Chapter 22: No, Wait, Where

Inside the Luoyun Mijing.

After those ambushers died, Lu Daoshuang humbly lowered her head, not daring to look at the Zhu Yan, and only quietly let out a breath of relief once the Zhu Yan vanished; she then flew forward to collect the Storage Bags of those people.

Although there were only three, it was better than nothing.

She handed the Storage Bags to Lu Ren, and Lu Ren swept his hand over them, his gaze deepening slightly.

"Loose cultivators?"

His divine sense probed inside and out; there were no items in these loose cultivators' Storage Bags that could prove their identities, so it seemed they were indeed loose cultivators, or they had intentionally hidden them, but that possibility was too small.

Lu Daocheng was a bit curious and asked, "Sister Daoshuang, the things in these Storage Bags should be considered cheap to the Lu Family, right? Why bother collecting them?"

He thought only those poor sword cultivators who would pluck a feather from a passing goose would scrape the ground three feet deep like this.

Lu Daoshuang was not surprised that he would ask this. She said indifferently, "You are right, but we members of the Lu Family have never given up on benefits within reach for such reasons."

"Even if it is a blade of grass or a tree, as long as it has been marked with our Lu Family's seal, the item must belong to us!"

Besides, even low-level items can be exchanged for Spirit Stones.

One can never have too much money.

There was no need to say this part.

Lu Daoshuang hummed a tune in a good mood, following closely behind Lu Ren.

This was also Lu Ren's first time in the Luoyun Mijing, yet he acted as if he had arrived at his own family's back garden, completely fearless; not a moment later, he had already found the thing he wanted.

The Compass in his hand pointed straight toward the southwest.

This was a Spirit Treasure even more useful than a Treasure-Seeking Mouse; one still had to feed a Treasure-Seeking Mouse and worry about whether it might be caught by someone else.

Moreover, a Treasure-Seeking Mouse is constrained by the bloodline within its body, so the treasures it finds are not necessarily usable by the Human Race.

But this Treasure-Seeking Compass would only firmly point to the best treasure within a certain range.

Furthermore, it changes according to the user's will.

It is a pity that this item was made using the heart blood of over a hundred Treasure-Seeking Mice; from the ancient times until now, it eventually fell into the hands of an evil cultivator.

That person offended Lu Ren and was killed by him, and only then was the Treasure-Seeking Compass obtained.

Today, the Five Continents might not even be able to scrape together fifty Treasure-Seeking Mice.

Let alone making another Treasure-Seeking Compass.

"This is..."

Lu Daoshuang's tone was shocked, and her eyes went wide.

Presented before the three of them was an extremely dreamy and gorgeous garden, as if a monarch had planted the garden full of fresh flowers to win a concubine's smile; flowers and plants of various colors bloomed in competition, vying for beauty, and the fragrance of the flowers was pungent and sweet, carrying wisps of warmth, making one instantly ignore that they were still in a Secret Realm fraught with crises, and they couldn't help but want to pick a spirit flower...

The moment the flames shot into the sky, the spirit flowers throughout the garden withered completely.

A foul stench also struck instantly!

Lu Daoshuang woke up instantly, but she was drenched in a cold sweat! She actually didn't know when she had walked into the garden, and was only one step away from stepping into the flower beds! Such terrifying hallucinogenic properties—there was no other possibility than becoming fertilizer for the flowers!

"Family Head, Daoshuang was negligent; I will certainly accept punishment myself after we return!"

Lu Daoshuang pulled the now-sober Lu Daocheng back and looked at the person who set the fire.

That was Lu Ren.

Lu Ren waved his hand nonchalantly, letting Lu Daoshuang go behind him, and gazed at the spirit flowers burning throughout the garden, as well as the pavilion that appeared even more abrupt in the garden, and strode forward.

These flowers were all composition points of the Nine-Turn Bewitching Heart Array, all high-value spirit flowers; unless they were all burned, the array eye could shift at will to any remaining flower, making it impossible to guard against.

The person who set up the array had extremely clever thoughts.

Lu Ren had excellent talent in the way of arrays and had just happened to come into contact with the Nine-Turn Bewitching Heart Array, which was why he could recognize it at a glance.

If it were anyone else, they would likely have been trapped in a predicament long ago.

This Nine-Turn Bewitching Heart Array had no idea how many cultivators who wandered into it had been swallowed; the bones beneath it were white and dense, and the Karma Fire burned within it, never to be extinguished suddenly.

Lu Ren arrived at the pavilion but did not enter, instead looking into the pavilion.

The stone table in the pavilion was simple, a plum blossom had no scent, and there seemed to be tea in the two teacups, swaying slightly; what was most eye-catching was the chessboard on the stone table, which was quite mysterious. Lu Ren only took one look before sighing in disappointment.

"The conception is indeed good, but it's a pity the means are too crude; while an ancient chessboard is certainly fascinating, placing it here carries the suspicion of trying to cover something up."

After he finished speaking, his foot landed heavily, sending out a ripple; under the vibration, the pavilion could not bear the weight, emitting a terrifying creaking sound, and collapsed into ruins.

After the pavilion collapsed, what was suddenly revealed was an empty pit, from which came a teeth-grinding chewing sound; countless centipedes, toads, and poisonous snakes were constantly intertwining and entangling, spitting venom, and the smell of rot spread instantly.

"A Gu-raising ground!"

Lu Daoshuang stepped forward, and when she saw the scene clearly, her eyes sank instantly, taking it extremely seriously.

"It is indeed a Gu-raising ground," Lu Ren said indifferently, turning his head to look at Lu Daoshuang's bright eyes, and couldn't help but smile, "Want it?"

"Yes!"

Lu Daoshuang nodded heavily.

She said longingly, "I want it!"

She was a Gu cultivator, spending her whole life pursuing more powerful Gu insects; this cave looked ferocious, but the most powerful ones were only the dense, tiny black insects like little stars on the cave walls.

Heart-Devouring Gu.

Lu Ren's eyes landed on the blackest and brightest Gu insect on the cave wall; he pressed his fingertips together, and with a wave, he instantly pinched that Gu insect into his palm.

The moment it was in his hand, this Heart-Devouring Gu Mother tried to burrow into Lu Ren's palm, but it could not leave any trace on his hand at all.

Lu Daoshuang looked at this Gu Mother with both longing and fear.

Lu Ren placed this Gu Mother into a jade bottle, "After we return, I will refine it for you."

"Yes!"

Lu Daoshuang was extremely excited, her eyes brightening by more than a notch.

The opportunity here was just this one Gu Mother; it was a pity that Lu Ren didn't think much of it, so it could only be used for the juniors in the family.

【Host has successfully plundered the opportunity of the Child of Luck Mo Tianming; Mo Tianming's Qi Luck Value -100,000】

Oh? This is actually also a fortuitous encounter for a Child of Luck?

Lu Ren accepted it with a smile.

The Gu Mother had already been subdued, and the Gu insects in the cave instantly fell into a riot.

Lu Daoshuang took out her personal Gu bag and, without the slightest hesitation, collected all the Gu insects here.

She was rarely as gleeful as a young girl, skipping to Lu Ren's side and saying vivaciously, "Everything is collected, Family Head, we can go!"

Lu Daocheng watched from the side, tongue-tied, and hurried to catch up, but tripped as he was leaving.

He frowned and investigated.

A stone engraved with archaic patterns caught his eye, compelling him to tuck it into his Storage Bag.

Looking ahead at the two who had already walked far away, Lu Daocheng shook his head and hurried to catch up.

Not long after the three had left, a figure walked near the garden, still muttering to himself.

"What's the rush? Didn't they say it's hard for anyone to break the formation there? No rush, no rush!"

Although he said that, he still slightly quickened his pace.

However, when Mo Tianming stepped into the garden, he instantly froze.

Before his eyes was an empty expanse, with abnormal collapses, looking extremely desolate, making him—who had said there was no rush—look like a fool.

"No way! Where is my fortuitous encounter!"

"Who stole my fortuitous encounter!!!"

(End of this chapter)