Everything in the stone chamber showed signs of use. Apart from the night pearls, there were stone tables and stools here, clearly carved out by someone. There was even some rotten wood in a corner of the chamber. These had probably once been bookshelves or something similar, but had long since rotted away with age.
Old Sun and the other two were also surveying the stone chamber. There was really nothing else inside. Apart from the stone tables and stools, there was nothing they considered precious. Of course, the night pearls on the walls were rarities in this world and counted as treasures. But they had not come for those night pearls.
"This probably isn't the place," Duan Siping said after looking around for quite some time.
Huang Xiao frowned and thought for a long while before finally nodding. "It seems this isn't the place. Shall we go through that side door and take another look?"
Huang Xiao pointed at a small passage in a corner of the stone chamber as he spoke.
The passage was fairly inconspicuous, but since they had come this far, they had to search the place thoroughly and leave no spot unchecked.
There was nothing in this stone chamber, so they could only pin their hopes on somewhere else.
Old Sun also gave a soft sigh. In their view, if the "secret" was in this cave, it would most likely be in this stone chamber. Unfortunately, they had found nothing here.
"There are stairs, too?" Huang Xiao had barely taken a few steps into the passage when he saw a stairway spiraling downward.
"It looks quite deep," Tong Jiuyang said with a glance.
Experts of their caliber could see in the dark, but only within a certain range. The stairs seemed to descend a long