As the stone door rose, a gentle radiance emanated from within, banishing the nearby darkness.

  the illuminated interior of the stone door, Xiao Yi Xian smiled faintly, took two steps back, and u He, lifting her snowy . She chuckled, "Master, shall we enter?"

  "Of course," Gu He smiled faintly and walked towards the stone door. Watg Gu He step inside, Xiao Yi Xian followed closely with a pyful smile.

  Entering the stone door, the view expanded. Inside y a spacious stone chamber, appearing somein ay. Moonlight stones were embedded in the walls, providing illumination in the ter of the chamber.

  There was a seat with a skeletal figure seated upon it, the skull deeply embedded ihigh bone, exuding a sinister air in the quiet atmosphere.

  In front of the seat was a wide stoable with three locked stone boxes ly arranged upon it. In the ers of the chamber, numerous golden s and precious items were piled, their value likely surpassing tens of thousands.

  Gu He was not g in riches, and the former owner of these treasures didn't seem to attach much importao them.

  Shifting gaze from the gleaming gold, attentioled on the skeletal remains. Was the fragment of the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire map on this skeleton?

  Meanwhile, Xiao Yi Xian remained in a er of the cave, a faint delight on her face. In another er, a small flower bed had beeed with various ping a captivating fragrance.

  Looking at these flowers, Xiao Yi Xian's face lit up with excitement. To others, these may seem ordinary, but she khe true value—greater than the piles of gold s.

  "Purple-Blue Leaves, White Spirit Fruit, Snow Lotus Seed..." Excited, she muttered names of rare herbs as she approached the flower bed.

  "Ice Spirit Fme Grass!" Suddenly, her eyes fixated on a white and red alternating leaf on the flower bed. Its white branches bore crystalliructures resembling ice, while the fiery red bzed like fmes. It was a miraculous coexistence of opposing colors and attributes.

  A faint mist surrouhis pnt, giving it ahereal feel. This pnt, the Ice Spirit Fme Grass, was exceptionally rare outside.

  Having gained insights as a Sixth Grade Alchemist under Gu He's tutege, Xiao Yi Xian could easily reize it.

  Among the flowers, this herb was the most valuable. "You dig them all up if you like," Gu He grinned, seeing her excitement.

  "Okay," she replied, eager, and swiftly began excavating the herbs. As Xiao Yi Xian dug, Gu He's gaze shifted once more, this time to the three locked stone boxes ooable. He approached and touched the metal lock, feeling its slight warmth. This was no ordinary metal; brute force wouldn't open it.

  "Where's the key?" Gu He muttered, his shifting gaze settling on the skeletal remains behind the stoable. His eyes lowered, and he brightened upon seeing three bck keys suspended from the skeleton's hand.

  Rubbing his hands together, Gu He approached, looking at the bones and giving a geug.

  "A snap..." Due to the passage of time, the skeletal arm was snapped off by this slight force. Gazing at the broken bone, Gu He chuckled awkwardly, then picked up the arm from the ground, attempting to reattach it.

  Holding the bone in his hand, Gu He's eyebrows suddenly raised; he sehat the weight of the skeletal arm was off somehow.

  Gu He's gaze turo the bone in his hand and through the fracture above, he faintly spotted what seemed like a small scroll led within the skeletal crevice.

  Seeing the elusive, a-looking scroll, Gu He felt a surge of joy; this should be the remnant map of the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire.

  Gu He carefully examihe scroll. It was crafted from a material he couldn't identify, with random patterns that seemed devoid of any order, sketched on the slightly yellowed part.

  He poi a pattern with his finger and traced it slowly, but it tinued outside the part without revealing anything else.

  Gu He then unfolded the part pletely, iing it closely. Suddenly, his gaze fell on a blurred object resembling a lotus flower in the er of the part.

  His expression shifted slightly, and he bent down again to closely examihis lotus-like mysterious object. This lotus-shaped object, perhaps due to the passage of time, appeared somewhat yellowed and blurry, yet its general form was disible.

  The lotus was bck, seemingly adorned with a thin yer of bck fmes. Upon careful observation, the eus exuded an eerie, otherworldly aura. As he stared at this uny lotus, Gu He's pupils tracted slightly.

  "It's ihe Pure Lotus Demonic Fire!" Suppressing his excitement, Gu He directly stored the remnants of the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire map into his ste ring.

  After pleting these as, Gu He gently wiped the dust off the skeletal arm, then carefully reattached it to its owner.

  Discarding the bck key from his hand, Gu He smiled slightly and walked towards the three stone boxes ooable.

  Approag the stoable with the key in hand, Gu He once again touched the slightly warm metal lock, then ied the key into the empty slot.

  With a slight click, the metallic tch slowly opened. Gu He opehe box directly, revealing a colorful scroll inside. Pig up the scroll, Gu He ope, and immediately four words appeared before his eyes.

  "The Myriad Poison Scripture!"