Legend of Dragon Son-in-law

Chapter 2632: Temporal Intertwining

"Don’t rush to eat." Lord Jiuyou sighed helplessly; food is all that matters to a foodie."Jessica, since you’re familiar with this place, lead us down. It’s too dangerous on the surface."

Julius Reed looked around and spoke.

Danger lurked beneath.

The three of them stood on the water, like live targets.

But until now, there was no sign of Quella Radcliffe.

Could it be...

Julius was a little worried.

It shouldn’t be!

Quella could defeat Marcellus Lopez, which means her strength must have increased significantly.

And having come here, she must be prepared.

The most pressing task was to get underwater.

"Alright, you two follow me." Jessica closed her eyes, opened her mouth wide, and took a deep breath!

"Hiss!"

Suddenly, she leaped!

Like a fish, she dove underwater.

Julius and Lord Jiuyou followed behind her, cautiously observing their surroundings.

"Let’s get to the bottom first. Once we find a landmark building, we can establish the entire terrain."

Jessica communicated with the two using telekinesis.

During this time, some small fish approached, but their powerful aura from Julius scared them away.

Soon, the group reached the lakebed.

The lake was over a hundred meters deep!

An ordinary person couldn’t get down here.

"Found it!"

Jessica pointed to a damaged building, shouting, "Over there. Let’s hide there for now!"

With that, she quickly swam over.

The three passed through the shattered rooftop, entering the room.

The former Nine Provinces Palace, a series of magnificent buildings,

was now in ruins.

The roof of the grand hall had crumbled, with only the surrounding walls still standing.

"Back then, the swordsman’s documents were on this table." Jessica pointed to a severely damaged table and shook her head, "Now it seems those fish must have eaten them."

Besides some water plants, the table was barren.

Jessica glanced around to ensure there was no danger, then swiftly approached a cabinet.

The cabinet was intact, with no damage except for some markings outside.

"This is the palace’s data box, extremely sturdy. It can withstand almost any impact without damage." Jessica went to the cabinet, peeled off the markings, and began rolling its dial.

In those days, human intelligence was remarkable.

They even invented something akin to the current password systems.

With a clunk,

the cabinet opened.

"There may be information about the swordsman in here, but in my memory, most of the swordsman’s secrets were on the table." Jessica reached out to open the cabinet.

At that moment, Julius’s divine sight noticed an anomaly.

There was a brief spiritual power fluctuation in the cabinet!

"Move away!"

Julius shouted, raising his hand with a sword!

As he struck, Jessica had already opened the cabinet.

Suddenly, a water snake emerged!

With its gaping jaws, it lunged towards Jessica.

Thud!

Fortunately, the Emerald Sovereign Sword flew out, killing the water snake.

Jessica stood in place, frightened.

"How... did this happen! The cabinet was clearly closed." She couldn’t believe that a password known by only a few people could have been cracked?

The water snake was dead.

Suspended in the water.

Blood continued to spill.

Julius and Lord Jiuyou quickly approached.

The cabinet was indeed intact.

Neither the outside nor the inside showed any problem.

The water snake seemed to have appeared out of nowhere.

"Could someone have survived and visited secretly?" Lord Jiuyou mused, "But what use could the content be to them? Unless the King of Nine Provinces..."

"Impossible." Julius shook his head, "This cabinet hasn’t been opened for a long time."

"Look, there’s a lot of rust on it."

He said, then examined the water snake, squeezing it with his hand.

"I understand now."

Looking at the empty cabinet and the dead water snake, Julius slowly cut the snake open with his sword.

"Back then, when it was just a seed, it must have entered here through the keyhole. But once it grew, it couldn’t get out and could only eat the documents inside."

Saying this, he reached into the snake’s body and pulled out sheets of paper.

"Ordinary creatures grow much larger, but this water snake stayed small, and many of its bones were deformed."

"The only possibility is that it survived purely on spiritual power from the water, never having eaten anything. That’s why it consumed all the documents."

"And it relied solely on spiritual power, remaining small and in a state of suspended animation. Had you not disturbed it by opening the door, it would still be in that state."

Julius washed the documents with water, discovering he couldn’t understand the text.

"Help me look through them." He handed the documents to Lord Jiuyou, "I’ll go find Quella."

Slow exploration inside the building was the way.

And it seemed like there weren’t any massive creatures nearby.

"We can take these documents back. I’ll guide the way." Jessica put away the documents, walking ahead of Julius, "You’re not familiar with this terrain, so I can guide us faster."

"Alright." Julius didn’t refuse.

Indeed, Jessica was more familiar with the area.

The three cautiously explored within the building complex.

Utilizing their status as top-level martial artists, they could communicate through telekinesis, needing minimal breathing.

Several creatures passed by, but none lingered.

After all, three top martial artists weren’t something most creatures dared to provoke.

The Nine Provinces Palace was laid out in an octagonal shape, with Jessica leading them first to the central plaza.

A huge statue stood in the central square.

It was the statue of the King of Nine Provinces.

"Once, the King of Nine Provinces enjoyed boundless glory, but now, alas..." Looking at the familiar face, Lord Jiuyou became nostalgic and deeply saddened.

"The palace is in ruins now. To find Quella, we must start here." Jessica looked at Julius, "Jiuyou said you have a stopwatch."

"Here." Julius took out a stopwatch and handed it to Jessica. "So much time has passed. Will it still work?"

"It will." Jessica took the stopwatch, expertly turning its dial.

Soon!

The stopwatch turned back twenty-four hours!

Boom!

Turbulence began underwater.

Massive spiritual power was absorbed and absorbed by the stopwatch!

Then, it was directly expelled!

The surrounding environment suddenly changed!

"Now, we can see events from the past 24 hours at double speed." Jessica observed the surroundings with her eyes.

Fish passed by, but only as silhouettes.

Even when passing through their bodies, there was no sensation.

Second by second, time flew by.

Finally, a figure appeared.

"It’s not Quella! It’s... the Blood Soul Emperor?"

Julius saw that familiar figure, unexpectedly appearing on the plaza!