"Someone was definitely here, but for some reason, there's no movement now..."
"Forget it, maybe it was just my imagination. Let's go in and take a look first." Shan Yao spoke with a trace of apology.
"No, there must be someone in this residence!"
According to Shan Yao, aside from the library, everything in this residence—the objects and the houses—looked as though living people still inhabited them. Everything was spotless, without the slightest trace of dust. Someone must be living here, so we still need to be careful. Xiao Yan thought as he followed after them.
The residence was divided into a front courtyard and a rear courtyard. The front courtyard was rather small. From the stone table, there were only about ten meters to the steps of the library on one side and the alchemy room on the other.
There were ten steps leading up to the alchemy room, spanning a little over a meter in height.
However, unlike ordinary rooms, the door to this alchemy room was not a wooden door, but an extremely heavy stone door!
The stone door was pale white and utterly unadorned. Its only feature was a lion-head handle, presumably used to pull the stone door open.
"What is it?" The three of them had arrived outside the stone door when Shan Yao suddenly stopped.
"That thing isn't here." Shan Yao let out a relieved breath.
"What exactly is that thing, to make you so terrified?" Xiao Yan asked in confusion.
"I don't know what it is. I only know that it's very powerful."
"And it seems that the owner of this residence deliberately left it here." Shan Yao stuck out her tongue, speaking in a slightly coy manner.
Creak. After speaking, Shan Yao slowly extended her jade-like hand and gently pushed the handle