Online Game: Crazy Skeleton-Chapter 852 - 774 Sealed Land

"Old sir, what’s going on?"

Seeing the old village chief become so agitated, Su Ran’s heart sank, and he thought to himself that trouble was brewing.

"To want to open the passage is absolutely impossible!"

The irritation in the old village chief’s eyes appeared again, his dry arms shaking rapidly, "Doing this, you will bring disaster upon the villagers of Overturning Water! Don’t even think about it!"

Watching the old village chief replay the scene from earlier, Su Ran knew that the guy was up to something again.

"Old sir, this bit of money is a token of my respect; please use it to buy some nourishments to improve your health."

Su Ran knew very well that if he wanted to continue with his mission, he needed to ’recharge’ again. He took out five gold coins and passed them over with a smiling face, hoping for the old village chief to have an interesting change of expression.

"This... still cannot be disclosed!"

The old village chief looked around and, upon realizing no one was paying attention, quickly pocketed the gold coins, his expression easing slightly, but his tone didn’t relax much.

Seeing this, how could Su Ran not understand that his ’recharge’ wasn’t enough, he hadn’t satisfied the old man’s greed yet!

Having no choice, Su Ran once again took out five gold coins from underneath him, but as the old village chief reached out to take them, Su Ran dodged away.

"Old sir, if it can be talked about, everything is up for discussion. If not, then this money can only..."

"Easy to talk, easy to talk, everything is open for discussion!"

The wrinkles on the old village chief’s face squeezed together as he happily pocketed the gold coins, finally nodding in satisfaction and loudly praised, "A teachable lad, truly a teachable lad!"

"Young hero, since you are so determined, this old man does have one way."

"Please, old sir, speak!"

"Defeat the Curse Demon, take those three Energy Stones, and first set the red stone on the coconut tree located to the direct west. Place the green one on the left and the blue one on the right. Only by doing this will I agree to your opening the passage!"

"What does that mean?"

Su Ran became more and more confused and couldn’t help but ask, "Aren’t all the Energy Stones grey?"

"Such ignorance."

The old village chief let out a sneer, and a glint of sharpness flashed through his murky eyes, "Energy Stones that are not activated are all grey. They only reveal the color of their energy once activated."

"So... why must they be placed in that specific order? I’d appreciate it if you could clear up this confusion, old sir."

"Cough cough cough."

The old village chief coughed several times and pointed his walking stick towards the entrance of the village, "There’s nothing more to discuss. If you can’t accept even this, then go back where you came from."

"Wait, old sir, I’ll do as you say!"

Su Ran saw that since the old guy was unfazed by any approach, he had no choice but to acquiesce.

"Ding! Congratulations to the player ’Skeleton’ for starting the side quest. The Energy Stones must be placed in the correct order. If the sequence is wrong, the entire quest will be considered a failure, and Mysterious Path will be permanently cancelled."

The moment the system notification sounded, Su Ran finally lost all hope.

"Young hero, there’s no choice. This old man is also considering the safety of the villagers, and has to resort to this last resort."

Seeing Su Ran agree, the old village chief’s face finally eased up, and he explained, "Remember, once the Energy Stones are set, the seal is activated, and the teleportation passage opens. However, due to the chaotic energy, the passage will explode after ten seconds. You must enter the passage within ten seconds to successfully activate the teleportation."

Ten seconds?

An explosion?

This is a joke, right?!

Now it was Su Ran’s turn for his complexion to change.

"Old sir, does this mean that this teleportation passage will completely disappear after this?"

"Correct, only by eliminating this hidden danger will I be at peace!"

Damn it!

You’re at peace for sure, but you’ve put me on the spot of imminent death!

"Young hero, please head to the coordinates 2482:3118. That’s where the curse demon is sealed. Just a word of advice, don’t mess with it until you’ve got some serious strength!"

The old village chief, having taken a bribe, kindly warned. But before his words could settle, he saw the cloaked youth turn and leave without a word of goodbye.

"Hey, hey, slow down, are you not buying any more pearls?"

"..."

Once out of the village, Su Ran immediately summoned Wang Cai and sprinted back to the Mysterious Path, only to be surprised to find Banana busily climbing a tree.

"Eh? Overturning Water, you’re back?"

Clinging to the tree trunk, Banana greeted Su Ran joyfully, "Hang on, let me get a coconut to see how it tastes."

"Hurry up, we’re setting off again soon."

Su Ran said distractedly, his mind still preoccupied with the task at hand.

"Thud."

With Banana’s effort, the coconut successfully hit the ground. He slid down from the tree with a slick move, holding the coconut and unable to contain his happiness.

"We’ll eat it later, come on, let’s go complete a quest."

"Ha-ha, I wasn’t wrong, you can definitely get quest hints from the village elder!"

"Don’t mention it, got tricked by that old geezer!"

"What happened?"

"I’ll tell you after we kill the BOSS, let’s go complete the quest first!"

"Oh man, Overturning Water, hold on, I haven’t even eaten my coconut yet!"

...

Using Wang Cai to scout ahead was absolutely reassuring. They hadn’t encountered any danger on several occasions and had smoothly arrived at the quest coordinates.

But what puzzled Su Ran again was the landscape before him showed nothing, not even a single coconut tree in sight.

"Overturning Water, are you sure that old codger didn’t just send you on a wild goose chase?"

Banana gave Su Ran a strange look, but it wasn’t something he had to worry about. He sat down on the ground and started fussing with the coconut he had just acquired, thoroughly enjoying himself.

Su Ran, however, wasn’t deterred. The quest was already in his hands, so he couldn’t possibly be wrong. This was definitely a Sealed Land!

"Back to work!"

Having reached the coordinates, Su Ran took out his novice hoe and began his second digging attempt.

"Overturning Water, do you have a beef with this land or something? Why do you dig wherever you go? That’s one odd hobby you’ve got!"

Banana was becoming increasingly baffled by Su Ran, and seeing that he was too busy to reply, he simply stopped asking and put more effort into his coconut.

However,

It didn’t take long before a thunderous noise indicated a large hole had opened up in front of Su Ran. Ancient stone steps were revealed to the light of day, winding down into a dark space within the depths, a dangerous aura emanating forth.

They’d broken through!

"Come quick, we’ve found the entrance!"

Su Ran felt a surge of excitement, tested the stone steps under his feet, and called out to Banana.

"No way, you actually dug it out!"

Banana exclaimed in surprise, looking down at the half-peeled coconut in his hand. He threw it back into his pack, grumbling, "This thing’s really hard to peel, took forever and I still didn’t get it open, such a hassle!"

"That’s what you get for being greedy. Watch out in case the coconut is full of corpse oil flavor!"

"Stop, Overturning Water, please don’t bring that up again, if I end up with anorexia it’s all on you!"

Just mentioning it made Banana feel queasy, and even the little bit of appetite he had disappeared.