Chapter 7 Must Have Good Fortune
Pulling Little Spring behind her, Little Stream tread carefully on the gravel as she made her way to the large cave. This place had so much grass and water, with a lot of moisture in the air, which was exactly the kind of environment snakes loved, so they needed to be extra careful. Before long, despite walking slowly, Little Stream quickly arrived at the entrance of the cave.
This is a very simple cave, the entrance is about one meter high, and inside it's cylindrical in shape, with a diameter of about two meters, and a depth of only four or five meters. Because this cave isn't deep and is straight, you can see clearly inside. It's quite simple, just a stone bed, and on the stone bed there's a dark-colored human skeleton. Little Flowing Star took one look and knew that it was a poisoning death, and a very potent poison at that! In front of this skeleton, there's a sheepskin, or so it seems. The skin looks like it's been placed there for a long time, so although Little Flowing Star is familiar with the fur of various animals, just by looking, he's still a bit uncertain.
Although the skeleton was frightening, Xiaoliu Xingxing wasn't too scared because he often went hunting and killed animals, so he had seen many animal skeletons before. Although it was his first time seeing a human skeleton, he didn't feel much fear. He quickly looked around the cave to make sure there were no dangers, then pulled out Xiao Chun Tian from behind him.
"Ah———" A very high-pitched voice came out of Xia Chun Tian's mouth, and then she suddenly threw herself into Xiao Liu Xing's arms, wailing loudly. Patting Xia Chun Tian's constantly shaking shoulders, Xiao Liu Xing softly said to her "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, brother is here, brother will protect you, let's go outside first" while saying this, he held her shoulder and led her outside. It wasn't that Xiao Liu Xing didn't know Xia Chun Tian would be scared, nor was it that Xiao Liu Xing was heartless.
But Xiao Liuxing knew that they would definitely face many difficulties later on, and there would be times when he couldn't take care of her properly. Therefore, it was necessary to cultivate Xiao Chun Tian's own abilities, courage, and everything else she needed to learn. The world wouldn't sympathize with the weak, so in order to survive, especially since they were still children, everything depended on themselves. They had to become stronger, or else they would be eliminated.
This is the result of Little Meteor's thoughts when he saw Little Spring's parents being killed by others to give them a chance to escape, and took Little Spring to flee in the forest. So when he sees this skeleton, Little Meteor doesn't want to waste this opportunity to temper his courage, or rather, it's more suitable to call it an opportunity for Little Spring to gain experience, because Little Meteor knows that children like Little Spring who have loving parents must not have seen a skeleton before, and may not even have heard of one.
So Xiaoliuxing prepared to let Xiaochuntian see it for the first time, not with the intention of training her courage, but just to let her see it, to know that there is such a thing in this world. The first time she saw it, she would be afraid, and so would the second and third times, but that's okay. After seeing it many times, she wouldn't be afraid anymore. That's how Xiaoliuxing had grown up herself. Although Xiaochuntian might not see a skeleton again in the future, being prepared for any situation is always a good thing.
He took the frightened Little Spring outside, comforted her and let her cry for a while. When she was no longer so agitated, he said to her, "Little Spring, I'll go inside and bury that person. You wait here at the entrance for me, okay? After I'm done, I'll call you in, and then you won't see it." "Mm-hmm." Little Spring had cried for a long time, and she had only taken a quick glance. After such a prolonged cry in the dark, the image of the skeleton had already disappeared from her mind, so she was no longer very scared. However, she still didn't dare turn her head to look back into the cave. When Little Meteor said he would make it disappear, Little Spring nodded repeatedly with tears in her eyes. He patted Little Spring's head again and comforted her once more before telling her to stay put at the entrance and not move. Then Little Meteor went back inside the cave.
Back in the cave, Xiaoliu directly went to the stone bed, but he didn't go to bury the skeleton right away. Instead, he picked up the "not skin". This was Xiaoliu's first feeling when he picked up the thing that was originally sheepskin. He firmly believed in this point and still had some ability in this regard. He didn't know what specific thing it was, but it felt smooth and comfortable to the touch. It was also unknown how long it had been placed there for.
Xiao Liuxing thought so, but this was not what he needed to worry about now. Because when he picked up the thing, Xiao Liuxing found that there were words on it, and the handwriting was still very clear. Without using much time, Xiao Liuxing had finished reading it. What was written above was roughly a twelfth-generation leader of a big sect called "Xiaoyao Sect", Xiaoyaozi, who was also the skeleton in front of him, because he was secretly calculated by his junior fellow apprentice "Xiao Chenzi" and poisoned with a kind of absolute poison, although relying on his profound skills.
At the time of the poison's outbreak, he suppressed it and took advantage of Xiangyangzi's momentary astonishment to kill his primordial infant, avenging himself. However, during a later duel with his master brother's other accomplices, he inadvertently stirred up the true yuan that had been suppressing the absolute poison, causing the poison to flow into his heart. Seeing that he was doomed to die, Xiangyangzi did not want to be killed by these opponents whom he normally looked down upon. Therefore, while fighting and retreating, when he arrived at this cliff, he resolutely jumped off. Unexpectedly, he did not die from the fall.
And also encountered a legendary healing holy medicine - Silver Fantasy Holy Liquid, which is the small pool of water that Little Meteor fell into. The Silver Fantasy Holy Liquid is a healing holy medicine, legend has it that just one drop, no matter how serious your injury is, as long as you still have a breath left in you, can make you recover in a very short time. Moreover, it also has the function of washing the marrow and cutting the tendons, and the founder of the Xianyao Sect, the number one sect in the cultivation world, only had one drop, and he was able to achieve unparalleled success because of that one drop of Silver Fantasy Holy Liquid. Thinking about it, even the founder only had one drop, but he fell into a pool made entirely of it! He was stunned. Perhaps Xianyaozi was too shocked, for this holy liquid, on his originally not-large piece of skin, he said many sentences.
The topic turned back. After Xīao Yǎo Zǐ soaked in the Silver Fantasy Holy Liquid, his injuries healed in less than a day, and most of the deadly poison that could have killed him was also eliminated by the Silver Fantasy Holy Liquid. However, since the Silver Fantasy Holy Liquid is only a healing holy liquid and not an antidote holy liquid, it couldn't eliminate the poison from his body. He didn't feel any disappointment about this either.
On the contrary, having eliminated most of the poison, he was already quite happy. To think that in the previous battle, not to mention the absolute poison that could have killed him, even the injuries on his body were enough to kill him and make it impossible for him to die again. He himself knew this situation, which is why he chose to jump off the cliff to death. Honestly, as a master of the spiritual realm who had been able to fly with his physical body 500 years ago, choosing to die by jumping off a cliff was also a kind of irony. If he hadn't wanted to avoid being killed and having his corpse destroyed by the enemy, he definitely wouldn't have done so. From this, one can imagine just how deep the poison had penetrated and how severe his injuries were!
The wound healed, and the absolute poison eliminated most of it. Relying on his own profound true yuan, Xiao Yaozi barely survived for nearly two hundred years before finally succumbing to the poison. During these nearly two hundred years, he stayed at the bottom of this cliff, not because he couldn't leave, but because he didn't want to. After being betrayed by his most trusted brother, he no longer wanted to go out again. Moreover, he knew that he wouldn't live much longer and had dedicated his life to the Xiao Yao Sect. At the end of his life, he wanted to experience a secluded life, living a carefree and easy-going day. In fact, it wasn't easy to get out either. Don't look at him falling down without anything happening; that was only for the moment when he fell. According to his observations, there was a layer of transparent boundary about two hundred meters above this cliff.
This barrier is incredibly powerful, and even he, the number one cultivator in the realm, wouldn't have a 10% chance of breaking through it under normal circumstances. He had personally witnessed the terror of this barrier before. During his 63 years at the bottom of the cliff, one day he saw a black demon python, an adult black demon python. To know that pythons are actually a type of dragon, and adult pythons generally have the strength of a celestial being, not to mention the overlord of pythons, the black demon python. Although it was still in the mortal realm, its overall strength was absolutely on par with that of a celestial being. Such a powerful expert, one that he wouldn't have dared to think about before, had come to this cliff bottom, but when it approached, the barrier suddenly released thousands of bolts of lightning, and with just one glance, the black demon python, which had the strength of a celestial being and was renowned for its physical prowess, was reduced to nothing but ash, not even its soul escaping.
This scared the carefree son quite a bit, and it was also the main reason he didn't dare to go out. Of course, this seal wasn't something that existed all the time; if it were, then he wouldn't have been able to come in. According to his observations, this seal would disappear once every fifty years, but the disappearance only lasted for a very short time - about 10 seconds or so. He had fallen down during those ten seconds, and once they passed, the seal would be restored again. This also cleared up one of the puzzles in his mind: why his enemies at the time hadn't flown down to chase him. They must have known that this location had a very strong seal, thought for sure they would definitely not escape with their lives, so they let themselves jump down instead.
At that moment, Little Meteor realized how lucky he was. Fifty years in ten seconds. What's the probability? Almost one in five billion! Little Meteor and Little Spring were also among the lucky ones! As Little Meteor felt lucky, he also felt a wave of fear. After introducing himself, what followed was his last words. Anyone who saw this skin paper could become his disciple and inherit the leadership of the Carefree Sect. The condition was to knock nine heads on his bones. Then they would get his true transmission. That's all the content inside. As for how to get his true transmission after knocking heads, how to inherit the leadership of the Carefree Sect, it didn't say. It must be that there is still a place to hand over, but only after becoming his master will you know.
