Chapter 00229: Secret Manual Stone Carving
# Secret Manual Stone Carving
Chapter 229
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 229: Secret Manual Stone Carving
To put it nicely, Yang Yiyi was a person of simple character with no ill intentions.
But to be blunt and merciless, she had a one-track mind and was completely clueless.
She thought the dangers of the Thunder Mountain Treasury were mainly snakes, insects, rats, ants, and feral beasts, with at most some topographical difficulties like steep mountainsides.
Ever since she was young, Yang Yiyi had run around the mountain forests like a wild child.
She felt she could handle the terrain, and now that she knew martial arts, she wasn't afraid of any feral beasts.
With an Immortal like Li Chengxi accompanying her, she was certain they would return laden with treasures.
But in reality, the dangers of the Thunder Mountain Treasury were far from what an ordinary mountain forest could compare to.
There were too many strange and bizarre things here; it was an entirely different matter from the situation on a normal mountain.
"What about the people who fell into the river earlier?"
"They're on the shore. Probably questioning their existence right now."
Yang Yiyi turned her head to look at the opposite bank again.
Whether it was the burly man who had laughed heartily while trying to cross the river on a single reed, or the young master in white who wanted to fly across like a paper airplane, plus a few others who had probably tried before them, they were all standing on the bank, staring blankly at the group on the other side.
And the people on the other side of the river seemed completely unable to see them, still going crazy over the non-existent Fire Ganoderma.
"Anyway, let's get ashore first and find another path up the mountain."
Hugging the driftwood, Yang Yiyi paddled toward the bank.
Just then, a startling thunderclap boomed.
The dark clouds that were originally near the peak of Thunder Mountain seemed to be approaching, and a thick, visible curtain of rain began to pour down.
A key point: there was driftwood on this river.
So, where did this driftwood come from?
As she was paddling, Yang Yiyi suddenly felt the current quicken, forcefully pushing her downstream, and it seemed to be getting faster and faster.
"Paddle quickly! A flood is coming!"
Looking upstream now, one could faintly see a blurry, rising swell rapidly approaching.
Hearing this, Yang Yiyi paddled for her dear life.
Her proficient swimming skills were useless in the river's fluctuating currents.
Though she should have been able to reach the bank in just a few strokes, she was stuck spinning in place.
The few people who had been standing on the bank in a daze also noticed the flood.
They immediately started shouting, trying to warn the overly excited crowd on the other side, but they didn't notice Yang Yiyi in the water.
At this point, even Li Chengxi on the other side of the screen was getting anxious.
If she were swept into the murky torrent, finding her again would be difficult.
Human strength, after all, was no match for the power of nature.
The flood crest had already swept past the opposite bank, and many of the people standing there, delirious over the non-existent Fire Ganoderma, were directly swept into the river.
Li Chengxi was just about to reach out and pull Yang Yiyi over.
At the critical moment, she straddled the driftwood, stood up using her hands, and stomped down hard with both feet.
Although it was hard to exert force on driftwood, it was still better than the water's surface.
With this leap, the roaring, murky torrent flew past, almost grazing the hem of Yang Yiyi's clothes.
Of course, getting covered in water and mud was unavoidable.
Fearing the debris in the water would hit her, Yang Yiyi didn't forget to cover her head with her hands as she jumped, curling into a relatively round shape.
Li Chengxi had just breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the overly round Yang Yiyi land on the grassy riverbank, which happened to be a slope.
Just like that, Yang Yiyi rolled all the way down the slope, her head spinning dizzily.
She had tried to grab onto the grass with her hands to stop herself, but either because her hands were muddy or because it was too slippery, her few attempts failed.
She continued to slide, or rather, roll down the hillside.
Her brains felt like they were about to be scrambled by the time she finally stopped.
It looked like she had slid more than ten meters down the slope.
She lay prone on the ground for nearly a minute to recover before she had the strength to get up, clutching her dizzy head.
Everything she looked at seemed to be spinning.
By now, the dark clouds that had started moving from the peak of Thunder Mountain were almost directly above Yang Yiyi's head.
The piercing clap of thunder made her heart skip a beat along with the roar of the heavens.
Rain poured down like hanging ropes, and in an instant, the surroundings were enveloped in a thick curtain of rain and mist.
Below the slope was a gravel beach, and further in the distance, a mountain wall was vaguely visible.
But walking in that direction would not only take her further from Thunder Mountain, but also leave her completely exposed.
An open area, a gravel beach with not even a single tree, and constant lightning and thunder overhead.
If she walked in that direction, she would be a human-shaped lightning rod, just waiting to be struck by lightning and undergo a tribulation.
Although Yang Yiyi didn't know the principles of being struck by lightning, she had the common sense not to stay in an overly open area during a thunderstorm.
She quickly shielded her forehead with her hands to keep the rain out of her eyes and looked around for a place to take shelter.
"Ahead. Yes, just around the corner, there's a hollow under the hillside. You should be able to take cover there."
Following Li Chengxi's guidance, Yang Yiyi walked over and indeed found a hollow under a nearby hillside.
It looked as if heavy rain had washed away the soil, revealing a massive slab of bedrock beneath.
Yang Yiyi quickly ran over.
The hollow wasn't large, only about a meter deep, and rainwater was still blown in from time to time, but it was much better than being drenched outside.
Yang Yiyi quickly shook the water from her body, but she was already soaked through, so it was pointless.
Li Chengxi was about to get a plastic raincoat for Yang Yiyi to wear when he suddenly noticed what appeared to be writing on the rock inside the hollow.
"Use the flashlight to shine on the rock wall behind you."
The Jade Tablet jumped out from Yang Yiyi's bosom and spat out a flashlight.
Yang Yiyi had used one of these in Peach Blossom Valley, so she didn't need to be taught again.
She reached out and pressed the switch.
The round beam of the flashlight revealed not only writing but also drawings on the rock wall.
It looked like the moves of a martial art.
Yang Yiyi moved closer and felt it.
She discovered that every scratch left on the hard rock wall was a full finger deep, and it was literally a finger's depth.
In many places, one could even see fingerprints left inside the grooves.
She could almost see it: long, long ago, someone had used their finger on this hard granite, leaving behind this martial art as if they were poking tofu, their internal energy unfathomably deep.
Looking up, above the move diagrams, the characters for "Paired Flight Saber Technique" were carved.
This saber technique was a dual saber style, not the more common single saber.
According to the notes below, this technique could be used with dual swords or dual staffs; basically, any dual-wielded weapons of similar length would do, not necessarily sabers.
Moreover, the name "Paired Flight Saber Technique" referred to the fact that it could be practiced with one person per style, forming a saber formation between two people, or by one person wielding dual sabers, forming a formation alone.
Yang Yiyi took a few glances and felt that it was a brilliant set of moves.
It was as if she could see the glint of sabers and swords from the crude stone carvings, like a great Peng soaring on the wind, looking down upon the mountains and rivers.
But in reality, this was not a top-tier technique, because at the very bottom of the saber manual, a passage was left behind.
"At the age of thirty, I chanced upon this saber technique. I roamed the world, defeating all the heroes of the Jianghu, rendering this saber technique useless. Yet, it is a pity to discard it. I leave this stone carving for one who is fated."
Yang Yiyi read out the last passage, her heart instantly filled with admiration and longing.