Chapter 103 (2/2)

Lin Xun couldn’t find a chance to cut in. Talking on and on, Ning Meng was such a chatterbox.

But Lin Xun didn’t mind Ning’s verbose talking. From Ning’s words, he finally knew that the destination of this trip was a place called the Bloodthirsty Camp and they came there for some kind of cruel training.

So was it what the old man called “a chance”?

Lin Xun thought silently.

The treasure boat was an old one clearly. With its flying speed not quick, the boat bumped all the way, just like an oxcart dashing around madly on a muddy road, which was quite uncomfortable to sit in.

The man sailing the treasure boat was a middle-aged man with whiskers. Drinking alcohol all the way, the man was drunk, which made Lin Xun worry about what if an accident happened. At such a great height, let alone practitioners of the Martial Realm, even those of the Gang Spirit Realm couldn’t survive if there was something wrong with the boat.

In fact, a treasure boat was a valuable spiritual tool, with its entire body carved with a spiritual tattoo formation, and the source of its spiritual energy was a spiritual furnace.

The spiritual furnace was the core part of a treasure boat, with a pure spiritual crystal burning in it to provide spiritual energy constantly for the spiritual tattoo formation carved on the boat to enable it to fly.

Of course, once the spiritual crystal burned out, it must be replaced with a new one.

The so-called spiritual crystal was a kind of crystal which contained amazing spiritual Qi. In general, the spiritual crystal would be cut into the size of the same standard. It was not rare, but valuable, and a palm-sized one was worth 10 imperial silver coins.

A treasure boat like this had to store at least a hundred spiritual crystals to ensure it could fly for a long distance.

It was worth mentioning that spiritual crystal had wide functions, which could not only provide spiritual Qi for the spiritual tattoo formation, but satisfy the need of a practitioner for cultivation. Besides, spiritual crystal had immeasurable functions in the aspects of spiritual land, puppet, spiritual medicine refining, and transportation, so it was regarded as a kind of very important resource.

After a whole stick of incense burned out, the chatty Ning Meng was interrupted by the old man, which finally enabled Lin Xun to enjoy some quiet time.

Ning Meng seemed to know the old man wanted to say something to Lin Xun, so he got up, smoothed the back of his robe, and walked into the operating room of the treasure boat to have a drink and chat with the middle-aged man with whiskers.

The boy was clearly good at dealing with people, being bold and neglecting trivial matters, so it was easy for him to make friends with others.

“I’ll leave after two hours, so if you have any questions, you can ask me, and I’ll answer as long as I can.” The old man sat there, looking amiable and gentle.

Lin Xun said bitterly, “You won’t say anything about Shia Zhi, right?”

The old man nodded, “Sorry, I can do nothing for you about it.”

Lin Xun took a deep breath, and said seriously, “I just want to know how could you find Shia Zhi. With your identities, you shouldn’t have appeared in the Donglin Town.”

The old man smiled meaningfully, “You doubt someone betrayed you.”

Lin Xun responded frankly, “Yes.”

The old man thought for a moment, and said seriously, “You are wrong. Nobody informed against you. The Lady could find the little girl just because of an invisible sense.”

Lin Xun frowned and listened with patience.

“It is not something taboo or secret, so it’s OK to tell you something related. About a month ago, our Lady got the news that the place where her old friend lived suffered something unexpected, so we set off immediately to head for the depth of Three Thousand Mountains. However, we got there, only finding that the place had been destroyed and was in ruins, with no clues left.

With the expression of recalling on his gentle face, the old man said in a low voice, “We searched in the Three Thousand Mountains for a long time but found nothing. According to the Lady’s deduction, it had been too late when we arrived…”

With a big shock in the heart, Lin Xun thought of the mine prison which had been destroyed, as well as Master Lu who had brought him up.

Could it be said that the place Liulan Ji’nian and the old man had been looking for was…

“You seem to be emotional.”

With the voice of the old man ringing in his ears suddenly, Lin Xun got stiff all over.

With a hint of bitterness on his face, Lin Xun said, “To tell you the truth, my hometown, the Feiyun Village, is located in the Three Thousand Mountains, so I feel sad and nostalgic for the moment.

“Ah,” the old man asked no more.

Lin Xun felt relieved in the heart. Before he became strong enough, he would never tell anything about the mine prison to anybody, whether the other side held good intentions or not!

Because too many things were involved, not only Master Lu, but also Lin Xun’s own antecedents and enemies!

The old man continued, “Of course, what I have said has nothing to do with you. Only when the Lady and I were on the way back, she suddenly felt something, and told us there was a lucky chance which she had been looking for a long time in Donglin Town. You have known the following things. The little girl beside you is just the lucky chance that our Lady has been looking for.”

It sounded mysterious, but Lin Xun knew when a practitioner reached a certain terrifying level, he could sense many fantastic and unpredictable things someway.

However, the behavior of taking Shia Zhi away still made Lin Xun feel unpleasant. Although he could understand, it was hard for him to let it go emotionally.

But the old man’s words, by chance, enabled Lin Xun to find a hope which he had been struggling to seek, but failed to get for a long time.