Chapter 10

Seemingly like tadpoles, when Baishi saw these characters at this moment, they appeared to be wriggling, eventually forming a series of strange patterns on the cave wall.

Baishi shook his head, trying to stay awake, blinking his eyes forcefully, and put down the wine jar. He watched the changes on the cave wall, and vaguely, he could see these strange patterns forming some peculiar flowers and plants. Among these plants, there seemed to be some animal bones, but Baishi did not know what kind of strange beasts these bones belonged to.

Even though Baishi was not fully awake, he could still recognize some of these peculiar flowers and plants.

"Green grass roots... ginseng fruit..." Baishi frowned as he gazed at the gradually appearing blurry images of the flowers and plants.

Moreover, at this moment, Baishi could clearly see that these strange flowers and plants were divided into several groups, and these plants became increasingly precious in sequence.

More importantly, behind each group of plants, there was the image of a pill!

However, not every group had a pill behind it. Some were like powders, which should be medicinal powders. Some were even like liquids, which should be jelly-like substances.

"No wonder my uncles couldn't recognize these characters... It turns out these are not characters at all, but some strange patterns! And these patterns can only be discerned when one is half-drunk and dizzy," Baishi mused, feeling secretly pleased.

After a moment of silence, he slowly extended his palm to touch these strange flowers and plants.

As soon as he touched what appeared before his eyes, his brows furrowed again. After tapping lightly a couple of times, a clear sound echoed.

"Indeed, these carvings are not connected to the cave wall, but are separate," Baishi murmured.

Then, he let his hand slide along the wall, trying to find the edge of the image on the wall.

"Ouch..." As he extended his hand to feel, his fingertips suddenly touched something extremely sharp. He drew a sharp breath, and two drops of blood seeped from his fingertips. He quickly withdrew his hand, his face showing a look of pain.

Strangely, after the blood seeped out, Baishi suddenly found that the blood did not drip but spread rapidly along the image, instantly dyeing it red.

It was precisely when the image turned bright red that the patterns on it suddenly disappeared. At the same time, the place where the patterns were emitted a dazzling golden light, making Baishi instinctively shield his eyes and step back two steps.

Moreover, in this golden light, the sword floating in mid-air suddenly hummed, trembling rapidly. Invisible energy, like a flood, instantly filled the entire cave, making the cave extremely oppressive.

It looked as if the sword was trying to break free from some kind of restraint.

In another cave, Dongchenzi heard this unusual change and abruptly put down the wine jar. Looking back, he saw a golden light flash on the stone door, accompanied by a humming sound. A wave of energy, like a flood, surged out.

"What... is happening?" Dongchenzi's expression became serious, his eyes showing shock. In a flash, he moved to the switch beside the door and pressed it hard, but the stone door did not budge at all.

A sense of unease instantly flooded his heart. His blood and spiritual energy surged. As he raised his palms, a white energy circle, like a crystal ball, appeared in his palms, slowly rotating.

With a light shout, as the white energy circle rotated, Dongchenzi suddenly swung his palm towards the stone door.

"Bang!"

The moment the energy circle touched the stone door, a loud explosion sounded at the point of contact. Dongchenzi's body was pushed back by a powerful force, flying out.

But the stone door remained undamaged!

"Baishi!" Dongchenzi fell to the ground, a trace of blood seeping from the corner of his mouth. The strong resistance made him realize that his current strength was no match for the surging energy. He shouted loudly, his voice echoing in the cave, but it seemed to be blocked by something, leaving Baishi inside the cave completely unaware!

At the same time, inside the cave, Baishi's expression was similar to Dongchenzi's. His eyes showed shock, and his body trembled slightly. He felt the sudden change in the cave and was momentarily at a loss. He then turned his gaze to the location of the sword.

The green gemstone on the hilt of the sword, which was floating in mid-air, emitted a more eerie green light in the humming sound. The intensity of the light was on par with the golden light released from the pattern!

Moreover, when this green light radiated, Baishi felt a strange and chilling sensation!

At this moment, Baishi's drunkenness had completely dissipated, and the fear from within made him speechless.

Breathing heavily, he slowly turned and looked at the location of the pattern. Strangely, when he looked at the original location of the pattern, the dazzling golden light was not as dense as before. Instead, it formed a golden circle. Inside the golden circle, Baishi could clearly see vivid and strange flowers and plants, as well as bone fragments that made him shudder, appearing within the golden circle.

Even some pills, which seemed to be still emitting heat, were slowly rotating within the circle!

"So... strange!" After a moment of shock, Baishi finally managed to exclaim with difficulty.

As if unable to control himself, or perhaps unable to resist the temptation of the pills, after Baishi's exclamation, his hand moved towards the golden circle, as if to take out the pills inside.

However, just as his hand touched the golden circle, before he could grab the pills inside, the large golden circle suddenly enveloped his hand, transforming into a bracelet-like circle in his vision. As Baishi's eyes showed shock, it suddenly disappeared from his wrist.

More strangely, when the golden circle disappeared from his wrist, Baishi's body trembled slightly, and a series of strange illusions appeared in his mind. In these illusions, there were all kinds of strange flowers and plants. However, there were too many of them, and they flashed by in his mind, making it impossible for Baishi to see their exact forms.

At the moment the golden circle appeared, the patterns originally carved on the cave wall also vanished like smoke and clouds!

However, a drop of blood remained on the cave wall. This drop of blood did not fall but slowly floated up when struck by a piercing green light. It gradually moved towards the floating sword in the air.

Seeing this, Baishi felt a faint excitement. This inexplicable excitement made his body tremble slightly, and his gaze focused on the drop of blood.

"The patterns were carved by a great master, and this sword was left by a great master... Anything left by a great master has the soul of their cultivation. Even if the soul has left with the master, there is still some essence of the soul in the things they left behind! And at certain times, this essence of the soul can still produce an intangible resonance!" Baishi mused, recalling something he had read in books.

"This is also a law of nature!" As he mused, his gaze shifted to the sword, as the drop of blood was carried by the green light to the tip of the sword!

"I remember reading that for something sealed away to be awakened, it must be consecrated with blood. However, not everyone's blood can awaken it. The sealed object must recognize the blood!"

Baishi could not suppress his inner excitement. Vaguely, he felt that the sword, which neither Dongchenzi, Xichenzi, nor even their master could take, would soon become his!

As Baishi mused, the drop of blood touched the tip of the sword and made a slight, crisp sound as it merged into the sword.

After the blood merged into the sword, the originally restless sword became much calmer, and the previous piercing humming sound disappeared!

The green light that had radiated out also transformed into green threads like mist, slowly rotating around the sword and eventually merging into a green ribbon, looking very serene.

The illusions in Baishi's mind had disappeared. He looked at the green ribbon-like light, feeling calm and peaceful, as if in a dream, and a serene smile appeared on his lips.

This was the second time Baishi had faced something with such tranquility, without any ripples in his heart!

The first time was when he met Ouyang Qingqing.

However, after the green ribbons slowly floated for a while, the sword suddenly trembled violently. The ribbons turned into green light points that sprinkled into the sword. Baishi suddenly saw a blurry figure appear in the sword!

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