Oh my god! The goddess secretly gave birth to three obedient daughters for me

Chapter 510: Chapter 510: Guiding the Escape
 

“And then? Did he discover that the root of all these issues was due to these four Divine Beasts?”

“Yes, precisely these four Divine Beasts. These creatures were continuously disrupting the peace in nature, driving wild animals into a corner with no escape, forcing them to run to the town in search of a place to live.”

“So, if you put it that way, these four fellows must be quite formidable, right? If he could drive away all the Divine Beasts around here, then, presumably, they must have some ability. But why didn’t he show any of it in front of me?”

“That’s because, after hundreds of years of evolution, they have begun to regress. Their previous ferocious instincts have now disappeared.”

“What do you mean? I still don’t quite understand.”

“He was trapped in this room, and he began to study carefully how to trap these four Divine Beasts here, to allow them to coexist peacefully in Xi Lian Mountain and survive forever.”

“From my point of view, the fundamental solution to this problem is to disrupt the peace here, meaning the four Divine Beasts must die here. Only then can we achieve safety.”

“You’re wrong. It’s precisely because these four Divine Beasts exist here that the other animals don’t dare leave Xi Lian Mountain easily, for they all feel a sense of fear towards these Divine Beasts.”

“If that’s the case, they can check and suppress each other, then why exterminate them? And why trap the four Divine Beasts?”

“Because he needed the four Divine Beasts to guard Xi Lian Mountain. Therefore, he had to figure out a way to trap them in a certain space.”

“Has he achieved this now? And if so, why then do we still encounter them outside? They should have been permanently sealed in this environment.”

“So, he began to cultivate certain things, making them develop a dependence necessary for their survival.”

“Are you referring to the Herbs planted outside?”

“Exactly, these are the Herbs he planted here. He hadn’t thought it through at the time; he just felt that these things could gradually tame them and slowly weaken their natural toxicity, eventually transforming them into herbivorous creatures.”

“Meaning, those four monsters we saw before have been eating these things, with the aim of survival.”

“Right, that’s the idea. But in the process of planting these Herbs, he had already discovered that due to the unique environment and special structures, coupled with the continuous consumption by those creatures, generation after generation, these Herbs slowly evolved into precious medicinal materials.”

“And him? Has he never left this place from beginning to end?”

“He was always dedicated to this research, spending his entire life alone in this place.”

“So that means, we still can’t take those things outside with us lightly, right?”

“Correct. He actually wanted to convey this to us. If, one day, someone could come here, it would certainly be for these precious Herbs. He merely wanted to warn us that if those Herbs were ever taken away, then the entire natural world would completely lose its balance, and everyone in the town would be destroyed in an instant.”

After saying this, Lin Yi truly felt a great sense of regret.

Fortunately, they hadn’t acted hastily. If they had taken everything away, it might have resulted in catastrophic damage.

“Is there anything else?”

“Besides these, he mentioned that he had set up some traps and mechanisms; including ones that would be triggered the moment we start to pluck these Herbs, causing a stone mechanism below to be activated and sealing the path completely.”

“Did he say how to open it?”

“He did give a solution, including for this door. All the secrets are on this stone coffin.”

“What? On the stone coffin?”

“He roughly sketched a diagram on top of it, and after studying it carefully, I found that it corresponds to a painting on the right side of the stone gate. Starting from the left, the fourth character symbol is actually a triggerable spot.”

Upon saying this, Lin Yi seemed unable to contain his excitement, and quickly walked forward.

He looked carefully and upon counting to the fourth symbol from this side, he noticed that this particular symbol was indeed strange.

The detail was clearly etched, but it appeared much deeper and was more pronounced than the others.

If one didn’t inspect it closely in this spot, perhaps he would never have noticed this difference.

“Sigh, Ling’er, you’re not wrong. Everything he said was right; there’s definitely something off about this spot.”

While speaking, Lin Yi reached out to press it, but Ling’er suddenly stepped in and pushed Lin Yi aside.

“Don’t be in such a rush now.”

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“If you press it like that, then we’ll have to go back out and face those four Divine Beasts.”

“Oh, you’re right. It seems I’ve oversimplified things. Did he say how to deal with the monsters?”

“He mentioned that the monsters have a distinct reaction to one particular fruit. According to his description of the fruit’s shape, I noticed one like that in the thicket, though it’s located quite deep and out of reach.”

“You mean to say, we just need that fruit for you to use, and then we can take the opportunity to leave?”

“Yes, that’s the idea. He told me that using this is the only way to escape from here.”

“I see. Could you roughly tell me the position of that fruit? When we get out later, it should be the first thing we pick.”

“It should be on the right-hand side of the stone door. As soon as we get out, we should be able to see it immediately; it’s very conspicuous. He deliberately grew it here with the aim of saving his own life one day.”