This feeling was really inexplicable. I shook my head and placed it to the side. However, my eyes also moved away from the gigantic hole and looked forward. There were no more rocks in front of me, so naturally, there were no murals or even a path. There was only a pitch-black stone wall in front of me.
At this moment, Zhang Kanwen and the little zombie were standing next to the stone wall. They seemed to be studying something. I glanced at the mural in front of me again. After taking a few pictures with my phone, I lifted my foot and prepared to walk towards Zhang Kanwen.
However, as I was about to walk, I hesitated and reached out to scratch the face of the young man in the mural a few times.
The fact that the mural hadn't been destroyed after thousands of years proved that the material it was made of wasn't ordinary. However, under the effect of my witchcraft energy, I easily dug out a few inconspicuous holes.
With the few holes as a cover, the young man's face didn't have that familiar feeling when I looked at him again.
I didn't know why I did it, but after I finished, I suddenly felt much more relaxed. I exhaled and finally left the mural. I walked towards Zhang Kanwen and the little zombie.
After walking over, I looked up and saw that there was a tiny gap on the dark stone wall in front of me. It extended from the ground all the way to the top where my eyes couldn't see.
Judging from the gap, the stone wall in front of me was likely to be a door.
After the previous experience with the door, I naturally wouldn't overestimate myself and interfere. I turned to ask Zhang Kanwen how to get through it.
Zhang Kanwen placed both of his hands on the stone wall and seemed to be trying to push the door open. After hearing my question, he retracted his hand and shook his head. "There was no mention of this door in the records of my sect … However, I just tried it. With my power, I can't push the door open. I'm afraid that I'll have to use another page of the 'Song of Morality'."
His words were full of bitterness. I reckoned that he was feeling extremely pained. There were only so many pages of the 'Song of Morality'. Every page that was used was one less page. Just the two doors had used up two pages. If something unexpected happened after entering, who knew how many pages would be wasted. Not to mention Zhang Kanwen, anyone would feel distressed for a long time.
However, Zhang Kanwen didn't hesitate for too long. His gaze became firm and he didn't say anything else. He took out another page of the 'Song of Morality' and held it in his palm. After chanting a few lines, he carefully placed the page on his chest. After a few seconds, a golden light flashed. Zhang Kanwen had once again entered the Heavenly Master realm.
Then, just like the previous door, Zhang Kanwen reached out his hand and grabbed me with one hand and the little zombie with the other. Then, he stomped on the ground with both of us and leaped into the air, crashing into the mountain wall in front of us.
With the previous experience, I didn't panic this time. I just stayed alert. After all, the people from the Taoist and Metaphysical societies were in front of us. It was possible that they were behind the door. If we went in and bumped into them, we would have to run away immediately.
While we were thinking about these questions, we didn't expect that after we reattached the stone wall, we didn't crash into it like last time. Instead, there was a muffled sound, and the three of us bounced back and fell to the ground, feeling dizzy.
Zhang Kanwen and I were dumbfounded. Enduring the dizziness in our heads, we raised our heads to look at the stone wall in front of us. The stone wall was still as black as before. Our fierce collision didn't leave a single mark on it.
Could it be that we were at the end of the road and there was no door?
That shouldn't be the case. We had just seen the people from the Taoist and Metaphysical societies walk in from this road. If there was no door, where did they go?
Moreover, the crack on the stone wall was very obvious. Aside from the fact that there was a hidden door, there was no other explanation.
Zhang Kanwen turned around and exchanged looks with me. Then, he got up. He didn't try to use the previous method. Instead, he placed his hand on the stone wall and pushed.
I immediately understood what he meant. Since there wasn't a mechanism like the previous door, it could be a door that required great strength to push open. Previously, we couldn't push it open because our cultivation base wasn't high enough. Now that he had the power of a Heavenly Master, he might be able to push it open.
However, this possibility was eliminated shortly after. Zhang Kanwen pushed a few times. His face turned red, but the stone door in front of us didn't move at all. It didn't even look like it was moving.
This time, we were desperate. We looked at each other for a long time. Zhang Kanwen finally gave up. He leaned against the stone wall and slumped to the ground. He lifted his head and looked at me in frustration. "What do you think?"
I thought for a while and shook my head with a wry smile. "If we knew this earlier, we would have followed the people from the Taoist or Metaphysical societies. At least we could have seen what method they used to open this door."
Hearing my words, Zhang Kanwen's frown deepened. He turned to look at the stone wall in front of him and angrily punched it. He muttered, "This doesn't make sense. I'm not too sure about the cultivation of those seventh rank Taoist priests, but among the Metaphysics Association's Heavenly Masters, the ones with the highest cultivation base, President Gu and Lu Ziyang, shouldn't be much higher than my current cultivation base. Since they can open this door, it doesn't make sense that I can't even move it. There must be some trick that we don't know."
I nodded. When I was about to say something, Zhang Kanwen's eyes suddenly focused. He reached out and patted the stone wall again. He raised his voice. "Mechanism!
There must be a hidden mechanism on this stone wall to open the door! "
My eyes instantly brightened. That's right. Why didn't I think of such a simple reason? The Heavenly Master's power couldn't move the door, and the method passed down by Zhang Kanwen's master was also useless. There might be a simple mechanism!
Zhang Kanwen excitedly stood up and searched the stone door on the right. He said to me, "Come, let's search together. You search the left side, and I'll search the right side!"
I nodded and moved closer to use the flashlight to search the stone door on the left. However, I couldn't find anything suspicious after searching for a long time. I frowned and thought. Some mechanisms were well hidden. I couldn't see anything with my eyes. I had to use my hands to search carefully. Thus, I held the flashlight in my left hand and started to search the door with my right.
Who would have thought that as soon as my hand touched the stone door, I would feel something strange. Then, I was stunned.
It wasn't because I was lucky that I had found the hidden mechanism. It was because when I put my hand on the door, I felt that the stone door that Zhang Kanwen hadn't moved for a long time seemed to have moved a little …
I couldn't believe it. I tried to press on the stone door. Then, I heard the sound of stone rubbing against each other. Then, I turned to look at the place between Zhang Kanwen and I. The shallow crack on the stone wall had now become as wide as a finger.
I was dumbfounded. What's going on?
Zhang Kanwen also heard the noise. He turned to look at the crack and became excited. He turned to me and praised, "You're amazing! You found the mechanism so quickly!"
Then, he didn't wait for my reply and pushed the door again. The result was the same as before. No matter how hard he tried, the stone door didn't move.
He exclaimed in surprise and turned to look at me in confusion.
I also looked as if I had seen a ghost. I opened my mouth, but I didn't know how to explain it. I reached out and gently pushed the stone door again. The crack was big enough for two people to pass through.
Zhang Kanwen was also stunned. He lowered his head to look at the stone door. Then, he lifted his head to look at me. He didn't know what to say.
I forced a smile and spread my arms. "Don't ask me. I don't know what happened. I just pushed it a little, and the door opened …"
Zhang Kanwen was bewildered for a while. He suppressed his doubts and didn't ask me. Instead, he craned his neck to look through the crack on the stone door. Then, he said, "We shouldn't stay here for long. Let's go in first."
Then, he took the lead and walked through the stone door.
I called the little zombie, and we walked through the stone door together.
After entering the door, I looked at the darkness in front of me. I heaved a sigh of relief. I was worried that I would bump into the people from the Taoist and Metaphysical societies. This place was safe.
As I was thinking about this, I turned around and was about to close the stone door. However, as soon as I turned around, I heard a voice.