The Portal of Wonderland - Chapter 203

Chapter 203
"It’s a combined weapon . But, its structure is already drawn . So, it won’t be difficult to forge it . " Zhao Ping understood Shi Mu’s requirements as he looked at the model of the weapon . He then replied .




"That’s good . Brother Zhao can use the entirety of the meteoric iron . The heavier the weight, the better," Shi Mu spoke in a relaxed tone .
He wanted to create this weapon owing to his training of the Thirteen Series of Gale Force Blade Art as a martial arts disciple . He had mastered this technique many years ago .
He also needed this weapon owing to his Book of the Flaming Red Ape . This book also suggested an exquisite Stick-related Martial Art technique in addition to the basic practice of the art itself . So, he would need a stick to practice this Stick-related martial art technique .
Therefore, he thought of getting a weapon with a detachable long handle . He had gotten this idea from a weapon that was recorded in the ‘Secret Arts of the Zhong Clan’ . This weapon was a combination of blade and stick . So now, he could attain both the arts at the same time .
The range of the attack of this long weapon would be wider . And, it would be able to show bigger advantage in a fight if it was heavy enough .
"But, the smelting process of the meteoric iron is complex and extremely time-consuming . It would take at least two months to carve this blade even though I possess the experience of from black blade’s forging," Zhao Ping thought for a while and said .
"No problem . I’ll come after two months to take it . I’ll pay you for all the expenses incurred during this period once the work is done . The reward won’t disappoint you," Shi Mu replied with a smile . He then stood-up .
"What are you saying, Brother Shi? You have an honorable status now . Your mere visitation to this shop of mine is like a live advertisement for me . The reward isn’t necessary," Zhao Ping waved his hand as he declined Shi Mu’s offer .
Shi Mu laughed out loud . But, he didn’t refuse . He then chatted with Zhao Ping for a while . After that, he got-up and took his leave .
He hesitated a little after he came out of the blacksmith’s shop . He didn’t go back to his cave-dwelling . Instead, he started to advance towards the thirteenth peak .
It was natural that he would record charm spells on his new weapon . So, he would need the venom of the golden lizard .
Shi Mu arrived at the residence of Young Master Ju after half-an-hour .
He was about to knock on the door, but stopped . He wrinkled his brows as his eyes fell on the ground in front of the stone gate of the house .
There was fine dust on the ground . But, there were no traces of footprints in front of the door . He estimated that no one had entered or exited the house for almost a month .
"Does Young Master Ju remain secluded in his house these days?" Shi Mu thought .
"Young Master Ju, disciple Shi Mu has come to visit you," he knocked on the door and yelled in a high voice .
He waited for a moment, but there was no response from inside .




Shi Mu wrinkled his brows . He shouted a few more times . But, he couldn’t hear anything; except for the sound of the wind .
"Anybody in there?" He had gone to the General Library a while ago . But, Master Ju hadn’t been there either .
Shi Mu hesitated . He then pressed his hand against the door, and pushed it .
The door wasn’t locked . It seemed to be made-up of stone, but it was much heavier; probably owing to some prohibition .
Shi Mu used half of his strength, and slowly opened the stone gate . It issued a creaking sound due to friction .
There was a hall in the entrance; it was dimly lit .
"Is Master Ju in? This disciple has come to pay you a visit . " He stood on the gate, and didn’t go in . He yelled one more time .
"Is anybody coming? I’m starving to death …Alas! Oh!" a weak and rough voice was heard from the depth of the hall .
Shi Mu was startled . This voice was husky, but he had recognized the master of this voice .
"Cai!"
Shi Mu went in . Thin layers of dust fell inside the hall as he entered . It seemed that nobody had passed from there since a long time .
Shi Mu followed the voice, and arrived at a corner of the hall . A golden cage was hung there . A colorfully feathered parrot crouched inside it . It was Cai .
"I remember you . You’re that human Shi Tou!"
Cai’s feathers were gloomy, and its aura looked dispirited . It looked towards Shi Mu . It then raised its voice as he filled with excitement .
"My name is Shi Mu . " Shi Mu was startled . He didn’t know whether he should be happy or sad . But, he corrected Cai .
"Shi Mu… Shi Mu . . . yes . You can be anything . Just let me out quickly . Give me some food and water . It has been more than ten days since I’ve tasted water," Cai flapped its wings and shouted .
Shi Mu wrinkled his brows . But, he didn’t open the cage to free the parrot .
He waved his hand, and took out a water bag . Then, he filled the sink in the cage with water . After that, he took out some nuts, and threw them into the cage .




These nuts were Green Shuttle Fruits . Shi Mu had purchased them from a small shop . He had bought them to feed the parrot .
Cai yelled out in excitement . It went up in an impatient manner, and started to gulp down the water . It quickly drank more than half of the water in the sink . Then, it gobbled down some pieces of nuts . He came to a stop after he had eaten enough of them .

"Quack! Quack! I almost died of starvation . But now, I’ve eaten to my fill, and I feel well . " Cai ate and drank to its fill . It then patted its stomach with its wings . After that, it narrowed its eyes in comfort and spoke in a loud voice .
"What’s going on here? How’s it that nobody has come here in such a long time? What about Young Master Ju?" Shi Mu asked .
"Are you talking about that damn fatty? He went to the underground secret room a month ago . But, he hasn’t come back yet . He has no sense of responsibility! He just left me to starve here . " Cai looked extremely angry . And, it continued to repeat its sentence about it starving to death .
Shi Mu’s complexion changed as he heard this . He felt a bad premonition in his heart .
"Do you know what Young Master Ju is doing down there?" he asked with hesitation .
"How would I know?" Cai wasn’t in a good mood . It then shouted at Shi Mu once again to let it out of the cage .
Shi Mu didn’t pay attention to the noisy parrot . He thought for a while, and took a step forward . He then arrived in the front of a wall in the depth of the hall .
Shi Mu remembered that he had entered the underground secret room with Young Master Ju from this place .
‘Bang!’ A light sound was issued .
Shi Mu recalled the way Young Master Ju had opened the secret room last time . And, he patted a specific area of the wall with his palm .
However, nothing happened…
"Quack! Quack!" the parrot’s mocking shouts were heard from behind .
"Do you know how to open the door of the secret room?" Shi Mu turned around, and looked towards Cai .
"I know it . But, you’ll have to let me out if you want me to tell you," the parrot replied proudly .
Shi Mu let out a silent sigh . He then opened the golden cage .




The parrot flapped its wings . It then came whooshing out of the cage . It relaxed its muscles and bones by hovering and fluttering in the hall . It then let out shouts in excitement . After that, it came down in a leisurely manner .
"Well, now tell me how to open the door of the secret room," Shi Mu said .
"I’ll tell you since you’re more pleasing to the eyes than that fat person . " The parrot spread out one of its one wing, and dropped it on Shi Mu’s shoulder .
"That fatty Ju is gutless . It’s quite complicated to open the door of the secret room . You would have to use many tricks at the same time in order to open it . The area that you patted was right . But, you weren’t standing at the right place," the parrot explained in a proud manner .
Shi Mu was flabbergasted . He hadn’t noticed this detail when he had entered into the secret room the last time . According to what this parrot said, Young Master Ju seemed like an extremely careful character . But, it was a secret room when the matter came to it…
Shi Mu placed his feet on the floor at the place where the parrot had indicated . He then patted the wall with his palm and exerted himself .
‘Kaka!’
The wall slowly slit open with a gentle sound . It exposed a dark passage inside .
Shi Mu exposed a happy expression on his face . He was about to say something, but then his complexion changed .
There was some kind of a stink in the passage . It smelt so disgusting that he wanted to vomit .
Shi Mu covered his nose with his hand, and took a step backwards . Then, loud shouts of the parrot were heard . It spread its wings and flew out .
"This is the smell of a rotten corpse… Can it be that …?" Shi Mu looked towards the depth of the passage with flickering emotions in his eyes . Suddenly, his expressions changed as he thought of something .
He was about to enter the secret room . But then, a thought crossed his mind . He then turned around, and looked towards the parrot .
"Cai, I’m going to go down, and take a look at the situation there . I’m afraid that something unusual has happened to Young Master Ju . Do you want to come along?" Shi Mu asked as he knew that this spirit parrot was a strange creature; it knew Young Master Ju better that Shi Mu did .
"We Parrots are very neat and clean birds . We don’t go to these kinds of filthy places," Cai shuddered its tail feathers and shouted .
Shi Mu shook his head . It seemed that this parrot wasn’t only noisy, but also a coward .
He no longer paid attention to Cai . He silently activated his cultivation technique and his Real Qi to protect his body . Then, he entered into the passage .
He had come here once before . So, he walked around easily into the familiar passage . Then, he arrived outside a secret room .
He went into the secret room, and reached the point from where the rotting smell was coming .
There was a circular magic formula right in the middle of the secret room . A spirit stone was stuck into the center of the circular formula .
This spirit stone was still emitting bursts of light . It seemed that the spirit power inside them hadn’t been used-up completely . However, it seemed that this circular formula had stopped working all of a sudden .
An obese silhouette sat beside the circular formula . It was none other than Young Master Ju . The stink was coming out of his body .
Shi Mu’s complexion changed as he saw this .
He carefully sized-up the secret room . But, he didn’t find any sign of danger . Then, he quickly walked beside Master Ju’s body .
Master Ju had died a long time ago . His head was hung low . His body had already begun to rot .
Shi Mu sized-up Master Ju’s dead body . But, he didn’t find any traces of injury . It was clear that he hadn’t been killed by a man .
A silver cage was placed near Master Ju’s corpse . A three-legged lizard was lying inside that cage . Master Ju had made this golden lizard his pet . This lizard too had no breath . But, its dead body hadn’t yet started to rot . It seemed that it hadn’t been too long since it died .
Shi Mu exposed a forced smile on his face . His eyes then fell on the circular magic formula in front of Master Ju’s body . He was startled as he looked at it .
This circular formula was exactly the same that he and Master Ju had used in order to explore the land of the Dead Spirit World; it was the Mysterious Array of the Soaring Star .
"Can it be that Master Ju tried to enter the Dead Spirit World once again? I think he happened to go into some other strange space, and met with an accident there…" Shi Mu guessed .
Master Ju had told him about all kinds of dangers in different spaces when they had entered into the Dead Spirit World . It was quite common that the soul could fly away from different strange spaces and scatter .
Shi Mu’s expression became gloomy . He then sighed .
Shi Mu had good relationships with only a few elders of the Black Demon Sect; Master Ju was one of them .
Suddenly, he issued a little sound of surprise . His vision fell upon Master Ju’s left hand .
Master Ju’s dead body had become discolored and rotten . But, no traces of rotting could be seen on his left hand . It was still in its original form .

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