Chapter 781

Splash~

A flash of light passed, and the treasure chest opened!

Two system voices sounded in his ear.

【Congratulations, you have found the treasure recorded in the "Relic Secret Treasure Map"!】

【You discovered a tier-3 treasure chest, earning 121 treasure-hunt points!】

At the moment the treasure chest opened, Xiao Feng climbed onto a ranking!

——It was the Treasure Hunt Ranking among the Five Great Rankings of the Myriad Realms World!

There are two ways to earn points on the Treasure Hunt Ranking: one is to use the Divine Light Treasure Mirror to freely dig for treasure; as long as you dig up an item of quality exceeding divine artifact level, you earn Treasure Hunt points, with higher quality yielding more points!

The other is to dig up treasure maps like Xiao Feng did.

Even at its worst, a treasure map can yield a tier-1 or higher treasure chest, comparable to digging up a top-grade divine artifact!

This time he dug up a tier-3 chest, which is equivalent to unearthing a main divine-artifact-level treasure, instantly granting him 121 points and shooting him up to the top of the ranking!

Xiao Feng didn't rush to check his ranking; instead, he first looked at what was inside the treasure chest.

The treasure chest wasn't big, about half a meter square, with two things lying quietly inside.

——a tattered page, and a purple stone.

【Slaughter Book (Fragment): a fragment recording the tier-8 secret art Slaughter Formation; collecting 999 fragments can synthesize the complete Slaughter Book】

【Purple Silicon Stone: equipment material, a gemstone abundant in spirituality, usable for forging divine-artifact-quality equipment, and increasing the toughness and hardness of produced equipment】

Seeing these two things, Xiao Feng's mood instantly became complex, both happy and helpless.

The happy part is that he again obtained a fragment of the Slaughter Book; he now has accumulated four fragments, bringing him one step closer to collecting 999 fragments to summon the divine dragon.

The helpless part is that the treasure chest actually contained no complete equipment, only a material.

The Purple Silicon Stone's quality is very high, comparable to that of 12,000-year-old Spirit Immortal Bamboo. But after all, it's merely a material, not a finished product; if you want to convert it into your own strength, you can only go find a divine craftsman to forge it.

"Forget it, first put it away, then go find Han Que to help forge it." Xiao Feng thought.

But need to keep quotes? The Chinese uses 「」 for spoken thought. We'll keep English quotes maybe. We'll output: "Forget it, first put it away, then go find Han Que to help forge it." Xiao Feng thought.

Three stalks of Spirit Immortal Bamboo can make three pieces of equipment; adding the many materials he has stored and this Purple Silicon Stone, it's not impossible to forge more than one divine artifact!

"Good brother, are you done fighting? Is that big guy dead?" The wind picked up, Da Bai flew back and landed beside him.

Xiao Feng replied: "

He wasn't killed; we made peace, and he's still under your feet.

"I ga!"

Da Bai jumped in fright, let out a strange cry, terrified of being swallowed, and hurriedly ran to hide behind Xiao Feng.

"What's the point of making peace? It'd be better to just kill him outright, then you could get loot!" it whispered.

Seeing the treasure chest in front of Xiao Feng, he curiously asked: "How was it? Did you dig up good loot? Is it a tier-9 Supreme Treasure?"

"Nine your head! Come on, let's go dig up the next treasure map!" Xiao Feng angrily punched it, then jumped onto its back and soared into the sky.

【Relic Secret Treasure】 didn't yield a divine artifact, so let's dig up the 【Divine Artifact Treasure Map】!

This treasure map's distance is "over 100,000 kilometers", but less than 1,000,000 kilometers.

At Da Bai's speed, if not killed, he can fly 7,800 kilometers in an hour; several hours should be enough to find it, then another several hours to fly back, totaling over a day, still worth it!

As for the farthest 【Myriad Realms Treasure Map】, for now we can only give up, and reconsider when Da Bai's speed increases.

Da Bai the crane flew up to high altitude, again attracting the attention of many Spirit Bird tribe wild monsters, which came to attack.

Xiao Feng maintained Da Bai's Heavenly Dao Protection state, not dropping it; occasionally clearing some small monsters to gain some Qi Luck value, progressing steadily.

After flying several tens of kilometers, he opened the 【Divine Artifact Treasure Map】 and checked the compass.

The system prompted: 【The target is relatively distant (over 100,000 kilometers), the indicated direction has a deviation!】

The distance is still far, the fluctuation angle is around 30 degrees; we can only approximate that direction, not knowing the exact position.

After flying a few minutes, Da Bai suddenly said in a low voice: "Uh-oh, there's a big shot ahead!"

"Huh? What big shot?" Xiao Feng wondered.

Da Bai put aside his usual joking tone and said: "It's a Spirit Bird tribe powerhouse, it's coming for us, holy shit!"

Xiao Feng: ……

He simply didn't see any Spirit Bird tribe powerhouse.

Could it be that birds have better vision?

Before he could think further, a flash of white light suddenly appeared on the distant horizon!

Immediately after, a super-giant bird with a wingspan over 300 meters appeared in the distance, flying toward them at extreme speed!

The white light filled the sky and blotted out the sun, like encountering high-beam headlights oncoming on a road, directly blinding his eyes!

"Holy shit, my eyes!" Xiao Feng's vision blurred, he couldn't see anything.

Gone, his vision was deprived.

Fortunately, he still had willpower; using his intention, he could vaguely 'see' some things.

That gigantic bird powerhouse appeared not far before him, and even stopped!

Xiao Feng heard a voice, gentle like a neighboring older sister, murmuring: "Tier-7 mutant spirit beast, what a strong bloodline, child, how did you acknowledge such a lowly human adventurer as your master?"

This remark was obviously directed at Da Bai, the words filled with contempt for Xiao Feng, this human player.

Xiao Feng secretly thought it was not good, wondering if Da Bai, having encountered the bird powerhouse, would betray him on the spot and seek freedom.

In his slightly uneasy mood, Da Bai gave an embarrassed laugh and replied: "Hello, sister! Sister, you're really beautiful! I'm Da Bai, a Lingxuan Black Crane from the Yuan Su Shen Yu, fortunate to have been cultivated by my master, rising from tier 6 to tier 7. Although this guy's level isn't high now, he possesses the Primordial Heavenly Dao inheritance, his potential is immeasurable. Being his companion is my honor; I hope you can understand, sister!"

Upon hearing that, Xiao Feng's mood instantly refreshed!

Da Bai has become sensible!

He didn't betray; instead, he gave him high praise!

I have to say, the stupid bird is actually pretty reliable sometimes!

Oh? Primordial Heavenly Dao inheritance? The white big bird's gentle voice sounded somewhat surprised, commenting: "That is indeed a very formidable existence, just unknown about his aptitude, whether he can truly comprehend the laws of the Heavenly Dao."

Eh, not bad, in less than a month he's already able to pull off various tricks; becoming a God King powerhouse shouldn't be difficult! Da Bai again praised Xiao Feng.

The white big bird, upon hearing that, replied: "If so, then I won't interfere further. By the way, you came from the east; just now I sensed the aura of a perfect God King artifact appearing over there—have you seen it?"

That question made Xiao Feng and Da Bai's mood tense up.

This white big bird actually came here following the aura of the perfect God King artifact!

She is the "Myriad Realms Battlefield Old Monster" spoken of by the Ten Thousand Year Tai Sui!

Eh……

Da Bai replied: "Are you talking about the heavenly tribulation scene? Just now we saw lightning and thunder, but it soon disappeared; we were busy digging for treasure and didn't examine closely."

Alright, then you go ahead; I'll go check myself. The white big bird said, without doubting them.

After saying that, it flapped its wings and turned into light, disappearing to the east.

【Late……2 chapters】

(End of chapter)