Chapter 116: Treasure Hunting (Fourth Update! Please add to your library!)

Just after Zhang Nuo's figure disappeared at the edge of the sky, Zhuge Qing stood quietly alone in the pitch-black cave, feeling Zhang Nuo's Spirit Power fluctuations grow weaker bit by bit, until they finally vanished completely.

"This person can actually be considered a gentleman! But good people don't live long in the Cultivation World!"

A strange, cold sneer leaked from the corners of Zhuge Qing's mouth, and she immediately touched her Storage Bag with her jade hand; a pitch-black Array Disk flew out from within.

Reaching out to hold the Array Disk in her palm, she pointed her hand at it repeatedly, casting several incantations. In an instant, the Array Disk shone brilliantly, five-colored rays of light rolled out, and more than ten three-inch-long array flags shot out from it. They flashed and vanished, sinking into the walls surrounding the cave.

The young girl's red lips parted slightly, and the sound of bitter incantations echoed throughout the entire cave. A moment later, the four walls of the cave where Zhuge Qing was located began to glow with faint, five-colored flowing light. The light rippled continuously across the cave walls, and with one final flash, it disappeared completely.

Watching the flowing light vanish, the young girl finally let out a long breath. With a flick of her robe sleeve, a Putan landed on the ground. Moving with lotus steps, she walked to the Putan, sat down cross-legged, and took out several Pills, swallowing them without a second thought.

Closing her eyes slightly, the young girl's ten slender jade fingers changed through several types of hand seals in succession, finally stopping at a strange one. After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, when the medicinal power within her body had fully dissolved, a soft whistle suddenly escaped Zhuge Qing's lips. A layer of faint white light enveloped her graceful body, and her closed-door cultivation officially began!

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Zhang Nuo left the location of the cave and flew toward the direction of the Dark Swamp. Along the way, Chunyangzi inside the Sword Box laughed out loud continuously.

"I say, kid Zhang, this is truly Heaven's favor toward you! I was just worrying about how to shake off that ghost of a girl, Zhuge Qing, and never expected her to go into closed-door cultivation! This time, we can finally go search for the great treasure in the Dark Swamp with peace of mind!"

Don't look at how old Chunyangzi is; when he gets happy, he really is somewhat like a child.

"I didn't expect it either; that purple-clad young woman from the Beixuan Sect named Ding Fu actually did us a huge favor!"

A smile hung on Zhang Nuo's face. He was also very interested in the great treasure in the Dark Swamp. What kind of thing could it be that allowed the two-headed snake to guard it for so long?

"Kid Zhang, have you thought of a way to search for the treasure?"

Chunyangzi suddenly stopped his laughter and said solemnly.

"No!"

Zhang Nuo's answer was very crisp, with almost no hesitation!

"However, I suspect the location of the great treasure should be right where the two-headed snake appeared. Let's just wait until we get there to talk about it!"

"En! Actually, you and I think about the same. Generally speaking, the distance between the thing a demonic beast protects and where it is located won't be too far! Although I don't hold these Magic Treasures of the Human Realm in high regard, for some reason, this old man is quite expectant!"

Chunyangzi smacked his lips and said curiously.

Zhang Nuo actually believed a bit of what Chunyangzi said. After all, the other party was a figure from the Immortal World back then; how could these Magic Treasures of the Human Realm catch his eye? To be able to make even Chunyangzi so expectant, it seemed the great treasure in the Dark Swamp was certainly no ordinary object!

Half a day later, Zhang Nuo arrived at the edge of the Dark Swamp. Standing on his Flying Sword, he looked downward. He saw that the place where they had fought the two-headed snake several months ago no longer showed any traces, save for a few pale white bones, lonely and half-buried by sand and dirt.

Looking at their appearance, these white bones should be the disciples of the Nanxuan Sect who were slaughtered by Han Liang. These people had come here full of confidence, only to unexpectedly be buried here forever.

With his Divine Sense fully expanded, Zhang Nuo enveloped everything around him. A moment later, confirming there were no other cultivators nearby, he landed on the ground.

While walking toward the edge of the Dark Swamp, he pondered ways to find the great treasure. Before long, Zhang Nuo arrived at the edge of the Dark Swamp. The pungent odor made him frown, and he inadvertently held his breath.

Looking at the bones of the countless demonic beasts killed to lure out the two-headed snake, Zhang Nuo felt a chill in his heart. He recalled the incident at Heiniu Village once more. That was a shadow he could never shake off in his life, like a shackle, firmly locked in his heart.

Taking a deep breath, then slowly exhaling, Zhang Nuo tried his best not to think about these things.

At the edge of the swamp, looking out over the vast Dark Swamp, Zhang Nuo still vaguely remembered where the two-headed snake had emerged. With a movement of his Divine Sense, the Flying Sword inside the Sword Box on his back flashed out. He stepped onto the Flying Sword and flew toward that direction like a streak of light.

A distance that seemed not far took Zhang Nuo nearly half a stick of incense to fly. It seemed the two-headed snake's true cultivation was terrifying; back then, it had only taken a few movements of its body to rush out of the swamp!

Thinking back, if it weren't for the restraint of the 'Small Six Paths Sumeru Array', they would have been wiped out by the demonic snake just like the first two cultivators.

Hovering above the Dark Swamp, the black mist floating in mid-air made Zhang Nuo feel like vomiting. He slowly probed his Divine Sense toward the depths of the swamp, but it could only penetrate three feet deep. He hadn't expected the swamp itself to have the effect of obstructing Divine Sense.

Helpless, Zhang Nuo had no choice but to pilot the Flying Sword and approach the surface of the swamp again, but no matter how close he got to the swamp, his Divine Sense could only penetrate three feet at most.

"What a strange place!"

He muttered to himself in his heart. Seeing there was no other way, Zhang Nuo had no choice but to fly back to the shore!

Leaning against a large tree, he gazed toward the Dark Swamp, shaking his head and sighing incessantly.

Knowing clearly that there was a great treasure inside but having no way to obtain it—this feeling was the same as a starving person seeing food but being unable to eat it.

"This swamp is too strange. I actually felt very heavy Yin energy within it!"

Chunyangzi said with wonder.

"Yin energy? Perhaps it's because too many creatures have died in the swamp!"

Zhang Nuo was dismissive and said casually.

"Impossible! The Yin energy in the swamp is so dense it has already reached a peak. Even if tens of thousands of people died inside, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to create such dense Yin energy!"

He did not agree with Zhang Nuo's view, as if Chunyangzi knew quite a bit about Yin energy.

"Forget about whatever Yin energy or not, I just want to get the thing inside the swamp!"

Zhang Nuo said with disdain. Chunyangzi did not explain further; after all, the current Zhang Nuo was like a frog in a well to him, having never seen the world, and he wouldn't understand even if he explained too much.

While thinking of a solution, Zhang Nuo flipped through several Storage Bags. These were all obtained by killing other cultivators in the Trial Ground. As for the things inside, he had never had time to check them. Now that he was idle, he would see if there was anything inside that could be of some help in searching for the great treasure!