TFHS: Chapter 48

The three of them walked and walked. The gray fog around them made day and night meaningless to them.

By the time they walked to the edge of the fog according to Feng Jinlin and Bai Qiaomo’s estimates, it was already dawn the next day.

In other words, they didn’t close their eyes in the Misty Forest all night. Fortunately, Feng Ming’s cultivation qualification was poor, but his body wasn’t bad. After all, his father used resources to push him to the meridians opening realm, so he was still alive and kicking.

As Bai Qiaomo led Feng Ming and his child through the membrane-like energy wall, the world in front of them suddenly opened up and was no longer foggy. The visibility was so low that they had to touch around to know that the people around them were still there.

In front of them was a small valley with beautiful flowers and grass. There was also a stream flowing through it. They could hear the sound of gurgling water, and the depth of the Misty Forest was like a paradise.

In particular, what was worth mentioning were the butterflies dancing in the valley. The colorful butterflies made the valley even more beautiful.

Feng Ming couldn’t help rubbing his eyes, almost wondering if he was hallucinating. “These butterflies can’t all be the mysterious butterflies, right?”

He could still recognize some of the butterfly species. It was more like a collection of many varieties of butterflies. It could be called Butterfly Valley.

As Bai Qiaomo was observing the environment of the valley while guarding against possible dangers, he was also looking at these butterflies. He shook his head and said, “No, there are many varieties of butterflies here.”

He carefully identified it and pointed in one direction. “Look over there. The faint blue butterflies hidden among all the butterflies are the mysterious butterflies. They can completely hide their bodies.”

Feng Jinlin had never seen the mysterious butterfly before. Now he looked over with Feng Ming and happened to see a light blue butterfly. The moment it fluttered its wings, the color changed from blue to transparent. Little by little, it lost its traces in front of their eyes. They couldn’t detect its existence with their soul power.

Feng Ming said emotionally, “This mysterious butterfly is so beautiful.”

The blue color was dazzling and mysterious.

Feng Jinlin said, “It is really invisible. It is completely imperceptible. The mysterious butterfly is really special.”

It made him want to raise a few of them.

The father and son had completely different feelings, which made Bai Qiaomo smile.

Feng Jinlin quickly came to his senses and focused on the important matter. “The mysterious butterfly won’t attack us, right? Then let’s first see what the alchemist left behind.”

“Yes yes, business is more important.” Feng Ming didn’t go to see the butterflies anymore.

Perhaps the owner of this place was very confident in the formation he had set up and the natural maze outside, so the place where he lived wasn’t covered up by any formation.

Moreover, after Bai Qiaomo’s observation and detection, there were no more dangerous formations in the valley. There were only formations to maintain the daily operation of the valley.

The path leading to the wooden house in the valley was covered by unsupervised flowers and plants. The three of them stepped on it and walked toward the wooden house in the middle that was surrounded by butterflies.

The three of them walked to the open space in front of the wooden house. They couldn’t help but stop and look up at a fruit tree planted in front of the wooden house. The spiritual fruit hanging on it was ripe and exuded an attractive fragrance, but Feng Ming couldn’t recognize what type of fruit was on the tree.

Feng Jinlin hesitated before asking, “This is… the Silver Moon Fruit?”

He had never seen this fruit in person, but he heard others describe it during his training. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that the fruit tree in front of him was the Silver Moon Tree.

The leaves on the trees had silver patterns on them, and the fruit looked like a crescent moon or an ox’s horn. Thus, the Silver Moon Fruit was also called the Silver Horn Fruit.

Feng Jinlin would be pleasantly surprised if this was really the Silver Moon Fruit. It was because the Silver Moon Fruit was like the Blue Frost Spring Water. It was also a natural treasure that could help cultivators advance to the essence dan realm. In addition, it was a tree of Silver Moon Fruits in front of him. What a huge fortune.

Bai Qiaomo took a few steps closer and said with certainty, “Uncle, it is the Silver Moon, and it is a mature Silver Moon Fruit, also known as the Silver Horn Fruit. Congratulations, Uncle. The Silver Moon Fruit can help you advance of the essence dan realm.”

He added, “Seeing this Silver Moon Tree, I am more certain that the master of this place is an alchemist from the Shengyuan Sect. It is because the Silver Moon Tree is one of the specialties of the Shengyuan Sect. The Shengyuan Sect has a unique method of cultivating it.”

It was precisely due to relying on this Silver Moon Tree that the Shengyuan Sect had never lacked cultivators in the essence dan realm. It could be said that the Silver Moon Tree was one of the foundations of the Shengyuan Sect to maintain its status as a top force of the Feihong Continent.

As long as there was a steady stream of essence dan realm cultivators, the Shengyuan Sect would never lack soul opening realm cultivators. For those essence dan realm cultivators, there would always be someone who could break through the bottleneck and impact the soul opening realm. They even had the hope of taking another step forward.

No matter how calm Feng Jinlin was, he couldn’t help showing joy at this time. “It is really the Silver Moon Tree. I have only heard of the Silver Moon Fruit in the past, but have never seen the real thing.”

After listening to Bai Qiaomo’s explanation, Feng Ming jumped up happily. He hugged his father and shouted, “That’s great, Dad. Now you will definitely be able to advance to the essence dan realm. I will be able to walk around Gaoyang County once Dad becomes a master of the essence dan realm.”

Feng Jinlin was feeling happy when he heard the final sentence. He couldn’t help pausing as he was about to touch Feng Ming’s head. Then he patted Feng Ming’s head while not knowing if he should laugh or cry. “That is all you thought of? Aren’t you a genius?”

Feng Ming shook his head. “Being a genius and a rich second generation can coexist.”

Bai Qiaomo couldn’t help smiling.

Feng Jinlin resisted the urge to pick all the Silver Moon Fruits immediately. The whole tree was there anyway. The Silver Moon Fruits hanging on it couldn’t run away. It wouldn’t be too late to come back and pick the fruits after exploring the wooden house.

Feng Jinlin walked in front, protecting Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo behind him. Once they arrived at the door of the wooden house, they carefully pushed it open.

Since no one had used the door for a long time, it made a creaking sound when it was pushed inward.

Due to the maintenance of the dust removal formation, no dust was flying. The first thing that entered the eyes of the three of them was a dead corpse sitting in the middle of the wooden house.

Feng Ming peeked out behind his father and said, “Is this the remains of the alchemist from the Shengyuan Sect?”

Bai Qiaomo nodded. “It should be.”

Feng Jinlin stepped into the wooden house cautiously. He checked it first and found there were no traps in the wooden house. Then he let Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo in. The three of them surrounded the corpse and checked it.

The corpse was obviously in an abnormal condition. There were black lines on the dry skin. Bai Qiaomo turned around and pointed at the lines. “This person died of poisoning. This poison was something he couldn’t cure while he was alive. I think this poison is very serious. Uncle and Junior Brother Ming must not touch him.”

Feng Jinlin and Feng Ming were cautious to begin with. They didn’t even touch or take off the storage ring on the corpse’s finger. They were even more cautious now as they noticed the corpse’s abnormality.

Feng Ming asked curiously, “Brother Bai, you said that this is a traitor of the Shengyuan Sect and was wanted by the Shengyuan Sect. Is this true? Or was he attacked by a villain and poisoned, causing him to defect from the Shengyuan Sect?”

Feng Jinlin said, “Both situations are possible.”

Bai Qiaomo was unable to answer this question either. He only heard about this incident in his previous life but didn’t know the specific details. Also, the person had been dead for many years by then. Who would investigate the truth for this alchemist?

Bai Qiaomo took out a glove from his storage ring that was used to isolate poisons. He put it on and carefully took the storage ring from the finger of the corpse.

This action frightened Feng Jinlin and Feng Ming, who were worried that the glove couldn’t isolate the toxins.

The good thing was that the toxins were accumulated in the dry corpse and couldn’t evaporate. It was obvious since the situation inside the wooden house was normal, and there was no impact outside the wooden house. There were flocks of butterflies flying around.

Once the ring was removed, the glove wasn’t taken back to avoid being contaminated by poison. Bai Qiaomo carefully put the ring in a box and would check it later.

Feng Jinlin nodded secretly. Bai Qiaomo might be young and had a great reputation in the past, but he was calm and patient when doing things. This was rare. He had seen young geniuses who became arrogant due to being too proud.

There were three rooms in the wooden house. In addition to this main room, there were two other rooms. One of them was the original owner’s alchemy room. There was a cauldron in the room, and many jade boxes and bottles were placed on the shelf on one side.

The jade box contained spiritual herbs and the jade bottle contained refined elixirs. The shelf on the other side were books and jade slips that recorded information.

There was no danger, so the three of them started to search the room.

The jade box could prolong the medicinal properties of the picked spiritual herbs, but it also had a time limit. The medicinal properties of the spiritual herbs had been lost once they opened the jade box.

After refining them into pills, they could be stored for a longer time. The three of them showed joy after inspecting it. At least half the pills in these jade bottles could be used.

Among them was a pill called the soaring dragon pill. This was to help cultivators at the peak of the essence liquid realm to condense the essence dan in the dantian.

This soaring dragon pill was also a top-grade pill, which was extremely rare. With this soaring dragon pill and the Silver Moon Fruit on the tree outside, Feng Jinlin no longer had to worry about not having anything to assist in condensing the essence dan. As long as his cultivation was pushed to the peak of the essence liquid realm, he could retreat and prepare to condense the dan.

“That’s great, Dad. You should quickly put it away. This is a top-grade soaring dragon pill. It is a good thing that you can’t buy it outside even if you have yuan crystals.”

Feng Jinlin could hardly suppress his excitement. He had come up with the idea of collecting auxiliary items this time but he hadn’t expected it to go so smoothly. All the items that aided in his advancement were delivered to him.

Feng Jinlin put the jade bottle into his storage ring and looked at Bai Qiaomo gratefully. “Qiaomo, at this auction, I will do my best to help you win the Blue Frost Spring Water.”

“Thank you, Uncle. This is also your own opportunity.” Bai Qiaomo was also happy for Feng Jinlin. It would also be good for him if Feng Jinlin’s strength could be improved.

Now in the eyes of outsiders, Feng Jinlin was his backer, and their interests were shared.

Feng Ming said happily, “Hurry up and look again. There should be a lot of pill recipes and the alchemy inheritance.”

“That’s right,” Feng Jinlin said. “It is important to find the inheritance.”

This was more important than his own promotion.

All the usable pills were collected. Some of them couldn’t be identified for the time being.

Feng Ming also put away the cauldron. He was the only alchemist among the three and the only one who could use the cauldron. Moreover, this cauldron was fourth-grade. It was enough for Feng Ming to use for a long time.

The three of them flipped through the books and jade slips on the bookshelf together. From time to time, there were sounds of surprise.

Not only did it contain pill recipes, but also the experience of alchemy left by the original owner.

This was equivalent to having the guidance of a senior. It could help the later generations avoid many detours.

For example, the alchemy techniques and soul power control that He Shu taught Feng Ming were all summarized by countless predecessors. If the alchemist was to explore it on their own, it would require countless failures and experience summaries.

In addition to the books and jade slips related to alchemy, there were other miscellaneous books on the bookshelf as well as books on cultivation. However, there was no alchemy inheritance.

The three of them went to the room on the other side. This was where the original owner used to practice and study formations. In the room were formation refining materials, books, jade slips and ready-made formation plates left by the original owner. But there still wasn’t the alchemy inheritance they were looking for.

There might be no alchemy inheritance, but Bai Qiaomo put away most of the things in the room and divided the formation plates between the three of them.

As long as they followed the operating instructions left by the creator, they could set up the formation even if they weren’t a formation master. Thus, Feng Jinlin and Feng Ming could also do it.

They returned to the main look and looked at each other. Then they said in unison, “Storage ring.”

This was the last place that hadn’t been checked. If there was an inheritance, it could only be in the storage ring.

The alchemy inheritance was the most important thing. The alchemist would naturally keep it in the most private and safe place, in other words, their own storage ring.

“I’ll open it.” Feng Jinlin thought he was the strongest and it would be safest for him to open the storage ring.

Bai Qiaomo took out the box containing the storage ring, observed it for a while and said, “This storage ring shouldn’t be contaminated with poison, but Uncle still needs to be careful and try not to touch the storage ring.”

Feng Jinlin nodded and controlled his energy to unlock the seal on the storage ring.

Since the original owner had passed away, the mark left on the ring wasn’t very strong. The seal was soon broken.

With just a thought, Feng Jinlin poured out all the items in the storage ring.

There weren’t many things. There were the personal belongings of the original owner such as spare clothes. There was also the original owner’s collection such as spiritual tools, rare spiritual herbs and other materials.

There were quite a few boxes on the ground, but most of them were empty when they were opened.

“It should’ve been filled up with yuan crystals, but the yuan crystals were probably used up by the alchemist. Since he was poisoned, he couldn’t replenish them so there are only a few yuan crystals left.

Feng Ming intuitively grabbed a book from a pile of debris. The pages of the book weren’t metal or wood, but the texture was soft and delicate. It seemed like it was made from some type of animal skin.

Feng Ming hurriedly opened it to see what was inside. He knew at a glance that he had found what he was looking for. “Dad, Brother Bai, I found it. This is the alchemy inheritance of the Shengyuan Sect.”

Feng Jinlin and Bai Qiaomo, who were still searching, stopped what they were doing, looked up and smiled.

The most important thing about their trip wasn’t the Silver Moon Fruit or soaring dragon pill, but the book that Feng Ming was holding in his hand. It was a treasure that couldn’t be bought with any high price offered outside, especially since it was the alchemy inheritance of a top sect, the Shengyuan Sect.

Feng Jinlin patted his son’s shoulder happily and said, “Finally, this trip has paid off. Keep it well. For the time being, don’t reveal the existence of this inheritance to anyone except for me, Qiaomo and your Aunt Yue, not even He Shu. Find another way to help him improve his alchemy skills in the future.”

Feng Ming nodded. This inheritance was indeed too important. They couldn’t afford to take the slightest risk. If this news got out, their family would be destroyed.