The cave was pitch black, with howling winds and eerie sounds that sent chills down one's spine.
But Qin Lily didn't feel a thing and dragged Ye An inside.
"Did you go all the way in last time?"
"No!" Ye An was terrified. "We only walked a bit over two hundred steps before we felt something was wrong and came back out..."
Qin Lily was thoughtful. The cave was filled with deathly energy.
Her healing ability had a purifying effect, so she wasn't afraid of this deathly energy.
The cave walls were covered with climbing ivy, densely packed and adding a bit of chilliness.
The deeper they went, the stronger the wind grew. Gradually, it seemed they could hear a baby crying.
"Whimper... whimper..."
One cry after another, and Ye An's legs completely gave out. He was about to muster the courage to tell the doctor that he couldn't go any further when he suddenly stepped on something and fell to the ground with a thud.
"Ah! Don't kill me, don't kill me!" Ye An screamed.
Qin Lily lit a torch and looked, saying irritably, "It's just a stone."
Ye An trembled, "R-really?"
"Hmm, this stone is a bit strange."
Qin Lily picked up the stone. It was transparent, like crystal, with characters engraved on it.
She looked closely. "Jun?"
"What?" Ye An was stunned and suddenly became excited. "Doctor! This stone, shaped like crystal, clear and transparent, with characters on it—this, this must be the legendary Transmitting Sound Stone, the only pair in the world!"
"Transmitting Sound Stone?" Qin Lily was puzzled. "Is it really? Seems valuable. How do you use it?"
Ye An shook his head. "I don't know, but I've heard that the Transmitting Sound Stones come in pairs. No matter how far apart they are, they can communicate if the other stone is also with someone."
"That's amazing!" Isn't it like a cell phone? Qin Lily was intrigued. She tried channeling her power into the stone, and it lit up.
"It actually works?!" Ye An exclaimed.
Qin Lily found it increasingly interesting. She tentatively spoke into the Transmitting Sound Stone, "Hello, hello? Hi? Friend on the other side of the stone, can you hear me? Are you a brother? Sister? Uncle? Aunt? Or a little sibling? Or maybe... no one has found the other Transmitting Sound Stone yet?"
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Jun Mo stood above a pool, with a row of guards behind him.
"The cave under the pool extends to another place," Jun Mo said solemnly. "Eleven, take four men and search southeast. Sixteen, you take..."
Suddenly, before Jun Mo could finish speaking, a light emitted from his sleeve.
His voice paused, and he surprisingly took out a clear, crystalline stone from his sleeve.
Immediately, a string of voices came from the stone.
"Hello, hello? Hi? Friend on the other side of the stone..."
The guards were collectively shocked. The Transmitting Sound Stone! Someone found the other one?!
Jun Mo was about to respond when he suddenly heard from the stone, "Forget it, the other Transmitting Sound Stone probably hasn't been found yet. I don't want to keep calling out and suddenly get an answer from a wandering ghost... Ghosts are scary, ugh!"
Jun Mo: "..."
Seeing that there was no response from the other side of the Transmitting Sound Stone, Qin Lily withdrew her power from it.
Once the power was withdrawn, the light on the Transmitting Sound Stone disappeared. Qin Lily played with the stone for a bit and concluded that you just need to channel energy into it to use it.
It really was a great item!
Qin Lily glanced at Ye An, "I'll keep this, alright?"
How could Ye An dare say no? He obsequiously replied, "Please, keep it! I don't care for it..." As if!
That was the Transmitting Sound Stone!
The legendary only pair of Transmitting Sound Stones!
No matter whether you were in the heavens or the earth, the Transmitting Sound Stones could communicate without interruption!
Who wouldn't care for such a powerful treasure? Who? What kind of fool!
In the darkness, Ye An harshly slapped himself—you're that fool, so useless!
Qin Lily turned back. "What's wrong? Hitting yourself, are you a masochist?"
Ye An didn't dare admit he also wanted the Transmitting Sound Stone, so he weakly said, "Th-there was a mosquito on my face..."
He was feeling extremely aggrieved.
Qin Lily, understanding, pulled out a bottle of potion and tossed it to him. "Here, take this. It'll repel mosquitoes."
Ye An held the potion and silently cried.
Qin Lily, amused, said coolly, "Don't underestimate the mosquitoes here. They might be corpse mosquitoes. Do you know what corpse mosquitoes are? They feed on rotting corpses. If one bites you, you'll be poisoned immediately, your body will be covered in corpse spots, and you'll fester and..."