Chapter 41: The Monument Conceals a Person

  The two of them chatted and laughed as they walked towards the tent, but as soon as they approached, their faces changed. The Yuwang Stele was emitting a faint glow, which Chen Tao had never seen before, but Ye Chen had. What made Ye Chen change color was that a thin layer of ice appeared on the surface of the Yuwang Stele, covering the entire stele, and the icy layer extended to Xiao Xue's tent.

  "Xiao Xue!" Ye Chen cried out in alarm, throwing down everything on him and rushing towards Ye Xue's tent as fast as he could.

  A thin layer of ice was visible in Yexue's tent, but Yexue himself was nowhere to be seen.

  "Xiao Xue, Xiao Xue." Ye Chen rushed out of the tent again, shouting and searching everywhere, his face anxious.

  "Where's Xiaoxue?" Chen Tao also ran over.

  "Hey, hurry up and look for it." Yedu shouted.

  "Xiao Xue, Xiao Xue!" A shout came from the quiet summit of Yunlu Peak.

  Yunlu Peak's Yuwang Stele, Ye Chen and Chen Tao sat in ruins, searched for a long time, everywhere was searched, but no trace of Xiaoxue was found, everything was there, only Xiaoxue disappeared, leaving behind only a thin layer of thin ice.

  "Chen Chui, you said that the Yuwang Stele didn't have these thin ices before. Could they be left by the light snow?" Chen Tao said, looking at the thin ice in front of him.

  "Ah, although Xiaoxue's internal energy was greatly depleted, logically she shouldn't have been able to cast such a wide layer of thin ice. But here, it's precisely Xiaoxue's special physique that can release cold air and cause the area to freeze. However, this layer of ice has all condensed on the Yuwang Stele, so how can Xiaoxue still be inside the Yuwang Stele?" Ye Chen looked at the Yuwang Stele, saying helplessly.

  Chen Tao also felt that this was an impossible thing, but he couldn't find any more reasons to explain the matter, and could only helplessly stare at the stone wall in front of him.

  The seventy-seven words on the Yuwang Stele each emit a faint glow, which is even brighter under this layer of ice. However, the two people now simply don't have the mood to appreciate these words.

  After the two of them rested for a while, they anxiously searched again. All the signs showed that Ye Xue had never left this place at all. In the end, the two still stayed in front of Yuwang Stele.

  The two of them thought about it, and they could only think that Ye Xue's disappearance was related to the Yuwang Stele. Although they found it unbelievable, all the evidence pointed to the Yuwang Stele.

  Ye Chen stared at the Yuwang Stele in front of him, still with so many words, still emitting a faint white glow that made people confused. The only change was that a thin layer of ice had formed on the surface, wrapping the entire Yuwang Stele inside.

  Ye Chen touched the thin ice with his hand, feeling cool and refreshing, left by Xiao Xue. But where was Xiao Xue? Ye Chen anxiously pounded the ice wall heavily, crackling sounds echoed, the thin ice wasn't strong at all, under Ye Chen's pounding, the entire ice layer shattered.

  The ice layer fell to the ground with a crash, and Ye Chen's body instantly left its original position. Only after all the ice had fallen did he return to his original spot.

  The ice was unexpectedly shattered, leaving both of them in shock. This was the only clue, and now that it's broken, the clue is gone too.

  "Chen Tao pointed at the Yuwang Stele and exclaimed in surprise to Ye Chen: "Dust boy, look!"

  Ye Dun followed Chen Tao's arm and looked over, only to see that there was a black shadow in the Yuwang Stele, but it wasn't under the characters, rather it was lying horizontally on the ground, at the junction of the rocks. Originally thought it had been there all along, neither of them paid much attention to it. Now with the ice layer shattered and scattered all over the place, under the faint moonlight reflection, the ground seemed somewhat bright. It wasn't until then that Chen Tao unintentionally noticed that it looked like a person's body.

  "Is it Xiao Xue?" Ye Chen asked in a trembling voice, but didn't look at Chen Tao, seeming to be asking himself.

  "It's possible, you see this figure is similar to Xiaoxue, have you seen such a figure here before?" Chen Tao said uncertainly.

  Ye Chen listened to Chen Tao's words, thought for a moment, and confirmed that he had never seen this black mass before. He shook his head at Chen Tao, then stared at the black shadow again carefully.

  Heiying and Xiaoxue's bodies were about the same height, but their specific appearance couldn't be seen clearly. It might have been Xiaoxue, or it might have been something else, Ye Chen didn't dare to confirm.

  "Maybe this is really Xiaoxue, should we dig it out?" Chen Tao asked.

  Ye Chen nodded, anything related to Xiaoxue, Ye Chen would not let go of, until he found Xiaoxue. As for whether or not it would destroy the mountain peak, that was not within Ye Chen's consideration.

  No iron shovel, use long sword instead. Two long swords are used to dig soil. If the long sword has a spirit, it will definitely be angry and never let these two people use it again.

  The Yuwang Stele was emitting a glow, but remained still. However, when Ye Chen and Chen Tao attacked the Yuwang Stele with their long swords, something terrifying happened.

  Seventy-seven ancient Chinese characters suddenly shone brightly, and the thunderous sound of surging waves burst forth from this Yuwang Stele.

  A burst of light rings flashed out, and the two were shocked to fly out on the spot, splashing a piece of blood, and the long swords in their hands were all shaken off.

  The two of them stared at the Yuwang Stele in front of them in shock, and this unusual thing shook the two of them severely.

  "What's going on? Is this thing alive?" Chen Tao asked in shock, staring at the Yuwang Stele in front of him.

  "I don't know what's going on either, this has never happened before. Maybe it's because I haven't been here long enough and haven't encountered such a thing." Ye Chen covered his chest and said, the counterforce had caused him more harm than Chen Tao, as if the greater the power, the greater the force of the backlash!

  "Hurry up and take a break, I feel like I'm falling apart all over!" Chen Tao said to Ye Chen.

  "Oh, you too!"

  The two of them struggled to sit up, cross-legged and regulating their breath to calm down the internal energy that had been disrupted.

  Under the bright moonlight, on a quiet mountain peak, there is a stone monument emitting soft rays. In front of it, some water marks are slowly disappearing. A little further away, two people sit cross-legged with their eyes closed.

  This scene looks very strange, if someone sees it, they will definitely think that there is a treasure appearing in the glowing place.

  Of course, whether Yu Wangbei is a rare treasure or not, Ye Chen and Chen Tao do not know. The two only know that the Yu Wangbei has caused them to suffer serious injuries at this moment. The counterattack's force was more than twice as strong as that of the golden strange fish.

  The sky gradually brightened, and the words on Yuwang's stele also gradually returned to normal, no longer emitting a glow.

  The two in front of the monument were still gasping for breath, showing how great the damage was from this sudden blow to both of them.

  It wasn't until noon, when the sun was shining directly overhead, that Ye Chen and Chen Tao finally opened their eyes one after another.

  They exchanged a glance with each other, and saw the shock in each other's eyes. Then they understood that this Yuwang Stele was indeed extraordinary, otherwise why would those monsters not dare to approach it.

  But no matter how mysterious Yu Wang Bei is, it can't stop Ye Chen from searching for his sister.

  Ye Chen carefully approached the Yuwang Stele, lowered his body, and looked down at the bottom of the stele. Under the bright sunlight, the figure's shadow became clearer, and Ye Chen's eyes suddenly narrowed.

  Xiaoxue! Ye Chen was almost certain that the figure was Xiaoxue, as the jade hairpin on her head was one he had bought for her, and its position had hardly changed. The figure's head also had a similar protrusion in the same spot, which looked like a jade hairpin!

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