyss contains a mysterious energy, which can provide continuous weapon light storage for Oasis City as well as cleanse holy weapons for our Lan Guang Temple," said Taiya.

Oh, so there's no ancient lizard guarding it.

From Taiya's description, Wu Hen had already guessed that there once was a very ancient giant lizard, like an Earth Dragon coiled deep within the earth's rock layers, greedily absorbing the Abyss Light energy...

Soon, a group of strong and overbearing members of the Lan Guang Temple arrived. They seized the lizard's den, killed the giant lizard, and built an underground temple here.

With the underground temple, the area soon had faith and shelter. With faith and shelter, Oasis City also prospered and stood tall in this desolate wasteland.

Such a plain and unadorned historical story, yet it named this mysterious pool after that ancient lizard.

"It seems there are mineral deposits below us, and it's sustainable…" Wu Hen told Guo Hong.

"That Marquis Changqiu didn't tell the truth. What you need is a High-dimensional Yuan You Fragment, not this kind of continuous sustainable energy source. You can see the powerful energy of the Glazed Tile Cannons in Oasis City, which comes from here," said Guo Hong.

Wu Hen also fell into thought.

From Marquis Changqiu's initial reaction, it seemed he hadn't lied.

In terms of value, this Ancient Lizard Pool is indeed not bad, comparable to the Yacheng Jade Mine he used to own on the True Martial Continent, and it was highly exploitable.

But Wu Hen couldn't take away such mineral deposits, and perhaps mining Abyss Light energy here for twenty or thirty years would amount to the value of one High-dimensional Yuan You Fragment. Wu Hen wasn't planning to stay here for twenty or thirty years.

"Never mind, there's no need to hide any longer, let's expose some things and first figure out the direction of the Spirit Vein here," Wu Hen said as he released his Perception Sealing.

He activated his sense of taste, experiencing the flow of spiritual charm throughout the entire Ancient Lizard Pool.

Soon, those special Spiritual Factors, like faintly glowing fireflies, flew in swarms, forming a clear path in Wu Hen's perception, which drifted towards a rocky fissure.

Wu Hen walked towards that rocky fissure, turned sideways, and could just squeeze through.

"There's actually a path here?" Taiya said in surprise, as she often thought back on these inner walls and had no knowledge of this hidden path.

Passing through the fissure, inside was a sealed Earth Cave, resembling a secret Earth Hall. The hall was very dimly lit with a faint ghostly light, only illuminating the irregular contours of this Earth Hall.

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And at the center of the Earth Hall, a piece of Abyss Light Yuan You hovered.

This Yuan You was quite pure. The moment Wu Hen saw it, he knew it was the High-dimensional Essence Ghost Fragment that Marquis Changqiu had mentioned, capable of evolving his Listening Sense to the Fifth Rank.

It floated there, shimmering in the Earth Hall, unguarded, as if one only needed to walk up to it and pluck it away.

However, having walked through the Otherworldly Dust for many years, Wu Hen knew things wouldn't be that simple. Since he had already opened his Perception, he also took the opportunity to scan all the threats in the area.

Unexpectedly, there was no danger here.

No mechanisms, no traps, no powerful guards, and no absurd prohibition; purely like Temple Concubine Taiya, light and easy to take away!