Vast Marsh II

The Bluestone Archway Rong Xi had spoken of was buried on the outer flats surrounding the Vast Marsh. The terrain here encircled the marsh, rising and falling in endless undulations. Finding it was like searching for a needle in the sea.

For ordinary people to find it, they would have had to dig through one place after another in a carpet-style search. Their beards might turn white before they ever found it.

But with the Universe Great Marsh Diagram to guide them, and with this being a mysterious place rarely visited by humans, where the landscape had not changed for thousands of years, the group quickly found the archway buried deep underground.

Wanyan Bo held the Blue Gold Roc Claw and dug downward. With a probing claw and a squeeze, he gouged a vast deep pit into the earth.

Only after digging roughly ten meters down did traces of the Bluestone Archway emerge, lifting Rong Xi and the others' spirits and bringing joy to their faces.

"The Bluestone Archway is merely a decoy. There is no door underground, only the Tunnel Entrance. Turn left and pass through a long corridor, and you can enter the Water Palace at the bottom of the marsh directly, where you will find the Spring of Life.

"So I'll go down first, and you follow. Wanyan Bo, you stay behind and use your Claw Technique to draw the excavated dirt and stones back over the opening. We cannot let the people from Great Snow Ridge and Bixia Manor discover it. Even if they do, delay them as long as possible."

Rong Xi was brimming with energy and confidence, arranging everything in perfect order. He was the first to leap into the tunnel. The howling wind tossed up the tips of his hair, and after landing,