46: Chapter 46 Treasure, treasure, and more treasure!

"It seems I don't need to limit my gaze to the Northwest Continent."

"I can ask the clan if there are any missions in the Black-Corner Region."

"The Black-Corner Region is the most chaotic zone on the Fighting Qi Continent; it shouldn't be hard to find an excuse to go."

"If all else fails, I can go to the Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy as a student for a few days to get an identity."

Feng Qing'er was pleasantly surprised; this was a great opportunity to reasonably come into contact with Xiao Ting ahead of time.

However, this matter would have to wait until after she visited the Pill Domain to see Cao Ying and verify her suspicions.

If others truly possessed a journal copy as well, she would have to think twice before acting.

Should she hide in the shadows to quietly seek opportunities, or expose herself for the Plane Blessing like Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian?

At the same time, Cao Ying, Medusa, Yun Yun, and the others each had their own thoughts.

Xiao Ting was completely unaware of this.

After completing a Diary entry with a thought, he walked to a certain spot in the newly opened area and turned an inlaid moonlight stone.

Thud!

One side of the wall vibrated, and a heavy stone door slowly slid to the side.

"There's more!?" Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian looked at each other in surprise.

They had thought the 'Tomb Raiders' Records' in their hands was the final harvest of this trip.

"There is indeed more, but then again, there might not be," Xiao Ting replied calmly. "I just discovered that the cave we're in doesn't seem like a dwelling carved into the cliff by a powerful expert, but rather like a side chamber of a small tomb mansion."

"The skeleton outside mastered the art of Qi observation, yet applied it to tomb robbing."

"By chance, he must have found a cave on the cliff and carved out a corridor leading to this side chamber."

"The original end of the cave was at the mechanical stone door we encountered outside."

This, of course, wasn't Xiao Ting talking nonsense; it was marked on the detailed map of the tomb mansion provided by the Plane Blessing.

There were two side chambers in the tomb mansion they were currently in, and besides those, there was a main tomb chamber.

"Let's go."

Xiao Ting took the lead and walked into the corridor.

Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian followed immediately, scanning their surroundings by the light of the moonlight stones.

Before long, the three arrived at a great hall. Directly above, a star chart had been created using luminous pearls.

In the center of the hall were several skeletons, each with a storage ring on its hand.

Xiao Ting stepped forward to collect the storage rings and said, "These people should be the companions of the skeleton in the side chamber, who together captured a Rank 5 Magic Beast to create the Flying Dou Technique."

"In the end, whether due to an unfair distribution of loot or an accident, they all perished here."

"The one in the side chamber was the final winner, but he was also heavily injured, which is why he died there."

No one knew the truth, but Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian felt that Xiao Ting's guess was correct.

The hall was large but had only three entrances, one of which led to the side chamber they had come from.

After searching the skeletons and confirming nothing was left behind, Xiao Ting led the way into the adjacent entrance.

They soon arrived at another side chamber. Its layout was identical to the one containing the Seven-Colored Poison Manual, but it was empty, with nothing left behind.

"It was emptied by those people outside."

The three returned empty-handed and, after reaching the hall, headed for the final entrance, only to return after walking for a short while.

Xiao Ting explained to the two girls, "This path is the correct entrance to the tomb mansion. It's filled with various traps; there's no need for us to take the risk."

"Then where is the main tomb chamber?" Xiao Yi Xian asked instinctively.

Xiao Ting and Xun'er didn't answer, both turning their heads to look at a side of the hall that had only carvings and no door.

"Dragon Transformation Seal!"

Xiao Ting raised his hand and condensed a seal.

The Fighting Qi within his body circulated, surging out in large quantities to transform into a lightning dragon covered in a layer of flame.

Passively bolstered by the world's energy, the fire-lightning dragon surged toward the wall covered in carvings.

Boom!

The scene of the carvings being destroyed, as Xiao Yi Xian had imagined, did not occur. After the imposing fire-lightning dragon hit the carvings, it was directly swallowed whole.

Immediately following that, the carvings began to change, eventually transforming into a passage of text.

[Yin Yang Unity Art]: A dual cultivation auxiliary secret technique. When practiced together by a man and a woman, their minds become one, and the efficiency of their own cultivation methods will double with half the effort...

Xiao Ting: "..."

Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian: "..."

No one expected that what they would finally obtain was a dual cultivation secret technique.

The effect was actually to amplify the cultivation effect of one's own technique; in terms of results, it was quite excellent.

If a pair of companions practicing Profound Tier High-Grade cultivation methods dual-cultivated this art, it would be no different from them practicing an Earth-rank Low-tier Cultivation Method, enough to change their destiny.

"Memorize the technique; there will come a day when it can be used," Xiao Ting said to the two girls.

Xun'er: ?

Xiao Yi Xian's pretty face flushed red, feeling that Xiao Ting was implying something.

Once the two girls had memorized the technique, Xiao Ting threw a punch at a specific character.

In the next moment, the starry ceiling directly above began to move, quickly transforming into the shape of a bridge of stars.

At the end of the star bridge, a crystal coffin suspended by chains appeared, and a skeleton could be seen lying inside.

Directly below the crystal coffin hung a silk thread, and at the bottom of the thread was a storage ring.

"It seems this senior was very afraid of someone digging up his coffin," Xiao Ting leaped high and grabbed the storage ring.

Scanning it with his soul power, he found hundreds of thousands of gold coins, some scrolls, and a pile of empty porcelain bottles.

There was also a piece of paper with the tomb owner's self-account written on it.

In life, he was a peak Wood-attribute Dou Wang expert who was betrayed by his companion while preparing to break through to Dou Huang.

After killing his companion and her lover, he dragged his heavily injured body back to this expert's remnant dwelling he had discovered in his early years, transformed it into his own tomb mansion, and died here.

The scrolls were mostly Wood-attribute Dou Techniques, along with several volumes of Diarys on planting and cultivating spiritual herbs.

"These things are practically prepared for you," Xiao Ting handed all the Wood-attribute items to Xiao Yi Xian.

Although Xiao Yi Xian possessed the Calamity Poison Body, she also had Wood-attribute Fighting Qi in her body; otherwise, she wouldn't have become a physician.

"After all, it was Sister Xiao Yi Xian who discovered the cave," Xun'er smiled.

With all the benefits in the tomb mansion secured, the three returned to the original tomb chamber, chatting and laughing.

Xiao Ting stood before that skeleton again, resting his chin on his hand as he began to ponder.

"What's wrong, Brother Xiao Ting?" Xun'er asked curiously.

"Don't you feel like something is missing?" Xiao Ting asked.

"Missing what?" Xun'er blinked.

She didn't feel like anything was lacking.

Hadn't they taken all the benefits?

"The skeletons in the hall had storage rings."

"The owner of the tomb mansion also had a storage ring."

"Then what about him?"

Xiao Ting asked a question that made Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian realize.

Normally, if someone discovered the location of this tomb mansion and entered to find three stone boxes, gold and silver jewelry, and medicinal herbs, they would feel they had harvested everything and wouldn't think the skeleton owner not having a storage ring was unusual.

If someone had slightly better eyesight and discovered the fragmented map of the pure lotus demonic flame within the skeleton's remains, they would think even less of it.

Going a step further and discovering the area with the 'Tomb Raiders' Records', they would completely overlook the storage ring.

Thud!

Xiao Ting moved the skeleton aside and picked up the ordinary-looking prayer mat it had been sitting on.

After fumbling with it for a moment, he found a storage ring inside the prayer mat.

Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian: "..."

There really was one!