Chapter 45: Jing Jue Ancient City
Just as Ling Mo was about to turn back, that aura suddenly appeared again, constantly tempting Ling Mo, just like those women in the red-light district of Suotuo City, relentlessly luring Ling Mo into taking the bait.
“Damn it! I can’t take this anymore…”
Carrying the shovel, Ling Mo directly pulled off a U-turn and instantly chased after it!
Stopping at a col, he dug into the soil with all his might, instantly disappearing from the surface, digging out a tunnel.
Charging hundreds of meters deep underground, he thought he could catch that coffin, but it had slipped away long ago.
It seemed to be mocking Ling Mo, infuriating him so much that he exploded on the spot! Carrying the shovel, he chased furiously.
He had already lost his reason; he had to catch it. Being teased by living people was one thing, but a coffin board daring to tease him was absolutely intolerable.
Using earth-moving digging techniques with the shovel, Ling Mo quickly excavated underground, not knowing how long he tunneled.
One man and one coffin, chasing each other! In a day and night, they directly entered the Star Dou Great Forest area. Luckily, Ling Mo had food in his small pot; otherwise, his stamina couldn’t have supported digging for so long.
Along the way, he accidentally dug up many graves, but Ling Mo didn’t open them, focusing on chasing that coffin.
Poor those grave owners; they didn’t heed the fortune-teller’s words, and after a hundred years, there really was such a disaster! Their graves were robbed without anyone knowing.
“Hmm? Here…”
After digging for an unknown time, Ling Mo suddenly discovered that the path ahead had reached its end. Blocking him now was a stone cave, with extremely sturdy stone walls on both sides.
Dual Pupils fully open, Ling Mo had sensed that behind this stone cave was the mysterious ruins he had been obsessing over!
“It’s been relentlessly luring me here; what exactly is the reason?”
Ling Mo hesitated, standing at the tomb entrance! He fell into deep thought.
Down this passage was endless darkness, and on both sides of the cave were two stone statues!
More like guardians of the great gate, guarded by two exotic beast stone statues! From their features, this kind of exotic beast was extremely rare.
“Whatever! Let’s go down and take a look first…”
After hesitating for a moment, Ling Mo carried the shovel and directly entered through the great gate, exploring downward along a long stone cave.
As soon as he entered the stone cave, Ling Mo discovered that the stone cave ahead had completely changed!
This could no longer be called a tomb; it was more like an ancient city sealed away for many years, Jing Jue Ancient City!
Looking at the myriad paths ahead, Ling Mo didn’t know which one to take. He took out a candle from his small pot and lit it!
He tried to go left when suddenly a gale blew, extinguishing the candle!
“There’s wind! That proves it’s not a dead end; let’s take this one…”
With years of grave robbery experience, Ling Mo was long familiar with the essential knowledge for these tombs! Paths with wind generally meant air inside, not dead ends!
Activating his Martial Soul, the light illuminated an area. Ling Mo silently entered the ancient city!
Suddenly… from a dark corner of the ancient city, a pitch-black shadow flashed by, but Ling Mo didn’t notice it!
If Ling Mo had noticed it, he probably would have seen that it was a big black dog! It hid in the ancient city and ran down another path as soon as it spotted Ling Mo.
“What a strange ancient city! It looks more like ruins of an old civilization…”
Ling Mo didn’t know how many years this ancient city had been buried underground, but judging from its decayed and sealed stone walls, it had some age.
Ruins scattered everywhere, bones littering the ground. Through his Dual Pupils, Ling Mo could clearly see the underground world.
Standing at the edge of the ruins, in the distance was a desolate Gobi Desert, with exposed white bones on the ground and weapons strewn for miles.
Desolate, filled everywhere with desolate silence! This place… was more like an independent space, unaffected by the outside world.
“That coffin’s aura has disappeared?”
Ling Mo had chased that coffin all the way down, only to find… the aura was gone here.
Extremely strange! Looking far into the endless darkness, there seemed to be a very short figure, looking more like a fat sphere.
It was a person, but very fat and very short! Ling Mo thought he had encountered a fellow practitioner and wanted to go over and greet him.
Suddenly, a big black dog charged out from the side, carrying a coffin board and smashing it directly onto his occiput.
“Holy crap!”
With a desperate wail, Ling Mo was knocked unconscious on the spot, and after the big black dog knocked him out, it let out a cheap laugh.
It actually spoke human words, disdainfully saying, “Heh heh, daring to compete with Dog Lord for treasure? Beat you to death, you bastard…”
After knocking out Ling Mo, it left laughing heartily, without finishing him off.
If Ling Mo had still been conscious, he would definitely have realized that these two scoundrels were in cahoots.
And unbeknownst to them, after the big black dog and the short fatty conspired about something, they headed toward that endless darkness.
They seemed to have discovered some treasure, beaming with smug smiles as they vanished into the darkness.
After an unknown time, Ling Mo woke up from his stupor!
“Holy crap! Which little thief dares to sneak attack me…”
Furious beyond words, Ling Mo stood on the Gobi Desert, his face as black as can be.
It really was true: those who frequent the riverbank will get their shoes wet! He was inexplicably sneak attacked.
Humiliating, an utter disgrace! He was always the one sneak attacking others; when was it others’ turn to sneak attack him?
No! If Ling Mo remembered correctly, the one who knocked him out seemed to be a big black dog; it probably wouldn’t do anything outrageous, right?
Looking ahead again, the fatty’s figure was long gone, and the big black dog was nowhere to be seen!
Ling Mo instantly understood; he had been played. They were partners.
Ling Mo’s face was extremely ugly; he was determined to find these two scoundrels for revenge.
“This place is quite strange; there are actually people inside! Looks like they’re here treasure hunting too…”
He had run into fellow practitioners. Though he didn’t know their strength, from their sneak attack technique on Ling Mo earlier, they seemed pretty strong.
The more he thought, the more he felt at a loss; the more he thought, the angrier he got. Ling Mo couldn’t tolerate it anymore! He directly crossed the Gobi Desert and headed into the deeper darkness.
Those two’s auras had disappeared at the end of the darkness; it seemed… they had discovered something, or they wouldn’t have left suddenly.
This Jing Jue Ancient City was very wondrous. Sensing slowly from inside the ancient city, Ling Mo actually felt an aura not belonging to this world.
A very strange aura! It seemed that in the darkness overhead, there was a creature covered in red fur watching this place.
“Huh, so much strange metal…”
Coming from the ancient city, Ling Mo discovered there was simply too much strange metal here! Even the ancient city’s structure was crafted from strange metal.
If used to craft hidden weapons, their power would absolutely surpass star meteorite.
Because this power was very unique! Very evil, giving a chilling feeling, followed by an ominous premonition.
“Let’s dig up a few pieces to research first…”
Having discovered treasure, how could Ling Mo ignore it! Perfectly, these materials could all be collected. Once enough materials were gathered, Ling Mo could directly craft Tang Sect’s strongest hidden weapon, Buddha’s Fury Tang Lotus and more!
Although his current strength wasn’t sufficient, it was only a matter of time. First, collect these materials.
