The Shining Star Above The Heaven-Chapter 974: Entering the Mountain

Gerald tried to move his newly grown arm. He moved his entire arm, then his wrist, before he tried to move his fingers. He smiled as he could feel that this new arm was not different from his previous one.

Even its strength did not differ from his other limbs, which had already been trained and cultivated for a lifetime. He was surprised, but he did not dwell too much on Aldrian’s restoration technique. The most important thing was that he could have a normal body again.

He felt refreshed and no longer felt any pain like what he had experienced for the past three years. He tried to circulate his energy, and it moved smoothly, just like in the past.

After checking that everything was alright, Gerald looked at Aldrian and bowed deeply.

"Thank you once again, Aldrian. No, Young Master Aldrian. You are truly my benefactor and savior. After I get out of this place, I will try my best to repay your kindness."

Aldrian smiled and waved his hand.

"You do not need to think about that. Just like I said, this is also my way of repaying your son for guiding me to the Divine Wrath Sea." He then looked at the mountain.

"Anyway, I will go to the mountain first to take care of something. You can do whatever you want here while I am at it."

He wanted to fly toward the mountain, but Gerald’s voice made him pause.

"Wait."

Aldrian looked at Gerald, who seemed hesitant. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

After a few seconds, Gerald finally spoke.

"Uhm, may I follow you to the mountain, Young Master? I know you already warned me about not knowing too much about your business, but I am truly curious about the mystery of this island. There is only one place on this island that I still cannot check because of the sealed doors protecting it." His face showed that he was embarrassed to say this.

"I know it sounds shameless of me to make this request after what Young Master has done for me, but I am truly curious about the last mystery hidden in this place. I want to see it myself. However, if this is something that will cause trouble for Young Master, then forgive my rudeness, and I will stay here until Young Master is done with your business."

Aldrian blinked twice. It could be seen that Gerald felt ashamed to make such a request, but he still did it because of his curiosity.

Aldrian did not blame him, as this was Gerald’s passion to uncover everything about the Divine Wrath Sea region. Aldrian did not find any trouble in it, so he showed a smile.

"Of course, you can follow me, but you have to stay behind me, as I also do not know what we might encounter inside there," he said, which made Gerald’s expression turn ecstatic.

"Yes, Young Master," he replied.

Aldrian then flew toward the mountain, followed by Gerald. He did not mind bringing Gerald along, as there was really nothing he needed to keep secret, and that included any treasures here, if there were any.

Gerald would not know about the real value of the faith gathering place anyway. Moreover, the moment his consciousness entered the stone pillar, Gerald would likely faint, just like what happened to everyone when he connected to the stone pillar in the Ancient Blue Gate World.

At that time, everyone near the stone pillar fainted from the blinding light.

Suddenly remembering that time, Aldrian could not help but think of another detail regarding the Ancient Blue Gate World.

’Come to think of it, the faith-gathering place of the Ancient Blue Gate World is the only one whose location is not in the most dangerous area. It just sits in the middle of nowhere and is managed by the three great sects,’ he thought.

He did not know the real reason behind this, but he tried to guess if it was because the location was under trusted parties. The three great sects had their history tied directly to the Heavenly Demon, so perhaps they did not need to go through the trouble of creating the most dangerous formations to protect it.

Aldrian smiled and shook his head, putting that matter aside. He continued to focus on what was in front of him now.

The flow of faith energy moved toward the mountain’s slope, which was quite high from the mountain’s base. After a few moments, he finally arrived at an entrance embedded in the mountain’s slope near the cliff.

The entrance was polished and extended deep inside, allowing them to see a large hallway. From this sight alone, it was obvious that someone had built this place, something that had shocked Gerald the first time he found it.

Aldrian stood in front of the entrance for a few moments and looked at Gerald.

"You reached this place with your body’s condition at that time? You are surely a tough guy."

Gerald smiled. "Well, I am just a man who is really hungry for knowledge about the Divine Wrath Sea, and this place was the first place where I was stranded, so I did not pass up any chance to research every part of it. Even if I had to climb this high mountain with my bad condition at that time, I just wanted to know everything about this place."

"When I found this place, I was truly surprised that it was obvious someone had built it. There is no record of anyone entering the Divine Wrath Sea, so this became the mystery that I was curious to uncover." He looked at the entrance.

"Seeing that Young Master knows there is something here and does not seem surprised, I suppose that the ones who built this place have a connection with Young Master." He then glanced at Aldrian, who was already looking ahead.

He saw Aldrian only smiling and keeping silent as he stepped into the hallway. Gerald did not mind and followed him.

On both sides of the hallway, there were murals that gave Aldrian hints about who had built this place. The murals showed dragons.

Now the question was, which dragon?

Aldrian’s mind tried to make a guess based on the shape and details of the dragons in the murals.

’Is it a sea dragon?’ That was his guess based on how the murals appeared to him. The dragon race whose clan stayed in the ocean. Dragons blessed with mastery over the water element, especially when they were in their habitat, the sea.

One of the strongest dragon clans under Long Shentian, controlling the seas wherever they lived.

As Aldrian and Gerald kept walking deeper, Gerald also observed the murals. He had already seen the murals a few times before, yet he still did not understand why dragons were depicted on them.

The Blue Pearl World did not have any dragon clans, so this became one of the questions he was searching for an answer.

He then looked at Aldrian’s back. Aldrian had said that he was from another world, so if Aldrian had any connection with these dragons, then it would make sense.

Still, it only made him question Aldrian’s origin and the dragons even more.

After walking for a few minutes without any problems, as there were no traps whatsoever, they finally arrived at the end of the hallway, where they were met with a pair of giant doors. On the top side of the doors, there was a statue of a dragon’s head overlooking them.

Even though it was only a statue, it gave the sensation that they were indeed being watched by a living dragon. Gerald felt his soul tremble every time he arrived at this place because of that statue.

On the surface of the doors, the murals from both sides of the hallway merged into one, and above the doors themselves, the symbol of an absolute ruler was engraved.

Aldrian observed this for a moment before he took a step closer to the doors and touched them with his palm. Gerald wanted to see what Aldrian was going to do. His heart beat faster in anticipation. He had never succeeded in trying to open these doors, and from Aldrian’s actions, it seemed that he already knew how to open them.

As Gerald focused his gaze, a golden light suddenly shone on the doors for a split second. The hidden formation lit up with golden light before the sound of the door mechanism could be heard.

Crack! Crack!

The double doors slowly opened, making Gerald’s heart tremble.

Aldrian truly could open the doors!

His eyes focused on the opening doors, wanting to see what was behind these sturdy doors.

After waiting a few seconds for the doors to fully open, Aldrian, without hesitation, took a step inside, followed by Gerald, who at this moment was truly speechless, his gaze filled with amazement.

Behind the doors was a large hall, and in the middle of it stood a massive statue of a long dragon. The dragon was in a circling position, with part of its body raised and its head looking in their direction.

The sight was truly intimidating, making him hesitate to walk further. But then he saw Aldrian walk toward a stone pillar erected in front of the dragon.

Aldrian stopped for a moment to read the writing engraved on the stone tablet near the pillar before continuing to stand right in front of it.

He touched the pillar with his palm and stood there for a moment. Gerald also wanted to read what was written on the stone tablet, but suddenly, a blinding light engulfed the entire hall. Gerald was shocked, and his vision suddenly turned to darkness.