77 Inheritance (1/2)

”Eh?”

Fang Yuan approached the side of the cave, examined it carefully, and felt anxious.

”This tunnel is smooth and doesn't seem to be formed naturally, but rather, man-made... Furthermore, the layer of rocks outside is obviously a cover-up. There was too much commotion made by the red-eyed white king bird and I while we were fighting, and the rocks gave way?”

After re-enacting the scene, Fang Yuan made a guess on what caused the rocks to give way.

”It seems that this spiritual land is not unclaimed. Did someone discover it before me?”

With this thought, he became solemn.

”Seeing the surroundings outside, it seems that it had been quite a while since someone came here?”

Fang Yuan lit a tree branch and threw it into the tunnel.

”Whoosh!”

The flame was huge and the surroundings were illuminated.

”There is no air circulation, so how is it possible...”

Seeing this, he became suspicious. ”How is it possible for fresh air to enter this secret tunnel? Could it be that there is another tunnel inside that leads to the outside world?”

Who would have thought that within the nest of the red-eyed white king bird there would be a secret tunnel?

What was even more surprising was that this tunnel was antique, but seemed like it was rebuilt, and smelled like it was lost in time.

”Flower Fox Ferret!”

Fang Yuan nodded his head. The Flower Fox Ferret dashed into the cave and appeared after a short while.

”Is there any danger?”

Seeing the response of the Flower Fox Ferret, Fang Yuan sighed and carefully entered the cave.

The four walls of the cave were smoothened out, and with the light from the flame, a distinct shadow could be seen on the wall.

”This is impossible... What material is this made out of?”

Fang Yuan touched the wall, and it felt cold and smooth, like the finest silk, or a mirror. It was shocking.

Furthermore, within the woods, the purpose of a secret tunnel would be to bring convenience and act as a shortcut, or a hiding place; there was no need to make it so exquisite.

Unless... It was effortless to make it as such.

Fang Yuan continued walking inwards, and his shadow continually appeared on the walls, overlapping each other, appearing somewhat hypnotic.

All of a sudden, a layer of fog appeared, covering the ground.

”Go to sleep! Sleep!”

A strong hypnotic force was felt as Fang Yuan became sleepy.

”This is... The unknown force surrounding Green peak spiritual land?”

Fang Yuan felt a chill down his spine.

Surrounding the spiritual land, there was a similar hypnotic force protecting the land. This force seemed to only affect humans, and even Fang Yuan himself was previously affected by it, and only pulled through with a little bit of luck. After that incident, he slowly grew a resistance to it.

However, the force here was stronger by 10 times! 100 times!

Fang Yuan felt his eyelids becoming heavy, and even the miniature elemental force within him felt lazy, and he could not call upon it.

”The mind is the owner of the body. If it is calm, it will become wiser; if it is unsettled, one will become lost. In meditating, one must find peace and leave all behind. Only if this is fulfilled would someone find void and reconcile with the teachings. In leaving everything behind and meditating, there are four deviations in which one must avoid, and they are: The mind lost in blindness, the mind cannot be controlled, the mind does not know where it comes from and where to go, and one's thoughts do not agree with one's actions. Only by overcoming these four difficulties would one be able to control their mind and enter the next step of cultivation...”

In a moment, the entire Meditative Tea Ceremony appeared in his head.

Fang Yuan crossed his legs, sat down and began to recite.

After a while, he felt a cooling sensation flowing from his consciousness. He felt a chill all over, and the restricted inner force began to flow smoothly throughout his entire body again.

Fang Yuan opened his eyes, and a furry face appeared in front of him.

”Keke!”

The Flower Fox Ferret looked at Fang Yuan, and seeing that he was alright, patted its chest with its paws, as though it heaved a sigh of relief.

There was an urgent chirp coming from outside, and the Iron-tailed Black Eagle sounded rather desperate. It was too big-sized to enter the tunnel and could only make a commotion outside to attract attention.

”I'm alright!”

Fang Yuan shouted, and appeased the two spiritual beasts. He felt comforted that spiritual beasts were much more loyal than humans; if Zhou Wenwu was here instead, who would've known what would happen.

After getting a grip, Fang Yuan looked at the tunnel. The walls were as reflective as before, and the fog rose up from the ground as though he was in Heaven; the only difference was that there was no more hypnotizing effect.

”Master... You saved me once more...”

Fang Yuan sighed and walked on.

Very quickly, he approached a dead end. There was a crystal door made up of many tiny crystals.

Above the door was a crack, and within it was an obvious green colour. It seemed like a squarish jade piece.