Chapter 1812 ā Hidden Treasure
Lin Mingās eyes focused on the red-dressed little girlās bare feet. Even though the path here was covered with jagged rocks, incredibly as she moved she appeared to be walking across the surface of smooth water, completely in tune with her surrounding environment.
Lin Ming asked once more. However, the little girl only flushed red. She gripped her fists, not saying anything else.
Lin Ming slightly frowned; he was completely unable to see through this little girlās boundary. She felt like a mortal, but his intuition told him that the truth wasnāt so simple. She must possess some sort of mystical ability and he couldnāt see what the limits of her strength were.
Lin Mingās silence caused the little girl to tense up. She parted her lips and said, āIsā¦ i-isā¦ it not enough?ā
The little girl also felt that the thing she took out wasnāt valuable enough. At least, it wasnāt enough to satisfy Lin Ming. He still might eat the kirin fruit.
She thought about it for a moment and then said, āIā¦ I-I-I-Iā¦ know of a place where treasure is hidden. I can t-t-tell you, but you canāt e-e-eat it.ā
It was clear just how dear the kirin fruit was to her.
āWhat place with hidden treasure?ā Lin Mingās thoughts stirred.
āI-I-Iā¦ canāt say it clearlyā¦ if y-y-y-you come with meā¦ youāll seeā¦ā The red-dressed little girl seemed to have not spoken any words for an extremely long period of time. Her words lagged behind her thoughts as if she needed time to consider what they were.
Lin Ming deeply peered at the little girl. With his cautious personality, he shouldnāt go to such an unknown place. But, this little girl really didnāt seem to have any evil intentions at all.
āLead me to this hidden treasure area. I wonāt eat the kirin fruit.ā
Upon hearing Lin Ming say he wouldnāt eat the kirin fruit, the red-dressed little girl finally seemed to relax. The kirin fruit also chirped out loud, clearly happy.
The red-dressed little girl brightly smiled as she saw how happy the kirin fruit was. Two deep dimples appeared on her cheeks, making her look lovable.
āG-g-g-great, I will l-l-lead the way.ā The little girl vigorously nodded as if she were afraid Lin Ming would back out of his promise.
āNo need to hurry. Before we go Iāll absorb that drop of god springs.ā Lin Ming said. He looked towards the red-dressed little girl, āHelp me stand guard outside so that no one enters here.ā
Lin Ming was still vigilant against this mysterious little girl. After all, when he absorbed the drop of god springs his defense would be in a weakened state.
āAā¦ alright.ā The red-dressed little girl nodded.
After the little girl walked a distance away, Lin Ming laid down a simple protection enchantment and stepped into it. Then he directly swallowed that drop of god springs.
Soon, Lin Ming was covered in an endless blood light.
Traces of the blood light seeped into his skin, completely enveloping him.
The blood light became increasingly thick, rushing towards Lin Ming more and more as it wrapped him up.
This blood light seemed to form a giant translucent cocoon of blood that beat like a heart.
With every beat, it was like a god king was striking a drum, the sound like a rolling thunderclap.
The cave as well as the entire mountain began to shiver.
Like this, Lin Ming closed up for over 20 hours.
Outside, night fell and then the sun rose yet again. But in the cave, it was utterly dark throughout.
At this time, beams of light shot out from the blood cocoon, slowly tearing it open.
Lin Ming appeared from within, a strange blood strength permeating his body. Countless faint runes shimmered upon his skin, seeming to shine and dim along with his heartbeat.
This bodily phenomenon occurred for some time before disappearing.
āWhat a great treasure! My soul has become 50% stronger and there is also a great deal of strength I havenāt been able to absorb but was saved in my inner world! Even my boundary has increasedā¦ it is close to the middle Holy Lord realm. In fact, if I wanted to I could make a breakthrough right now!ā
Lin Ming discovered that there was a great strength rushing through his inner world like a raging river.
The kirin leaves from before as well as this drop of Weeping Blood God Springs had caused a tremendous amount of excess power to be stored within him. Since he couldnāt absorb it yet, all he could do was compress this energy within his inner world and slowly absorb it.
With this, it would become increasingly difficult for him to keep suppressing his cultivation so that he didnāt make a premature breakthrough.
His cultivation was more than high enough. Right now, what he lacked was time. If he had another 100 years, then that would be ideal!
After absorbing the drop of Weeping Blood God Springs, Lin Ming could faintly feel as if he became more familiar with the surrounding environment. It was like the drop of blood within him was the same as the Akashic Dream Battlefield.
āThis sort of familiar feelingā¦ should be because I absorbed that drop of god springsā¦ā Lin Ming suddenly realized.
And at this time, his complexion changed. He felt that the red-dressed little girl had returned.
He waved his hand and a wisp of heavenly tribulation fire flew out from his palm, turning into endless flame runes that slowly settled on his body and turned into a robe.
As for the red-dressed little girl, she was curiously looking at Lin Ming, a dazed look on her face and without any fear or suspicion at all. It was clear she didnāt know of the differences between men and women.
āYou said there was a hidden treasure somewhere?ā Lin Ming asked the red-dressed little girl.
The little girl quickly waved her hands. She was ready to go at any time.
Lin Ming left his cave and turned into a beam of light as he rapidly flew over the mountains. He followed the red-dressed little girlās instructions and flew towards the hidden treasure area.
As he passed by an underground river that was surging with black waters, he saw a red wild cow galloping through the river, its entire body awash with blazing red flames.
Its entire body sparked with flames. As its hooves struck the ground, the water around it all evaporated due to the high heat and even the river mud was melted into a dark yellow sludge; it was a bizarre sight.
Lin Ming was considerably startled. This soul beastās strength was about as strong as the soul beast he encountered at Limitless God Mountain.
Such a powerful soul beast was actually engaged in battle with someone in the river. The soul beastās opponent was an old man that possessed a terrifying blood vitality and intense soul force. The old man was releasing an endless power of Ice Laws, enough to freeze massive tracts of the river to suppress the cow. On the side of the river, several white-robed youths had set up an array.
āHalf-step Empyrean? Orā¦ā
Lin Ming was careful; he didnāt arouse the attention of these people. On the Akashic Dream Battlefield, there was an endless number of masters! Those he fought in the Soul Cave had only been a miniscule portion of them. There were also many half-step Empyreans and Empyreans still wandering about.
He continued forwards. Strangely, the red-dressed little girl who was following him had disappeared. But he could clearly feel an intense fluctuation of energy emit from beneath his feet, closely following behind him.
In the Soul Cave, Lin Mingās divine sense was blinded by a strange dark power. It was hard for him to detect what was occurring beneath his feet.
Yet, he was completely aware that the energy fluctuations beneath him were definitely those of the mysterious red-dressed little girl.
At the Soul Cave when he first picked the kirin fruit, a strange energy had rushed into his body, severely wounding him.
This energy, could it have been this red-dressed little girl?
Lin Ming had this idea before. This was because after he took the kirin fruitās leaves to heal himself, the strange energy within him had disappeared, inexplicably vanishing without a trace.
Originally, Lin Ming felt that this strength wasnāt simple at all and shouldnāt have disappeared so easily.
And what followed right after that was this little girl suddenly appearing from nowhere in his secret cave. This was also a reasonable explanation.
Thinking of this, Lin Mingās heart began to beat faster. If this little girl had any evil intentions when he had been trying to heal himself, he definitely would have suffered some miserable fate.
Luckily, this little girlās thoughts were pure, without any hint of malice.
And at this time, from the far off distance, a tremendous roar erupted. The nearby mountains shook and beams of essence energy emerged from the far off mountains that pierced through the void.
Lin Mingās thoughts focused. This was definitely a battle between powerhouses. He had to be more carefulā¦ after all, any hidden treasure here must be extremely precious and he didnāt want to attract droves of people who wanted to come and struggle with him.
This hidden treasure area was located deep in the Soul Cave. Lin Ming cautiously continued forwards. To his amazement, he discovered that there were far more powerhouses in the Soul Cave than when he had first come here.
Finally, Lin Ming came upon a stretch of forest that was covered in a thick mist.
The ancient trees towered high into the air.
Incredibly, each tree was as great as a mountain and he wasnāt able to see the top of them at all. This left Lin Ming whistling in awe at this breathtaking sight.
Suddenly, Lin Ming discovered that brilliant fireworks had appeared above him.
These fireworks were purple gold in color and exuded a familiar aura. Soon, the fireworks slowly shifted into a face in the void ā it was Lin Mingās own face!
Lin Ming frowned. For something like this to occur now, he already guessed just what had happened.
Like this, Lin Mingās complexion darkened.