Chapter 313 - The Strange Vanishing of Qin Hao (1/2)

Chapter 313 The Strange Vanishing of Qin Hao

Walking inside, Qin Hao saw a rectangular stone room.

It was an antique and solemn room delivering a heavy and serious atmosphere, which could make a flippant heart sober and calm.

Qin Hao stood in the room quietly, without making a tiny sound. It seemed that there was a sacred being that prevented one from blaspheming.

But Qin Hao did not understand why he had such feeling, for he could see nothing in this empty room.

”Hao.”

Gu Hong's voice came from behind. Ye Tianping, carrying Gu Hong on his back, followed Qin into the room.

Qin Hao turned to the old man, and opened his mouth with a puzzled face: ”Grand-master, why is there...?”

”Did you feel something strange?” Gu Hong asked.

Qin Hao nodded.

”Great. Keep feeling and maybe there will be a surprise.” A smile mixed with a bit of excitement arose from Gu Hong's aged face. It was truly right to take Qin Hao here.

But Ye Tianping felt odd: ”Master, I didn't see anything here. What did you tell Hao to feel?”

”Ha,” Gu Hong smiled, ”Tianping, put me down so that you can also feel it.”

But there was another word he wanted to say: I wish it was you that could feel it, and I wish the chosen one was you.

Surely he could not say those words in front of Qin Hao.

”OK Master.” Ye Tianping did not fully understand Gu Hong. Now that it was his master's ask, he would just do as told.

Soon, both Qin and Ye got into a state of meditation to feel the Qi in this empty stone room.

As time passed, the air around Qin Hao changed. It floated layer by layer like the ripples moving, among which some strange characters seemed to be flickering.

In contrast, nothing happened around Ye.

The only thing Ye felt was that this was an ordinary room. Except that it was cold, nothing was strange to him.

”Master, what's wrong with Hao? Why didn't I feel anything?” Ye Tianping looked at Qin Hao with surprise and asked in puzzlement.

”Alas, maybe it's the heaven's will.” Gu Hong sighed and plucked something from his chest. It was an emerald green jade, crystal-clear and shaped in a dragon.

”Master, what's...” Ye Tianping was about to what was this when the jade hummed and emitted a dazzling green light. At the same time, it flew from Gu Hong's hand, up in the air, heading to Qin Hao.

”Heaven's will, heaven's will! It finally finds the chosen one. Only he is not a Medicine Sect disciple.” Gu Hong gave another sigh, in which there were both joy and pity. From the bottom of his heart, he hoped Ye Tianping was this chosen one. What a pity that he was not, never.

Truly, if he was, he would not have to wait until today.

”Master, what is that? Why it can fly on its own?” Ye Tianping could not figure out what was going on.

”That is the Dragon Soul Jade, the supreme treasure of our Medicine Sect.” Gu Hong said indifferently.

”Dragon Soul Jade...The supreme treasure of Medicine Sect... Master, how could I never hear there is such a treasure in our sect?” Ye spoke more than usual on this day, probably because he was too amazed at what he saw just now.

”You certainly couldn't have heard that. The jade, together with this underground maze and this room, were only known by person‒the Elder of Sect Guarding. Even the sect leader do not know them.

Hearing this, Ye became more surprised. A secret that was hidden from the leader? There must be more secrets than this piece of jade.

”This underground maze, without a guide, no one can reach here; even though some may go this far, without knowing the method to break the array, no one can enter the stone room.” Gu Hong continued. This secret had been hidden in his heart for too many years, so he spoke as if he had been eager to let it all out at once.

”But Master, Hao broke the array in his own way.” Ye couldn't help but interrupt.

Gu Hong smiled wryly: ”It is a rare case and an exception. I don't know why he can break the array either. Maybe it's his destiny.”

After Ye Tianping's interruption, Gu Hong continued: ”Those who know this secret and know the method to break it, are the exclusively the Elders of Sect Guarding. The Sect Leaders know nothing about it.”

”Every generation of the Elder of Sect Guarding takes the mission of finding the chosen one, and passes the secret to this person, in order to revive the Medicine Sect.”

Hearing this Ye Tianping could not resist asking again: ”Master, do you mean that Qin Hao is the chosen one and we need him to revive our sect?”

”Yes.” Gu Hong nodded seriously.

”But he does not belong to our sect. Then how can he help us?”

”Fortunately, he is a descendant of the Medicine Sect. As the son of my disciple, he is at least a half member, and soon he will be a real Medicine Sect disciple, our real sect leader.”

Gu Hong's face was full of seriousness.

The look on Ye Tianping's face transformed quickly and a strange ray of light flashed in his eyes: ”Master, you mean Hao can revive the Medicine Sect with that tiny piece of Dragon Soul Jade?”

”Absolutely not. Let me finish my words. The Dragon Soul Jade is not the ultimate treasure. It is only responsible for searching for the chosen one, and then it serves as the key to the ultimate treasure.”