TFHS: Chapter 123

There were still three people in the tent. It seemed that there was no change at all. People got up and moved around occasionally.

The real situation was that Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo had already quietly left the camp and headed to the entrance of the Netherworld Valley.

Both of them used invisibility talismans and breath concealment talismans to ensure that they wouldn’t be discovered even if someone was guarding the entrance of the valley.

They arrived at the valley and found that no one was guarding there.

Come to think of it, what was the use of staying here before the poisonous gas in the Netherworld Valley became thinner? Who would think of running into the valley?

Without the seven leaf insect flower plant, everyone who entered would die. This greatly facilitated Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo’s work.

After arriving at the mouth of the valley, Feng Ming took out the black crystal turtle. He touched the shell and said, “Good little turtle, it is time for you to play your role. Go on.”

The black crystal turtle looked at his master seemingly helplessly. Then he spat out a bubble in the direction of the poisonous mist. Thanks to the support of the black crystal turtle’s own strength, the bubble continued to grow until it was big enough to accommodate two people.

Feng Ming touched the bubble in surprise. It felt soft and bouncy. “Oh, Xiao Jing is really good. You didn’t eat that strange plant in vain. Well done. Brother Bai, let’s try it.”

Bai Qiaomo smiled and nodded. “I think it is okay.”

The two of them walked into the bubble one by one. The bubble tightened and it was like they had an extra layer of skin on their bodies.

The two of them tried to walk into the poisonous mist, but were surprised to find that they weren’t affected by it. They still breathed fresh air through their noses.

“Does the bubble have a filtering effect?”

“I’m afraid it isn’t as simple as filtering. Look at Xiao Jing.”

Bai Qiaomo pointed to the little turtle laying back on Feng Ming’s shoulder. Surprisingly, the little turtle actually swallowed the poisonous mist in the valley.

What he inhaled was poisonous mist, but what he exhaled was pure vital energy.

Feng Ming was very happy after confirming this fact. He picked up the little turtle and kissed him. “Oh, the little turtle is so capable. I will reward you well when I get back.”

The little turtle was dizzy from the kiss and didn’t know that Bai Qiaomo’s gaze was a bit unkind. His other master was jealous.

The encouraged little turtle breathed in the poisonous mist even harder to provide pure vital energy to his two masters.

Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo were extremely relaxed. They weren’t affected by the poisonous mist at all, and also had pure vital energy that could be absorbed and converted into vital energy in their bodies without much refining.

In Feng Ming’s view, the black crystal turtle’s skill was even more advanced than the seven leaf insect flower plant.

The seven leaf insect flower plant only isolated the poisonous mist, but there was no way to absorb it and purify it into vital energy.

The little turtle wasn’t raised in vain, nor were the pills and beast cores eaten in vain.

“Let’s go in this direction. The mysterious butterfly sensed that guy in this direction.”

“Okay.”

Bai Qiaomo was alert to the surrounding environment. As they went deeper, no other creatures could be seen in the valley. There was only the poisonous mist.

There wasn’t even a weed to be seen on the ground. It was so barren that the weeds had been poisoned to death.

After walking for a long time, the two of them discovered a grass with a strange color. Nothing else could survive in this valley. However, this grass was particularly vibrant and unusual at first glance.

Feng Ming walked over, carefully put on isolation gloves, dug up this strange grass, and put it in a jade box for further study later. If he couldn’t study it thoroughly, he would give it to his master.

After this, Feng Ming dug up the second and third plants. The more there were, the better.

In addition to the strangely colored grass, they also encountered many human bones and the bones left over after the death of the beasts.

The bones had existed for different lengths of time. The color of the bones was also abnormal with a dark gray color.

Some bones turned into powder at the slightest touch.

“Why is there nothing else on these skeletons? Could it be that the storage bags, storage rings, and the like were also poisoned?” Feng Ming asked regretfully.

Bai Qiaomo had a guess. “Maybe it was taken away by the people who came in first. Also, doesn’t the poisonous mist here become thinner every once in a while? There must be many cultivators coming in. There should be some good things that have been taken away a long time ago.

Feng Ming also knew this truth, but he felt it was a pity. “It is a pity. I thought that we could make a fortune with the little turtle’s magical ability.”

Bai Qiaomo chuckled. “Maybe there is a problem with the direction we are taking. If we change the direction, we might be able to find fresh corpses from the past ten years.”

Feng Ming clapped his hands. “Yes. Then shall we look for it?”

“Okay, the people in front of us can’t run away anyway.”

“Then do it.”

Feng Ming stopped chasing the mark on Wu Yingyan’s body and took a different path.

Gradually, they came across several corpses that weren’t too old. They could be called mummies which were formed after weathering.

The clothes on their bodies and the weapons in their hands were still in good condition. However, it could be seen that they experienced a painful struggle before death. The experience of inhaling poisonous mist wasn’t pleasant.

The things on these corpses were still intact, so Feng Ming acted as a body picker again and picked up all the valuable things on the corpses.

Compared with the corpses of the cultivators, there were more corpses of desolate beasts. After all, cultivators knew that the valley was dangerous and many didn’t dare to venture in. Meanwhile, desolate beasts would rush in and it would be difficult for them to exit.

Compared with the body of a cultivator, only the beast core in the body of a desolate beast was of some value. Feng Ming didn’t miss any of them. Mosquitoes were still meat no matter how small they were. They could be used as rations for the little turtle without needing to spend yuan crystals.

The deeper they went, the fewer corpses they found.

But if they encountered one, the strength of this corpse shouldn’t be weak before death.

“Brother Bai, look at this. This skeleton should be quite a few years old, but the bones haven’t weathered yet.’ Feng Ming tapped it, and the bones still made a crisp sound.

“Be careful. The bones might also be poisonous.”

Bai Qiaomo said so, but it could be found that the bones of this skeleton were more translucent white in color. It seemed that there were no toxins left in the bones. It wasn’t known if the cultivator wasn’t poisoned during his lifetime or it was the result of not being deeply poisoned.

The two of them knelt down and examined the skeleton carefully. Feng Ming had seen a lot of corpses and other things in his previous life. This meant he wasn’t affected by touching the corpse and looking at the bones. It was just like looking at cabbage.

“Look, there are stab wounds here, and the bones are broken.” Two ribs were broken.

“The color of the hand bones and leg bones are also wrong. He must’ve been injured before death.”

The internal organs were gone, and it was impossible to judge further from the internal organs.

Bai Qiaomo said, “Just looking at the injuries on the bones, it doesn’t look like he died from these injuries. Moreover, looking at these three injuries, they aren’t contaminated by many toxins.”

“Maybe it has something to do with an injury to the soul sea. The soul is injured, and there is no way to detect anything from the bones,” Feng Ming speculated blindly.

Bai Qiaomo nodded. “It is possible. In any case, this senior must’ve been extraordinary during his lifetime, and he didn’t want to die in this Netherworld Valley. Search carefully to see if the senior has left any clues.”

If someone died a tragic death, it might not be impossible for some clues to be left behind before death. However, there was nothing on the skeleton.

Bai Qiaomo felt that perhaps it was buried somewhere nearby.

Therefore, the two of them started to dig deep into the ground. Feng Ming worked hard as a treasure hunter and wasn’t afraid of hardship or fatigue.

The two of them worked hard in the poisonous mist while the little turtle inhaled and exhaled leisurely, sucking in a ball and spitting out another ball.

Ten minutes later, Bai Qiaomo’s voice rang out. “Junior Brother Ming, come here and take a look.”

Feng Ming immediately gave up the hole he dug and ran over. He saw Bai Qiaomo pull out a box of an unknown material from under the sand.

The sand was eroded by toxins, but the box clearly wasn’t affected at all. Feng Ming said happily, “It couldn’t be the one left by that senior, right?”

“Let me open it and have a look.” Bai Qiaomo also wanted to know more about the story of this senior.

“Be careful,” Feng Ming reminded.

Bai Qiaomo carefully broke the seal on the box. He didn’t know whether the seal was originally weak or had become weaker due to the passage of time. In any case, it was easy to open the box.

The two of them saw three things lying inside the box.

A storage ring, a jade slip, and a soft black lump of mud.

“It really was left by that senior. At first glance, it seems that someone hid it deliberately. However, you can find it if you look carefully.”

It only took them ten minutes to dig it out from the ground, which showed that it wasn’t difficult. However, it wasn’t known how many years had passed before these things saw the light of day again.

Bai Qiaomo touched the black lump with his gloved hand. Sure enough, it was like mud. His fingers sank it and bounced back.

“Ah, what is this? It must not be simple if it is placed in this box, right?” Feng Ming asked in amazement.

Bai Qiaomo looked at the Green Gathering Bead on his chest. The black mass actually caused the Green Gathering Bead to react.

He picked up the black mass again and shaped it into various shapes in his hand. The thoughtful Bai Qiaomo gradually showed a happy expression.

“Junior Brother Ming, we might’ve encountered something good.”

“This black mud? What good thing is it?”

“I’m not sure yet, but there is a way to give it a try.”

“How to try it?”

“Bring a seed here.”

Feng Ming obediently took a spiritual plant seed. He had collected seeds to bring back to Qiansui Peak for planting. Many spiritual fields were opened on Qiansui Peak for planting various spiritual plants.

Bai Qiaomo stuffed the seeds into the black mass and asked the little turtle to spray some vital energy on the seed. The little turtle obeyed obediently. Then an astonishing scene happened in front of the two of them.

Once the seed received the infusion of vital energy, it quickly started to take root, sprout and grow.

The little turtle kept up its efforts and sprayed more vital energy. Bai Qiaomo stuffed several pieces of yuan crystals into the black mass. Then the seed completed the entire growth process and turned into a mature spiritual plant.

This was a ten year old spiritual plant. In front of their eyes, in less than half a minute, a seed turned into a ten years old spiritual plant. Was there anything more amazing than this?

Feng Ming was so excited that he stuttered. “T-T-This is…”

Bai Qiaomo was also very excited. “This is probably the legendary Xirang (TL: magical soil in Chinese mythology with the ability to grow continuously).

“Yes, that’s what I want to say. Oh my god, I’m going to faint.”

The little turtle obviously understood and also looked like he was going to faint.

The little turtle knew what a good thing Xirang was. This was a treasure that was even more advanced than a spirit medium treasure.