Chapter 699 - 634: Stepping onto the Peak 43 (4,000 Words)
The intuition of a cultivator is extremely important; often, what is perceived is the opportunity or danger that is about to be faced. This time, Tan Shuangshuang feels her intuition has sensed an opportunity.
Without much hesitation, Tan Shuangshuang decides to follow her instincts and steps into the cave. The cave looks quite ordinary, like any other, but Tan Shuangshuang remains on high alert, worried there might be some sort of trap inside.
Tan Shuangshuang’s cautious demeanor affects Fei Hu beside her. All along the way, Fei Hu sticks closely to Tan Shuangshuang’s side, matching her steps with lifted paws, walking carefully with every step.
Unexpectedly, the cave winds deeply but remains extremely calm; no danger nor mechanisms emerge. Tan Shuangshuang and Fei Hu reach the depths of the cave, arriving at a stone platform without any hindrance.
The stone platform is equally ordinary, just a stone slab with no peculiar features. Placed atop it is a small box. Seeing the box intensifies the calling impulse within Tan Shuangshuang, confirming that what she feels is indeed coming from the contents of the box.
However, Tan Shuangshuang doesn’t immediately reach for it. Instead, she circles around the stone platform, ensuring no traps are nearby. Consequently, after thoroughly examining it, she concludes it’s just a mundane stone slab with a plain small box on it.
Were it not for the persistent urge within her, Tan Shuangshuang might have thought she had misperceived, finding such a regular place and a common box—like someone briefly stayed overnight and left a small box behind.
It seems unlikely for something valuable to be here without any protection; it’s quite irrational!
Yet, the growing agitation and desire within her eventually prompt Tan Shuangshuang to eagerly pick up the box, which she effortlessly holds with no mechanisms attacking her.
Initially, Tan Shuangshuang suspected the box might hold secrets, and she envelops her hands with spiritual power to isolate contact with the box.
Unexpectedly, the box lid automatically opens when she picks it up, revealing its contents without requiring Tan Shuangshuang to figure out how to unlock it. It opens on its own.
At last, struggling with the notion that the box might have some mechanism, Tan Shuangshuang...
Tan Shuangshuang remains speechless for a moment before lowering her gaze to the box’s contents. Inside, there isn’t a rare millennia spiritual medicine, nor any treasure, but simply a length of silk thread adorned with two round, luminous blue beads at each end.
The instant Tan Shuangshuang sees the silk thread, a sense of familiarity surfaces in her heart, simultaneously quelling the restless urge that had been pressing her. Almost instinctively, she utters the words, "Thousand Silk Entanglement!"
At first glance, Tan Shuangshuang identifies the silk thread as a weapon, and its name is just the words she spontaneously spoke—Thousand Silk Entanglement. She doesn’t know why she knows the weapon’s name, as if at first sight, the name was already ingrained in her mind so naturally uttered.
Moreover, regarding this weapon resembling silk thread, Tan Shuangshuang harbors an inexplicable and deep sense of familiarity, as if she has frequently mentioned this name and wielded this weapon countless times, yet Tan Shuangshuang is certain that in all her lifetimes she’s never encountered this thing.
Gazing at the blue bead atop Thousand Silk Entanglement, Tan Shuangshuang cannot resist reaching out to pinch the bead, intending to lift this strange thread-shaped weapon for closer examination.
As soon as Tan Shuangshuang’s fingertips brush against the bead, her mind resonates with an explosive burst, unleashing countless fragmented images!
These images aren’t continuous; within them, there are two individuals—two equally elegant women dressed in black robes with golden patterns, standing back to back in void space, surrounded by countless enemies filled with evil presence, standing unendingly in the void, nearly obscuring the horizon!