Chapter 463: Wu Heis Fortunate Encounter (1/2)

Upon hearing the name of the beast, Lin Mu tried to remember if he knew any beast like that. But he could not and came to the conclusion that the beast was either so rare that it was never recorded, or it was not from this world.

And from what senior Xukong had said about the cultivation technique, Lin Mu was leaning on the second option.

”How did this bloodline help you hide from Gu Yao then?” Lin Mu asked.

”The bloodline ability of the Shadow Lurk beast is to hide its spirit Qi fluctuation and its aura. I did not expect that it would even work against the human controlling blood curse and thus I was lucky.” Wu Hei answered.

”I see… and what did this Shadow lurk beast look like?” Lin Mu questioned.

”I do not know,” Wu Hei stated.

”What? But you got the bloodline, right?” Lin Mu asked again.

”I did get the bloodline, but I did not refine the beast myself. In fact, when I got it the bloodline was already refined into the form of a crystal. The bloodline crystal was present along with the cultivation technique Unity Reversal Secrets.” Wu Hei replied.

”So… you got some sort of an inheritance?” Lin Mu guessed.

”Yes, it could be called that… a year after I left the city and the tragedy with my servants, I was researching different libraries for the old legends and myths. I knew that with my aptitude, raising my cultivation would take a long time.

And as such, I was looking for things that would help me progress faster. My aim wasn't even an inheritance. What I wanted was simply abandoned areas where sects and powerful cultivators lived.

Even if they were not inheritance grounds, there would often end up some spirit herbs and such growing there, which could have greatly helped me then. I had explored tens of such areas with little luck and only found some mid grade spirit herbs. While it did help my cultivation a bit, it was nothing substantial.

Then one day, I came upon an old letter that was torn and greatly damaged. This letter told about a treasure box which was sent by an old cultivator to his friend. The letter did not mention who it was addressed to due to the damage over the years, but it did say the place it was supposed to be kept at.

Coincidentally, the location mentioned in the letter was just slightly off from the route we were taking back then. I had zero expectations that I would find anything there, but I still did not want to give up on a random miracle.

When we reached the location, we found it to be the fragments of a ruin. There were barely any traces of it left over the ground, and one could not even tell that this once used to be the abode of a cultivator. My team and I spent time excavating the area and eventually found a random box.