The group approached the stone tablet and discovered it was roughly three zhang high, completely golden, and covered in ancient runes. Carved atop the tablet was a lifelike, rustic giant sword, as if it were ready to leave its scabbard at any moment. The inscription had grown somewhat blurry, but remained faintly legible.
"These are ancient characters," Old Bai stepped closer to examine them carefully. "Let me try to decipher them."
A moment later, Old Bai straightened up. "This is the 'Metal Element Trial Tablet'. It reads: 'Metal governs slaughter and destruction, its sharpness fully exposed, yet harboring suppleness within. To enter the Metal Mountain, one must comprehend the Way of Metal; metal and stone can be cleft asunder.'"
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