Ouyang Hai's eyes grew brighter and brighter. He shoved Atamu aside, then stood behind Li Yichen, brimming with energy, and shouted, "Come on... come on..."
Li Yichen couldn't help smiling wryly to himself. He was already using every ounce of his strength, but the stone wall seemed rooted to the ground.
He withdrew his hands, straightened up, and slowly exhaled a stale breath.
The rumbling stopped at once, and Ouyang Hai's cheering cut off abruptly.
Ouyang Hai asked in confusion, "Why did you stop pushing?"
"It's too heavy. I can't move it." Li Yichen pursed his lips and told the truth.
With two thuds, Ouyang Hai and Atamu both fell to the ground. It took them quite a while to get back up.
Ouyang Hai gave Li Yichen such a resentful look that anyone would have thought Li Yichen owed him money.
Li Yichen awkwardly rubbed his nose and said, "I can't push it open. I'll go inside and take a look first."
Without waiting for their reply, Li Yichen darted forward and vanished into the stone wall.
Only after two seconds did Li Yichen emerge from the other side.
"Good grief, this rock is over two meters thick," he exclaimed once he had passed through it.
Then he turned to look farther inside. Behind him lay an enormous underground cavern, with traces of a river's erosion on the ground. Pebbles of all sizes lay scattered across the riverbed.
"Huh? Is this Hetian jade?" Li Yichen bent down, pushed aside a few stones, and picked up a walnut-sized stone with a layer of reddish-brown color on its surface.
The stone felt smooth and fine in his hand, visibly different from ordinary rocks.
Just then, a faint voice reached him. "Little Li, can you hear me?"
"Uncle Ouyang, I can hear