Chapter 93

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Putting away the green long sword, Lu Shaoyou crawled out of the soil tunnel. The tunnel was not long, only about one meter. Looking out, he couldn't help but be amazed: "So beautiful, could this be the legendary utopia?"

What appeared before Lu Shaoyou was a vast valley. In the valley, there were dense towering trees. The forest was exceptionally quiet, with a few bird calls echoing in the valley.

Lu Shaoyou quickly crawled out of the soil tunnel. In the dense forest, the air was cool and refreshing, making him feel clear and invigorated. Green grass covered the ground, and in the distance, various unknown flowers were in full bloom. It was spring, and the floral fragrance was intense, making his heart leap.

Several rays of sunlight filtered through the gaps between the trees, forming golden beams of light that alternated between bright and dim. Passing through these beams of light, the view alternated between bright and dark, as if he were in a mysterious and wondrous space, with animals playing and running around in the forest.

Everything in the forest looked hazy, and a breeze carrying the scent of grass made him feel particularly comfortable. Occasionally, leaves fell quietly.

Looking up at the distance, the surroundings seemed to be surrounded by valleys, and beyond the forest, a mountain peak rose abruptly from the ground.

Looking at everything before him, Lu Shaoyou couldn't help but be amazed. This place seemed to have never been visited by anyone, completely resembling a utopia. Most importantly, there was a spiritual energy in the valley that only cultivators could sense. If a spirit practitioner were to cultivate here, it would be very beneficial.

"I wonder if there's a way out of here." Lu Shaoyou speculated, carefully observing his surroundings, unsure which direction to go.

Many animals in the forest saw Lu Shaoyou and curiously watched him, but they didn't dare to approach, only observing him curiously.

"Sorry, I'm hungry." Touching his stomach, which hadn't had food for several days, Lu Shaoyou said softly. A moment later, a wild rabbit fell into his hands, and soon it was fragrantly in the stomachs of Lu Shaoyou and Xiao Long.

"Let's go to that mountain peak and see if there's a way out." Lu Shaoyou looked at the towering mountain peak outside the forest. The forest blocked the view, making it difficult to find a way out. Climbing high to look far might make it easier.

After tidying up, Lu Shaoyou headed for the mountain peak. Passing through the forest, there seemed to be no demonic beasts, only ordinary wild animals. On the Spirit Martial Continent, demonic beasts and spirit beasts were rare, only found in the Ancestral Demon Forest and the Spirit Emperor Cliff, where they were abundant.

The forest seemed to have no end, and the mountain peak, which looked close, was not so easy to reach. Lu Shaoyou walked until late at night without leaving the forest. At this time, the sky was bright with a crescent moon, and a gentle breeze blew through the forest.

After walking all night, the sky was already bright. Slowly, the sun cast its light on the earth, and Lu Shaoyou was exhausted, his legs almost numb.

"Finally out."

The vast forest finally came to an end, and Lu Shaoyou finally left the forest. Outside the forest, without any transition, a thousand-foot cliff rose abruptly, piercing the clouds, leaving him amazed.

The mountain peak was vast, and Lu Shaoyou estimated that it covered several square miles, with a majestic and awe-inspiring presence. The sheer cliffs, as if carved by a knife, were a marvel of nature, making it hard to imagine how the mountain peak was formed.

"Let's go up and see." Lu Shaoyou looked around; there was no path up the mountain peak, only the uneven rocks to climb.

Looking at the mountain peak, Lu Shaoyou thought that reaching thirty meters would give him a view of the entire valley. Although the mountain was steep, a height of thirty meters was not too difficult for him.

His body had recovered some true qi. With a flick of true qi, Lu Shaoyou leaped up, lightly touching the uneven rock wall, and soared up. After a few rotations, he had already climbed ten meters.

The height of these towering trees in the forest was over twenty meters. Lu Shaoyou paused on a rock wall, then leaped up again, moving like a gecko on the rock wall, quickly reaching over twenty meters.

Now, the forest was below him. Looking around, the area of the valley was quite large, truly a utopia. The valley was surrounded by mountains, and on the left side, there was a flowing blue stream, which must be a small river.

"That must be the exit." With a flowing river, there must be an exit. Lu Shaoyou was pleased, having finally found a way out.

Just as Lu Shaoyou was about to go down, he inadvertently saw a man-sized cave behind him, with a whistling wind inside, indicating it was not shallow.

Looking at the traces of the cave entrance, Lu Shaoyou felt it was not a natural cave. The surroundings were smooth, suggesting it was artificially excavated.

"Has someone been here before?" Curiosity drove Lu Shaoyou to leap into the cave with a flick of true qi. The cave was also smooth inside.

After hesitating for a moment, Lu Shaoyou entered the cave. The entrance was wide but soon narrowed, originally two meters wide, now only allowing one person to pass sideways.

"Night pearls."

Inside the cave, it was already dark, but every meter or so, a fist-sized night pearl was embedded in the rock wall, emitting a faint light. These fist-sized night pearls were extremely valuable in the outside world.

Seeing the night pearls, Lu Shaoyou was certain that the cave was man-made and not by an ordinary person. An ordinary person could not excavate such a large cave on a steep cliff, and even a regular martial artist could not do it. Only a true strong person could achieve this.

After advancing about ten meters, the space ahead suddenly opened up and became bright. In front was a stone room about twenty meters in area, with smooth walls like mirrors. The ceiling of the stone room was embedded with over a thousand fist-sized night pearls, illuminating the room brightly.

In the center of the stone room was a crystal-clear jade bed. On the jade bed, there was a mummy, its black robe hanging loosely, its skull covered by long hair, creating a very eerie and sinister atmosphere.

"Who is this, and why did they die here?" Lu Shaoyou was puzzled. The person who could excavate a cave on a steep cliff was definitely a strong person. How could a strong person be trapped and die here?

Lu Shaoyou glanced around the stone room and finally approached the mummy. On the jade bed, next to the mummy, there was a green storage ring, which must have belonged to the deceased.

A storage ring represented status; ordinary people could not afford a storage ring, even the smallest one was very valuable.

"Let's see what's inside." Lu Shaoyou was delighted. The spatial bag left by the Fire Yin monster had already brought him significant gains, and the storage ring of this mysterious strong person would surely bring even more.

Holding the storage ring in his hand, with the owner dead, he could open it by dripping blood.

"Whoosh."

A drop of blood from his index finger dripped into the storage ring. Just as Lu Shaoyou was about to peek inside, the storage ring suddenly emitted a blinding light, making the entire stone room too bright to look at.

"Something's wrong." Lu Shaoyou instantly threw the storage ring to the ground and retreated. After the blinding light dissipated, the stone room returned to normal.

When Lu Shaoyou looked around again, nothing had changed. He didn't know what had just happened.

"Waited for five thousand years, finally someone came here." At this moment, the mummy on the jade bed began to move, its head slightly turning, and its dry hands pushed aside the long hair covering its face, revealing a dry and terrifying face. The deeply sunken eyes were now bright and full of vitality.

"Who are you, and you're not dead?" Lu Shaoyou was surprised. This eerie scene made him shudder, and his body involuntarily retreated to the stone wall.

"Dead, I guess I am." The mummy said softly, its voice like it came from the netherworld, ethereal and indistinct.

As the mummy spoke, it slowly got off the jade bed and stood up. The black robe hung loosely, making it look somewhat comical, but paired with the terrifying mummy, it made the stone room even more eerie and sinister.

The mummy looked at its body and said, "This old skin didn't seem important before, but now it really is."

"Senior, who are you?" After his initial panic, Lu Shaoyou calmed down and asked. Thinking about it, even ghosts weren't that scary, and he was now a cultivator.

"Who I am, you wouldn't know. But five thousand years ago, everyone called me the Holy Hand Spirit Venerable. Now, I guess no one remembers me anymore." The mummy said calmly.

"Holy Hand Spirit Venerable, are you dead or alive, and why are you like this?" Lu Shaoyou asked.

"Can't you see? How could a living person be like this? Of course, I'm dead." The mummy, claiming to be the Holy Hand Spirit Venerable, said.

"Holy Hand Spirit Venerable, why are you..."

Before Lu Shaoyou could finish, the mummy said, "Your cultivation is shallow, so you don't know. When my time was up, and I couldn't break through to the Spirit Emperor level, I had to stay here. At the end, knowing I couldn't change my fate, I used some means to leave a soul in the storage ring to leave some final words. I didn't expect to wait for five thousand years for someone to come here."

"I see." Lu Shaoyou was not surprised. For a strong person at a certain level, leaving a soul outside the body was not unusual. Generally, martial artists at the General level could do it, and for spirit practitioners, those at the Spirit Soul level could do it. Spirit practitioners were much stronger in soul aspects than martial artists.

"You're just a small martial artist, but to come here, you must have some destiny. I ask you, do you want to inherit what I have left behind?" The mummy asked Lu Shaoyou.

"Yes." Lu Shaoyou did not hesitate. The Holy Hand Spirit Venerable was definitely a strong person, likely at the Spirit Venerable or Martial Venerable level. If he could inherit what the Holy Hand Spirit Venerable left behind, it would be a great treasure. This kind of good fortune, no one would refuse.

"What's your name?" The Holy Hand Spirit Venerable asked.

Lu Shaoyou had no reason to hide and said, "Junior Lu Shaoyou."

"Good, I can leave my legacy to you, but you must agree to one thing." The Holy Hand Spirit Venerable said.

"What do you want me to do?" Lu Shaoyou had to ask first, to avoid falling into a trap. With the treasure in front of him, he had to be cautious.

"Smart kid, don't worry, it won't be difficult for you. However, you must swear to do it, or I will destroy the storage ring and not give it to you." The Holy Hand Spirit Venerable said.

"Alright, I swear." Lu Shaoyou said, thinking that the Holy Hand Spirit Venerable was still so cautious even after death, but as long as it didn't make things difficult for him, swearing was no big deal.

"Junior swears to fulfill the task given by the Holy Hand Spirit Venerable. If I fail, may I be struck by lightning." Lu Shaoyou made a solemn vow. In his previous life, a vow was just a promise, and a fart could blow it away. If he couldn't fulfill the task, he would do his best.

"Good, kneel and bow." The Holy Hand Spirit Venerable said.

"Kneel and bow?"

"To inherit what I have left, you must become my disciple. Whether you bow or not is up to you. In the past, many people cried and begged to be my disciples, but I didn't even look at them. Now, it's your turn."

"Disciple greets Master." Lu Shaoyou thought about it; a few bows wouldn't hurt. The Holy Hand Spirit Venerable was thousands of years old, even if he was exaggerating, he was definitely older. It was a sign of respect.

He bowed three times and then stood up.

"Good, from now on, you are my disciple, the Holy Hand Spirit Venerable. I was obsessed with cultivation and never took a disciple. I didn't have time to teach you, and it's a pity you're not a spirit practitioner, which would have been more suitable for my cultivation methods. But now, there's no choice. In five thousand years, only you have come here. This is my life's work, the 'Heavenly Spirit Record.' Learn as much as you can."

The Holy Hand Spirit Venerable picked up the storage ring from the ground, took out a jade slip, and handed it to Lu Shaoyou, then said, "The task I want you to agree to is to go to the East Sea Moya City, find the Duanmu family. If the Duanmu family is doing well, just give them the 'Heavenly Spirit Record.' If they are in a difficult situation, and you achieve something in the future, you must help the Duanmu family."

"Is that the condition?" Lu Shaoyou asked, taking the jade slip. The condition was not difficult.

"Yes, that's the condition. I focused on cultivation all my life and rarely guided the younger generation of my family. When I was alive, no one dared to challenge the Duanmu family. Now that I'm gone, the Duanmu family, which had few strong people, is likely in a difficult situation." The Holy Hand Spirit Venerable sighed, his eyes dimming.

"Disciple will fulfill the task and will send the 'Heavenly Spirit Record' to the Duanmu family." Lu Shaoyou said, but he knew that Moya City was far from the Spirit Martial Continent, and getting there would not be easy.

"My weak soul can't last long. You have already recognized the storage ring as your own. Inside, there is a spirit technique for spirit practitioners, though it's a low-level spirit technique, it's useless to you. There is also a token, which might be useful in the future. As for the rest, there doesn't seem to be much else in the storage ring." The Holy Hand Spirit Venerable said.

"Master, now that I'm your disciple, don't you have any medicinal pills, herbs, or spirit pills to leave me?" Lu Shaoyou asked, wide-eyed. For such a strong person, the storage ring had no medicinal pills.

"Seems not. I didn't care for ordinary medicinal pills, and the better ones I used to break through my cultivation. So, there's nothing." The Holy Hand Spirit Venerable said.

Lu Shaoyou almost collapsed. He thought he would get a great treasure, but no one believed that a storage ring of such a strong person would have no collection.

"Right, this jade bed is also a treasure. I fought hard to get it. My body has been preserved for five thousand years because of this cold jade bed. If a spirit practitioner cultivates on it, they will find its benefits, and their soul power will be much stronger than those of the same level. It's a pity." The Holy Hand Spirit Venerable sighed.

Lu Shaoyou cultivated the Yin-Yang Spirit Martial Technique, and the Holy Hand Spirit Venerable, seeing only that Lu Shaoyou was a martial artist, did not realize that