Five Frozen Centuries

The old monk practiced his fist move for a while before running into the kitchen and saying loudly, “Benefactor Wei, you’re in luck today. I found something good in the back of the mountain.”

Wei Huo followed him into the kitchen and saw some white fungi. They were all rare. Wei Huo warned him, “Be careful not to eat them.”

After hundreds of years, the mushrooms must have evolved. They could not be eaten casually.

The old monk smiled. “I’ve been on this mountain for decades. How could I not recognize poisonous mushrooms? These are lotus immortal mushrooms. They have medicinal value. I saw a few of them at the back of the mountain and picked them. I didn’t expect you to come here today for a visit. This is fate. God wants you to stay.”

Wei Huo smiled. “What a coincidence. I brought something good too.”

Wei Huo took out a few purple plants. They looked like cabbages, only they were purple. A long stem extended from the center, and a small purple fruit was hanging from the stem.

This was the main food of the Naga. It grew under the ground and it emitted purple light in that dark environment.

The old monk started washing vegetables. At that moment, Wei Huo realized that the old monk had a tattoo on his arm. Apart from the tattoo, there were also many scars on his arm.

Wei Huo asked, “Master, are you really not planning to leave the mountain? The outside world has changed. It’s no longer the world you knew!”

The old monk shook his head. “Nothing outside has anything to do with me. I just want to die here. I’ve already dug my own grave. Before I die, I will crawl into my grave and let the passage of time cover my corpse.”

Wei Huo frowned slightly. “Master, I think you’re not an ordinary person. I wonder what you were doing before you came up the mountain?”

The old monk’s eyes focused. A trace of fierceness appeared in his gentle, benevolent eyes, but a moment later, they returned to normal. “Amitabha. I have already escaped into emptiness. The things that happened before I went up the mountain have nothing to do with me. Now, I’m just an ordinary old monk.”

Wei Huo did not ask any other questions. However, he knew that this old monk, who knew all sorts of martial arts, was definitely not an ordinary person.

Since ancient times, Buddhism had been a quiet place one sought for shelter. Many extraordinary people chose to hide themselves and their lives after failing.

The simpler a temple was, the more terrifying the person in it was!

For example, many tourists visited extremely lively temples. Most of the monks there were staff members and not real monks. They did not chant and only abided by the rules to earn money.

Of course, there were still some accomplished monks who lived in seclusion and did not care about the world. After all, they were too lazy to interact with ordinary people.

After dinner, Wei Huo said, “Master, I want to go to the Dragon Lock Well. You better find a place to hide.”

The old monk sighed. “I knew you were here for the Dragon Lock Well. I know you’re powerful, but you have to be careful. A few foreign explorers came to the Dragon Lock Well to explore it and never came out.”

Wei Huo was speechless.

There might be a real dragon in the well. If the Chinese entered it, they would be rewarded, but all foreigners would be eaten.

Wei Huo arrived outside the steeple. According to the old monk’s advice, he could jump through a broken window on the third floor if he could not open the door.

Wei Huo walked around the steeple and saw a broken window on the third floor. He jumped through it.

The steeple had nine floors. It was a nine-story pagoda built to suppress demonic dragons. Wei Huo arrived on the bottom floor of the steeple and saw the Dragon Lock Well.

The chain of the Dragon Lock Well was thick and huge. It was tied to a huge rock. Wei Huo walked over and saw the words ‘Dragon Lock Well’ written on the huge rock.

The other end of the chain extended to the bottom of the well. The well’s mouth emitted a blue light that illuminated the interior of the temple.

Wei Huo grabbed the chain and started pulling it out. The water in the well started shaking, and the blue light in the temple began flickering. Wei Huo kept pulling the chain, and the temple’s light started drifting. The atmosphere became weird.

Wei Huo continued pulling on the chain. Soon, water droplets fell from his hand. The water-drenched chain was as bone-chillingly cold as if it could freeze souls.

The chain creaked and the well water kept moving. Soon, a weird sound came from the bottom of the well. It was like the sound of a bull. It was so deep that it caused the ground to shake and the stones to beat.

Wei Huo pulled the chain out to see what was inside the well.

It was said that in the Dragon Lock Well was the source of the spring eye, an outlet into the sea. If pulled, it would trigger a super flood.

There were Dragon Lock Wells all over the country, but no one had ever heard of anyone pulling out all the chains in the Dragon Lock Wells. No expert had investigated this, and no one had used sound waves or placed two devices inside a well to check the situation.

Gulp! Gulp!

The sound of bubbles could be heard from the bottom of the well. The well seemed to be boiling, and air bubbles were popping up continuously. The well water was rising as Wei Huo piled the chain into a small mountain. He pulled the chain to the third floor of the temple and threw it out of the broken window before continuing.

The chain became heavier. If Wei Huo was not powerful, he would have had to find hundreds of people to pull the chain.

Splash!

The sound of chains rubbing against each other was heard. Well water gushed out of the well’s mouth and flowed through the crack outside of the steeple. Wei Huo was still pulling the chain out. He had to figure out what was in the Dragon Lock Well. Was there really a True Dragon?

Boom! A terrifying sound came from the well, as if something was rolling over.

Wei Huo felt the chain in his hand sink and almost pull him back.

He was confused. What was that chain?

The well water kept surging out and flowing out of the steeple and down the mountain. At that moment, the temperature outside the mountain was still high. It was at least 70 degrees. The moment the well water flowed out, the ground immediately produced sizzling sounds.

The well water began to nourish the charred ground. A few animals who had been lucky enough to survive in the cave plunged into the water and swam freely.

The amount of water flowing out of the Dragon Lock Well kept increasing. The first floor of the steeple was filled with water, and well water kept pouring out of the gaps between the doors and windows on the first floor. A few waterfalls were formed on the mountain, and water gushed out as if it wanted to drown the land.

Wei Huo was still pulling the chain. Meanwhile, the chain was getting heavier. At that moment, dark clouds started to gather in the sky. It seemed like it was going to rain!

Wei Huo was confused. Could the Dragon Lock Well really be a sea pass? Once the chain was pulled out, would it cause a flood?

The dry ground was gradually moistened. The heat wave was not over yet, but the temperature of the world was dropping. Cold well water kept surging out, lowering the surrounding temperature.

Wei Huo continued pulling the chain, but a sudden force was coming from it. If Wei Huo had not used his Domain Force, he would have been dragged into the Dragon Lock Well by this force. Wei Huo’s eyes narrowed as he pulled.

Soon, a clunking sound came from the Dragon Lock Well!