Chapter 874 - 330: Double Happiness, Secrets, and Seeking Help (Ten Thousand-Word - )
Chapter 874: Chapter 330: Double Happiness, Secrets, and Seeking Help (Ten Thousand-Word Chapter)
There were no signs of a cultivator who passed away in this cave mansion.
This was at odds with the memory fragments Niu Qiuxiu gained from the Poisonous Spider.
Fu Changsheng also became alert in an instant and hurriedly said:
"Yaoyao, try detecting around; it seems like there might be a hidden secret chamber."
A vast Daoist field.
Yet, no secret chamber was visible.
Fu Changsheng’s reminder made Yaoyao feel something was amiss:
"Yes, father."
Yaoyao patted the storage bag, a flash of dawn light, and the detection array plate appeared in her hand. With a series of techniques injected into it, a buzzing sound was heard, and an Eight Trigrams rune emerged from the array plate, probing around, but to no avail.
Fu Changsheng saw this.
His mind fell onto the sea of divine sense panel:
"Exchange for intelligence."
Buzz!
The panel trembled, massive amounts of yellow light surged, followed by lines of text emerging:
"[There is a hidden secret chamber on the northwest side of the Daoist field, the field master met their end there]"
"Got it!"
Fu Changsheng’s eyes lit up with joy.
A seemingly casual technique struck various places in the Daoist field, and when it reached the northwest side, a buzzing sound was heard, and a silver light appeared, followed by the emergence of an array light curtain:
"Yaoyao, there’s a hidden secret chamber here."
Yaoyao, who was investigating elsewhere, turned to look and her eyes brightened. A spirit light from the detection array plate fell into the array light curtain, causing it to swirl drastically: "Father, this array is easy to break; it uses the same formation method as the barrier at the entrance."
With that.
She patted the storage bag.
One by one, array flags fell, accompanied by techniques injected.
Buzz!
The northwest side array light curtain trembled violently and then collapsed with a bang.
Rumbling!
A stone door sealed for years slowly opened outward.
"Yaoyao, stand behind me."
Fu Changsheng stepped forward, and after the stone door opened, a corpse sitting cross-legged on a meditation mat came into view, with star light surging all over the corpse. Judging by the physical features, it was still a female cultivator.
Yaoyao peeked for a glance:
"Father, this corpse has not decayed over hundreds of thousands of years. It might be a body cultivator."
Most likely.
And the cultivation technique relied on Star Power as the Source Power.
Being able to cultivate to the point where the bones don’t decay, yet the realm remains unknown.
Fu Changsheng did not advance but used divine sense to scan back and forth first. Finding no anomalies inside, he then stepped forward just as he entered the secret chamber, only to see originally non-degenerating corpse puppet stir a black gas internally, then it dispersed abruptly with a bang:
"This....."
Fu Changsheng hurriedly backed away.
Focusing his eyes.
He discovered that the black gas was not a fragmented soul, thus he breathed a sigh of relief.
If possessed by a thousand-year-old monster.
That would be troublesome.
Looking at the corpse reduced to ashes, Fu Changsheng murmured:
"What a pity."
At the same time.
A familiar mechanical voice echoed in his mind:
"Ding"
"You have discovered a Star Treasure Land and a micro Star Stone Vein for the clan, earning ten thousand Contribution Points."
Following this.
The panel’s Clan Contribution Points immediately changed to twenty-one thousand seven hundred.
After Fu Changsheng and Yaoyao inspected and found no anomalies here, Fu Changsheng said:
"Yaoyao, you should stay here temporarily in seclusion and first complete the cultivation perfection of the Muscle Refining Realm of the ’Nine Heavens Star Technique.’
Once the Soul-Attracting Pill is collected.
Yaoyao will be able to aim for breakthrough to the Purple Mansion.
Yaoyao nodded:
"Father, who will be responsible for mining this Star Stone Vein?"
The matter here is confidential; naturally, the fewer people that know, the better.
Fu Changsheng patted the storage bag, and in a flash, several dozens of Bean Soldiers and puppets landed:
"The ore vein isn’t abundant, so let them handle mining. You should let the Four-winged Red Python assist you as guardian."
"Yes, father."
While father and daughter were discussing matters in the cave mansion.
Niu Qiuxiu, who remained at the barrier entrance, plainly bore an expression of hesitancy in her brows:
"Senior, the Patriarch has shown me a life-saving grace. Now that you and I are one, I think this matter shouldn’t be hidden from the Patriarch. Moreover, even if the Patriarch knows your identity, he surely won’t....."
The voice was interrupted by a cool voice:
"Back then, I trusted others too much, and that’s how I fell for that rebellious disciple’s deceit. Trust me; you won’t go wrong by listening to me. I still expect you to kill that wretched disciple for me, and certainly won’t harm you. Moreover, do you still want to avenge your father’s blood feud?"
Niu Qiuxiu bit her lip.
And eventually didn’t persuade further but added:
"Senior, I can hide your identity, but you must promise not to do anything harmful to the Fu Family or the Patriarch."
"Hmph, you overestimate this Fu Family. Just two or three crooked melons and split dates; I don’t have the idle time for this... Besides, you practice the Supreme Heartless Technique, so don’t you dare to have feelings for your Patriarch, else if you want to kill him to prove the Dao, don’t blame me for not warning you."
Upon hearing this, Niu Qiuxiu’s face flushed.
She merely regarded the Patriarch as a life-saving benefactor, without stray thoughts.
Besides.
A hero-like Patriarch surely wouldn’t think highly of her.
....
After Fu Changsheng came out of the secret chamber, seeing Niu Qiuxiu dutifully guarding the barrier, he felt quite satisfied, but still patted the storage bag, and immediately a Forget Dust Pill floated towards Niu Qiuxiu: "Qiuxiu, this place involves some secrets; for you, not knowing is safer. Just take this Forget Dust Pill; it will only make you forget the memories here and have no side effects."
"Understood, Patriarch"
Niu Qiuxiu showed no hesitation but decisively accepted it, opened her mouth, and swallowed.
Only.
Once ingested.
She found it enveloped by another strange energy within her body.
As the two emerged from the depths, the Celestial Sound Fairy noticed Yaoyao hadn’t come up and intended to inquire, but swallowed back the words. Fu Changsheng waved his sleeve, and suddenly several boxes floated towards the Celestial Sound Fairy, saying: