Chapter 88: lost secret book
The thick, white spiritual mist of the southern canyon swirled like liquid silk around Min-jae’s boots as he led the way down the narrow rock fissure. The deeper they descended into the primordial ridge, the heavier the air became, vibrating with an ancient earth-law pressure that made the surrounding canyon walls glow with a faint, pulsing turquoise light.
Min-jae walked with a calm, unbothered posture, his hands casually slid deep into his trouser pockets. Beside his right flank, Yoo Ji-a held her newly ascended immortal spear loosely, her large violet eyes darting across the shadows with an intense, bloodthirsty readiness. Her flowing traditional gown of radiant light violet and soft lavender silk brushed against the jagged stone, yet not a single speck of dust could cling to the refined fabric.
"The spiritual density here is completely out-scaling the lower plane, husband," Ji-a whispered, her voice dropping into a low, tense melody that carried a deep thrill of suspense. Her long midnight-black ponytail swayed softly against her narrow waist. "My internal flame channels are automatically pulling in the ambient mist, but the pressure against my chest is suffocating. It feels like the mountain itself is watching us."
"That’s because the earth-law array ahead is leaking its structural compression metrics," Min-jae murmured flatly, his dark obsidian eyes fixed on the massive, roaring waterfall at the end of the canyon trail.
Before Medusa could comment, a massive, deep-frequency rumble echoed from the dense thicket of silver reeds near the base of the waterfall. The bushes violently parted, and a towering, fifteen-foot silhouette emerged—The Primordial Scale-Boar (Level 58 Elite Spirit Beast). Its entire massive frame was covered in thick, interlocking jade-green scale plates that crackled with low-frequency tectonic weight, its glowing amber eyes locking straight onto Min-jae’s black silk shirt with a territorial, beastly fury.
"Master, the beast is completely blocking the path to the cave entrance," Medusa voiced softly, her low, seductive melody of glass sending a sharp thrill of anticipation through the air.
The exceptionally voluptuous demon princess stepped tightly into his left space, her radiant lavender silk robe draping flawlessly over her heavy curves. Her exotic, piercing icy-blue eyes didn’t hold a single fraction of fear; instead, her full violet lips curved into a cold, dangerous smirk. "Its scale density is built to resist high-tier sword qi. Shall I deploy my absolute freezing gaze to shatter its marrow?"
"No need. Ji-a, test the spear’s new fracture loop," Min-jae commanded flatly, his voice carrying a quiet, commanding authority that instantly unified the court.
"With pleasure, husband!" Ji-a purred loudly, her face flushing a deep, happy crimson as she sprinted forward at supersonic velocity.
She didn’t just attack; she executed a flawless horizontal crescent slash. The moment her immortal-tier spear sliced through the air, a blinding wave of white-hot solar lightning violently erupted from the blade, slamming directly into the Scale-Boar’s chest. The un-blockable True Damage treated the beast’s legendary jade scale plates like thin, brittle glass. In less than two seconds, the entire fifteen-foot creature didn’t even have time to release a roar before its massive life bar flatlined to zero, turning into a clean cloud of white experience particles that duplicated straight into their shared database.
Min-jae didn’t pause to admire the flash-clear. He walked straight past the dissolving particles, stopping directly beneath the heavy, roaring curtain of the waterfall. Hidden behind the rushing torrent of liquid starlight was a massive, ancient stone gateway carved with thousands of broken, twisting silver runes—The Cave of the Azure Cloud Master.
The air around the door was thick with a dangerous, crackling restriction field. The defensive array was defective, throwing out unstable, high-frequency purple lightning arcs that threatened to vaporize anyone who touched the threshold.
Min-jae focused his thoughts, calling out to his newly upgraded cultivation interface.
The golden smoke of his system unsealed in mid-air before his eyes, scanning the ancient structure to clear any potential loopholes.
[Sovereign Cultivation Interface Active!]
[Target Isolated: Defective Earth-Law Restriction Array (Ancient Tier).]
[Analyzing Structural Fissures and Logic Flaws... 100% Success!]
[Hidden Evolution Path Unlocked: Forcefully inject 500 points of Solar Fire Qi into the lower-left rune vertex to permanently collapse the array’s calculation loop without triggering the self-destruct mechanism!]
Min-jae didn’t hesitate. He slowly took his right hand out of his pocket, his fingers firmly wrapping around the dark hilt of his heavy greatsword just to ground his stance. He tapped his bare left palm directly against the lower-left silver rune vertex, forcefully dumping a highly compressed thread of his white primordial solar fire straight into the stone’s core.
Crack!.
The ancient purple restriction field violently groaned, its calculation loop short-circuiting under his intense heat. Within a single microsecond, the massive stone gateway let out a deep, structural grind and slowly slid upward into the ceiling, unsealing the interior of the ancient cultivation cave.
The moment they stepped through the threshold, the massive stone door violently slammed shut behind their backs with a deafening *thoom*, locking them inside a thick, pitch-black silence. The air inside was completely isolated from the outside world, carrying an incredibly dense, pure spiritual humidity and the heavy scent of old parchment.
Min-jae casually unsealed a tiny spark of his solar domain, illuminating the room in a warm, amber glow. The cave was small and intimate, containing nothing but a single, ancient stone meditation platform carved out of pure white jade blocks in the absolute center of the chamber. Resting on a small stone pedestal at the back was a thick, leather-bound scroll pulsing with deep gold light—The Lost Secret Skill Book of the Azure Cloud.
"We found it," Min-jae murmured smoothly, his dark eyes tracking the gold script.
But before he could step toward the pedestal to harvest the skill book, the sudden, suffocating intensity of the cave’s close boundaries triggered an immediate, high-stakes romantic tension between his two wives. The absolute isolation of the chamber turned into a fierce field of pure, competitive jealousy.
"The spiritual draft inside this room is too cold for your mortal skin, husband," Yoo Ji-a purred loudly, her face flushing an intense, flustered crimson as she aggressively threw her athletic curves straight onto the white jade meditation platform.
Her flowing lavender silk gown draped tantalizingly over the stone, thoroughly outlining her narrow waist and rounded hips as she tightly wrapped her slender arms around Min-jae’s right arm, pulling him down onto the platform beside her. Her heart raced violently against his side as she glared at her rival. "Sit with me while the interface decodes the scroll! I’m the one who cleared the path, so I get the first seat on the platform tonight!"
Medusa’s exotic, piercing icy-blue eyes instantly narrowed into a sharp field of pure territorial envy, her full violet lips curving into a seductive, dangerous pout. She didn’t stay a polite distance away. She glided gracefully over the stone blocks, her radiant lavender silk robe billowing like gentle mist as she aggressively squeezed her exceptionally voluptuous hourglass figure and heavy chest straight onto Min-jae’s left side.
"The vanguard spear should learn her proper placement in the inner pavilion," Medusa whispered, her low, seductive melody of glass vibrating directly against his shoulder as she leaned her pale, smooth bare shoulders completely into his chest space. Her face was flushed a deep, sultry pink as her fingers hesitantly reached up to trace his collar. "Our Sovereign signed a formal marriage contract with my lineage. It is only proper that his primary wife privileges allow me to share his meditation cushion. Move your legs, shadow spear."
Min-jae sat perfectly paralyzed in the absolute center of the tiny jade stone platform, completely pinned between the tight, warm, and frantic embrace of his two beautiful wives.
A massive, unstoppable crimson flush covered his entire face, a deep wave of standard human shyness hitting his chest as Medusa’s heavy curves and Ji-a’s athletic frame pressed tightly against his flanks simultaneously. His ears burned a bright, flustered pink, his cold calculated regressor focus completely short-circuiting under their close, suffocating physical touch. His hands hovered awkwardly over their narrow, small waists, his breathing turning slightly ragged in the tight silence of the ancient cave .