"I don't know either. I just saw something flash at the bottom of the stream when I got up, and then I found it!"
Lin Xue shook the ring in her hand. How could this thing glow?
"Alright, senior brother! Let's hurry back and have Master take a look at this thing to see if there's anything strange about it!"
If she couldn't figure something out, Lin Xue chose to put it aside for the time being.
He quickly passed Chu Xuan and walked ahead, soon returning to Yu Qing's side.
"Where have you two been? You've been gone for so long!"
Yu Qing had moved the entire grill closer to the fire so that the food wouldn't burn.
From this position, the meat facing the flames will continue to cook slowly.
The meat on the other side shouldn't be too hot either.
This also makes it convenient for them to eat from this half first, so that when they get to the other half, the whole piece of venison will still be hot.
"Master, my senior brother and I found a ring by the stream. Can you help me identify it? It already has a patina, but we both noticed it occasionally glows!"
Hearing Lin Xue's words, Yu Qing also became interested.
He took the ring in his hand and used his spiritual power to remove the tarnish from it using a special technique.
The next second, what appeared before Lin Xue and the others was a brand new, glittering silver ring.
Then he saw his master again and made several handprints on the ring.
The ring seemed to come to life, slowly floating into the air.
As Yu Qing continued to channel his magic, the light emanating from the ring grew brighter and brighter, until the final ray of light fell onto the ground in front of it.
"Huh, this should be a map, right?"
Lin Xue and Chu Xuan gathered around, looking at the topographical map on the ground.
"This should be a treasure map, and it's located in this area!"
Chu Xuan pointed to a spot, which was where they were currently located.
"Starting from here, turn this way to the bottom of the canyon, then walk along the rock wall for a while. There seems to be a cave, but once you go into the cave, it's over!"
Chu Xuan pointed to their location and then analyzed the surroundings until they stopped at a cave.
"What kind of lousy map is this? Why is it only half there?"
Lin Xue pouted, somewhat disappointed. She had thought it was some kind of treasure map, but it turned out to be just a trick.
"If I'm not mistaken, we should be able to find clues in the cave!"
"This ring must have been deliberately hidden here. I heard people say this when I was training before. Some senior masters would use this method to hide their legacy somewhere, waiting for a destined person to inherit it!"
"As long as the descendant who finds the ring can successfully reach the place of his inheritance, he can inherit his legacy!"
"Of course, there is another legend, which is that some demonic cultivators also like to use this method to lure those new cultivators who go out to train into the traps of demonic cultivators!"
Yu Qing took the ring down from mid-air, and then the map on the ground disappeared as well.
"Master, shall we go take a look?"
"In this godforsaken place, surely no demonic cultivator would set up a trap here, right?"
Lin Xue looked around. Although this place was rich in resources and had many animals, it was of little use to cultivators.
Because there are no spiritual veins in this place, the absence of spiritual veins means that the spiritual energy content in the air is relatively low. If the spiritual energy is low, a person's cultivation speed will become extremely slow.
Normal cultivators would find a famous mountain or river, or a place with spiritual veins, to settle down.
Disciples undergoing training will choose mountains and rivers with spiritual energy or dense forests teeming with ferocious beasts.
I would never choose a place that has neither spiritual energy nor ferocious beasts.
This place is actually more suitable for ordinary people to live in. Cultivating some land, growing crops, and hunting would make it a good place.
"This roasted venison will get cold if we don't eat it soon. If you want to see it, let's go together after we finish eating!"
In either case, Yu Qing was confident that he could protect the safety of his two apprentices.
Moreover, just as his youngest apprentice said, neither rogue cultivators nor demonic cultivators would choose to set up a trap here.
Because normal cultivators would never linger in a place like this. If it weren't for his little disciple wanting to come down and rest for a while, he wouldn't have stopped in such a place.
"Great, we have something to do again!"
Upon hearing that they could explore after finishing their meal, Lin Xue immediately sped up her work.
He took out three kitchen knives and handed them to his master and senior apprentice.
Then he took out three more bowls and handed the two of them the prepared sauces.
As for eating roasted venison?
It definitely tastes better if you cut it yourself.
There are only the three of them here, master and apprentice; they can cut whichever piece they want to eat.
Soon, the three of them had eaten more than half of the venison, and all the vegetables were gone.
Lin Xue put the remaining half of the venison into her spatial storage, then extinguished the fire before going with her master to search for the mysterious cave.
They had already memorized the map, so finding the cave wasn't difficult at all.
However, along the way, they encountered more and more ferocious wild animals, such as wolves and black bears.
Because she wanted to eat steamed bear paws, Lin Xue even asked her senior brother to chop off the black bear blocking their way.
At this moment, the black bear's carcass was lying in her storage bag.
As for wolves, their meat wasn't very appealing, so Lin Xue simply ignored them.
I thought finding a cave would be foolproof!
As a result, they wandered around the bottom of the canyon for half a day but did not find even a single cave.
"Is it possible that this map is fake?"
When they reached the third lap, Chu Xuan finally couldn't help but speak up.
"Don't rush, let's look carefully again!"
Lin Xue, however, did not want to give up so easily. Instead, she continued to knock and tap on the cliff face, trying to find out if there were any hidden mechanisms or passages there.
Unfortunately, even as the sun began to set, no signs of a cavity were found.
Let's go!
Although Yu Qing didn't want to disappoint his little apprentice, the facts were undeniable, and he felt that the map was just a trick.
"Master, could you please bring out the map again so I can take another look?"
Lin Xue didn't want to give up so easily, so she looked at Yu Qing with a pleading look in her eyes.
"Alright, but if we still can't find it after this search, we'll have to leave!"
Although Yu Qing was afraid of disappointing his little apprentice, he also wanted her to face reality as soon as possible. So he took out the ring again and used a special method to bring up the map again.
This time, Lin Xue looked at it much more carefully. She noticed that in addition to the route map, there were also scattered points of light on it.
When they looked at the map before, they all overlooked these scattered lights. Now, Lin Xue wondered if it was possible that these lights represented stars.
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