The Evil Emperor's Beloved

When the two heard Jing Yueli's shout, they immediately walked towards her and then looked at the yellowed paper in Jing Yueli's hand.

As Jing Yueli said, this is indeed a layout map.

After a closer look, they quickly found the location of the cold pool that Lian Yunchen mentioned on the paper.

"According to the location shown on the map, the cold pool should be located below this palace." Xuanyuan Chen said.

Lian Yunchen agreed with Xuanyuan Chen's statement, "Yes, it is indeed below this palace. We must first find the entrance to go down."

The three of them looked at each other, and tacitly walked towards the place marked by Han Chi with the layout map.

After leaving the room full of files, the three of them walked along the corridor.

The corridor was very long, and there was an oil lamp on the wall every five meters or so. At the end of the corridor, there should be a door according to the map. But the corridor was only this big, and they didn't see any door at all.

"Let's look around to see if there's any mechanism or something?" Jing Yueli said, noticing the confusion in the two's faces.

The three of them fumbled on the walls around them for a while and actually found the mechanism button. Lian Yunchen pressed the button lightly, and on the right side of the aisle, a small door that could only accommodate one person slowly rose up.

"go!"

The three of them quickly stepped into the small door. With a click, the small door behind them closed like a gate, and darkness filled the scene.

"Yueli?" Xuanyuan Chen exclaimed.

"I'm here!" Jing Yueli responded immediately.

"Haha... I wasn't scared by the sound of the gate, but I was almost sent away by your scream." Lian Yunchen teased as he took out two egg-sized luminous pearls from his storage ring and gave one to Xuanyuan Chen.

Jing Yueli also laughed out loud, and she also took out a night pearl.

The entire room suddenly became bright.

After seeing the situation clearly, the three of them stopped laughing.

This is a small dark room that can only accommodate the three of them. If they cannot get out for a long time, they will suffocate to death due to lack of oxygen.

"Oh no, let's find an exit quickly." This was the first thing Jing Yueli thought of.

Lian Yunchen was faster. He immediately turned around and knocked on the gate, but unfortunately there was no response at all.

The three of them were a little anxious, and their hands were not slow. They quickly started knocking in this small room.

Obviously, the results were not significant.

......

Half a quarter of an hour passed and there was still no response.

"What should I do? There doesn't seem to be any button or mechanism in here!" Although Xuanyuan Chen said this, his hands did not stop moving.

It was just as he said, they had touched almost every brick here and there was no breakthrough.

The three of them stared at each other, "Let's rest for a while first!" Jing Yueli said.

It can only be the!

The three of them were about to find a corner to sit down and think of other solutions later.

When the three of them just stood in a corner, they heard a "crash" sound, and the whole small space began to tremble, and then the whole space began to sink rapidly.

"Hmm!" Xuanyuan Chen was knocked directly against the wall and groaned.

At the same time, Jing Yueli also spoke up and shouted at the two of them, "Bend your legs, hold tight against the wall and don't move!"

The two who heard the sound immediately followed Jing Yueli's instructions and pressed their backs against the wall like a gecko, lying there not daring to move.

Jing Yueli was very familiar with this situation. It was exactly like the situation in the future where an elevator suddenly lost power and fell.

The sinking continued, and after a few breaths, finally... the entire small space felt like it had landed.

"Huh..." The three of them let out a long breath. This time they were really scared.

Jing Yueli was the first to stand up and picked up the night pearl that had fallen to the ground due to the trembling.

Then they walked to the fourth corner where they had not stood just now, and sure enough, there was a brick bulge here. Jing Yueli pressed it without thinking, and there was a crisp "click" sound, and the gate opened again, just like when they first came in.

The blinding light shone in, and the three of them squinted.

Jing Yueli covered her eyes with her hands and said, "We can go out now!"

After leaving the door, except for Jing Yueli, the other two were still in a state of fear. They were more cautious with every step they took, especially Lian Yunchen, who stopped laughing.

"Looks like we have found the cold pool!" Jing Yueli found a thick cloak from the space and wrapped herself up. Only then did the two of them come to their senses and noticed that the temperature around them had dropped to freezing point. After looking at Jing Yueli's actions, they quickly searched their storage rings/storage bags for clothes that could keep them warm.

Jing Yueli looked around and found that there was only one door in the front in the entire space. The three of them walked towards that direction without any prior arrangement.

After passing through the door, what comes into view is an icy cave with a cold pool right in the center.

Just as they were about to step into the cave, an overwhelming chill attacked the three of them! The inside and the outside were completely different.

It is obvious that there is a barrier here.

"Hiss~ It's so cold~!" Lian Yunchen shivered several times.

Jing Yueli also felt very cold, so she immediately circulated her spiritual power to wrap her whole body. Then, she took out a piece of warm jade from the space and placed it against her chest. Only then did she feel a little more comfortable.

Her actions stunned Xuanyuan Chen and Lian Yunchen, "What...what's wrong?" Looking at me like that?

"Girls are all afraid of the cold, don't you know that!" Jing Yueli snorted coldly. What's the big deal? She turned her head away and stopped looking at the two of them. Then she gathered her cloak and walked towards the cold pool.

"What did we say?" Lian Yunchen looked at Xuanyuan Chen blankly.

Xuanyuan Chen received his gaze and shook his head in amusement. "Let's go! Follow me!"

Somewhere in the palace, the old man who had appeared in the main hall before seemed to sense something. He slowly opened his eyes, and then slowly closed them again after a few breaths.

Inside the cave,

Jing Yueli walked around the cold pool and didn't find anything, so she couldn't help but look up at Lian Yunchen.

Lian Yunchen received the signal and immediately moved closer to Jing Yueli, "Sister, do you have something to ask me?"

Jing Yueli: “.............” Isn’t it obvious? It was you who asked us to come to this freezing place, right?

Jing Yueli rolled her eyes in annoyance and said, "Han Chi has been found! Where's the artifact?"

Lian Yunchen touched his nose awkwardly. He could only say that he knew that the artifact was in Hanchi, but he didn't know where exactly it was in Hanchi!

Seeing him like this, Jing Yueli couldn't understand anything!

With a cold snort, he looked past him and said to Xuanyuan Chen on the other side, "The artifact should be near this cold pond. We have to find it ourselves to find it!"

Lian Yunchen slapped his thigh and said, "Oh, yes, that's what I mean!" He said this so smoothly.

Just like before in the small room, the three of them started searching again.

At this moment, deep in the cold pond, a huge turtle was raising its big head and looking towards the top of the cold pond.

After a moment, its body began to move. Slowly, slowly, its limbs began to slide in the pool water, and then its entire body began to slowly swim upstream.

If someone looked at the cold pool at this time, they would definitely find that the water began to fluctuate slightly.

However, Jing Yueli and the other two were so focused on finding the artifact that they did not notice any changes in Han Chi.