The Lord of Void and Real

Although it was rare for people to come to the back mountain at this time, it wouldn’t be impossible for a disciple who had eaten too much and wanted to take a stroll to digest.

It was still eerily quiet all around, but this wasn’t a place to linger for long.

Shen Luo quickly stuffed the wasted talismans and the last Yuan Stone into his pocket, then tidied up the fragments of Yuan Stone at the scene, making sure no traces were left behind. Only then did he raise his head and look towards the talisman emitting a soft white light.

After thinking for a moment, he bent down, picked up a dry twig about a foot long, and slowly walked towards the white light.

When he was near the white light, Shen Luo stopped, his gaze flickered a few times, then carefully probed the edge of the white light with the dry twig…

The front end of the dry twig slowly disappeared into the white light. There was no change whatsoever.

Shen Luo, who had been prepared to run at any moment, finally relaxed.

After some thought, he discarded the dry twig, touched the white light with one palm, and then slowly immersed his whole arm into it, waving it inside.

Shen Luo didn’t feel anything abnormal about his arm, so with a determined heart, he walked completely into the white light and returned to the giant stone that held the “Small Thunder Talisman”.

The talisman emitted a gentle white light, very different from the effect described in the books when the Small Thunder Talisman was activated.

Shen Luo didn’t know whether to feel happy or disappointed.

Talking about happiness, none of the five Small Thunder Talismans that he painstakingly painted were successful, and they consumed five precious Yuan Stones.

Talking about disappointment, the talisman in front of him was genuinely activated and could be considered as his first successful talisman, which greatly boosted his confidence.

“Although this talisman can’t attack, it should be good for illumination at night. But the cost is indeed too high.” Shen Luo murmured.

Having said that, he bent down to pick up the talisman with two fingers, hesitated for a moment, and then went deeper into the secluded valley instead of taking the original path.

The white light radiated by the talisman formed a soft halo within a radius of four or five feet around Shen Luo, making everything in its range clearly lit.

At first, Shen Luo was quite curious about this never-before-seen scene, constantly looking around and guessing how long the talisman could stay lit.

Unconsciously, he reached the deeper part of the secluded valley, in front of a mountain wall covered by lush green vines.

There was no road ahead, and going any further would lead to a cliff.

Shen Luo glanced at the talisman in his hand, which was still radiating a soft light. Just as he was about to observe it further, he suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

The lush green vines that originally covered the mountain wall rapidly withered under the white light emitted by the talisman, revealing the original appearance of the mountain wall which hadn’t been clear before.

The surface of the mountain wall was as smooth as a mirror, as if it had been forcibly cleaved from top to bottom by someone and then polished again.

What surprised Shen Luo even more was that under the projection of the white light from the talisman in his hand, the mountain wall became somewhat transparent, as if its surface had turned into colored glaze, allowing him to faintly see objects within a range of one to two feet.

Shen Luo had never seen such a miraculous sight. Amid his admiration, he approached the mountain wall unconsciously, intending to take a closer look.

Just then, an unexpected change occurred!

The talisman suddenly became scorching hot, and the temperature where it made contact with his skin rapidly rose.

Shen Luo was startled and waved his arm wildly in an attempt to throw the talisman away, but it was firmly stuck on his fingers and couldn’t be shaken off. At the same time, a heart-piercing pain emanated from his palm, as if it was being roasted by fire, and his arm started to feel numb, making it hard to exert any force.

“Damn it!”

In a state of anxiety, Shen Luo quickly grabbed the talisman with his other hand and tried to tear it apart.

At this moment, the talisman suddenly turned into a puff of ashes and disappeared from his hand without a trace.

The surrounding white light circle also silently shattered, turning into countless large and small light orbs floating around.

Shen Luo froze for a moment, then quickly looked at his hand. There were no signs of redness or burns, and the agonizing pain also suddenly disappeared. He finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Everything he’d just experienced felt like an illusion.

Just as Shen Luo was doubting himself and standing silent, an even stranger thing happened!

Those light orbs floating around seemed to be attracted by something and suddenly all drifted towards the mountain wall. When they touched the surface of the mountain wall, they disappeared into it like rats entering a hole, one after another, rushing in without hesitation.

With more and more light orbs disappearing into it, that part of the mountain wall became increasingly transparent, revealing a pitch-black interior that seemed to be a hollowed-out space.

Seeing this, Shen Luo took a few steps to the side of the mountain wall and picked up a small stone to knock on it.

“Thud,” “thud,” there was a bit of an echo.

“It’s hollow.”

He murmured to himself, swept his gaze around, then brought over a larger stone from the nearby grass and hit the mountain wall hard with it.

After hitting it a few times, the mountain wall finally cracked and a hole the size of a bowl appeared.

Shen Luo hit around the hole twice more, greatly enlarging the entrance.

Inside was indeed a small cave, but only about four or five feet deep. The light orbs that had previously disappeared into the mountain wall were nowhere to be found. In their place, there was a round object like a stone ball with a diameter of two feet lying in a corner of the cave.

“Could it be this thing that attracted the white light from the talisman?”

Shen Luo hesitated for a moment before reaching out to retrieve it.

He was once invaded by Yin Qi in a concealed place.

This item, hidden so deep and causing such weird movements before, who knows if it’s an impure object?

Of course, it’s more likely to be the treasures often mentioned in various books and travel notes!

Fortunately, he now had the Small Transformation Yang Skill, and ordinary Yin Qi could no longer invade his body.

Shen Luo stood at the entrance of the cave and thought for a long time. Finally, he took off his robe and wrapped his hands in it. He took out the four discarded talismans from before and stuffed them into his palm, adding a layer of padding.

At the same time, he was fully running the Small Transformation Yang Skill inside his body to protect himself.

Only after completing all these preparations did Shen Luo extend his hands to hold onto the object inside the cave.

The object was surprisingly light, and there were no other abnormalities.

He relaxed slightly, exerted a little strength on his hand, and easily lifted the “stone ball” out, put it on his chest, looked down, and carefully examined it.

It was gray and had numerous small holes on the surface. No wonder it was so light. It seemed to be naturally formed.

Shen Luo rotated the “stone ball” a little bit and didn’t discover anything else. He shook it subconsciously.

There was a “gululu” sound from inside the “stone ball”.