Chapter 21: The coming of great wealth
Ye Xiaoman ran around, sometimes digging out a few burnt spiritual herbs from the ashes, and sometimes carefully picking up damaged magic weapons from beside the dead.
Xiao Chujing touched Ye Xiaoman's head with his big hand and said helplessly: "These rubbish are worthless."
He saw Ye Xiaoman diligently searching for things and roughly pieced together her past experiences.
"Did Junior Sister have a hard life in the past?"
"Yes," Ye Xiaoman replied nonchalantly, "I've been an orphan since I was little. I never had warm clothes or enough food to eat. Sometimes I had to fight with stray dogs on the street for a meal."
Xiao Chujing was silent for a while, and recalled his past life of wandering in the mortal world.
He couldn't help but touch the top of her soft hair again, "It will get better later."
Ye Xiaoman looked up at him in confusion.
Oops, what's with the male protagonist's increasingly doting tone becoming like that of a father?
It's quite goosebump-inducing.
They walked deeper into the ruins.
Finally, we stopped in front of a palace.
The ancient buildings have lost the magnificent grandeur they had thousands of years ago, and one can only deduce their former splendor from the fragments that have collapsed in the grass.
The surrounding terrain was almost razed to the ground.
What is shocking is the white bones scattered on the ground.
That’s right, bones.
The corpses Ye Xiaoman saw along the way on the edge of the valley looked like they had died only a few days ago, and their skin and flesh had decayed normally.
Of the dead here, only bones are left, as if they have been roasted by the flames of hell. The bones are as black as ink and will shatter if you step on them carelessly.
Skeletons were stacked one on top of the other, and a conservative estimate was that at least hundreds of people had died.
The broken magic swords were densely stuck in the ground, like nameless tombstones of the dead.
Ye Xiaoman asked, "Is this an ancient battlefield from thousands of years ago? Are all those who died here monks from that time?"
"Strange, what were they fighting for that caused them all to die in the valley?"
Xiao Chujing jumped into the pile of bones to check. After a while, his voice came from below, "These are not people who died a thousand years ago. These people are all monks who entered the secret realm recently."
He threw up the badge he had picked up.
Ye Xiaoman took a look and saw that there were people from Qixia Sect, Zheliu Sect, and Nanyanmen... Their names were engraved on their waist badges, and they were indeed the powerful people who had disappeared recently.
Most of them are foundation-building cultivators, and there are also quite a few powerful Jindan stage masters.
Xiao Chujing sent new information: "They did not die on the same day. The earliest body was found seven days ago, and the latest was yesterday."
Xiao Chujing raised his head and looked around, thinking, "This is the area that Qixia Sect has focused on blocking."
Ye Xiaoman added, "It's also the place where the legendary inheritance is buried."
Let’s just say that the hero has amazing luck. Even when he was in danger and fell into the river, he could accidentally come to a secret place that no one else could find.
The opportunity to change his life is right in front of him, a once-in-a-millennium opportunity, but Xiao Chujing behaves very rationally.
"So many masters have died here. The opportunities here are not so easy to come by."
"If we go any further, I'm afraid there will be unexpected crises waiting for us."
"Junior Sister, I'll get you out of the valley first."
Ye Xiaoman: "Brother Xiao, won't you leave with me?"
Xiao Chujing smiled, full of vigor and enthusiasm: "The path to immortality is like going against the will of heaven and changing your fate. If you don't prosper, you will perish. Since the heavens have sent me here, they must have given me some adventures."
"But the road ahead is extremely dangerous. I might even die here, so I can't let you get in trouble. Go to the valley and wait with the sect's token. Someone should be here to pick you up soon."
Ye Xiaoman said sincerely: "Brother, you have a wish to become an immortal, don't I have one too? Take me with you, I am not afraid of danger."
No, let’s make money together.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Chujing looked her up and down, and his impression of the delicate little sister completely changed, and he now admired her with a like-minded attitude.
In addition, my junior sister insisted on going with me, which must mean she wanted to share life and death with me and never leave me.
She really loves me.
Xiao Chujing's dimples are filled with intoxicating spring beauty.
"Okay, let's go together."
Xiao Chujing still let Ye Xiaoman hold his sleeve tightly while he explored the way ahead.
Suddenly, Ye Xiaoman kicked something with her feet and cried out "Ouch".
Xiao Chujing turned around and picked up the thing.
Ye Xiaoman leaned over to take a look. "It looks like the horn of some monster."
Xiao Chujing knocked on the bright yellow bone, which was as textured as jade. The sound echoed resoundingly, and his eyes suddenly lit up. "This is a dragon horn."
He was stunned for a moment, then thought of something and suddenly smiled, "Junior Sister, we have secured this opportunity."
He once again walked quickly into the pile of bones on the ancient battlefield.
This time, instead of checking, he picked up the bones quickly.
There was no need to respect the elders anymore. The human bones in the pile were swept into one place, and the bones of monsters were put into another place.
It took him two hours to sort the bones.
Then, he tirelessly called Ye Xiaoman over to help him piece together the monster's bones.
Ye Xiaoman had read the novel and knew what he was going to do, so she followed him obediently and helped him with his work.
After working for another two hours, the skeleton of the monster was finally assembled.
Ye Xiaoman jumped onto the high broken wall and looked down at the ground.
Suddenly, the skeletons of two ancient mythical beasts appeared on the ground. They were creatures that only appeared in myths and legends: the dragon and the phoenix.
According to legend, dragons and phoenixes are ancient divine creatures born from the essence of heaven and earth. They have the ability to call the wind and rain, move mountains and seas, and their combat power is comparable to that of the great masters in the Void Refinement Stage, and they can directly subvert an entire continent.
Xiao Chujing told Ye Xiaoman: "The rumors outside are correct. There really is a legacy of the Supreme God in the Simao Secret Realm."
"According to the records of the Ancient Gods, there is only one person who can command a dragon and a phoenix as tomb guardians. Throughout history, he is the Supreme God Liu Xi."
Ye Xiaoman knew all these knowledge points, but she still pretended to listen with great interest.
"Legend has it that six thousand years ago, Liu Xi achieved divine status. When he ascended to heaven, he sank an island into a mausoleum and buried his body in a secret location, along with all that he had learned throughout his life."
"As long as you obtain his inheritance, you can ascend!"
Xiao Chujing used the tip of his sword to move the phoenix's bones. "For six thousand years, the dragon and phoenix have loyally guarded his tomb. Unfortunately, the lifespan of these mythical beasts is limited."
As the dragon and phoenix's time is up, the magic circle holding the mausoleum loses its effectiveness and the island emerges from the water.
Upon receiving the news, the monks, led by the Qixia Sect, gathered together.
The monks found the tomb of Lord Liu Xi and fought a fierce battle with the beasts guarding the tomb.
People died one after another, and finally, a dragon and a phoenix were killed by magic weapons. Before the tomb-guarding beast died, it detonated its spirit core, and the last batch of cultivators died together.
This is why Xiao Chujing is happy.
The tomb-guarding beast was dead, all the competing monks were dead, and he came to take advantage of the situation.
With such a great opportunity in front of us, who can remain indifferent?
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