Even hybrid monsters have their day

"Sect Leader Miao is too kind. However, before I leave, I would like to ask Sect Leader Miao about two people."

"I wonder who Miss Geng wants to inquire about? If I know, I will certainly tell you."

Geng Miaowan turned her gaze towards the outside of the hall. Occasionally, one or two disciples would pass by outside the door, but no one stopped to pay attention to them inside the hall.

"I've heard about the massive explosion at the summit three hundred years ago. Peng Yuxian was seen in Qingshan. I wonder if Sect Leader Miao has any news of him?" She hadn't thought to ask about this last time she came. It seemed that she hadn't encountered him in this space since then.

Miao Renfeng thought for a moment and said apologetically, "When that big explosion happened, I was just a child and had just joined the Green Mountain Sect. I only knew that my master had told me that a reclusive master had helped us resolve the crisis, but he never told me where that master went in the end."

"Did he never mention this person again after that?"

"No……"

"Has Sect Leader Miao ever heard of Dongfang Liancheng?"

"Dongfang Liancheng?" The name sounded familiar, but he couldn't quite place where he had heard it before. Miao Renfeng blinked slowly, his eyes, almost completely hidden by his eyebrows, as he carefully considered the name in his mind.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes wide and stared at Geng Miaowan for almost a minute before getting up from his seat, hurriedly entering the side hall, and soon came out with something in his hand.

“I remember when my master passed on the position of sect leader to me, he told me that after our founder established the Green Mountain Sect, in addition to passing on the martial arts techniques to us, there was something else that has been passed down by the successive sect leaders.”

"what?"

Miao Renfeng handed the box to Geng Miaowan. "I don't know exactly what it is, but I know that my master once said that if someone comes to inquire about Dongfang Liancheng, then give this box to him (or her). I think Miss Geng must be that person."

Geng Miaowan couldn't help but feel a little surprised. Who exactly was the founder of the Green Mountain Sect? How could he know that someone would come to inquire about Dongfang Liancheng more than a thousand years later, and even prepare things for him?

She took the box from Miao Renfeng's hands.

The box was made of a material that Geng Miaowan couldn't name, and it was engraved with extremely intricate patterns—patterns she had never seen before. The entire box exuded a solemn aura, looking as if it belonged to another world. This inexplicably instilled a sense of caution in her heart.

Geng Miaowan glanced at the box, then looked up at Miao Renfeng, who nodded at her, before looking back at the box.

"Miss Geng, please open it and take a look. Perhaps you'll find the information you're looking for inside."

Yes, since that person knew more than a thousand years ago that someone would come to inquire, he might have already put information about Dongfang Liancheng in the box.

Thinking this, her mood seemed to brighten instantly. She picked up the box and examined it carefully. She discovered that the box was completely sealed...

"How to open it?"

“My master said that the founding patriarch said that the right person will naturally open the mountain.”

Geng Miaowan: "..."

What kind of answer is this? What does it mean to say that the right person will naturally open the door...?

Because of this mysteriously appeared box, Geng Miaowan decided to stay at the Green Mountain Sect and figure out what to do next after she had dealt with it. She reasoned that if the box contained information about Dongfang Liancheng's whereabouts, they wouldn't have to wander around aimlessly like headless flies.

Upon returning to her lodgings, she gathered the three Huangfu brothers and Xu Ruwen to examine the box. None of them had ever seen such a strange box before. They studied it for a long time but couldn't find a way to open it. The entire box was seamless, without even a single crack; it seemed to be a single, solid block of stone.

Finally, she had to ask Luan Hao for help before she could learn a little bit about the box.

At this moment, Geng Miaowan looked down on the three Huangfu brothers. They were ancient ferocious beasts who had lived for countless millennia, yet their knowledge was far inferior to Xu Ruwen's, and even more so to Luan Hao's. They were practically like three bumpkins from some unknown corner of the world.

The three Huangfu brothers expressed their innocence, stating it was fate. They had never left the Underworld. If they hadn't encountered Geng Miaowan during their slumber and inadvertently become her contracted beasts, their bodies would have automatically returned to the Underworld upon waking years later.

Therefore, they didn't feel anything was wrong about not knowing about things in the outside world.

If we're talking about who among them can be considered a living encyclopedia, then only Luan Hao surpasses him. He's even had an interracial romance, which shows just how deeply he understands the human world.

Luan Hao was visibly surprised when he saw the box. After Geng Miaowan explained what had happened, he nodded and said, "I see."

"Do you know what this is?"

His pale purple eyes glanced at her abruptly, as if she had asked a stupid question.

Several people surrounded the box, their eyes, of all colors, fixed on him. For a moment, Luan Hao seemed to rediscover the feeling of being the leader of the demon race, commanding countless subordinates.

He leisurely found a chair and sat down, gently pinching the box with his fingers. He glanced at it casually before slowly saying, "This box is called the Brocade Cloud Box. It's very common in the Immortal Realm and is used to transmit messages."

"The Immortal Realm?" Everyone was taken aback again. How did the matter involve the Immortal Realm again?

"Could it be that the founder of the Green Mountain Sect was from the Immortal Realm?" This was the only thought that came to Geng Miaowan's mind. Her words immediately drew scorn from the others; that wasn't the point. Fortunately, she quickly remembered her purpose in calling Luan Hao out and hurriedly asked, "Then do you know how to open this thing?"

With a "snap," Luan Hao loosened his grip, and the box fell onto the table with a soft thud.

A sudden loud noise startled Geng Miaowan, almost making her jump. She couldn't help but give Luan Hao a reproachful look, but the latter shrugged indifferently and said casually, "I don't know how to drive it." (To be continued.)