220 Curse of a Hundred Graves (1/2)
Without any more hesitation, lightning flashed under Zhao Feng’s feet as he sped off into the air. Being in midair, he seemed to sense a cold aura radiate from the tombs below which seemed to start spreading from his feet.
Suddenly, a bone chilling, dangerous feeling appeared, trying to find its way through to Zhao Feng’s soul. That feeling was similar to the feeling that he had felt when he first stepped into the ground of bones, only ten times stronger.
Peng Peng Peng Peng…
Inside the depths of Zhao Feng’s left eye, the azure abyss spun and it released a wisp of ancient aura. Only then did the dangerous feeling fade.
Zhao Feng’s heart went cold. That danger felt even more intense than the mysterious skeleton in the Sky Cloud Forest. He suddenly seemed to realise that this area was probably prohibited.
Several short breaths seemed like a century.
Zhao Feng finally flew past the tombs and instinct told him that this danger came from the hundred or so tombs below.
Miao miao!
The little thieving cat landed on the field at almost the same time as Zhao Feng. The ground was made of a mysterious silver crystal material which even Zhao Feng’s left eye couldn’t even see past.
It was hard to imagine even with Zhao Feng’s current strength, he wouldn’t be able to destroy anything. But Zhao Feng’s left eye could sense that the energy here seemed to be frozen.
The little thieving cat leapt agilely onto the centre of the field, where the stone altar was. There were several profound array lines carved onto the stone altar and when he glanced at them, Zhao Feng felt like he was in limitless space.
Shua!
Zhao Feng circulated his left eye and he copied the carving into his mind. Although he couldn’t do anything with it, the profoundness that it contained was full of value. The little thieving cat jumped onto the stone altar and it seemed to be slightly excited.
Zhao Feng thought: There’s no treasure anywhere, so why would the little thieving cat act like that?
The little thieving cat jumped around for a while before revealing a sad look. Zhao Feng didn’t bother with it and he walked into the stone room next to the altar. He carefully scanned the area with his left eye, but he found no signs of danger.
Ever since passing the tombs, the dangerous feeling had disappeared, which made Zhao Feng almost certain that the silver crystal field was a safe zone.
Inside the room.
Everywhere was covered in dust, it looked like the room had been here a very long time.
Zhao Feng’s left eye quickly scanned the items with value and it soon locked onto three items: A small bottle, a flask of alcohol and a piece of beast skin. In reality, everything that didn’t rot was valuable.
Shua shua!
Zhao Feng and the little thieving cat made their moves at almost the same, but their objectives were different. Zhao Feng first locked onto the three items on the desk and flashed towards them. The little thieving cat’s target was a dead insect.
Zhao Feng was slightly surprised. He had also seen the dead insect, and its body hadn’t rotted. But obviously, he wasn’t interested in it. The little thieving cat swallowed the body of the insect whole, like it was scared that Zhao Feng would take it.
“Aren’t you scared that it’s poisonous?” Zhao Feng smiled.
When his left eye had passed the insect’s body, he had seen that the insect was covered in poison. All the little thieving cat did was hiccup.
Zhao Feng was extremely surprised - one had to know that the cat never hiccuped when it ate the primal crystal stones and other items. It looks like the insect the cat just ate wasn’t simple.
Zhao Feng then turned his eyes back onto his spoils.
The little bottle was smooth and transparent, it was obviously not made of a simple material. Furthermore, it contained a transparent liquid inside.
As for the flask of alcohol, it was extremely heavy and it smelled very pleasant, but when Zhao Feng opened it, there was nothing inside. However, Zhao Feng’s instinct told him that the flask wasn’t simple.
The little thieving cat stared at the bottle and flask with anger and frustration. But obviously, the cat couldn’t take two at once and it wasn’t able to beat its owner.
On the piece of beast skin was two lines of words that seemed to be written in a very hurried manner. As for the last few words, they were all blurry and unclear. Zhao Feng couldn’t help but come to conclusions.
The stone room was originally protected by someone, but an unforeseen situation had arisen, which caused the person to leave and the bottle as well as the flask were items left behind due to the hurriedness.
But… Zhao Feng didn’t recognise the language on the beast skin. It wasn’t the common language of this continent.
Miao miao!
The little thieving cat jumped onto Zhao Feng’s shoulder and it revealed a weird expression when its eyes scanned the two lines.
“You understand them?”
Zhao Feng half believed and he was half suspicious. He felt that the little thieving cat wasn’t a lifeform that had just been born, but it was something that had been filled with knowledge.
The little thieving cat had a smug look on its face and it waved its paws at Zhao Feng. The latter took out a pen and paper from his interspatial bracelet.
The little thieving cat used two of its small paws and grasped the pen before ‘translating’ the words from the beast skin.
Zhao Feng then looked at the contents: The Three Saints Palace has become unmovable in the Area of Dust. In the past few days, it even lured several One-Star Factions to almost break the ‘Curse of One hundred Graves’. Now, the energy of the Teleportation Array has been used up… This Subordinate will be leaving first…
Zhao Feng’s eyebrows furrowed after reading this.
Where was the Area of Dust? Was it the Thirteen Clans or the Northern Continent?
One Star Factions was another trail.
Zhao Feng had heard First Elder mention that forces were ranked from one to five stars with five stars being the strongest. However, five star factions were the strongest forces and they were only heard of in legends. But the forces of this continent didn’t seem to be arranged by stars.