Chapter 77
The kitten was holding a piece of dried meat in its mouth, and was sitting in his arms with a comfortable look on its face, enjoying itself.
Cheng Hui held the kitten and walked slowly along the path in the village.
The kitten held a piece of dried meat in its mouth and lay in his arms with a very comfortable look on its face, enjoying itself very much.
All that's needed is to occasionally raise your paw to give him some direction.
"Honestly, the things recorded in those jade slips are really too difficult. I've taken a peek at them before, but I couldn't understand them at all." The kitten couldn't help but complain.
"Oh? The content is complicated?"
"How should I put it?" The kitten showed a distressed expression. "It's like that, you know every word, but when they're put together you have no idea what they mean."
Cheng Hui: ...
I see, this is probably the advanced mathematics of the cultivation world...
The two chatted as they walked. The furry creatures had been sent away by the kitten, and now there were only the two of them on the road.
"Is there no one in your village who can understand it?"
The kitten ate the last bite of the dried meat and licked its paw with aftertaste. "That must be the case, otherwise those jade slips wouldn't be used as toys by us kids."
Cheng Hui thought so too. If someone could really understand it, those jade slips would definitely become extremely precious things and would never be open to a stranger like him.
Only when the inheritance is completely cut off and no one can understand the records inside, can these people treat the seemingly precious but actually useless jade slips as toys to appease their children.
"Here we are, right here." The kitten jumped out of his arms and brought him to a remote little house.
The surrounding environment is very quiet, there is not even a guard here, and it is obvious that it is indeed not taken seriously.
The kitten ran forward a few steps and pushed the door with its paw. The wooden door made an unpleasant creaking sound. The dust that blew in almost drowned the kitten, causing him to sneeze continuously.
It took a while to calm down.
"Tsk, this place is really dirty." The kitten poked its head out to take a look. There were several wooden shelves in the small room, and jade slips the size of a child's fist were neatly placed on the shelves.
Those jade slips were crystal clear and of extremely high quality, but now they were covered with a thick layer of dust, symbolizing their almost abandoned status.
"Um... wait a moment, I'll clean it for you." The kitten looked at the dirty environment inside and felt a little sorry, so he offered to help him clean up.
"No need." Cheng Hui shook his head and directly released a dust purification spell, and the room suddenly became brand new.
"Wow..." The kitten widened his eyes in surprise.
He looked around the room, then at Cheng Hui, and couldn't help but jump in and touch the ground with his claws. He found that the dust was indeed gone, and was immediately amazed.
"Wow! How did you do that? This is amazing!"
Cheng Hui was a little surprised. This Dust Purification Technique was a very simple spell that even a spell black hole like him could learn. He remembered feeling the fluctuation of spiritual power from the leopard cat girl before. Even if the kitten didn't know how to release the Dust Purification Technique, couldn't he have seen it before?
Thinking of this, Cheng Hui's heart moved.
Ever since they entered the village, he had always felt a strange sense of disharmony.
At first, he thought that this sense of incongruity came from the animals. After all, it felt quite strange to see a whole village filled with all kinds of animals, while they were farming and living like ordinary human villagers.
But now, he suddenly realized that although the animals' behavior was strange, what surprised him most was that there were people in this village who clearly possessed spiritual powers, but he had never seen them use any magic.
You know, when he was fighting with the leopard cat girl, he felt the other party attaching spiritual power to her nails.
Originally, this should be a very secret matter. If the nails strengthened by spiritual power were used for a sneak attack, the opponent would definitely be injured when they were caught off guard.
How did Miss Leopard Cat do this action which should have been done secretly?
Not only did she not hide anything, she even openly used her spiritual power in front of Cheng Hui, as if she was afraid that he couldn't see it.
Cheng Hui was quite puzzled at the time. Isn't this method of circulating spiritual power too crude? If she encountered a cultivator proficient in combat, a single blow would easily cut off her spiritual power circulation, causing her spiritual power to become disordered for a few seconds.
Some might think a few seconds is nothing, but in a battle between monks, a few seconds can determine victory or defeat. It even gives the winner enough time to scatter the ashes of the loser...
Now he finally realized that it was not that the leopard cat girl was too confident, but that she had no idea that Cheng Hui could see the flow of his spiritual power.
It's not that she only uses spiritual power to strengthen her claws, but this may be the only thing she knows.
The villagers in the entire village may not even know what spiritual power is. Even if they accidentally discover the function of spiritual power, they have no way to study and train it systematically.
"Kitten, do you know anything about spiritual power?"
The kitten looked confused: "Spiritual power? What is that?"
Cheng Hui understood, and he asked again: "Then did you know that your sister's claws are very sharp?"
The kitten blinked, as if he didn't quite understand what he meant. His sister was an ocelot and a warrior in the village. How could she fight if her claws were not sharp?
"Forget it, let's talk about this later." Cheng Hui didn't know how to explain it for the time being, so he could only delay it for the time being.
He walked into the room and picked up a jade slip.
The dust on the jade slip has been cleaned away, and it is now emitting a bright light.
Holding the jade slip in his hand, Cheng Hui suddenly felt his mind clear, and all those complicated thoughts disappeared instantly. In just a moment, he entered a state of absolute concentration.
His mind was clear and not under control. He was sure that he could break free from this state at any time if he wanted to.
In this state of concentration, his learning efficiency will be several times higher than usual. When Cheng Hui held the jade slip, the first thought that popped into his mind was -
——If I had this thing when I took the college entrance examination, admission to Peking University and Tsinghua University would have been a piece of cake.
But soon, his wandering thoughts were cleared and he fell into that state of concentration again.
Cheng Hui was secretly shocked. No matter what was recorded in this jade slip, the fact that it could allow the person holding it to enter a state of absolute concentration was enough to prove its extraordinaryness.
Hiss... Could this thing be the legendary ten thousand year old spiritual essence?
The spiritual marrow here is not ordinary jade, but the core of the spiritual stone mine.
In other words, each Spirit Stone Mine could only produce one Spirit Essence at most, and the quality of this Spirit Essence depended on the size of the Spirit Stone Mine. The larger the Spirit Stone Mine, the better the quality of the Spirit Essence produced.
Spiritual marrow itself is an extremely rare material, not to mention the ten thousand year old spiritual marrow, which is basically a 'legendary' material.
Ordinary small sects and schools have never seen or even heard of it, let alone seen it. Only the top-tier large sects may have such a stock.
As for why Cheng Hui was able to recognize such top-quality materials, it was all thanks to that ten-thousand-year-old zombie.
He failed to take over Cheng Hui's body and was instead devoured. His vast memory naturally became Cheng Hui's nourishment.
However, this nutrient is too rich. If Cheng Hui swallows it all in one breath, he might be stuffed to death. So now he can only absorb it slowly and selectively.
The first item he chose was various memories about materials, including this ten thousand year old spiritual essence.
Once, the old zombie had seen the Ten Thousand Years Spiritual Essence at an auction. At that time, he was already an immortal being and could definitely be considered a big shot. Otherwise, he would not have received the invitation to the auction. Unfortunately... facing the Ten Thousand Years Spiritual Essence, no matter how much he coveted it, he could only watch helplessly as it was taken into the pocket of a top sect.
Eh?
Just now, Cheng Hui saw the jade slip and triggered that memory. He realized that this jade slip was the spiritual essence of ten thousand years. But when he finished reading the old zombie's memory, he suddenly realized... At that auction, the old zombie had never heard of any of the top sects that he had in mind.
If he remembered correctly, the structure of the Xuanheng Realm had not changed for a long time, and there were only a few top sects. So the question was, where did those top sects in the old zombie's memory who could take out a large amount of spirit stones to compete for the Ten Thousand Year Spirit Essence come from?
Thinking of some of the things Xiaotong had said, Cheng Hui had a vague guess, maybe... the old zombie was in another big world at that time?
Cheng Hui temporarily suppressed this thought and turned his attention back to the jade slip.
What kind of precious things would be recorded in the jade slip made of ten thousand year old spiritual marrow?
Cheng Hui felt a little nervous. He put his spiritual consciousness into the jade slip, and then he felt a bang, his mind went blank, his body lost consciousness, and he fell to the ground with a thud.
The kitten who was walking around boredly was frightened and jumped up. He looked at Cheng Hui in horror, completely confused about what was going on.
What's going on? How could this happen?
He used to treat these jade slips as toys and had read the contents inside, but something like what happened to Cheng Hui had never happened to him.
Meow!
The kitten was frightened and crawled to find the village chief.
This person is a distinguished guest in the village. If something unexpected really happens to him, he dare not even think about the consequences.
Especially this Brother Cheng, it’s okay, he is reasonable and easy to talk to, but that Mr. Lin... Oh my god, his eyes are so cold, the little cat feels like the cat in his body is going to explode as soon as he gets close to him.
At this time, the easy-going Brother Cheng has gotten into trouble. Will the cruel Mr. Lin skin him alive?
The kitten shivered...
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The kitten didn't tell anyone about his inner fear, but his act of reporting the news did make the village chief and Elder Zhou feel that something was wrong.
Perhaps animals have more acute instincts, and they all prefer to communicate with Cheng Hui rather than the particularly handsome Lin Qingyang.
Village chief Lao Hu and Elder Zhou were overwhelmed when they saw Cheng Hui lying unconscious on the ground.
You said you were just looking at a jade slip, why did you suddenly faint?
Everyone in their village had seen these jade slips. After all, they had been passed down for so many years, and they were not particularly valuable - or they had been valuable before, but no one was interested in them anymore. But no matter what, most of the people in the village had come to see them, and no one was interested. So why did Cheng Hui get into trouble?
"Could it be that only our blood relatives can see this thing? Outsiders are not allowed to see it?" Elder Zhou guessed.
The village chief felt that things were getting even more troublesome when he heard his speculation. He had good intentions, but it turned out like this. What if...
Just as they were racking their brains to wake Cheng Hui first, Lin Qingyang's voice suddenly came from the yard: "Village Chief, have you seen my fiancé?"
Village Chief/Elder Zhou: ...pills!
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