Ch298 - Mysterious Stone

A month later,

Liu Mufeng’s family of three came to a small town. This town was called Jinyuan Town. It was not very big, but because there was only this small town within a ten thousand miles radius, there were many cultivators passing in and out of the town.

Liu Mufeng’s family found an inn in the town to rest.

“Father, I think this town is small, but the cultivators who come and go here seem to have high accomplishments.” Liu Xuan felt this was very strange.

“En, this Jinyuan Town is the only town within ten thousand miles. It is a very important passenger transport hub. It is a town with relatively prosperous trade and a large number of merchants in the past. Therefore, there are many cultivators coming and going here, and the inns and restaurants are very popular.” The geographical location determined the prosperity and population density of this town.

“So it is.” Liu Xuan nodded and said he understood.

“Mufeng, since there are many cultivators coming and going in this place, I think we should stay here for a few days, go out and look around, maybe we can pick up some treasure.” Jiang Xu said with a smile. His lover had the Treasure Compass in hand, making it easy for them to find some spiritual treasures.

“En, I think so too. Anyway, we are not in a hurry. We can stay for a while and look around.” Liu Mufeng was very interested in the collection of books, local customs and some new things, and even some legends in every city.

Jiang Xu smiled hearing this. He knew that Mufeng liked to read books everywhere. Every time he went to a place, he would go to a bookstore or teahouse, he wouldn’t leave soon.

“Father, when I went downstairs just now, I saw the two cultivators from that dragon horse carriage. They are in the same inn as us.” Liu Xuan thought it was strange.

“No way, their dragon carriage was much faster than our demon horses. They shouldn’t be here, right?” Jiang Xu was puzzled about this.

“Yes, I also think it’s strange. It’s reasonable to say that they have such a fast carriage, so they should have already passed this town without a trace.” Liu Xuan also felt very wrong about this.

“Those two females are both cultivators in the Spiritual Profound Realm. I think they stayed here because of some things. But Xuanxuan, your strength is not as good as theirs, don’t provoke them.” Liu Mufeng warned his Son seriously.

“Yes Father, this Son knows.” Liu Xuan immediately nodded.

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The next day, the family of three wandered around the town. With the Treasure Compass in hand, Liu Mufeng easily bought several spiritual treasures, but they were all fourth-level treasures, which were more suitable for his son Liu Xuan, not for him andXiaoXu.

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After Liu Mufeng went into the bookstore, Jiang Xu took the Treasure Compass and led his Son around the town’s trading areas, convenience stores and various shops.

On this day, Jiang Xu and his Son were strolling in the trading area. Suddenly, the Treasure Compass in his storage ring responded. Feeling the response of the compass, Jiang Xu was ecstatic. Immediately, he took his Son to search among the stalls. The target was quickly locked.

When he came to the stall, he saw that there were two cultivators, one tall and the other short. Jiang Xu couldn’t help raising his eyebrows, because Jiang Xu found that the short monk, who was sitting on the chair, his face was black, and his lips were purple and black, which was obviously a sign of poisoning.

Jiang Xu’s sharp eyes glanced at the stall, and his eyes fell on an inconspicuous stone. He bent down. Jiang Xu picked up the stone and looked carefully, but he didn’t see anything special. However, since the stone could make the Treasure Compass respond to it, it must be a good thing. With this in mind, Jiang Xu looked at the two blue-clothed men who set up the stall. “Boss, how much do you sell this stone for?”

Looking at Jiang Xu, one of the tall men frowned. “This Daoist Friend, my Brother is poisoned. I want to exchange it for antidote pills for him. These things on my stall are for my Brother to exchange pills, not for sale.”

Hearing this, Jiang Xu nodded. “Pills? What kind of pills do you want? What kind of poison does your brother have?” As the partner of an alchemist, what Jiang Xu had was most pills.

“Snake venom, my brother was bitten by a fifth-level cobra. If you have an antidote, you can take everything from the stall. If you don’t have an antidote, nothing from my stall will be sold to you.” The tall man said helplessly as he looked at Jiang Xu.

“Oh, snake venom. Take this, give it to your Brother and see if it’s okay.” Jiang Xu said, taking out an antidote specially for snake venom and giving it to the other party.

“Thank you, Daoist Friend!” When he took the antidote, the tall man hurriedly gave it to his Brother sitting on the chair beside him.

After taking the antidote, the short man, who was originally pale and haggard, slowly recovered and directly spat out a large mouthful of black blood.

“Brother, how are you?” The tall man asked anxiously.

“Brother, I’m fine, much better.” The poisoned man waved his hand as he said he was fine.

Pulling his Brother’s wrist, the tall man immediately felt his pulse and made sure that Jiang Xu’s pills were really useful and his Brother’s poison was really relieved. The tall man was ecstatic. “Thank you, Daoist Friend, these things are all yours.” The tall man said, pointing to the things on the stall, and carrying his Brother on his back, left in a hurry.

Seeing the tall man leaving as he gave out everything on the stall, Jiang Xu was stunned. He couldn’t help thinking there was something wrong. However, since he had exchanged the pill for the treasures, he took everything from the stall and then left with his Son.

***

Night, in the inn

Liu Mufeng smiled as he looked at his lover who was playing with a stone on the chair. “How are you, did you find treasures today?”

“Mufeng, come and have a look. What stone do you think this is?” Jiang Xu pondered for a whole afternoon, but did not understand what stone this was, so he planned to show it to his partner.

“Oh?” Raising his eyebrows, Liu Mufeng took the stone in his lover’s hand and carefully examined it.

This stone was not big, it was only the size of an egg. The surface of the stone was blue-gray and looked no different from those stones you could see on the road. The shape of the stone was irregular and there were many small potholes on the top. At first glance, it looked very ordinary.

Holding the stone, Liu Mufeng slowly injected a wisp of soul power into the stone. The originally blue-gray stone suddenly lit up with a blue light, and a complex pattern appeared on the stone.

“Mufeng, what is this?” Looking at the pattern on the stone, Jiang Xu asked suspiciously.

“I don’t know what it is, but it looks like an array. Come on, take the image recording stone and record this pattern.”

“Okay.” Jiang Xu immediately took out the recording stone and recorded the pattern.

When Liu Mufeng slowly recalled his soul power, the pattern also slowly disappeared, and the shining stone once again became a dull ordinary stone.

Taking the stone, Liu Mufeng looked at it carefully again, and slowly injected his spiritual power into the stone. The stone burst out vibrantly again. This time, the light was blue, and the stone was like a mirror. In the blue light, Liu Mufeng and Jiang Xu saw a stretch of rolling mountains, as well as a number of ancient stone houses, a tall stone tablet, and many spiritual springs flowing with rich aura. As Liu Mufeng withdrew his spiritual power again, the picture slowly disappeared.

“Mufeng, where is that? It looks beautiful.” Jiang Xu asked curiously, looking at his man.

“This is a relic of the Stone Clan. The Stone Clan and the Tianyan Clan are also one of the hundreds of Ancient Clans. However, it is a pity that the Stone Clan has also perished. It was said that the heart of the Stone Clan cultivators could be turned into stone hearts, which could be used to build the most powerful magic weapons. Therefore, the Stone Clan had been hunted and killed by all major races, and finally, it also declined and perished.” Liu Mufeng sighed.

Hearing this, Jiang Xu blinked. “Mufeng, you are so amazing. Just looking at it, and you know it is a relic of the Stone Clan!”

Liu Mufeng smiled at his admiring companion. “What’s so amazing about it? There are four characters written on the stone tablet, but the other side is written in stone scripts, so you didn’t notice. I know stone scripts, so I know it.”

“Mufeng, you? You also know the scripts of the Stone Clan?” Jiang Xu asked with a puzzled look at his man.

“En, I learned them recently. I saw a lot of books about the Stone Clan in the bookstore. The owner of the bookstore told me that those books were ancient books from a long time ago. He also told me a story. He said that, a long time ago, Jinyuan Town was a small village, and the Stone Clan cultivators lived on Qingfeng Mountain, ten thousand meters away from here. Later, the people of the Stone Clan were hunted by all major ethnic groups and fled from their ethnic land, and after a while the Stone Clan’s ethnic land looked like a ghost land, everyone else had disappeared. As a neighbor of the Stone Clan, a lot of books about the Stone Clan were left behind in the Jinyuan Village. There are many old cultivators who can speak the Stone Clan’s language, but unfortunately, they are already very old. Those old Elders in Jinyuan Village have all fallen. Therefore, there are very few people who know the Stone Clan’s scripts and can speak the language in Jinyuan Town now. However, those ancient books have remained and have been locked in a bookcase. If I hadn’t handed in ten more spirit stones, the bookstore owner would not have let me read those books.” Liu Mufeng smiled as he spoke of this.

“That is to say, the original Stone Clan lived nearby?” Jiang Xu asked, looking at his man.

“Yes, Qingfeng Mountain is near here. If you are interested, I can take you to have a look tomorrow. However, I heard the owner of the bookstore say that the place has been razed to the ground. There is nothing left.” Liu Mufeng shook his head gently.

“So, shall we go and have a look tomorrow?”

“En, I have finished reading the books in the bookstore anyway. Let’s leave here tomorrow. Let’s go to other big cities to have a look.” They had stayed in Jinyuan Town for half a month, and it was time to leave.

“Okay” Jiang Xu agreed.