About two to three breaths after the bald crane disappeared into one of the caves with the gourd in its arms, the hunchbacked Long Li turned into a long arc and flew out of one of the caves with hundreds of thousands of beehive caves. Once he flew out, he instinctively cast his gaze at the spot where he had placed the gourd.
Long Li was first stunned by what he saw.
'Damn it, I didn't run into any forks when I came here just now. How could there be another empty spot that leads to the beehive cave? Could it be that the tunnels here have changed on their own? ' Long Li's first thought at that moment was that he had gone the wrong way. He immediately turned around, intending to follow the tunnel he had come out from to sense the gourd again, but he suddenly froze on the spot.
His expression instantly became extremely unsightly. He turned around and glared at the spot where he had placed the gourd. It was also at this moment that a few black shadows flew out from the other beehive holes. However, they lingered around the spot where he had placed the gourd, as if they couldn't find the entrance to the beehive.
When Long Li saw this, there was no longer any doubt in his mind. He was now completely certain that someone had snuck into this place while he was away and stolen the gourd he had placed here to locate him.
However, while Long Li's expression was dark, there was not a hint of panic on his face. Instead, a murderous aura spread out from his eyes, and he let out a cold harrumph. He lifted his right hand and drew a horizontal line at the center of his brows.
"I'd like to see just who has the guts to touch my gourd!" The gourd was the most important Enchanted Treasure in Long Li's possession, and its origins were even more mysterious. Even Long Li had not fully understood it. It was the item that had been wrapped up in the ancient scroll that recorded the One Kalpa, Three Snare, and Six Dao Seals in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence.
Long Li had investigated it in secret for many years, but he had never been able to find a single clue about its origins. However, after years of research, as he came to understand the gourd, the ecstasy in his heart grew, but at the same time, he became anxious, because he realized that he could only bring out two-tenths of the gourd's power. However, even that was enough for him to be nearly invincible among those in the initial stage of World Plane Realm. In fact, he could even fight against those in the middle stage of World Plane Realm. He might not be able to win against them, but if he wanted to flee, they would not easily chase after him out of wariness.
It might have been difficult for Long Li to bring out the full effects of the gourd, but he had still been by his side for many years. He had used all sorts of methods to refine it, which had allowed him to form some sort of connection with it, and he could vaguely sense its location.
At that moment, as he swiped the center of his brows with his right index finger, a green light immediately shone in Long Li's eyes. He looked around, but once he did so, his expression instantly turned even darker. A barely noticeable hint of panic flashed briefly in his eyes. Without any hesitation, he opened his mouth and bit the tip of his right finger, then used his blood to draw a horizontal line at the center of his brows.
Once he drew that horizontal line, Long Li's ability to sense the gourd instantly increased to its maximum, but … Long Li's face turned paler. In the end, panic and disbelief replaced the calmness in his eyes.
He couldn't sense the location of the gourd at all!
It was as if the connection between him and the gourd had been forcibly concealed by someone. That connection might still be there, but it was no different from being broken.
What caused Long Li's face to turn livid with rage and panic was that the ten black shadows released by the gourd had returned to their original positions, but they were lingering around each other while letting out shrill roars. There was a violent air about them, and wisps of black smoke spread out from their bodies, but their bodies were gradually becoming thinner.
Long Li felt as if his heart was bleeding. The ten black shadows did not come from the gourd itself, but from a method he had come up with. Over the years, he had used all sorts of methods to kill ten World Paragons, then extracted their Nascent Divinities and refined them into puppets. He used them to protect them, suppress them, and control them. These puppets could even train on their own in the gourd.
When he saw that the ten black shadows were showing signs of disappearing because they could not return to the gourd, Long Li instantly swung his arm, and the ten black shadows immediately charged into his sleeve. He used his own body to temporarily nourish them.
'There are only a few people who entered the sealed region, so the person who took my gourd must be one of them! 'Sun Kun has always coveted my gourd, so the possibility of him being the culprit is the highest. 'Tian Lin has his strange tree, and it's not impossible for him to fuse with my gourd. This person also has a motive!
'Ye Shen Tong is the least likely to be the culprit. As for Su Ming … his Arts are mysterious, and the possibility of him being the culprit is only second to Sun Kun and Tian Lin. ' Killing intent appeared in Long Li's eyes. He was also hesitating in his heart. After all, this place was the closest to the World Stone, but once he chose to search for the gourd, it would be difficult for him to return within a short period of time, and there was a high possibility that he would miss the chance to obtain the World Stone.
However, if he did not immediately search for the gourd, then with each passing moment, his ten puppets would become weaker, and in the end, they would die.
Long Li gritted his teeth, and the killing intent in his eyes grew stronger. He leaped forward, turned around, and charged towards the tunnel he had come from. He also spread his divine sense outwards in an attempt to search for the other people's tracks.
While Long Li's heart was filled with anger and killing intent as he searched for the other people, the bald crane was swiftly moving through the stone walls with a smug look on its face. It held Long Li's gourd in its right claw, and a layer of black ripples spread out from its body to surround the gourd. This action was the same as when the bald crane broke Runes and seals.
Clearly, the bald crane was worried that the owner of the gourd would find it, which was why it had used its inborn ability to hide all traces. Because of that, it would be … impossible for Long Li to find it.
'Ah, my luck is really good. I just went out for a stroll, and I managed to pick up a treasure like this? But just what is this thing? Why does it look so familiar..? 'As the bald crane charged through the stone walls, it held the gourd in front of its face and scrutinized it.
'I can't quite remember. I should be missing a lot of my memories … But this gourd looks familiar. It seems like this gourd can kill? ' The bald crane blinked and brought the gourd closer to it. It widened its eyes and scrutinized it carefully, but even after staring at it blankly for a long time, the bald crane still had a dazed look on its face. When it unknowingly returned to the spot where Su Ming had absorbed the physical power, it crouched down there with a frown on its face, trying to find some clues about its memories from the gourd.
"Why is Long Li's gourd in your hands?" After an unknown amount of time had passed, Su Ming's slightly surprised voice reached the bald crane's ears, and only then did it snap out of its deep thoughts.
The bald crane's head was a little swollen, and its mind was still a little dazed. It instinctively answered, "I don't know. I went out for a stroll, and I saw the gourd on the ground, so I picked it up."
Su Ming knew the bald crane's personality, so he no longer spoke. Instead, he lifted his right hand and seized the air in the direction of the gourd. Immediately, the gourd flew out of the bald crane's hand and charged towards him.
When the bald crane saw the gourd flying away, it immediately snapped out of its dazed state due to the pain in its heart. Just as it was about to argue with Su Ming and was about to explode with rage, Su Ming calmly brought out a large handful of crystals from his bosom and gave them to the bald crane.
The bald crane immediately beamed and pounced on them to take them. It would even occasionally bring out a few crystals to bite to determine whether they were real or fake. As for the gourd, it had long since forgotten about it.
Su Ming held Long Li's gourd in his hands. The bald crane's black ripples still remained on it.
This was not the first time Su Ming saw the gourd. He had seen Long Li use it multiple times, and the black shadows that spread out from the gourd had caught Su Ming's attention.
As he scrutinized the gourd, Su Ming did not look down on it because of its ordinary appearance. Instead, with a slightly solemn expression, he sent a wisp of his Atman into it. Once he sent his Atman in, he immediately sensed a great and indescribable force of resistance coming from within, and it instantly crushed the Atman he sent in.
Yet at the instant his divine sense was crushed, a violent glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes. His breathing quickened slightly at that moment. He widened his eyes and looked at the gourd carefully. After a moment, he sent another wisp of divine sense into it, and the instant that divine sense was crushed by the resistance force once again, a drastic change appeared on Su Ming's calm face.
'There's such a thick aura of death in this thing? In fact, this aura of death is very strange. It … it can actually resonate with my soul! ' Su Ming's soul trembled violently when his Atman was crushed twice. This feeling made him feel as if he and the gourd had come from the same place.
When Su Ming's soul trembled twice, clear cracking sounds suddenly came from the gourd. Su Ming immediately saw the bald crane's black ripples around the gourd shatter, and all the incredibly complicated and messy seals on the gourd that Long Li had tried to use over the years shattered at that instant.
Once they shattered, the gourd shone with a glossy green light. When it floated before Su Ming, an open eye appeared on its smooth surface.
That eye was open, and it was looking at Su Ming with a scrutinizing gaze.
Su Ming stared at the gourd before him in a daze, then looked at the eye on the gourd. At that moment, his heart was filled with luck, and without any hesitation, he struck his forehead with his right hand.
With it, his soul spread out from his body. Almost at the same instant, a powerful light shone in the eye on the gourd, and its gaze as it looked at Su Ming gradually turned from scrutinizing to gentle.
It was also at that moment that the dark light in the eyes of the skeleton whose body had been pierced through by the three swords in the depths of Crimson Flame Planet instantly grew brighter. In fact, there was even a hint of great excitement in its eyes.
'The presence of an Abyss Builder … There's no mistaking it. This is the soul of an Abyss Builder. Is there … truly an Abyss Builder in this world..? This is the fortune of the fifth True World. This is the fortune of all the races in the world to rise to power! '
My body has recovered slightly. I still have three more bottles tomorrow. My cough today is worse than yesterday, but my head is no longer as dizzy. It's just that when I cough, my chest hurts, but I can't not smoke and write. It's painful. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian.Com to vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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