Chapter 837: Activating The Metal Flute
Lian Dajian was pleased that at least Lin Wu was willing to go ahead with that. Even if there was a great chance that they would not get any response from the flute, it would be stupid to not attempt it at the very least.
“What do you need, King Lin Wu?” Lian Dajian asked.
“Well… in addition to the issue that the original owner of the flute might not respond, there is another problem.” Lin Wu replied.
“And what is that?” Elder Ruanjian questioned hurriedly, wondering if they might get some more hidden information.
“It is that… the Flute might be unstable. We don’t know if instead of just contacting the owner, it might just explode.” Lin Wu answered, much to the two’s shock.
“What? It will explode!?” Lian Dajian was stunned.
He had the metal flute on his person for many years now. He never knew that he was carrying a bomb this entire time. Not to mention he himself was a bomb in a way with the Vital House physique staying dormant.
“Indeed. There is a chance.” Lin Wu replied. “We won’t know unless we actually test it out.”
“And King Lin Wu is willing to go ahead with it?” Elder Ruanjian asked.
“Yes… we can do it. Just not here. Will need to use it at the right location with proper protection so no harm is done or most of it is restrained.” Lin Wu answered.
“I see… then do you need us to prepare a location like that?” Lian Dajian wondered.
“Not really… I have a place like that ready.” Lin Wu spoke.
“That’s great! How long till we can go there?” Lian Dajian asked.
“Right away.” Lin Wu simply answered.
“Really!? That would be perfect.” Elder Ruanjian found things to be going a bit better now.
Lin Wu nodded his head and checked on up on some things before waving his tail.
~shua~
Runes appeared all around them and soon a teleportation circle appeared.
“This will take us to the secure and safe location.” Lin Wu stated.
A couple of seconds after saying that, Lian Dajian and Elder Ruanjian’s vision went dark, and they found their bodies turning weightless.
Soon enough, their senses returned, and they found themselves in a dark place. This was none other than one of the caves near the seal of the unknown being. Usually Lin Wu would not bring anyone here since it was simply too sensitive of an area, but after having modified several of the areas nearby, the actual chamber where the seal was located was isolated.
In fact, there was now no direct tunnel leading to that chamber, only the teleportation array could take one there and Lin Wu was the only one with that authority.
“Where are we?” Lian Dajian asked, as he spread his spirit sense out.
He saw the rocky walls and roof, along with the many bugs and creatures that were crawling around everywhere.
“This is a secure cave. Anything that happens here will not affect the outside world.” Lin Wu informed. ‘Even the commutation link won’t work… hehehe’ He said internally.
Of course, Lian Dajian and Elder Ruanjian didn’t know that. For them, Lin Wu only meant that no damage would be done. To them, the metal flute could contact an immortal in the immortal realm and never thought that this place was something that could actually block the communication.
“I see… then shall we begin?” Lian Dajian said.
“Of course.” Lin Wu nodded his head. “Now then… brace yourselves.” He warned.
Lian Dajian and Elder Ruanjian nodded their heads and became a little tense.
Lin Wu brought forth the metal flute and held it tightly with his tail. The two men watched on, wondering how Lin Wu would activate the flute, but then became shocked when the metal flute started to bend under Lin Wu’s power.
They were alarmed and wanted to stop Lin Wu when the Metal flute snapped!
~KACHA~
A clear cracking sound was heard as the metal flute broke from the center. The eyes of the two men went wide, and they were now doubting whether they should have trusted Lin Wu.
He had deliberately not told them the method since there was always a chance they might deny him that. If they did, they might take the flute back and try it on their own later. If that happened, Lin Wu wouldn’t be able to do much, ending up with a loss.
But the shock on the faces of Lian Dajian and Elder Ruanjian soon changed to surprise as they felt strange energy waves coming from the metal flute.
~HUMM~
It was as if someone had stated playing the flute as airy notes of music were heard chiming in their ears.
“It… it worked?” Lian Dajian had not expected the method of activation to be something as crude as breaking the elegant metal flute.
Of all the methods they had tried over the years, the basic one about breaking it had never occurred to them. For them, the metal flute was a priceless artifact from their founder that should never be damaged.
It could even be considered a certain level of blasphemy on their part, perhaps.
~HONG~
The music of the flute got louder, as esoteric runes appeared in the air, much to Lin Wu’s surprise.
‘It really was hiding things beyond my perception. Seems like the workings of higher levels is still hard for me to sense.’ Lin Wu thought to himself.
And while he was thinking, the esoteric runes in the air changed and morphed into the shape of a plain statue. The statue had no features and looked like a plain doll.
~WARNING~
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COMMUNICATION LINK: Detected!
RESONANT FREQUENCY: Detected!
ANALYZING: Resonant frequency identified
CREATING NEW PROTOCOLS: Please wait for a moment.
…
PROTOCOL CREATED: Initializing one way communication protocol
PROTOCOL COMPLETED: Reflective Communication barrier established!
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The system quickly did its work and the formation arrays of the tomb started to work in secret. Lian Dajian and Elder Ruanjian were none the wiser as a large dome formed all over the Taiji Celstial’s tomb.
