Most of the demon beasts had gone out hunting, leaving Su Xiao and 25 elite demon beasts to guard the main camp.
Su Xiao had nothing to do at the moment, so he decided to study swordsmanship.
The forest breeze stirred gently, and several green leaves drifted near the wooden shelter. Due to the biological energy radiating from the Bug Nest, a large patch of lush branches had already grown across the roof, giving it a distinctly natural charm.
Su Xiao took a wooden plaque from his storage space. The plaque looked old, with several fine cracks visible on its surface, and was a yellowish brown overall.
'The greedy shall surely fall into eternal silence.'
Aside from those small carved words, the wooden plaque held nothing unusual. Su Xiao had traded several bottles of liquor and an old holy cultivator for it in the City of Dead Silence. That man also used a saber, and his swordsmanship far surpassed Su Xiao's.
Su Xiao had tried many methods before, but none had allowed him to glimpse the plaque's secret. Yet as someone who also cultivated swordsmanship, Su Xiao could sense that something was hidden within it.
"'The greedy shall surely fall into eternal silence'? Couldn't he have just said it clearly? Why make it so ambiguous?"
Su Xiao muttered under his breath and continued studying it.
After several hours of research, Su Xiao really wanted to hack the rotten piece of wood apart, but it was a legendary-quality item. Destroying it would be a waste.
Su Xiao's thumb brushed across the wooden plaque. When he touched the crack at the upper corner, the crack visibly widened slightly. If his perception had not been sharp enough, he would never have noticed.
He applied force with his thumb. With a crisp crack, the