Chapter 467 - 216: Courting Death
Chapter 467: Chapter 216: Courting Death
Fang Shuwen and Yu Yaoguang weren’t close by, so they couldn’t see what Miao Feichan had found.
Just as they were about to ask, they saw Miao Feichan take two things out of the coffin.
They were two long objects, wrapped in some unknown material...
In addition, there was a Scroll.
Miao Feichan put the Scroll away. Holding the two long objects, she pondered for a moment before flinging one toward Fang Shuwen.
Fang Shuwen immediately reached out and caught one of them in his grasp.
It wasn’t as heavy as he had expected.
The outside was wrapped in a layer of gold and jade, woven together like brocade, giving it an exceptionally lavish appearance.
’What could be inside?’
Before he could think further, Miao Feichan threw the second object over. After Fang Shuwen caught it, Miao Feichan took two steps back and threw herself over as well...
Fang Shuwen was speechless for a moment. ’She certainly knows how to take a shortcut.’
Although her Lightweight Technique was superb, it wasn’t nearly enough to let her fly. After vaulting through the air and crossing most of the sea of lava, her momentum gave out.
But by that point, Fang Shuwen could reach out and pull her toward him.
Her body began to dip. Before she could panic, she felt a strong force pull her, and she flew uncontrollably toward Fang Shuwen.
WHOOSH! Like a fledgling swallow returning to its nest, she plunged right into Fang Shuwen’s arms.
Still shaken, Miao Feichan lay against his chest, panting.
Fang Shuwen held his arms out stiffly, not daring to move. He couldn’t help but glance at Yu Yaoguang, only to find that she wasn’t even looking at them. She was squatting on the ground, studying the two objects Miao Feichan had thrown over.
"..."
’She’s so unbelievably nonchalant.’
Seeing Miao Feichan still trembling in his arms, Fang Shuwen hesitated for a moment before gently patting her back.
"Elder Miao, with courage like this, how could you be so reckless?"
Miao Feichan immediately stopped trembling. She looked up, shot Fang Shuwen an annoyed glare, and wriggled out of his embrace.
Yu Yaoguang let out a PFFT of laughter. She turned and asked Miao Feichan:
"What are these things?"
Miao Feichan took a deep breath and said softly:
"I don’t know either. After I opened the coffin, there were only these two things and a Scroll."
"The Scroll is called the Lingyun Star-Stepping Strategy. I assume it’s a Martial Arts Manual."
"But these two..."
As she spoke, she also squatted down and reached out to unwrap the gold and jade covering.
Yu Yaoguang had been looking at them for a while, but since they weren’t hers, she hadn’t touched them.
As Miao Feichan unwrapped the gold and jade, the object’s mysterious veil was finally lifted.
But when the three of them saw it clearly, they all looked at each other in stunned silence.
It was unmistakably a... human leg!
The leg had been severed at the hip. It was pitch-black, extremely shriveled, and hard.
They stared at each other, utterly bewildered. Who would have thought that the secret treasure of the Lingyun Sect would be... two legs?!
The two objects were basically identical. Since one contained a human leg, the other one surely did as well.
Fang Shuwen became thoughtful and said to Miao Feichan:
"You should take a look at that Lingyun Star-Stepping Strategy. The answer is probably in there."
Miao Feichan immediately took out the Lingyun Star-Stepping Strategy and, without hiding it from Fang Shuwen or Yu Yaoguang, unrolled it directly.
Fang Shuwen was about to turn away to avoid any suspicion.
But Miao Feichan called out to him:
"You should help me look, too. Among the three of us, your Martial Arts are the strongest, and your knowledge of Martial Arts is surely greater than ours."
"Perhaps you’ll be able to discern something that the two of us can’t."
Fang Shuwen thought for a moment. ’If Miao Feichan doesn’t mind, why should I make a fuss?’
He immediately moved closer to examine it with them.
The light from the sea of lava shone brightly, making the text on the Lingyun Star-Stepping Strategy perfectly clear.
After they had all read through it once, Yu Yaoguang’s brow was furrowed in concentration, while Miao Feichan looked completely lost.
The contents of the Lingyun Star-Stepping Strategy were very strange.
From what they could see, it was indeed a form of Martial Arts, but it was missing a crucial part.
For instance, when circulating one’s energy, which acupoints should it travel through?
The strategy only described how to circulate the energy, but the latter part was skipped. The section on how to transition... was simply not there.
The next section was about retracting one’s energy to conclude the technique.
A large, critical portion of the content was clearly missing.
Fang Shuwen, however, narrowed his eyes. He looked at the shriveled human leg and spoke softly:
"The missing part of this Lingyun Star-Stepping Strategy... it wouldn’t happen to be on these two legs... would it?"
He wasn’t completely sure, but ’since the Lingyun Star-Stepping Strategy was placed together with these two legs, it must be the case.’
Hearing this, Miao Feichan couldn’t help but look at Fang Shuwen.
"These legs are so shriveled. Even if they hold some secret, how could we possibly discover it?"
"Try infusing them with Inner Strength."
Fang Shuwen said:
"The Martial Arts you practice must originate from the same source as the Lingyun Sect’s. These two legs must have been left behind by an elder of your Lingyun Sect."
"If Yao Guang and I infuse our Inner Strength, we might not discover anything, and we could even damage the original state of the meridians."
"But if it’s you... I imagine you might be able to discover something."
Yu Yaoguang immediately nodded.
"That makes sense. Give it a try."
Seeing that they both agreed, Miao Feichan no longer hesitated.
As people who roamed the Jianghu, they had seen plenty of corpses. Two legs weren’t something they found particularly unacceptable.