Chapter54:TreasureHunting

Theowneroftheaged-oldvoicehadseenfartoomanythingsinthelonglifehelived.Hewitnessedthestoriesofcountlessprodigies,butneveramartialtechniquelikethis.Surprisingly,itcouldactuallybecultivatedsuccessfullywithameresingularattempt.

Thoughhe’dgivenSuYiabitofguidance,theowneroftheagedvoicestrictlytaughthimthebasics.TheonlysurprisewasthatSuYilookedtobeanoviceintermsofcultivationandseemedtoknowabsolutelynothing.

Thosebelongingtoanacademy,sect,ormastertoguideandteachthemthepathofcultivation,thebasiclawswouldallbetaught.Therewasnoneedtoevenask.

SuYistaggeredbackslightly.Hisbodyfeltweakalloverandimmediatelycollapseduntotheground,pantingheavily.Hisfacewaspaleandcouldnotmusteranystrengthtogoon.

“Theenergyusedisjusttoomuch…”

SuYidonnedashockedexpression.TheYuanQiinhisDantianwasallgone.He’donlyusedthefirstlevelof“WrathoftheEightWastelands”andhadalreadywastedhimselffully.IftheYuanQiinhisbodywasslightlyweaker,therepercussionswouldhavebeenworse.Possiblytheresultwasnotbeingabletomoveatall.

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“WrathoftheEightWastelands”hadthreelevels.Thefirstlevel’s“OppresstheMountainsandRiversWithaSingleFoot”energyexpenditurewasalreadysobig.

SuYisighedinhisheart.Withhiscurrentcultivationlevel,therewasnopossibilityofusingthesecondorthirdlevelof“WrathoftheEightWastelands”lesthewishedtosufferfromtherepercussions.

Hegotupandsatcross-leggedandbeganforminghandseals,controllinghisbreathingandslowlyrecovering.

“Thiskidreallyhassomethingspecial,”TheagedvoicemutteredandspokenofurthernordidhedisturbSuYi’srecovery.

Thesixbeastsalsocalmeddown,buttheydidnotleavetheareaandinsteadstayedattheentranceofthecanyon,quietlywaitingforsomething.

Roar!

Withinthevalley,everythingwassilentbutitwasbrokenwiththeoccasionalsoundsofabeast’sechoingroar.

SuYi’sbodybaskedinalightwhenheperformed“SupremeChaoticYuanCultivation”.He’dalreadyexpendedsomuchenergyandonlythenextdaywasheabletofullyrecover.

SuYibrokehishandsealandstoppedcultivating.HefelttheYuanQiinsidehisDantianandshockinglydiscoveredthathisYuanQiwasslightlyricherthanyesterday.Itlookslikethatafterpushingone’sownYuanQitotheverylimitswillallowonetoimprove.

Hestretchedwidelyandgotup.Hisclothesweretatteredbuthehadnootherchoicebuttoleaveitasitwassincehewasinsidethevalley.YuanQigatheredunderSuYi’sfeetwithagentletouch,hisbodyshotforthlikeanarrowwhichhadleftitsbowstraighttowardsthefrontentranceofthecanyon.

Howl!

Thesixbeastsinthecanyonwereallextremelynervous.Thelightintheireyeskeptquivering.

Boom!

Atthesametime,atthefrontmouthofthecanyon,atearinspaceappearedwithapowerfulaura.

Halt!

Whenthetearappeared,theYuanQiunderSuYi’sbeneathhisfeetwaskeptbackintohisbodyandhedesperatelytriedtoleapback.Hecalmedhimselfdown,actinglikenothinghappened.Heputhishandsbehindhisbackandwalkedaway.

“Kid,don’tbotherrunningaway.Thereisnoescape,”Theagedvoiceechoedandsoundedverytriumphant.Everythingwasunderhiscontrol.Howcouldheletamerekidescapefromunderhisnose?

“Whowantedtorunaway?Tch,Iwasjustexercisingmybonesandmuscles,”SuYisaidcasually.Helookedaroundthesurroundingsofthevalleyandfoundthattherewereforestsofbeastbonesandsomeremnantsofhumancorpses.

“Iwonderifthereisanytreasure,”Hethought.

Hehadnocluewhythereweresomanybonesofbeastsandhumansalike,butthereshouldatleastbeafewtreasuresleftbehind.Hecouldtryandlookforthem.

TherewasonerumoraboutbeaststhatiftheyreachedtheDemonicSpiritRealm,aBeastCorewouldbefoundwithintheirbodies.

BeastCoreswereatreasureindeedandthepriceofonewasnotcheap!

Thevalleywasavastexpanse,extendingover300metersindiameter.Theareaitcoveredwasevenlarger,butwhatmadeSuYidisappointedwasthatamidstthepilesofbeastbones,hefoundnotracesoftherumouredBeastCores.

HedidnotknowwhetheritwasbecausethebeastshadyettoreachtheDemonicSpiritRealmortheBeastCoreswitheredintonothingwiththepassageoftime.

SuYisighed.

Theskinandsomeotherpartsofthebeastsarevaluable.

Somealchemistsandweaponsmithscouldusethematerialsfromthebodiesofthebeaststomakeelixirsandweapons,butnowthosebeastshadlongsincecorrodedandturnedintodust.What’sleftwasonlyapileofwhitebones.

AtleastSuYicouldfindfewweaponsfromtheremnantsofhumans.

It’sjustthatthoseweaponswereallbrokenandequivalenttoscrapmetal.Therewasbarelyanyvalueinthem.Otherthanthescrap,therewasnothingelseintheremainsofthehumansandbeasts.

SuYiinitiallythoughtthattheremaybetheslightpossibilityofanInterspatialBagorsomethinglikethat.

AnInterspatialBagwasapieceoftreasure.ThepeoplefromtheSacredMountainalsoownedthem.InsidetheInterspatialBagwasaseparatespacewhichcouldcontainalotofitems.

Buttheresultwasdisappointing.SuYididnotseeanyInterspatialBagsaround.

“Aretherereallynorewards?”

Hefeltalittledisappointed.SuYihadsearchedforanentiredaybuthewasnotabletoreapanyprofit.

Theancientvoicedidnotsayanything,onlyquietlyobservingSuYi.

“Kid,don’tbotherlookingforanything.Thereisnothinghere.Whatdoyouwanttofind?Martialtechniques?Elixirs?Whatisit?”Heseemedasifhecouldnolongerbearitandhappilysaid,“Howaboutthis,ifyoupromisetostayforfiftyyears,Iwillgiveyouahigh-levelmartialtechnique.Howdoesthatsound?”

“Nothanks,”SuYiraisedhiseyesandlookedaround.

Hewasonlyabletocultivate“WrathoftheEightWastelands”duetothismysteriousperson.Heowedhimabigfavorsohisattitudewasslightlybetter.

SuYithenproceededtositdownandbegancultivating.

SuYihadalreadysuccessfullycultivated“Overlord’sFist”and“WrathoftheEightWastelands”andatthemomenthehadnothingtocultivate.Allhecoulddowastoraisehiscultivationlevel.

Thoughheknewthatifhecultivatedinthemysteriousspacehehad,theprogresswouldbeabitfaster,butwithinthisdeep,mysteriousvalley,everythingwasbeingwatched.SuYididnotdarebringoutthespace.

“Kid,howaboutchattingwithmealittle.Maybeyou’llfindmeinahappymoodandI’dbewillingtogiveyouamartialtechnique.Youshouldknowthatpeoplebeggedformytechniques,butintheend,theystillwouldnotgetany.”

“Kid,justpurelycultivatingwillnothavemuchuse.Yourtechniquealsoseemsspecialbutwithoutgoodteacherstoguideyou,I’mafraidyou’llfinditdifficulttoachievesomething.”

“Heykid,areyoulistening?!”

“Oi,kid.Woulditkillyoutospeakalittle?”

TheancientvoicekeptechoinginSuYi’sears.

SuYishowednointerestandcontinuedtoignorehim.

“Damnedkid.Yousuredohavetolerance.Youareresilient.Ilikeit.”

Theagedvoicesoundedveryhelpless.Hemadeattemptstomakehiswordstravelintothekid’searsonpurposesohemaycausethekidtonotbeabletocultivate.

Buttheownerofthevoicedidnotexpectthatthekidcouldactuallytoleratetheruckus.Itseemedsimple,butitwasactuallynoteasy.