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In this way, the three people were stuck in front of the stone gate for at least an hour.

It had been nearly a day since he had eaten. Mo Xi fell asleep due to hunger and woke up with a start. He looked up and saw the two men still standing in front of the compass studying it. Just as he was about to continue sleeping, he turned his head and faced the stone gate.

Suddenly, she seemed to think of something, stood up silently and walked towards the stone gate.

The two doors in front were not sliding doors at all, right? If she remembered correctly, the stone doors in front were opened to the sides?

Mo Xi walked to the stone door, put her hand against the door, and with a little force, the stone door was pushed open with her right hand...

The two people who were concentrating on their research turned around when they heard the sound and looked at the stone door in surprise. Ning Xu asked, "How did you open it?"

Mo Xi: "Brothers, this door is not locked at all? This door opens to both sides, and brother always pushes it outwards, how can it be opened!"

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Ningxu looked at the Third Master in confusion and bewilderment.

The Third Master looked around as if nothing had happened, refusing to admit it. He was not that stupid. It was not him. He did not believe it.

Ningxu: "Then this compass..."

Mo Xi walked over to them and looked at the compass, "Have you turned it?"

Ningxu: “No.”

Mo Xi: "Isn't this similar to the previous one? Just the pattern is different. Why don't you turn it around?"

Mo Xi looked at Ning Xu in confusion, and Ning Xu looked at the Third Master as if she had just woken up from a dream.

The Third Master obeyed the order and stretched out his hand to turn the compass.

Sure enough, as the Third Master moved, the compass began to turn, and the grids on the cabinet also began to turn.

The empty grid above the compass was seen to have its lid closed and retracted, and it began to rotate along with the other grids. The Third Master stopped moving, and the cabinet also stopped moving. Then a grid protruded and opened automatically, revealing a scroll inside.

"Wow!" Mo Xi took out the scroll curiously and opened it. The stone beast was still painted inside.

This was the first time San Ye had seen this thing, so he turned the compass to another angle. The mechanism turned, the empty grid retracted, and another grid protruded, which opened automatically, revealing a green gem.

Ningxu took out the gem and placed it in her palm, "It's so beautiful."

Seeing this, Ningxu seemed to react. Isn't this a safe? It has a lock and is encrypted. The difference is that there is a mechanism that can connect the safes together and accurately find the treasure through the compass.

Which master made this mechanical safe?

Ningxu: "This master is amazing. He can even make such a complicated mechanism. Should we put the things back? This is someone else's treasure."

After saying that, Ningxu put the gem back into the grid.

Mo Xi looked at the scroll in his hand and looked at the Third Master, "Brother, can you still find its grid?"

Third Master: "...Put it aside for now. No one has been here for a while, so it shouldn't get lost."

Okay. Mo Xi nodded silently and put the scroll down against the wall.

Ning Xu: "So, we won't go to someone else's house, right?" Things like safes should be kept as close to you as possible.

Third Master: "It's possible that our ancestors would dig their own caves to live in. First, it was convenient to avoid attacks from wild beasts, and second, the caves were warm in winter and cool in summer, making them suitable for living. This place looks abandoned for a long time, and this master may have passed away long ago."

There are spider webs and vines and branches in both the caves and passages here, and it doesn't look like anyone has lived there for a short period of time.

Ningxu: "That's such a pity."

The three of them walked through the stone door. As expected, their guess was correct. The cave inside was obviously the master's bedroom. There were some daily necessities for human beings placed inside, all covered with dust. In the corner, there was also a pile of wood and tools that the master would use to build the mechanism.

Mo Xi: "Is it really someone else's home?..."

Ningxu: "Look, there's a stone bed. Will I get rheumatism if I sleep on it?"

Mo Xi: "In the past, people were lucky enough to have a place to live. Who would be so picky about these things?"

The three of them seemed to have discovered a new world. They searched the cave, trying to find some clues about the master's identity.

The Third Master came to a wooden table and flipped through a notebook. "Based on the words and stories recorded here, it should be not too far from now, maybe forty years ago. And..."

The Third Master stopped talking suddenly before he finished his sentence. His attention was no longer on his notes. He shook his head slightly, listening to something attentively.

Ningxu noticed his abnormality and asked, "What's wrong?"

Third Master: “Did you hear anything?”

The three of them immediately stopped what they were doing and listened carefully. They heard the sound of a small stream of water, as if the water was hitting rocks.

Ningxu: "It's a waterfall!"

Ningxu ran away, and Moxi and Sanye hurried to catch up with her. As expected, there was another corridor at the back of the cave. At the other end of the corridor, there was a large terrace, and outside the terrace was a waterfall. From their perspective, they were inside the waterfall.

Mo Xi: "This place is great, it's secluded from the world, there are checkpoints in front and a huge waterfall in the back, even mosquitoes can't fly in."

Ningxu: "How do we get out? If I remember correctly, the river is under the waterfall, right? We walked such a long way and got back here?"

The Third Master's face was very gloomy, and no one knew what he was thinking about, but he still calmly comforted Ning Xu, "It's okay, Meng'er, you and Mo Xi go to the cave to rest for a while, I'll think of a way."

"Okay." Ningxu believed in the Third Master's ability. She was also tired after not eating for a day, and her brain was not working well. She also wanted to rest. So she took Moxi to clean up the dust on the stone bed, and the two of them lay on the bed to rest.

The Third Master was searching the cave for tools to escape.

Ningxu and Moxi took a nap in bed for a while. When they woke up, they both smelled the scent of firewood. They got up and searched the cave for where the fire was, but they didn't see anything, not even the figure of the Third Master.

The two men walked tentatively towards the terrace, and sure enough, the Third Master was making a fire there. He was sitting on a rock with a quilt and bowl washed with waterfall water placed by his mouth, and water was boiling on the fire rack.

Ningxu was very surprised, "Where did you get all this?"

The two men walked towards the Third Master and chose a place to sit down next to the fire. Anyway, their clothes were already dirty, so there was no need to worry about cleaning them.

Third Master: "I searched the cave and found these utensils. It would be good to boil some hot water to drink. I have washed these things."

As the Third Master spoke, he poured hot water into a cup and handed it to Ningxu.

Mo Xi picked up the bowl on the ground and held it in front of the Third Master. She was just an accessory now, and she didn't expect the Emperor brother to personally pour water for her and then gently hand it to her.

After San Ye poured water for Mo Xi, he put the kettle back on the fire and asked Ning Xu about the Yu Luo Sword, "Meng'er, where is your Yu Luo Sword?"

Ningxu called out the Yuluo Sword after hearing this. She had taken it back when she was sleeping. She handed the Yuluo Sword to the Third Master, and after seeing the Third Master take it, he stood up and walked towards the waterfall. "What's wrong?"