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Chapter 87 - 77 Ironback Rhinoceros_i
Chapter 87 - 77 Ironback Rhinoceros_i
Chapter 87: Chapter 77 Ironback Rhinoceros_i
Translator: 549690339
Three days later.
Xu Mu arrived at Cui Ling Marketplace.
After getting the latest information and confinning that there was no immediate matter regarding Luo Family, he purchased a locating magic artifact and ventured into the Cloud Peak Mountain Range.
The locating magic artifact was somewhat like a compass from his previous life, helping cultivators determine their direction.
The location on the map was quite far off. If he didn’t have the locating magic artifact, he might have had to take many detours.
As soon as he entered deep into the mountain range, he took caution, hiding his presence and casting the Invisibility Technique!
Whenever he perceived any irregularities on his way, he’d rather take a roundabout route rather than risk danger.
In this way, it took him more than half a month to finally reach the spot marked on the map.
“Did I get it wrong? Or is there an error with the map?”
Before Xu Mu’s eyes, there was only a solitary small hill. Nothing else existed.
Refusing to concede, Xu Mu hunted through the small hill inch by inch three or four times, but didn’t obtain anything.
“Did I just make a wasted trip?”
Although he anticipated this sort of situation might occur before he set off, he felt an unavoidable sense of loss when it actually happened.
“What kind of treasure could a Qi Cultivator hold? Maybe I was just being too naive!”
Xu Mu sighed.
“But, I sure as heck don’t want to go to that woman, do I?!”
The woman Xu Mu referred to was Lan Shijin, the non-human entity he had encountered when he came from White River City.
She was extraordinary, and she was likely to have the Dragon Heart Nine-Leaf Clover.
This was another reason he came to the Cloud Peak Mountain Range.
Xiao Yi’s map, on the other hand, seemed more like a chance of luck.
Xu Mu pulled out the map for further research, staring at the two characters marked at the endpoint.
“Yue Chen?”
He had been pondering over the meaning of these two words all the way.
Unfortunately, he could not figure it out.
These two words seem like scene names, specific times, and some kind of code.
“If ‘Yue’ refers to the moon, then ‘Chen’ might refer to the stars. Could it be waiting for a night with stars and the moon for the treasure to open?”
Xu Mu stroked his chin and mused.
Does a Qi Cultivator’s treasure need to be this dramatic?
It’s like Alibaba!
“If it needs a specific moment, under a specific environment to open…”
Xu Mu’s heart suddenly pounded.
It seems somewhat like the legendary secret realm!
“Let’s wait for a few days!”
Having come so far, he couldn’t just glance at the place and leave.
After careful consideration, Xu Mu decided to wait for a while to see what happens.
He had already travelled a great distance, so a bit more time didn’t matter.
He had left an Communication Array at home. If there was an emergency, Lan Shijin would naturally relay the message to him.
Next, Xu Mu established a temporary cave dwelling on the mountain and set up several Alert Arrays nearby. If anything unusual happened, he would be able to detect them immediately.
Xu Mu did not put all his hopes on the elusive treasure. Over the next few days, he occasionally went out and continued searching the area.
Rumble!
A monster beast, as majestic as a small mountain, with its eyes red, started to chase after Xu Mu ferociously.
Each step it took caused pebbles to scatter and forced age-old trees, large enough for a man to wrap his hands around, to shatter apart.
“I just stole one of your spiritual medicines, was that really necessary?”
Xu Mu, who was desperately dodging in the forest, said helplessly.
The monster beast didn’t stop, relentlessly pursuing him.
Not wanting to tangle with the beast any further, Xu Mu cast the Invisibility Technique and vanished from the spot.
Roar!
The monster beast roared. Suddenly stamping its foot, numerous thorns erupted from the ground, reaching meters into the sky.
Bang!
Xu Mu’s figure appeared out of the void.
“Big guy! You’re seeking your own death!”
Xu Mu’s eyes turned cold.
Caw!
The red crow instantly flew out from his body, letting out a piercing cry. Invisible sonic waves swept out in all directions.
Roar!
The monster beast swayingly stood, its eyes reddening further, and it issued a counter roar.
The red crow suddenly flew up into the sky. With each flap of its wings, countless fireballs condensed in the air and were launched towards the monster beast.
Bracing, the monster beast had a pale yellow light surge over its body, forming numerous earth spikes that shot towards the red crow in the air.
The fireballs and earthen spikes collided, causing continuous explosions in the sky.
The power of the monster beast was obviously weaker, and it was quickly suppressed by the fireballs. The attack was about to hit it.
Just as the monster beast faltered, a body appeared in front of it, like lightning slashing through the void. Before it could react, half of its neck was sliced off.
“Huh! Huh!”
Blood gushed out wildly as the gigantic body of the Ironback Rhinoceros crashed heavily onto the ground.
Squawk!
The Red Crow shrunk in size, letting out a call before landing on Xu Mu’s shoulder.
Four eyes opened, their pupils rotating like tiny vortices.
Roar!
The Ironback Rhino’s spirit was slowly drawn out by an invisible power, struggling, and roaring in mid-air.
The Red Crow opened its beak and directly sucked it in.
The four eyes returned to normal, and once again merged into Xu Mu’s body.
Xu Mu sliced the corpse of the Ironback Rhinoceros and stored it into his storage pouch, quickly leaving the scene.
That day, while he was meditating in a cave, he suddenly felt some unusual movement in his chest.
He immediately ceased his meditation and opened his eyes, pulling out the source of the disturbance from his chest.
It was a compass of Array!
After Xu Mu infused it with Spiritual Power, it immediately generated a light curtain where a region was flashing with green light continually.
“My Alert Array has been triggered!”
Xu Mu furrowed his brow, wondering if a monster beast with lousy eyesight had stumbled there.
He kept the compass, concealed his aura, applied an Invisibility Technique to himself, then left the cave, heading towards the location of the signal at a fast pace.
“This is?!!”
Witnessing the scene before him, Xu Mu’s body shivered in shock.
A seemingly ordinary mountain wall was cracked open with a gap big enough for a person, as black and empty as if it had grown out of nowhere.
Xu Mu looked up to the sun in the far-off sky; it had just risen, indicating the start of the day.
“Could it be that the ‘chen’ on the map refers to the ‘chen’ hour?”
“And could ‘month’ be referring to an actual month?”
He hadn’t stayed long here. If it was a once-in-a-year occurrence, he shouldn’t have run into it by sheer luck.
“A specific time and a specific place, could this actually be a secret realm?”
Xu Mu’s heart pounded.
He had only casually guessed; he never expected to strike it lucky so astoundingly.
Such a good thing actually happened to him.
No!
Xu Mu jolted awake, shaking his head internally.
Secret realms are independent mini spaces. Either they are sustained by an unparalleled power inside, or they rely on a powerful array and top-tier Spirit Vein. Otherwise, secret realms cannot exist independently.
For a secret realm that possesses a top-tier Spirit Vein, even mere cultivation inside it would probably suffice for one to break through to Foundation Establishment Stage.
If it’s a real secret realm, Xiao Yi wouldn’t foolishly abandon it and go slog outside.
“It might just be some magical array!” Xu Mu thought to himself.
He picked up a stone and threw it inside.
The stone made a clear sound as it hit something and bounced out.
“There’s a stonewall inside!”
Xu Mu pondered for a moment, then took out a talisman and threw it inside.
The talisman exploded instantly, transforming into a fireball that illuminated the entire space.
It was a sealed stone chamber with two skeletons lying in a corner. Apart from that, within a radius of ten steps, there was nothing else.
He shook the rope tied to his waist, and it moved like a creature and slithered in.
It was the rope artifact he obtained from the Li Brothers, which he kept tied around his waist all this while.
The rope wrapped around the two skeletons and pulled them out.
Upon a careful inspection by Xu Mu, they turned out to be ordinary skeletons. Not to mention treasures, even their clothes were rotten common fabric.
“Is this supposed to be the so-called treasure? That’s ridiculous!”
Xu Mu was deeply disappointed.
It felt like he’d been tricked by a dead man.
Still not willing to give up, he tossed a Blackscale Beast inside. Seeing no anomalies, he finally stepped inside to further investigate.
His disappointment deepened after making a check. It was just an ordinary stone chamber, without any Array. The Spiritual Power inside was very thin, around eighty to ninety percent lower than it was outside, discomforting Xu Mu.
He knocked on the stone wall. It didn’t echo, which meant it was solid behind and not hollow.
“With such a fantastic place, whoever created just this one stone chamber….how idle could they be!”
Xu Mu felt so upset that he almost spat blood.
Feeling like he had wasted many days in vain.
Still somewhat unconvinced, he sat cross-legged, his hand performing finger gestures.
Squawk!
The Red Crow flew out from within him, its body glowing and gradually becoming intangible, then charged straight towards the stone wall.
Without any earth-shattering noise, the Red Crow just melted into it.
Images from within the stone wall emerged in Xu Mu’s mind.
The next moment, the Red Crow suddenly detached from the stone wall and soared up into the sky. It overlooked an endless sea, with azure waves rolling.