Ruins

A violent gale pressed down from overhead.

Sensing that something was wrong, Mo Tang had just prepared to dodge when he was sent flying, plummeting toward the bottomless cliff...

"Fuck!"

A string of colorful curses carried far into the valley on the raging wind.

But Mo Tang himself could no longer hear them...

Because by then, his ears had been completely filled with the howling wind!

"Fuck!"

Seeing himself drifting farther and farther from the cliff face, Mo Tang hurriedly tried to save himself.

He quickly pulled out the rope he had prepared from his system backpack, swiftly tied it around his sword hilt, then flung the long blade at the cliff wall...

The sharp Sharp Spirit Blade instantly buried its entire body into the stone wall.

Mo Tang's falling body suddenly jerked to a halt before swinging toward the mountain wall...

Like a swing being pushed high into the air... then slamming into a wall...

With a boom!

The entire cliff face shook.

Mo Tang felt as if his whole body had fallen apart. There was not a single spot that did not hurt.

But most importantly, he had not fallen all the way down and been smashed into a meat pancake...

"Shriek!"

An eagle's cry instantly shattered the tiny bit of luck Mo Tang had been feeling.

"Again?!"

With a startled cry, the panicked Mo Tang suddenly spotted a cave below and to his left. There was even a platform extending about a meter out from the entrance...

There was no time to hesitate!

Mo Tang planted his feet against the stone wall, borrowed the force to swing again, then let go. His entire body landed right on the platform.

He looked up...

And saw the culprit already diving down from the sky.

Mo Tang's mouth twitched, and he scrambled miserably into the cave.

At the very last moment, he finally saw the true face of the culprit that had put him in such a sorry state—a Fourth-Order Magical Beast, a Gale Eagle!

Fortunately, the cave entrance was not large and could only accommodate one person at a time. Although the Gale Eagle kept screeching furiously, it could do nothing to Mo Tang after he entered the cave, and could only fly away unwillingly in the end...

Mo Tang finally let out a sigh of relief and began examining the cave.

The cave was pitch-black, yet a faint gleam seeped through it, giving it an eerie, mysterious feel.

There were many marks around the entrance that looked as though they had been carved by blades. However, perhaps due to the passage of time, the carvings had become extremely blurred. If Mo Tang's eyesight had not been so good, he might not have noticed them at all.

"So this was really carved out by people? Did I really find those legendary Ruins?"

Mo Tang felt a little delighted, but then he thought about how, in pursuit of this so-called treasure hunt, he had not only lost his weapon but had also trapped himself in such a place... with a Fourth-Order Magical Beast outside that could tear him apart at any time...

The little delight that had just risen in his heart instantly vanished under the blow.

With a long sigh, Mo Tang comforted himself. Forget it. What if there's some powerful old grandpa inside... Then I'll pluck that beast outside clean and roast it for dinner!

He took out a tinderbox and lit it. Then, using the faint firelight, he cautiously felt his way deeper into the cave.

After walking for around ten minutes, Mo Tang suddenly found that the path ahead was blocked. A stone door appeared before him!

The cave was noticeably much wider here; even four or five people standing together would not feel crowded.

Mo Tang stepped forward, ran his palm over the stone door, and knocked on it to test its thickness...

"It's this thick? Looks like forcing it open isn't realistic..."

By convention, a place like this should have some sort of mechanism. Otherwise, if no one could even get in, wouldn't all this buildup be complete bullshit?

After carefully examining the stone door and the surrounding walls, Mo Tang found a small protrusion beside the door.

"Just as expected!"

Mo Tang curled his lips, not feeling the least bit surprised.

He lightly pressed down with his finger. Amid a creaking sound, the stone door slowly rose, revealing the scene behind it.

Beyond the stone door was a huge stone chamber.

The chamber looked simple and empty. Moonlight Stones used for illumination were embedded in the walls, keeping the room from falling into darkness.

At the center of the chamber was a green jade cushion, upon which sat a skeleton...

But this skeleton possessed none of the imposing air of a "glazed jade skeleton" that a strong individual would have. Instead, it was rotten beyond measure, and its sunken skull had already fallen onto its pale thigh bone...

"Tsk... What a disappointment..."

He looked around and found that although the stone chamber was indeed large, there was nothing inside except for the corpse in the middle...

This left Mo Tang deeply disappointed.

Still, he did not give up. He began carefully checking whether there was anything suspicious about the skeleton.

And he really did find something... A white ring was worn on the middle finger of the skeleton's right hand...

Because the ring was the same color as the bones, and the lighting was poor, he had almost overlooked it earlier.

"Could it be a Storage Ring?"

Mo Tang raised his brows and hurriedly took the ring off.

"It really is a Storage Ring!"

Since its owner had long been dead, there was no soul power blocking it. Mo Tang could easily inspect the items inside.

Mo Tang really did find quite a few things in the Storage Ring...

First were more than ten Jade Bottles. They appeared to have held pills, and judging from the labels, they had all been high-grade fifth- or sixth-tier goods!

Unfortunately, who knew how long the person before him had been dead? In any case, all those pills had turned into useless waste pills. Not a single one could still be used!

Mo Tang swept all the trash into a corner and turned his attention to the other items.

A green wooden bow, three arrows with black arrowheads, three mysterious scrolls, and a roll of Ordinary Beast Hide...

Although the bow was made of wood, it was lavishly decorated. Not only was its body carved with mysterious patterns, but four green crystals were embedded in it as well...

When Mo Tang held the bow in his hand, he discovered that all four crystals lit up at once. The wooden bow, which had seemed somewhat old and worn, appeared to awaken as green radiance burst from it...

Gentle whirlwinds coiled around the bowstring. With only a slight infusion of Dou Qi, a green Dou Qi arrow could automatically form upon the string...

"This...!" Mo Tang stared wide-eyed at the longbow in his hands, shock filling his heart.

After all, only experts at the Dou Spirit level could materialize Dou Qi, condensing their own Dou Qi into weapons for battle...

Yet this bow allowed a mere Dou Zhe like him to accomplish that... It was simply unbelievable!