Time was of the essence. Xuan Lun could leave and return at any time. All his guesses and analyses would always go wrong. After going through He Feng's incident, Su Ming had to admit that there was a huge difference between him and those experienced schemers when it came to scheming.
Sometimes, things in the world could not be done just because you thought you could.
He carried the unconscious He Feng in his arms and circulated his Qi in the rainforest to fight against the invasion of the miasma as he charged forward. When the sky gradually brightened, Su Ming had already entered deeper into the rainforest with the speed he was most proficient in.
The trees there were thick and the leaves were wide. They were so dense that even if it was now morning, the sunlight would still be scattered by the dense leaves, causing the rainforest to be mostly dark.
Since the deeper parts of the rainforest were even more humid, the miasma was much thicker, causing the number of strange beasts and insects to increase. Su Ming saw centipedes that looked like pythons moving about in the mud. It was a shocking sight to behold.
There were also quite a number of strange flowers and herbs that let out a sweet scent. Yet if a person carelessly inhaled a few breaths of that scent, they would feel as if they were about to vomit their organs out. That sweet scent turned into something strange.
It was already noon when the sun was shining brightly in the world outside. As Su Ming charged through the rainforest, he heard an indescribably pleasant song. There was a beautiful melody to the song, like the soft murmurs of a young girl, causing all those who heard it to be intoxicated by it.
If Su Ming had not been constantly on guard and had the Qi in his body circulating at all times, he would have woken up very quickly. Otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable. When he woke up, he saw himself walking towards a rotting tree hundreds of feet away. There was a white bird on the tree, and behind it was a brilliant five-colored light. But under the five-colored light, there was a ghastly, ghastly mouth.
Su Ming was shocked as he walked. He saw far too many things he had never seen before. When dusk arrived once again, a mountain range appeared before Su Ming. Behind the mountain range was still a rainforest. He had no idea how far the deepest part of the rainforest was.
Yet Su Ming did not dare continue moving forward. There must be a lot of terrifying things in the rainforest behind the mountain range. They were not things he could fight against with his current strength.
With a glint in his eyes, Su Ming brought He Feng with him and chose a naturally formed crack in the mountain range within the rainforest and crawled into it.
This was originally the resting place of wild beasts. There were some shedded skins in the cave, and there was a faint stench coming from them. Su Ming swept his gaze across the cave and was certain that this was the resting place of a python.
"The python's skin is dry, and the smell here is very faint. This python probably hasn't returned for a long time. Perhaps it died outside." Su Ming fell into a moment of pensive silence. Once he put He Feng down, he piled up the shedded snake skins by the entrance of the cave, using the scent from them to avoid unnecessary interference from the strange plants, beasts, and insects in the area.
Su Ming was still a little nervous once he finished doing all this, but once he thought about it carefully, he slowly relaxed. This place was very far away from where Xuan Lun and He Feng had fought. The possibility of Xuan Lun finding him was not high.
Besides, Su Ming could not think of a better place to hide in such a short amount of time. After a moment of pensive silence, he decided that this was the only place that might seem safer if he looked at it from another angle.
As he thought about it, Su Ming cast his gaze on He Feng. He Feng was still unconscious. On the way here, he had breathed in even more miasma. If it was not because of his great power and the fact that he had already Transcended, he would have died a long time ago due to his heavy injuries.
He might still have a breath left in him, but he could not wake up. As time passed by, he would gradually move towards death.
Besides avoiding Xuan Lun, the other reason Su Ming chose this place was to use the miasma in this place to keep He Feng weak. After all, this person's level of cultivation was rather high. Once he recovered, he would definitely not be as sincere as before. Su Ming might not be afraid of the heavily injured He Feng, but he could not stop him from self-destructing. Yet with the miasma continuously invading his body, he could avoid this.
'He once said that he had something in his bosom for me.' Su Ming did not act rashly. He knew just how cunning He Feng was. At that moment, he carefully recalled He Feng's words and actions before he fainted, then he sat down cross-legged and waited for the sky to turn dark.
Before long, it became even darker outside. The mountain range Su Ming was on was very short. There were only slight ups and downs, and most of it was covered by the dense rainforest.
The sky above the rainforest had also turned dark. The moon hung high in the sky, but the moonlight was like sunlight during the day. It could only scatter on the ground in fragments.
Even so, Su Ming could still feel that his condition had reached its peak during the night. Only then did he get up and go before He Feng. Once he sized him up cautiously once again, he lifted He Feng's robes and saw a purple item in his bosom.
The moment he saw the purple item, Su Ming's expression changed. His gaze instantly became fierce as he stared at the purple item in He Feng's bosom. Gradually, confusion and nostalgia appeared in his eyes.
"This item …" Su Ming mumbled. A person he had originally forgotten appeared in his mind. It was an old man with a protruding mouth and a chin like a monkey's. That old man sold all sorts of strange herbs and even sold Su Ming a torn bag.
'Just what is it..?' After a long while, Su Ming crouched down and picked up the purple item from He Feng's bosom, placing it before him. That purple item was a bag that was almost the same as Su Ming's torn bag, besides the color of the bag!
However, there was not a single hint of damage on the purple bag. It was in perfect condition. Su Ming's bag could not compare to it.
'It's the same bag … Xuan Lun stole one, and He Feng gave one to Han Fei Zi … The ancestor of Han Mountain Tribe also left behind four great treasures. One of them was taken by Lake of Colors, Puqiang, and Tranquil East. The last treasure was hidden by He Feng …
The greatest secret of Han Mountain City was hidden in the bottomless canyons beneath Han Mountain City. That was the place where the ancestor of Han Mountain Tribe passed away. 'If that's the case, then even this bag is a relic left behind by the ancestor of Han Mountain City..?' The confusion in Su Ming's eyes grew stronger. He had a feeling that there was a deep layer of mystery surrounding the purple bag.
In silence, Su Ming looked at the purple bag in his hands. If it was any other item that Su Ming had never seen before, then he would need to ponder over it for a while before he could slowly open it. However, he did not need this item.
A glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes. He lifted his left hand and slapped the bag. The moment he did so, a rebound immediately came from the bag. Su Ming was momentarily stunned. He had never encountered such a thing before, but the rebound was very weak. As Su Ming circulated his Qi into fine control, it disappeared in just a few breaths, allowing Su Ming's left hand to strike the bag.
A tremor ran through his head, and a dimension that was about 100 feet in size appeared in his mind.
Su Ming closed his eyes. After a long while, he opened them slowly. There was a hint of surprise that could not be hidden in his eyes. When he lifted his left hand, there was a flash of light in his hand, and a row of wooden slips appeared. The wooden slips looked like ancient objects. They might not have been damaged, but there was an air of age coming from them.
This was the Art that He Feng had mentioned before. It was completely different from Berserker Arts. He could see through a person's presence and turn it into a Brand. As long as the person was not too far away from him, he would be able to lock onto them clearly.
Su Ming placed the item by his side, and his left hand shone with light once again. A white bone appeared on his palm. That bone was entirely white, and when it appeared, there seemed to be multiple shadows on it, causing those who saw it to be dazed at first glance. In fact, they would even hear shrill screams in their ears, but when Su Ming snapped out of his daze, all of that disappeared.
'I don't know where this bone came from. I don't know whether it belongs to a human or a beast, but since there's such a strange change on it, I might be able to use it to plant herbs.' Su Ming stared at the bone in his hand and poured the purple bag to the side with his right hand.
With a whoosh, a large amount of items fell out of the purple bag. They shone faintly. The cave might not be bright enough, but Su Ming could still see clearly with his eyes that most of the items were stone coins. There were not many white ones. Most of them were low grade stone coins with various colors. Yet with such a large pile of them, their value was just as shocking.
'There's at least tens of thousands of them!' Su Ming took a deep breath. This was the largest amount of wealth he had ever seen. Yet very soon, his eyes were fixed on the two red stones in the pile of stone coins.
The red stone coins were bright. Even if it was dark in the cave, it could not cover up the light from the two red stone coins.
Besides these, Su Ming also found a few small bottles filled with different liquids. Some of them were sweet, some tasteless, some had a foul stench, and some of them gave off a nice fragrance.
It would have been fine if that was all, but there was also a beast skin in the pile of items. Two Berserker Arts were recorded on that beast skin. Once Su Ming saw them, his eyes lit up.
"It's a pity I don't have any Berserker Vessels … But that's why. He Feng must have used all the items he could during his fight against Xuan Lun," Su Ming mumbled. As Su Ming mumbled under his breath, his gaze suddenly focused on two items that were clearly rather unique in the pile of items.
One of them was a stone box the size of a palm. It was completely white.
The other was a black mask. He had no idea what it was made of, but when Su Ming looked at it, he felt as if his gaze was about to be sucked into it.
Su Ming first picked up the white stone box. Once he looked at it carefully, his expression changed slightly. He did not know what was inside, but the material of the box was made of white stone coins that had been refined. The stone box did not seem big, but it was actually quite heavy.
'How many white stone coins are needed for this..?' Su Ming was momentarily stunned. He did not expect that stone coins could be used in such a manner. To him, they were just items that could be used to buy and sell things. Yet now, the appearance of the stone box made Su Ming feel that his previous thoughts were wrong.
'Could it be that these stone coins are not only used to buy and sell things, but have other uses as well?' Su Ming thought of something and opened the stone box. When he saw the item inside, he trembled.
'This is …'
When he woke up in the morning, he took a look at the ranking board. He only had 8 votes, and his recommendation votes had fallen to the bottom of the board. His vision darkened.
He was injured … (To be continued.) If you like this work, please come to Qidian.Com and vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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