Kapitel 9: Chapter 9: The Storage Ring and the Mysterious Flame Diagram
This was an ancient and simple black ring, with some mysterious patterns on its surface.
Attempting to sense it with his soul, Wei Yang immediately became excited.
"It's a storage ring!"
"I knew it, for someone who was at least at the Dou Huang level, how could they not have left a storage ring behind?"
"So that's how it is!"
"The senior even dug the pit himself. Later, when others received the benefits outside, if they wanted to bury the senior's remains, just by carefully observing within this stone chamber, they would be able to discover the cracks and rubble under the chair."
"Digging open the stone pit... they would naturally find this storage ring. And when cleaning up the remains for burial, if lucky, they might even find the fragment of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame Map within the arm bones..."
"According to the description in the original, the arm bone was slightly heavier than other bones due to the map fragment, careful observation would reveal it!"
"This... is really one thing after another!"
Wei Yang was speechless, he couldn't help but look at the pile of bones.
This senior also seemed to be a very seasoned and calculating individual.
Everything, including human nature, was calculated perfectly.
Truly.
He exhaled gently, then refocused his attention on the storage ring in his hand.
As his soul power probed out and poured into the ring.
Due to the passage of time and the fact that the ring's owner had long passed, the inside of the storage ring had no barriers, it was an unowned ring.
Hence, Wei Yang's soul power encountered no resistance and easily entered a peculiar space within.
This space was about three hundred square meters, with a height equivalent to three floors.
As Wei Yang's perception entered, everything inside became clear.
There weren't many items, just some jade bottles and jade boxes.
After inspecting, Wei Yang found that most of them were empty.
With a thought, the jade bottles and boxes that seemed to contain items were all taken out by Wei Yang, totaling dozens, laid on the floor.
Opening one jade bottle, he poured out some gray powder.
Judging from the powder, this bottle likely contained pills, but perhaps due to the long passage of time, the pills inside had completely lost their medicinal properties, turning into residue.
He then opened all the other jade bottles and boxes, finding similar situations.
Whether pills or herbs, the internal seals had loosened over time, causing the contents to lose their potency, leaving only residue.
"What a pity," Wei Yang couldn't help but shake his head with a sigh.
But he soon composed himself, no longer dwelling on it.
Having already gained so much, he couldn't be too greedy.
Wei Yang put everything back into the storage ring, including the fragment of the Pure Lotus Demon Flame Map, techniques, and other items.
With the ring on his index finger, Wei Yang continued to delve into the ring's interior to check if there was anything he overlooked.
Soon, he made a new discovery.
"This is?"
With a thought, Wei Yang took out an ancient black scroll.
Unfolding it,
it was a map.
A map emitting a strange aura.
Wei Yang scrutinized it carefully.
He quickly found clues according to the place names marked on the map.
"This is the Magical Beast Mountain Range, this is the Tagore Desert?"
Following the route indicated on the map, he discovered that it was a map leading deep into the uninhabited areas of the Tagore Desert.
Possibly deeper into the desert than imagined, as the route appeared to dive into the depths of the endless sea of sand.
It had already surpassed the lands inhabited by the Snake-People, continuing unknown miles further into what was legend to be an absolute forbidden zone of life.
Seeing this, Wei Yang couldn't help but take a deep breath of cold air and continued to observe.
At the end of the map's route, there was a small red circle with a scarlet skull symbol inside, looking eerie and making one's heart involuntarily shiver.
Next to the skull, there was a black flame pattern, seemingly burning and jumping.
This black flame appeared vibrant and lifelike, like a black sun ablaze, invoking a sense of endless heat.
The peculiar aura emitted by the map came from this flame-like yet sun-like black pattern.
"A flame that looks like a black sun? This doesn't seem like any flame on the Heavenly Flame List?"
"Like a black sun flame... doesn't resemble the Nihility Devouring Flame, the Nine Serene Wind Flame, nor the Three Thousand Flaming Fire... what flame is this?"
"We can exclude the Nihility Devouring Flame first, as it's with the Soul Clan, and is equivalent to a peak Dou Saint that has already taken human form."
"The Nihility Devouring Flame ranks second, like the Pure Lotus Demon Flame, they are unique in heaven and earth, there won't be a second one on the Dou Qi Continent."
Wei Yang thought carefully through the twenty-three types of Heavenly Flames described in the original work, finding none similar.
"Could it be a completely new and unknown Heavenly Flame?" Wei Yang thought.
It's not entirely impossible.
After all, each Heavenly Flame's formation requires an incredibly long time, and it's conceivable that an unknown one hadn't been discovered.
Heavenly flames are mysterious in their origins.
They might be carried by a falling meteor, formed from volcanic lava burned for millennia, or some odd environment's creation...
Carved by the forces of heaven and earth, they gain spirituality over centuries, needing millennia or even ten millennia to form.
After thinking it over without any leads, Wei Yang ceased to worry and solemnly put away the map recording the unknown flame.
Thinking too much now is useless, as that is deep within the endless sea of sand, inside the life forbidden zone.
He decides to explore when he has more strength in the future.
...
Wei Yang carefully placed the bones into the stone pit, then filled and buried it with rubble, building a small grave mound.
After finishing, Wei Yang respectfully bowed to the simple grave, "Junior is grateful for the opportunity given by senior..."
Wei Yang indeed felt deep gratitude.
This opportunity and harvest would make his future path to growth much smoother.
Receiving the favor of predecessors naturally calls for gratitude.
After paying his respects, Wei Yang stood up and began organizing other items in the stone chamber.
First were the three piles of gold coins and jewels, which he stored in the storage ring.
Then he went to the flower bed in the corner, using a jade bottle, jade box, and small jade shovel from the storage ring, carefully digging up and packaging the dozens of herbs.
Exhaling lightly after finishing these tasks, Wei Yang returned to the stone table and frowned slightly at the colorful toxin manual.
Considering briefly, he ultimately decided to take the colorful toxin manual with him.
Including the three stone boxes and the key, all were stored in the storage ring.
"Senior, this junior has disturbed your rest, now taking my leave... This junior will destroy the entrance passage outside shortly, to ensure no others disturb your eternal rest..."
After a respectful bow, Wei Yang turned to leave.
Exiting the stone chamber, he pressed the mechanism.
With a hiss, the stone door slowly descended, sealing the stone chamber behind.
Subsequently, Wei Yang's hands glowed with Dou Qi, his fingers claw-like, beginning to destroy the nearby cave walls.
As rocky debris fell, the stone door behind was gradually buried.
...
It took Wei Yang three whole days to completely destroy and seal the entire passage with endless rocks.
The cave entrance was restored to its original state, concealing all traces.
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