Chapter 114: Peach Blossom Spring

Of course, this was merely Su Yuanshan's wishful thinking; as for whether it was true, he himself was not clear, but after all, it was a free item, so there was no harm in taking it!

Ignoring the corpse of that reborn person, Huang Yang, the middle-aged scholar from the Kaiyuan Academy, and the others continued to walk forward. Cailian looked on, unable to bear it, and called out to Sima Wuhen, intending to move the corpse aside, but she was stopped by Lv Qingshan, who said in a low voice.

"Your master has heard from the elders that these 'reincarnated ghosts' are all very sinister; do not bring trouble upon yourself, let us walk faster!"

Cailian had no choice but to give up and followed Lv Qingshan forward.

Seeing that Sima Wuhen and the purple-clad young girl had also left,

Su Yuanshan rested for a moment and followed after them, but because he walked relatively slowly, he fell some distance behind the group.

For some reason, the cave began to fog up slowly, and the mist seemed to carry a hint of fragrance—the scent of peach blossoms.

Finally, after walking a distance of about one thousand meters, Su Yuanshan walked out of the cave, but he discovered another problem.

He was lost, and what was worse, the people in front had also vanished without a trace.

Outside the cave, the path split into two forks, and for a moment, he could not decide which one to choose.

"Is anyone there? Sima Wuhen? Fellow Daoist Lv?"

However, he called out several times but did not receive any response.

Su Yuanshan could not help but sigh and furrow his brows.

It is said that Xie Lingyu, who was in the vanguard, and Lv Qingshan and the others saw the mist ahead growing thicker and could not help but remind those behind them.

"Everyone be careful!"

"Do not fall behind!"

"Keep up, everyone!"

However, Sima Wuhen turned his head to look, but did not find a trace of Su Yuanshan, and could not help but say.

"Has anyone seen that dark-faced fellow Daoist?"

"He does not seem to have kept up; this is troublesome!"

"What?"

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While Lv Qingshan and the others were searching for him, Su Yuanshan had already made a decision and had already settled on which path to take.

In truth, the deciding factor was not him, but that seemingly ordinary, defective piece of jade.

The very one he had obtained from the hands of the Kaiyuan Academy disciple!

When the mist began to permeate, especially as it grew thicker, this object seemed to have an abnormal reaction and began to emit bursts of light.

Moreover, the direction of one of the paths seemed to have a magnetic force attracting this piece of jade; at this moment, the jade was like a small magnet, carrying a faint suction that pointed toward one of the paths.

Su Yuanshan felt suspicious and walked in the direction from which the attraction came, clutching the piece of jade.

One step, two steps, three steps; after walking a distance of over two thousand meters, he finally stopped in front of a broken, fallen stone statue.

At this moment, he clearly felt that the light blooming from the jade in his hand seemed even brighter, with wisps of white light leaking out from between his fingers.

Su Yuanshan's heart stirred and he felt a bit strange, thinking to himself, could it be that some treasure is hidden beneath this stone statue?

This stone statue was carved very strangely, looking neither quite like a Daoist nor quite like a Buddha, and it wore a very peculiar smile on its face!

However, this did not seem to be the point; the point was in the soil beneath it.

Glancing around to see no one, Su Yuanshan took out his tools from his Spirit Void Ring and began to dig carefully.

However, after digging more than half a meter deep, he did not dig up any treasure. Just as he was feeling disappointed, he suddenly heard a "clang"—the shovel seemed to have hit something.

He carefully dug away the soil and discovered that it was a lotus flower crafted from gold and jade. The petals were divided into five layers made of emerald-green jade, with gold threads inlaid along the edges, and the lotus base was entirely made of gold; the whole lotus appeared very beautiful and crystal clear.

When Su Yuanshan picked up this golden lotus and took out a piece of cotton cloth to carefully wipe away the soil on it, he could feel a surge of righteous energy emanating from the flower.

This seemed to be a Dharma treasure, but its grade was unknown.

Su Yuanshan's heart stirred, and he thought, could this be the Five-Turn Golden Lotus mentioned by Guangyuanzi?

For a moment, he could hardly believe his luck was so good! But he felt that his speculation had some merit; after all, the shape of this object was not much different from what Guangyuanzi had described!

At that moment, Su Yuanshan seemed to suddenly understand, thinking to himself that the reborn person's defective piece of jade might have been the key to finding this Five-Turn Golden Lotus, which was why that reborn person had not discarded the jade.

However, this was no longer important; now this Dharma treasure belonged to him. Although he did not yet know the power of this treasure or what its function was, once he established a blood bond, he should be able to figure it out soon.

At this moment, Su Yuanshan could clearly feel that this Five-Turn Golden Lotus had lost its original owner!

Therefore, he did not hesitate; he bit his finger and dripped a drop of blood onto the golden lotus. Immediately, the entire golden lotus suddenly lit up, emitting a light that was a mixture of emerald green and gold, but this light soon vanished.

And that Five-Turn Golden Lotus also strangely disappeared into his palm.

With the golden lotus entering his body, Su Yuanshan instantly felt his spirit greatly invigorated; he seemed to feel a magical power repairing his body, as the spiritual energy within him began to slowly recover.

Su Yuanshan felt much more comfortable and his mood improved as well. He was about to turn and leave to search for Lv Qingshan, Sima Wuhen, and the others.

However, his gaze caught sight of another thing. Deep in the mud pit, beneath a clod of earth, there was actually a dirty little bottle. The bottle seemed to have writing on it, but perhaps because too much time had passed, it appeared somewhat blurred.

The only two characters he could recognize were "Dharma" and "Elixir".

Su Yuanshan thought to himself, could it be that this little bottle contains a bottle of medicinal pills? He carefully opened the small lid.

Sure enough, he discovered that the bottle contained one medicinal pill, but only one, about the size of a peanut.

Although he felt it might not have much use, Su Yuanshan felt it would be a pity to throw it away; after all, since this thing was buried together with the Five-Turn Golden Lotus, it might really have some use!

Therefore, Su Yuanshan stored this medicinal pill into his Spirit Void Ring.

Afterward, he continued to walk forward to search for Xie Lingyu, Lv Qingshan, and the others.

It is said that Lv Qingshan also had Cailian and Sima Wuhen turn back to look for Su Yuanshan, but they did not find him. Helpless, they had no choice but to continue moving forward.

Along the way, they encountered many strange things, such as tree roots that attacked them, mountain rocks that suddenly rolled down, and vines that suddenly writhed—the things even attempted to bind them up.

But they were all quickly dealt with by Xie Lingyu, Lv Qingshan, and the others. They walked a distance of five miles; in this mountain forest filled with truly eerie mist, they walked a full five miles, then crossed mountain rocks, traversed streams, and climbed over a large mountain.

Finally, at the foot of the mountain, they saw a boundless peach blossom forest, estimated to be at least ten miles long, with no end in sight.

Fallen blossoms were scattered everywhere, fragrance drifted in waves, and the sight of pink peach blossoms mixed with small, tender branches was refreshing to the eyes and heart.

And what was strange was that these ten miles of peach blossoms, this full view of the peach forest, seemed to have a magical power that blocked out the mist from the outside.