Cultivating Through The Game-Chapter 524 - 303: Who Is the Mole? (Part 1)_2

With the push of Spiritual Power, the spirit wheel on the wall began to rotate. Lu Yu carefully turned it, fearing excessive force might turn the wheel too far, as he discovered the wheel could only turn in one direction, unable to reverse.

In other words, if he turned it wrongly, everything afterward would be erroneous, unable to be fixed.

Under Lu Yu's extremely cautious operation, all six circles on the wheel reached their respective positions, forming a badge-like symbol.

After waiting for a while, the wall showed no signs of movement, as if turning the wheel was just to obtain this badge.

Lu Yu turned to look at Chen Qingyun. Seeing Lu Yu looking his way, Chen Qingyun felt a bit panicked; was he really going to cut off his long hair?

Just as Lu Yu was about to speak, he suddenly felt the badge on the wall absorbing his Spiritual Power. Before he could stop it, the absorption was complete.

Buzz~ Boom! A sound came from inside the wall. Before Lu Yu's eyes, the wall formed an "X" shape, divided into four parts retracting into the surrounding walls, revealing the corridor behind it. At the center of the corridor lay a Spirit Stone shell.

"We succeeded! Didn't I say so? How could I be wrong?" Chen Qingyun exclaimed excitedly.

Lu Yu responded speechlessly, "Then why were you nervous earlier?"

Chen Qingyun touched his smooth long hair, saying nothing. Earlier, he indeed had a slight doubt about the results of his deduction.

"Let's go." Lu Yu walked into the corridor behind the wall, and Chen Qingyun hurriedly followed.

Lu Yu looked at the Spirit Stone shell on the ground and asked somewhat curiously, "How did they get in? Do others also understand the magical language of the Spirit Clan and can channel their Spiritual Power?"

Chen Qingyun spoke: "You're overthinking it. In the team, only I understand the magical language of the Spirit Clan. After all, the Spirit Clan has been extinct for thousands of years, its civilization long gone. If it wasn't for a fortunate coincidence, I wouldn't have learned their language either."

Lu Yu nodded to indicate his understanding.

Chen Qingyun speculated: "Maybe when they came in, the door wasn't closed. They triggered some mechanism, which led to the door closing."

Lu Yu pondered for a moment and considered this possibility.

He reached out to grab the Spirit Stone shell on the ground, drawn into his palm by Spiritual Power. He looked closely at the shell and sensed that there were still residual traces of Spiritual Power inside.

This indicates that these Spirit Stone shells were deliberately manufactured.

Actually, simply discarding Spirit Stones would work; it's not necessary to discard Spirit Stone shells. But discarding Spirit Stones would be too wasteful, so whoever left the trail absorbed the Spirit Stones instead.

Alternatively, they might have been absorbing the Spiritual Qi within the Spirit Stones to replenish their consumption, leaving markers incidentally.

In the outer battlefield, except for a few places, most areas lack Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi because the space there cannot retain it.

The space on the outer battlefield is fragmented due to years of war, and Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi leaks through the ruptures. Therefore, even those at the Sea Realm rely on Spirit Stones to replenish their Spiritual Power.

The space, though shattered, remains normal to Lu Yu since his cultivation level isn't enough to sense it.

Aside from the nine-colored moon in the sky and murmurs echoing in the ears, and the Suspended Mountain floating against gravity... everything else seems normal.

"Who do you think left these Spirit Stone shells?" Lu Yu asked Chen Qingyun.

He wasn't familiar with other members of the Qingpeng team, making it difficult for him to guess. As a senior member, Chen Qingyun should know everyone well enough to likely guess correctly.

Hearing Lu Yu's question, Chen Qingyun pondered for a moment, though he already had the answer in mind, "Either Qingqing or the team leader."

"Hmm? Why not Luo Heng or Luo Feng?" Lu Yu asked as he walked.

Chen Qingyun explained, "Luo Heng would definitely not leave markers; I am sure of this. As for Luo Feng, he wouldn't leave such basic markers. His markers would be discrete, only detectable by team members."

"That leaves Qingqing or the team leader. Qingqing was the first to enter here, discovering the castle, venturing inside, she would surely leave markers for her exit. Hence, she's most likely the one who left the markers." 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

"The team leader might have left markers too, entering the castle to look for Qingqing, marking the spot for leaving or indicating to those following them the direction they headed."

"Hmm?" Lu Yu felt a bit puzzled, asking: "Didn't you say Lin Qingqing fell into a space rift? If she accidentally entered here, wouldn't her first reaction be to return to the cave through the rift?"

"I'm not sure. The team leader told me about Qingqing falling into a space rift, then he asked me to wait outside for you, going in alone." Chen Qingyun replied.

He felt puzzled as well, thinking the other side of the space rift was special, preventing return through it. But upon arriving, he found the rift could be freely traversed.

So why didn't Lin Qingqing return after accidentally falling in? Isn't she aware of the danger of venturing into unknown areas of the outer battlefield?

"Maybe Qingqing saw this castle and assumed the space rift would last a while, deciding to explore it first to see if there's anything valuable," Chen Qingyun conjectured.