Author: Half-wounded but not broken

Chapter 835 Pingding Mountain

Principal Leonard of the Magic University was one of the people who single-handedly founded the Magic University. The fragment of the King's Tears he left behind is said to contain the magical knowledge he left behind throughout his life.

Therefore, the value of this thing itself is similar to that of the Nine Yin Scriptures in martial arts novels. It caused an uproar among the mages. Many old nerds who had not moved in decades left the Magic University and wanted to dig deep to find it.

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Magic Pattern Master Lin and Teacher Grace, as close disciples of Principal Leonard, are also very interested in this. It's not that they want those inheritances, but they don't want these things to fall into the hands of others.

That's why I gave all the fragments to Pei Renli and asked him to look for them. If necessary, I would ask Pei Renli to look at them later.

However, Pei Renli, who held the fragment in his hand, was never interested in it.

Magical knowledge does not mean that it is all about magic spells. There is also a lot of technical data, which will occupy the vast majority of space in a spellbook.

Pei Renli's goal in learning magic has always been to improve his combat effectiveness as quickly as possible. Judging from the number of spells he has collected, he can already learn them to a level that is endless. There is no need to waste time and effort to obtain fragments.

But according to the letter left by Teacher Grace, in addition to the magical knowledge in the fragments, Principal Leonard also left behind a treasure.

This made Pei Renli a little interested. If he could find epic or legendary magic items, it would be very helpful for the decisive battle that would come soon.

So after saying hello to the others, he activated the portal himself.

Since it is a long-distance teleportation, it is not a cross-dimensional teleportation. For Pei Renli, the feeling of teleportation is that his eyes flash white, and then he reaches the place.

The first feeling was cold, quite cold.

The roaring wind slapped Pei Renli on the face like a knife. It was very different from the sea of ​​trees that were warm all year round. It seemed that it had transported him to a high latitude area.

The phoenix feather coat also played a role in insulation when Pei Renli felt cold. It acted like a film, isolating the strong cold air.

Then Pei Renli turned around and looked around.

As expected, all that came into view was the barren land and the dots of white snow dotted on the wasteland. There was no sign of any life, and there was not even any sign of birds flying in the sky.

Looking to the south, one can see a series of undulating mountains. Looking to the north and west, one can see either wasteland or large snowfields in the distance. In terms of landform features, it is not something that Pei Renli is familiar with or has seen in books.

scenery.

To the east, you will see a low flat-topped mountain about 100 meters long and 780 meters wide, standing abruptly on the ground of the wasteland. About 20 dilapidated weeds, thorns and frigid moss cover this bare-topped mountain.

A multi-meter-high mound and pure black rock grow like a hat on the top of the mountain.

For now, Pei Renli has not seen the shadow of the treasure at all, as if it was simply thrown into the wasteland.

"Could it be that the length of the candle I used is wrong..."

It's not difficult for Pei Renli, who is good at conjuring, to just use a high-level teleportation spell to go back, but since he's already here, he has to take a good look around to see if there's anything worth noting.

So he activated the Mystic Eye and covered one of his eyes to establish a connection with the Mystic Eye that was getting higher and higher.

At first, nothing of note could be seen, and there were only rocks around. However, when the secret eye was raised to a height of 70 or 80 meters, Pei Renli was surprised to find that something was wrong with the flat-topped mountain to the east.

This earth mountain that appears suddenly on the plain looks like a huge skull when viewed from a height. The holes on the large black rock on the top of the mountain form the skull's deep eye sockets, nose piercings and toothy lower jaw.

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Through the zoom of the secret eye, one can clearly see the traces of artificial repairs left by people. This is obviously not a natural thing.

And when zooming in on the details, Pei Renli also noticed that there were many footprints belonging to humanoid creatures under the holes in the black boulder.

It seems that he is not the first visitor to arrive here.

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The letter sent by Teacher Grace and Lin clearly stated that the fragments and the box are one of the ways to find the principal's treasure, not the only way. Moreover, finding the fragments is time-consuming and labor-intensive. Pei Renli may be the last to arrive.

Which one of.

This made him a little disappointed. Maybe by the time he arrived, the treasure would have been taken away.

Of course, you still have to go and take a look.

So Pei Renli wiped the flying magic necklace around his neck, flew directly up with the power of magic, and landed next to the black giant rock on the top of the mountain.

This huge black rock that looks like a skull is inserted diagonally into the ground. The holes formed by the eyes, nostrils, and chin are exactly three passages that can be entered.

Pei Renli first looked at the eye socket on the far left. There were traces of cleaning on the ground here. It might have been blocked by gravel.

Using the dancing light technique, the light pierces the darkness, and you can see a stone door standing about ten meters away from the tunnel.

The wall on one side in front of the gate is skewed like a flap. This should be a squeeze trap. When someone steps on it, the walls on both sides will squeeze toward the middle, crushing the unlucky person into a meat pie.

However, there was no blood on the ground when Pei Renli arrived, and the trap was already activated and had not been reset. It seemed that the intruder got through here first.

He scanned it with magic to make sure there were no more threats, then searched for it and used the hand of the mage to open the door.

——Then I saw a completely complete wall.

"Fuck, a fake door!"

This is a standard operation in buildings such as ruins. The purpose is to use the door to attract deceived thieves into the trap.

Seeing this, Pei Renli had no choice but to go out and look in from outside the eye socket on the other side.

This is also a tunnel, but the rubble has not been cleared away, and it doesn't look like someone has passed through it recently.

A large number of chipped stones were piled inside. Although he didn't know if it was still a fake door, but based on the amount of gravel, even if Pei Renli called the Iron Golem to help clean it, it would still take nearly an hour.

Maybe a way will be cleared.

Pei Renli, who was a little troubled, turned around and walked down, that is, towards the "nostril" of the skeleton.

This time it is still a passage, and it has also been cleaned up. It is a winding tunnel full of sand and gravel.

Pei Renli raised the ball of light with the dancing light spell, swept it with the detection spell, and then stepped in.

Different from the previous two passages, the four walls of this passage are painted with patterns. Although it is unknown how many years old it is, it is still bright and bright.

The floor is also specially decorated with colorful tile puzzles. A zigzag line composed of red tiles about 50 to 60 centimeters wide extends down the passage.

Some fragments and cracks at the end of the corridor show traces of the stone surface of the corridor being covered and bonded with plaster, and the surface of the mural shows traces of polishing.

Pei Renli listened to his own footsteps, and as he walked, he looked at the murals made of porcelain tiles around him.

Most of the murals are meaningless, purely decorative lines, but occasionally some real patterns appear.

For example, there are buildings that resemble the tall towers of the Magic University, large ships riding the wind and waves, towering mountains, and scenery that resembles a sky full of stars.

I don't know if these things are meaningful or just for decoration. Anyway, Pei Renli came with the idea that it would be best to find treasures and not feel bad if he couldn't find them. He walked through this corridor as if he was taking a walk.

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However, in the mural, Pei Renli discovered a secret passage that was opened but not closed.

The secret passage is a mural with an iron gate and two lizard-like figures standing in front of it. Someone hung up the porcelain tiles and colored plaster on it, revealing the wooden door frame.

However, the secret passage was only less than one meter high. If you wanted to go in, you would probably have to lie down. Considering the unknown degree of danger, Pei Renli did not go that way and continued walking deeper along the passage.

Not long after, Pei Renli discovered something new.

On the wall on the other side of the secret passage, there is a rune hidden in decorative lines, which seems to be trying to convey some message.

The runes belong to Pei Renli's professional field, and he should be able to understand them easily, but maybe the people who came in first did not want latecomers to see it, so they damaged the runes to a considerable extent.

This must have been done by laymen. They probably thought that these runes would be able to open secret passages like the patterns they just saw, so they used weapons to destroy them, but in fact there was no secret passage behind the runes at all.

Fortunately, it was done by an outsider, so the destroyed runes were not completely destroyed, and a lot of information can still be discerned from the remaining parts.

"Go through the arch...; avoid the green; the beautiful night belongs only to courage; the magic metal is in a circle, the ghost does not need sacrifices? A fall in the pit, will help? Pay attention to the key, be careful... grass, can't see clearly

Okay, the last sentence is...the true and false columns, the throne is the most important. Will Iron Man know more?"

Only this information can be discerned from the remaining runes.

This rune itself is like a riddle, and it was severely damaged. To be honest, Pei Renli was full of questions about what it meant.

There was no way, time could not be turned back, and Pei Renli had no magic to restore the destroyed runes, so he had to give up identifying and continue to move forward.

At this time, you will see that the red tiles running through the passage begin to branch, with one extending straight ahead and the other turning to the left.

Just at this time, there was a fork in the road in front of the passage, one going straight and the other going left.

Paying attention to whether there were any footprints on the ground, he saw some small traces heading to the left.

So he walked forward.

It wasn't that he had any backlash, it was just that he didn't want to go where others had gone, lest he come face-to-face with people who might be wandering around the ruins.

Everyone is a competitor, and a fight is inevitable if they bump into each other. Although Pei Renli is not afraid, it is better to do less than to do more. It is best to take away the treasure quietly.

After walking forward for about ten meters, we must have gone deep into the ground, and we could feel that the slope of the tunnel was gradually increasing.

He immediately became alert and used a quick balance trick on himself to prevent him from rolling down as the slope increased.

Just go down and walk for a short distance. The slope has reached such a level that Pei Renli had to drink a bottle of spider movement potion to avoid falling. If he walked in rashly, he would probably roll down the slope.

At this time, he also saw the end of the road, where there was a piece of green that was extremely conspicuous in the dark, like a sculpture hanging on the wall...
Chapter completed!