The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law
Chapter 833 - 827 The Answer Is Right Here

Chapter 833: Chapter 827 The Answer Is Right Here

Such terrain was only accessible to Jin Ziyuan, with Gu Youyou and Searcy unable to descend.

For all three of them to reach the bottom, he went down first to scout the area and quickly arrived at the base of the funnel.

After confirming there was no danger, he kindled a fire pit at the bottom.

With the fire pit for illumination, Gu Youyou and Searcy could see him and made out the terrain around the fire.

Jin Ziyuan soon climbed back up and said to them, "I’ll take you both down."

Gu Youyou nodded, and Jin Ziyuan hooked around her waist, quickly descending with her using the long rope and his qinggong.

Then he went back up to fetch Searcy.

The deep pit had the shape of an hourglass, narrow in the middle and wide at both ends, oddly formed by a fallen meteorite.

At the bottom was an irregular circle, more than thirty paces in diameter, indeed not small; it was even larger than the pit’s mouth.

It was bald and smooth. Jin Ziyuan lit a torch, and they quickly examined the area.

The plants that grew here, unlike those above the funnel, all had red leaves that deepened in color further down.

The fleeting answer that had brushed her mind earlier suddenly became clear to Gu Youyou.

She exclaimed in surprise, "This is where the Zhuzhao and Youying Pearls come from, so the things here... they’ve been influenced by them to become like this."

Jin Ziyuan nodded and said, "Zhuzhao is yang, and Youying is yin. It should be yang at the top and yin at the bottom, but this funnel is the opposite; it has become yin above and yang below."

Gu Youyou continued, "That’s why the yang energy here doesn’t leak out, which is why the monkeys on the cliff had such severe yin energy."

Searcy also understood and said, "So, the cold poison afflicting you is related to the yin and yang energies here?"

Gu Youyou nodded, saying, "Moreover... for a pit this deep, the bottom should be filled with water, but it’s very dry here, not a drop of water. But with the amount of rainy weather around these seas, it’s impossible there’s no rain."

Jin Ziyuan also nodded and added, "Yeah, there was a heavy rain the night before last, the soil outside the mountain is soft and obviously wet. With yin outside and yang inside, when the rain falls, it’s evaporated by the yang energy here. Don’t you all feel very hot?"

Neither Jin Ziyuan nor Gu Youyou usually felt heat, but now, they did find it quite warm here.

And Searcy, being a normal person, should have felt overly hot, but because she had just been afflicted by the cold poison, she only felt the cold poison evaporating from her body, which was quite a relief.

She said, "I hope the monkey’s cold poison lasts a little longer. Once the cold poison in my body is gone, I fear I’ll suffer."

The scene before her amazed Gu Youyou.

After observing for a while longer, Gu Youyou said, "Perhaps uncovering the secret of this place will be the key to neutralizing the Youying Grass poison. If the Youying Grass loses its effect, the other cold poisons won’t be a problem."

"If that’s the case, let’s quickly search for the secret here. Uproot some of every plant; it may be useful."

Each of them took a torch and began to work separately, which would be faster.

...

Gu Youyou and the others had already descended to the lower layer of the deep pit, while Jin Zijin’s party also reached the island.

Selecting several skilled individuals to accompany them, it was only upon seeing the monkey corpses at the base of the mountain that they frowned.

"These monkeys look so peculiar, with fierce faces. I’ve never seen fur like this before," Xiao Jinyan commented.