A massive light seal slowly emerged before Lin Feng, radiating immense energy fluctuations.
"Five Elements Deadly Strike!" Lin Feng swiftly formed hand seals, then unleashed his Lightning Step. He clashed fiercely with the oncoming third-tier magical beast, Crimson Phosphorus Fang. "Buzz buzz buzz..." A massive energy wave rippled outwards from the center of the collision,
stirring up a huge cloud of dust. In an instant, numerous mercenaries and magical beasts consciously retreated to the sides, awaiting the outcome.
When the dust settled, Lin Feng and Crimson Phosphorus Fang stood facing each other. Both man and beast stared intently at each other for an unknown amount of time. Then,
a weak roar echoed, followed by the massive magical beast leader collapsing to the ground.
"Roar..." Seeing their leader fall, the numerous magical beasts went berserk, charging recklessly towards Lin Feng.
"Heh, utterly ignorant!" Lin Feng calmly turned around, gazing at the frenzied magical beasts, and retrieved the sharp blade from his storage ring once more.
With the power of the Five Elements Technique, a continuous stream of battle qi energy was absorbed into his dantian, then transformed into Five Elements Battle Qi.
A figure, both godlike and demonic, weaved through the numerous demonic beasts. In a flash, "Boom!"... accompanied by the resounding crashes of enormous objects hitting the ground. The crowd watched
in disbelief as the previously frenzied demonic beasts all fell to the ground, spitting blood. They were initially stunned, then a deafening roar erupted, "Long live Lord Lin Feng!"
"Brother Lin Feng..." A small, azure figure rushed over, throwing herself into Lin Feng's arms, oblivious to his blood-soaked appearance, tears streaming down her face.
Lin Feng paused, then a smile appeared on his lips. His left hand, which wasn't wielding a sword, tightly embraced the lovely figure.
Seeing this, everyone silently cleaned up the battlefield, treated the wounded, and re-spread monster dung around the camp...
...The dividing line between evil...
The moon was high in the sky, hanging in the air, its pure white light reminding Lin Feng of a mythical creature from his past life—the Emperor's Dew.
"After all, it's not the same world anymore. If this were the myth of the mountains and seas, on this full moon, the strange beasts would probably already be roaring and drinking in the moonlight." Lin Feng gazed at the starry sky, looking at the full moon, a faint thought in his expression.
After an unknown amount of time, Lin Feng turned his gaze to the Monster Mountain Range, then glanced at Little Fairy Doctor's tent.
"The herb-gathering team will only be gathering for three days. Today is the second day, and they will return tomorrow. So far, Little Fairy Doctor still hasn't shown any sign of going to the cave. Perhaps it's too early. Oh well, relying on powerful soul force will only expand the search area a little." Thinking to himself, Lin Feng called over Hermon and instructed him to protect Qing Lin's safety.
After everything was settled, Lin Feng's figure flashed and disappeared into the darkness.
...
"Hoo... This is the last cliff. If we still haven't found the cave from the original story, we'll have to mobilize the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to search!" Lin Feng's figure flickered to a cliff edge, looking down into the darkness.
"Sigh, still no sign of the White Orchid Fruit from the original story. Did I come too early after all? Oh well, let's go down and search some more." Lin Feng sighed, but his battle qi surged from his dantian, making his five-colored armor dazzling.
In a few leaps, he disappeared below the cliff like a bolt of lightning.
"Whoosh..." Suddenly, a strange sound caught Lin Feng's attention, and his powerful soul force surged out.
"Hmm? Earthy yellow all over, shaped like a rock, this, hahaha, a Rock Serpent. This is very likely the cave from the original story." Lin Feng's expression showed extreme surprise. He flicked his finger, and a ball of battle qi energy shot towards the Rock Serpent.
Immediately, the rock serpent plummeted downwards, leaving no echo for a long time.
With another leap, Lin Feng landed outside a cave filled with rubble and fallen leaves. Beast fire surged from his palm, illuminating his surroundings.
After observing the environment and confirming that he
indeed lacked talent in mechanical arts, he unleashed his battle aura, instantly crushing the cave's stone door to dust—it wasn't due to a lack of talent in mechanical arts.
Along the narrow cave, barely wide enough for two or three people, he could see marks of knife and axe cuts. Perhaps due to the passage of time, even Lin Feng's powerful soul force made them indistinct.
After walking for about a quarter of an hour in this cold environment, the surroundings suddenly opened up.
Before Lin Feng's eyes was first a small, glittering mountain of gold coins, then some miscellaneous valuables, and some rare medicinal herbs planted.
Of course, the only thing Lin Feng truly valued was the Ice Spirit Flame Grass, one of the main ingredients in a fifth-grade elixir essential for absorbing strange fire.
Its entire body was white and red, with flames burning on its crown of grass, while its roots were covered in cold crystals. These contrasting attributes were perfectly natural, making it a spiritual object capable of resisting the burning of strange fire.
Carefully storing it in his storage ring, he sighed, "Phew..." Even if he couldn't obtain the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame in the future, exchanging it with Xiao Yan might still bring him a considerable benefit.
"Snow Lotus Seeds, White Lotus Ginseng..." After packing all the medicinal herbs along with the seeds, Lin Feng looked at his absolute target—a skeleton. Or rather, the three stone boxes in front of the skeleton.
Slowly walking to the stone table, Lin Feng touched the metal lock; it was slightly warm to the touch. Recalling the method from the original story, he didn't use brute force to unlock it.
"Keys?" Lin Feng's gaze shifted to the skeletal hand. There, three jet-black keys hung above the bone.
He clasped his hands together, bowed a few times to the skeleton, then stepped forward, grabbed the keys, and gently pulled. Due to his powerful soul control, the skeleton was not destroyed.
Opening the stone boxes one by one, Lin Feng found three items before him: a colorful scroll, a black scroll, and an earthen-yellow scroll.
Opening them, Lin Feng's expression darkened. Before him lay the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, the high-level Xuan-rank combat skill—Eagle Wings, and the mid-level Xuan-rank cultivation technique—Windwalking Manual.
While the scrolls were enough to make him thrive in the Jia Ma Empire, they didn't contain the fragment of the Strange Fire Diagram that Lin Feng had hoped for. "Could it be the butterfly effect?"
Lin Feng closed his eyes in thought, recalling the scenes of entering the cave and the descriptions in the original work.
After a long while, Lin Feng suddenly opened his eyes, a startling light flashing within them. Looking at the skeleton, he said, "So that's how it is. I originally wanted to keep your body intact for a proper burial. I didn't expect you to be a nobody. If I hadn't read the original work, I might have missed a tremendous opportunity today..." As he
finished speaking, Lin Feng's arm shot out like lightning, crushing the withered bone arm.
"As expected..." Lin Feng thought to himself, only to see a tattered painting slowly fall from the broken bones. Just before it hit the ground, Lin Feng grabbed it.
Opening it, he saw an eerie lotus flower atop it, seemingly rotating slowly, captivating the senses...
(End of Chapter)