The Ginsengfruit dug up several places, wetting his clothes with the droplets of water on the grass, yet he found nothing.
Fortunately, he wasn’t really flesh and blood; otherwise, working so hard at such an altitude without any results would drive anyone crazy.
"Host, there’s nothing here. Could it be that Erdan made a mistake?"
As soon as Ginsengfruit finished speaking, Erdan, who seemed fine just moments ago, suddenly dimmed.
It was genuinely upset; it wasn’t its fault to be misunderstood, so why should it take the blame!
It’s often said that people have their biases; can Yun Ran pamper Erdan while giving Ginsengfruit a hard look? Of course not.
She immediately slapped Erdan’s eggshell with a bit of force: "Don’t act out, or I’ll lock you in the little dark room!"
Erdan: ...
Oh heavens, oh earth, is there anyone more unjustly wronged and pitiful in this world than me?
In another world, some beings desperately wanted to bang their heads into shadows.
Oh yes, there are, they’re the best examples; fortunately, a certain ’ferocious’ guy is gone, allowing them to finally embrace a new life.
Ginsengfruit watched Erdan, who provided the wrong information, get beaten, shook the water droplets off his clothes, and casually cleaned the dirt off his hands.
"Host, what do we do now?"
"There must be some array points nearby; otherwise, such a massive Five Emperors Mountain would have been discovered long ago."
It’s just that, compared to the vast Five Emperors Mountain, the two of them seemed so insignificant, appearing slightly lost.
Perhaps the spirit-binding array here was too domineering, preventing the life forms here from developing spiritual wisdom.
This also prevented them from communicating with the life forms here.
Ginsengfruit was a bit troubled; the mountain path was indeed hard to traverse, especially in places where cliffs and precipices were prevalent, a slight misstep could lead to a fall.
"The array point should be nearby; only an area this secluded would hide an array point from being discovered."
Those words were not just Yun Ran comforting Ginsengfruit.
A typical spirit binding array requires at least dozens of array points to ensure that the life under the array cannot send messages out.
The more powerful a spirit-binding array, the denser the array points.
The roads down the mountain clearly didn’t have any, to prevent some restless individuals from causing trouble.
Therefore, the spot they stood on closest to the cliff was the most suitable for an array point.
Just as Yun Ran thought this, Ginsengfruit, who was wandering nearby, suddenly cried out in excitement: "Host, I found something!"
Following Ginsengfruit’s direction, Yun Ran could clearly see the marks of artificial excavation near the cliff in the distance.
However, those marks were veiled under a light layer of moss, making them naturally invisible.
Plus, with how dangerous it was here, no tourist would foolishly venture this far, lowering the chances of discovery even more.
Ginsengfruit took out a coil of wire, wrapped it around a nearby large rock, and held the other end as he slowly descended to take a look.
The wire was as thin as a strand of hair, seemingly incapable of supporting Ginsengfruit’s weight.
Yet neither Ginsengfruit nor Yun Ran showed any concern.
Ginsengfruit rubbed his hands, causing dense barbs to grow on his palm; he simply placed his hands lightly on the rock, firmly anchoring himself to it.
As for the wires on his body, they served no more than to stabilize his descent.
Ginsengfruit’s silhouette slowly faded from Yun Ran’s sight.
After a while, Ginsengfruit’s voice echoed from below, shrouded in mist.
"Host, there’s something here!"
Yun Ran lifted her fingers across her sight, a ghostly blue light flashing from her eyes.
Although she had unbound herself from Ginsengfruit, as long as Yun Ran wanted, she had ways to see through Ginsengfruit’s eyes what she intended to see.
Following Ginsengfruit’s perspective, Yun Ran easily spotted a metal rod, about the size of an arm, thrust into the cliff.
Only a shallow head remained visible, with several arrays carved around it so weathered they were unrecognizable.
Ginsengfruit reached out, attempting to see if he could pull out that metal rod.
He tried several times but was unsuccessful.
This left Ginsengfruit feeling somewhat frustrated; despite his small stature, he was exceedingly strong, able to easily lift a boulder.
"Host, the metal rod won’t come out!"
Yun Ran wasn’t surprised at this; if those rods on array points could be pulled out so easily.
Then the Guardian Dragon Spirit and Heavenly Book wouldn’t have been suppressed so aggrievedly for hundreds of years.
"Hurry up and come back up!"
Upon hearing Yun Ran’s words, Ginsengfruit glanced regretfully at the rod before obediently climbing back up.
He ascended much quicker than before, clambering up in a few swift moves.
"Host, my strength isn’t small, that rod..."
Having seen it, he couldn’t just leave it; the fact that he couldn’t deal with the rod left Ginsengfruit feeling stifled.
"Those rods were tempered with magic, akin to the arrays I set up; even if someone finds a flaw, they must defeat me to break them."
With this explanation, Ginsengfruit immediately understood.
It’s not about how strong they are; they’re in a magical duel with whoever’s behind the rod.
Right now, they don’t even know who that person is, let alone battle them.
With that realization, Ginsengfruit sighed; he was still too weak.
"Since we’ve found an array point, we can head down the mountain now."
Ginsengfruit was lamenting his own inadequacies, while his host was ready to go down the mountain.
"Host, shouldn’t we stay here and try to remove that rod?"
"Removing one wouldn’t do any good; all we need to do now is wait for that person to show up."
She had the Dragon Spirit spread word of the Heavenly Book, not just to stir chaos and force some to act rashly.
More importantly, it was to let that person hear of it.
Perhaps he wouldn’t care if the Special Administration Bureau knew about the Heavenly Book or her, the newly established temple master of Qingfeng Temple.
But he would definitely care about those old monsters coming for the treasure.
To become such old monsters, each one had touched the threshold of Enlightenment, and those people are the most reckless.