Mu Qingxian led Jiang Donghua through layers of corridors filled with powerful sonic restrictions, and finally arrived at the deepest part of the Heavenly Sound Hall.
This is not a magnificent palace, but a huge naturally formed grotto.
In the center of the grotto, there is no magic weapon or jade slip of inheritance, but a strange boulder that is completely black, with a surface as smooth as a mirror, and is dozens of feet high.
The huge stone stood there quietly, exuding an ancient and vast atmosphere. There were countless tiny light spots inside the stone body flowing slowly, like the movement of stars and the flow of music.
An invisible coercion permeates the grotto, making people feel awe.
As soon as he stepped into this place, Jiang Donghua whispered the name of this thing almost subconsciously.
"Heart-Questioning Stone."
Mu Qingxian, who was walking in front, trembled suddenly, turned around suddenly, and an incredible light of surprise burst out from her beautiful eyes!
Heart-Questioning Stone!
This is one of the top secrets of Sound Valley. Only the past valley owners and a very few core elders know its existence and true name!
It is absolutely impossible for outsiders to know!
"Senior! You really know!"
Mu Qingxian's voice trembled slightly with excitement. She walked quickly to the boulder, turned around and looked at Jiang Donghua, her eyes filled with unprecedented expectations and a trace of final caution.
"This stone is the foundation of my Sound Valley inheritance. It can sense the Soul Imprint of those who have a deep connection with Sound Valley. If the senior really has the inheritance of the Huan Hai ancestor..."
She took a deep breath and pointed to the smooth mirror-like surface of the boulder, her tone carrying an almost divine solemnity.
"Senior, please put your hand on the stone and run a trace of Soul Force. If what the senior said is true, Heart-Questioning Stone will definitely feel it!"
Jiang Donghua nodded slightly, looking calm.
According to Venerate Huanhai's memory, he naturally knows the mystery of Heart-Questioning Stone.
This object is not to test the bloodline, but to sense whether Soul Origin contains the imprint or Daoist charm left by the strong men of the past generations in Sound Valley.
These marks may be that an ancestor sat in front of this stone and integrated his lifelong insights into it. It may also be that Venerate Huanhai, before traveling or dying, deposited a ray of his core inheritance Soul Imprint here and left it to his destined descendants.
He stepped forward slowly, and under Mu Qingxian's nervous and expectant gaze, he slowly raised his right hand and placed his palm flat against the cold, smooth stone surface.
The tentacles feel warm and cool, with no special feeling.
Jiang Donghua's thoughts moved slightly, and he carefully guided the power that was integrated with Venerate Huanhai Soul Origin in his body, and separated out an extremely weak trace of Soul Power that contained the unique aura of Venerate Huanhai, following the palm of his hand and entering Heart-Questioning Stone.
At first, the boulder showed no reaction, remaining as black as ink and silent.
Mu Qingxian's heart couldn't help but rise to her throat. Could it be that at the very moment when she had the idea!
Buzz--!
The whole grotto suddenly shook!
The pitch-black Heart-Questioning Stone, which was dozens of feet high, suddenly woke up from its eternal sleep!
The countless tiny light spots flowing slowly inside the stone body instantly burst out into a dazzling blue light!
This blue light is not gentle and soft, but like the vast starry sky, like the bottomless ocean, with a majestic, ancient, and full of smart rhythm artistic conception!
The light became stronger and stronger, and finally turned into a huge blue light pillar, rising into the sky, penetrating the top of the grotto, and illuminating the entire forbidden area in azure blue!
Dazzling! Vast!
In the core of this blue light pillar, one can vaguely see the mysterious rhythmic runes flowing, arising and dying, telling some kind of truth.
A powerful and familiar soul pressure slowly spread from the boulder.
That aura Mu Qingxian would never be mistaken. It was the unique soul rhythm that she had felt from the sect's most secret inheritance jade slip and belonged to the previous generation of Valley Master Venerate Huanhai!
"It's the Patriarch! It's really the inheritance mark of Grandmaster Huan Hai!"
Mu Qingxian was so excited that her eyes filled with tears. Without any doubt, she bowed deeply towards Heart-Questioning Stone, who was blooming with blue brilliance, and towards Jiang Donghua, who was standing in front of the stone. Her voice was choked but full of piety.
"Junior Mu Qingxian, pay homage to the ancestor's inheritance! We sincerely welcome the return of our senior!"
The blue beam of light lasted for about ten breaths before slowly converging, and finally submerged into Heart-Questioning Stone again.
The boulder has returned to its original darkness, but the surface of the stone seems to have an extra layer of luster, as if it has been injected with new vitality.
Jiang Donghua retracted his palm, feeling the strange feeling that resonated with Heart-Questioning Stone at that moment, or with Venerate Huanhai's last mark left in the world, and his heart was slightly rippled.
This can be regarded as officially recognized by this ancient sect in this land.
He turned around, looked at the excited Mu Qingxian, and smiled lightly.
"Now, can you trust me?"
Mu Qingxian stood up quickly, her pretty face still flushed with excitement, and her tone was extremely respectful and intimate.
"Junior, I had many doubts before, please forgive me, senior! From now on, senior is my Sound Valley most distinguished guest, no, my family! Sound Valley is up and down, but it is at the discretion of senior!"
With the verification of Heart-Questioning Stone, the last trace of caution and doubt in Mu Qingxian's heart completely disappeared.
She regards Jiang Donghua as her true one, the savior and pillar of the sect in times of crisis.
After suppressing the grievances, anxieties and burdens for a long time, I finally have someone I can talk to and rely on.
As she led Jiang Donghua deeper into the forbidden area, she began to vomit her bitterness, her tone full of helplessness and exhaustion.
"Senior, I know that although I am Eighth Star Dou Zun, I am also considered a strong person in Central Plains, but I am really unable to support such a big Sound Valley on my own."
She smiled bitterly and shook her head.
"Facing other equal forces, whether it is Pill Tower's appeal as an alchemist or the background of those veteran strong men Flower Sect and Blazing Flame Valley, I, Sound Valley are all at a disadvantage. Not to mention behemoths like Soul Hall. They only need to send out one or two Heavenly Venerable, which is enough for me, Sound Valley, to be overwhelmed."
"The most uncomfortable thing is that you have to be on guard all the time, not daring to expose the truth about the sect's weakness. Every time you negotiate with other forces, you have to hold up the scene for fear of being caught. It's really difficult to live on thin ice like this."
While talking, the two came to a seemingly ordinary stone wall.
Mu Qingxian looked solemn, formed a complex and mysterious musical seal with his hands, and muttered words.
With the completion of the seal, ripples like water rippled on the stone wall, and a Space Lock that exuded the ancient vicissitudes of life slowly emerged and untied.
"Senior, please come with me. Here is one of the heritages that I, Sound Valley, have accumulated for thousands of years - Medicine Vault Secret Realm."
Mu Qingxian should be the first to step into the ripples of space.
Jiang Donghua follows closely.
Stepping in, the scene in front of you suddenly opens up!
Even with Jiang Donghua's memory combined with Venerate Huanhai's mind and having seen many big scenes, he couldn't help but shrink his pupils at this moment, and feel a real shock in his heart!
This is a small, independent space that has been carved out. It is so vast that you can't see the edge at a glance.
In the space, Spiritual Qi is filled with a world that is so rich that it turns into a substantial mist, as well as the strange medicinal fragrance of thousands of medicinal materials mixed together. Taking a sip makes people feel relaxed and happy, and Dou Qi speeds up its operation.
Looking around, the entire space is divided into countless areas.
Some areas are raging with flames, and Earth Core Fire Lotus need the ultimate Fire attribute environment to survive.
Some areas are covered with ice for thousands of miles, and individual Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Bone Ginseng plants with crystal clear bodies are swaying in the ice.
In some areas, lightning flashes, nourishing Lightning Tribulation Heavenly Gang Wood, and there are large tracts of medicinal fields, which are densely planted with various rare medicinal materials that are at least a thousand years old!
Dragon Blood Ganoderma, Soul Fruit, Heavenly Hemp Jade Stone Essence, Nine-Tailed Dragon Mallow Flower and even Jiang Donghua also saw several ancient wonder medicines that have long been extinct in the outside world and only exist in ancient books and legends!
The large quantity, high quality, and complete variety of medicinal materials here are simply beyond imagination!
Compared with the Jia Nan Academy's medicinal material library, there is simply a gap between a rich man from the countryside and the imperial treasury!
Any medicinal plant here is enough to cause Dou Zong and Dou Zun expert to fight for each other crazily, but here, it grows like ordinary flowers and plants!
"As expected of an ancient sect that has been passed down for thousands of years!"
Jiang Donghua sighed secretly in his heart.
"This kind of foundation is indeed terrifyingly deep! If the resources are used properly, with this medicine library, it may be more than enough to cultivate one or two Half-Saint strong men!"
He expressed this idea with a hint of emotion in his tone.
"With this treasure house, why worry about not being able to revive Sound Valley? It shouldn't be difficult to train a few Half-Saint."
However, upon hearing Jiang Donghua's words, a hint of embarrassment and deeper helplessness appeared on Mu Qingxian's pretty face.
She sighed softly, pointed at the vast sea of medicinal materials, and said with a wry smile.
"Seniors don't know what to do. Although the treasure house is rich, it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice."
"I, Sound Valley, am famous for my musical rhythm, Dou Qi. When it comes to refining medicine, there are very few people with outstanding talents."
"Today, the highest-ranking alchemist in the valley is only an elder from Seventh-grade Intermediate. There are also two low-level guest ministers of seventh-level. As for the high-level alchemy master of seventh-level, there is no one."
Her eyes swept over the top medicinal materials that required extremely high alchemy skills to process, and her tone was full of powerlessness.
"So, most of the rare medicinal materials in this full warehouse can only be stored here quietly as they are now, unable to be converted into elixirs that can enhance the strength of the sect."
"Many medicinal materials, even because they have been stored for too long, are slowly losing their potency. Seeing the heritage passed down by our ancestors gradually being depleted, this junior's heart is really like a knife!"
Jiang Donghua heard this and immediately understood. That's it!
Sound Valley has gold and silver, but no top craftsmen who can turn them into magic weapons!
The scarcity of alchemists, especially the shortage of high-level alchemists, has seriously restricted Sound Valley's ability to transform resources into strength.
This also explains why Sound Valley declined so quickly after losing the strong Half-Saint.
Because there are not enough top elixirs to cultivate and support new top experts.
Thinking of this, the way Jiang Donghua looked at the vast sea of medicine became a little different.
This place is simply an inexhaustible super treasure tailor-made for him!
The corners of his mouth couldn't help but evoke a meaningful arc.
"Is it a problem with the alchemist?"
He whispered to himself, his eyes swept over the endless medicinal materials again, and he already made a decision in his heart.