I Spy With My Secret Eyes

Chapter 109

The stone door remained unchanged, and as Oliver gazed at it intently, he had a sudden realization. Despite breaking free from the grasp of the stone door, he found himself not outside, but rather, within its confines!

To his astonishment, he had ventured to the other side of the stone door.

Oliver was stunned for a moment. As he whipped his head around to look inside, he discovered a hall adorned with some decorations. Apart from the entrance, the other three sides of the wall were fitted with transparent glass panels, allowing the sunlight to penetrate through the “windows.” This is property © of NôvelDrama.Org.

He was at the peak of Mount Rockenan. The interior of the peak was already hollowed out and transformed into an invisible viewing platform.

However, similar to the stone walls in the passage below, the platform had no visible indication of an obvious transparent window when viewed from the bottom.

Oliver remembered that he, Wayne, and the others had observed Mount Rockenan through their telescopes. Thereby, he was certain that the peak was covered in steep stone walls without any visible traces, let alone such a magnificent “window.”

“Why couldn’t I see such an obvious thing from underneath?” he wondered.

After some contemplation, Oliver found himself surrounded by an eerie silence that permeated the area. He hastily positioned himself against the cold stone door and called out in a desperate voice, “Sienna! Sienna? Wayne? Sim?”

Yet, his words dissolved into nothingness, leaving no trace of an echo, and the outside sounds remained beyond his hearing.

“The soundproofing effect is really impressive!” Oliver remarked sarcastically, then reached out to touch and probe at the stone door.

The feeling of being “swallowed” by the stone door was still vivid in his mind, yet it was hard to believe that a stone door was capable of such a feat.

Perplexed, Oliver gingerly explored the surface of the door with his fingertips, attempting to unravel the mystery. But soon, he discovered that the door was an extremely solid and icy rock. No matter how hard he tried, his fingers couldn’t penetrate its unyielding surface.

Overwhelmed by the peculiarity of his predicament, Oliver fell into a pensive state, his mind swirling with questions. “This is so weird!”

After a moment of contemplation, Oliver shifted his gaze away from the enigmatic stone door and directed his attention toward the other elements present in the hall. His eyes scanned the surroundings, seeking any clues or points of interest that could potentially shed light on the mysterious place he found himself in.

The “hall” inside the peak of the mountain was around 10,000 square feet. The interior was rather empty, devoid of any treasure, save for a stone platform positioned in the center. It appeared to bear something atop it.

Oliver walked over cautiously. The stone platform was relatively small, resembling a round coffee table. Resting upon it were two objects that immediately captured his curiosity.

One of the objects was a golden bead that looked like an eyeball.

Oliver felt a sense of familiarity as he gazed at the object before him. It bore a striking resemblance to Sienna’s Eye Sculpture, albeit with a different color.

At first glance, the other object appeared to be an ordinary piece of jade, but upon closer inspection, Oliver noticed its remarkable quality.

A piece of cloth banner with words was placed under each item.

Oliver didn’t pick the items up but approached to observe the banner.

The cloth banner underneath the Golden Eyeball Sculpture wrote, “This is the secret key to unlocking the treasure. Proceed thirty steps ahead to find a hole. Insert the Golden Eyeball Sculpture into the hole, and it will activate the mechanism to open the stone door leading to the treasury. Inside, you will find immense wealth comparable to that of a country. There are various treasures, including the fabled Immortality Potion.”

Oliver then turned to read at another piece of cloth banner which wrote, “This is the Legend of the Jade. Inside the jade contains sacred scriptures. Only those who are at the Energy Refining Stage can realize spiritual energy activation and read it through a spiritual sense. Otherwise, it will be impossible to comprehend its contents. Any attempt to forcefully damage the jade will result in its destruction.”

As Oliver’s eyes fell upon the message, a wave of confusion washed over him.

Based on his understanding, placing two items in the same position indicated that they held equal importance and value. However, it was evident to him that the Golden Eyeball Sculpture held a considerably higher worth. He couldn’t help but question the equivalence of a mere treasure store key to such a valuable and exquisite artifact.

Anyone would be filled with excitement upon encountering such a discovery. They would eagerly use the Golden Eyeball Sculpture to unlock the treasury and search for treasures of immense value, comparable to the wealth of an entire country, as well as the elusive Immortality Potion.

“Isn’t this referring to the Immortality Potion that Gunther has been looking for? But does something like that truly exist?” Oliver wondered, “Why would these two things of different values be placed together?”

All of a sudden, he recalled that he and Sienna had been cursed by the Blood Malediction after touching the Eye Sculpture. At that realization, he couldn’t help but wonder if there was much more to the Golden Eyeball Sculpture than met the eye.

After mulling over it for a while, Oliver continued to fix his gaze on the Golden Eyeball Sculpture. After a few seconds, an identification message emerged in his mind: [The Golden Eyeball Sculpture is crafted from a meteorite that possesses mind-altering properties. Touching it will trigger hallucinations, and once triggered, the hallucinations will persist until the person’s demise.]

Upon reading the message, Oliver was stunned, and beads of sweat began forming all over his body. “Damn it, this is undoubtedly a trap! The Golden Eyeball Sculpture is a deceptive object infused with psychedelic magic. It can’t possibly be the key to the treasure,” thought the man.

When Oliver shifted his attention to the piece of jade with exquisite quality, the identification message resurfaced again a few seconds later: [This is a spiritual jade, a tool used by cultivators as magical vessels. Messages can be stored in the jade through sorcery and divination. A cultivator at the Energy Refining Stage will be able to realize spiritual energy activation and read its content in their spiritual mind. Any attempt to forcefully open the jade will result in its destruction.] Oliver’s emotions swirled with a mixture of curiosity and astonishment. He couldn’t help but question the bizarre circumstances that led him to this peculiar treasury. “What in the world is happening? After enduring so`many hardships and challenges, I’ve finally arrived at this strange treasure chamber, only to find two items here! One of them is a trap, leaving me with just a piece of spiritual jade, supposedly a treasure,” he grumbled internally.

Unable to comprehend the situation, Oliver shook his head in disbelief. Then, he reached out his hand to grasp the spiritual jade.

While he remained skeptical about everything else, Oliver had unwavering faith in the authenticity of the information identified by his own eyes. Therefore, he had no intention of touching the Golden Eyeball sculpture.

In turn, Oliver chose to pick up the spiritual jade. As he held it in his hand, a peculiar sensation coursed through his body as if the energy within him was being drawn toward something. With an almost magnetic pull, it surged through him and “burrowed” into the spiritual jade he was holding.

In an instant, Oliver saw countless words being fleshed out from the spiritual jade.

Thousands of letters began penetrating his mind, neatly arranging themselves in a chain of legible words. They then formed

a book, and three big words were written on the title page: [Book of Immortality].

“Book of Immortality? What does that mean?” Oliver pondered.

He scanned through the contents of the article again. After reading it, Oliver found that this so-called “Book of Immortality” was actually a guidebook on breath control, divided into several progressive levels.

Filled with disappointment, Oliver couldn’t help but smile bitterly and thought, “After all this trouble, this is what I get? It’s merely practicing one’s application of internal energy.”

He possessed no interest in such matters and regarded them as untrustworthy.

He proceeded to make a few more rounds, exploring every nook and cranny of the hall, but to his disappointment, he found nothing else of significance in the empty hall.

The stone door was still hard and chillingly cold that it couldn’t be opened with one’s bare hands. No button could also be found to open the door.

Oliver was stuck inside with no food or water, and there was no other secret passage to enter the place.

If he failed to find the exit, he would undoubtedly starve to death in a few days as he had no sustenance.

“What a load of nonsense!” Oliver grew increasingly concerned and frustrated, thinking, “It’s a trap, a place you can enter but never leavel Even Gunther, who is outside, probably didn’t expect that the place he’s worked so hard to find is nothing but an empty hall and a dangerous Golden Eyeball Sculpture that causes hallucinations. And as for the so-called Elixir of Immortality, it’s just an impossible fantasy!”

As he came to terms with his predicament, Oliver’s heart sank, and a sense of desolation washed over him. “What about the antidote for the Blood Malediction?” he pondered.

Disregarding any treasure, Oliver’s sole purpose for coming all this way was to find an antidote for Sienna’s Blood Malediction. However, now it seemed that this wish could no longer be fulfilled.

Oliver was so furious that he wished he had explosives to blow the hall into pieces, but unfortunately, he did not possess explosives on his person.

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