Inside the canyon, there was deathly silence.
Only the breeze blew through, carrying the faint smell of blood and the disgusting stench.
Su Qingxue leaned against the cold ape corpse and looked up at the indifferent man in front of him.
She is a smart woman. Coming from a big family, she understands the laws of this world better than anyone else - there is no hatred without reason, and there is no love without reason.
Especially in this Hidden Dragon Trial where life is at stake.
I save you just because you are worthy of being saved.
In the face of absolute strength, any tricks or pleadings are pale and ridiculous.
There was a burst of bitterness in her heart, which soon turned into calmness.
She twitched the corner of her mouth, revealed a smile that was uglier than crying, and said in a hoarse voice, "My life was saved by senior. Whatever you want, senior can just say it. As long as Qingxue can give it, I will give it to you, no matter what."
Saying that, she did not hesitate at all, and took the initiative to hand over her trial token and the Storage Bag that contained her entire wealth.
This is the only thing she can get now.
However, Lu Chen just glanced at it lightly, but did not reach out to pick it up.
His eyes fell on the corpses that he had just beheaded.
I saw his palm draw the air, and an invisible suction force came out.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Four tokens representing trial points automatically flew up from the four corpses, turned into four streams of light, and disappeared into his hands.
Lu Chen glanced at the numbers on his token.
[Trial points: 1648]
The original 818 points, plus the 500 points obtained from Nine Nether Mystic Water Python, are 1318 points.
At this moment, he had gained a total of 330 points from these four warriors whose average strength was in the mid-Meridian Opening realm, allowing his total points to break through the 1,600 mark in one fell swoop.
This number can probably rank quite high in the entire trial field.
After doing all this, Lu Chen's eyes returned to Su Qingxue and the jade bottle in her hand.
He reached out and took out the jade bottle containing "Earth Vein Spirit Marrow".
After uncorking the bottle, an extremely pure energy with a hint of the earth came to his face. Just one whiff made him feel that the True Qi rushing in his body became a little more active.
It's really good stuff.
If he refines it, his newly stabilized Meridian Opening mid-level cultivation may be able to improve even further, and even touch the threshold of the later stage.
But what Lu Chen cares more about is "why".
He put away the jade bottle, looked at Su Qingxue's worried eyes, and spoke slowly, his voice still calm. "I'm not interested in your points or the junk in Storage Bag."
Su Qingxue was stunned when he heard this.
Just listen to Lu Chen continue, "I just want to know how you can accurately determine that there is Earth Vein Spirit Marrow here?"
His eyes were as sharp as a knife, as if he could see through people's hearts. "Hundred Demon Cave is so vast, with countless opportunities, but also dangers. I don't believe that you are just lucky and happened to pass by and found such a valuable treasure. Coincidence?"
He said the last two words very softly, but with an unquestionable sense of oppression.
Su Qingxue's heart suddenly sank.
After hesitating for a moment and weighing the pros and cons, he finally chose to confess.
Because she saw that Lu Chen's eyes had begun to become impatient.
"Senior... your guess is correct, it's not a coincidence."
Su Qingxue took a deep breath and seemed to have made some determination.
She did not touch the Storage Bag that had been handed out and was loaded with regular supplies. Instead, she took out another small and delicate Storage Bag from her personal clothes, which was obviously more private.
With a thought, a small palm-sized fragment of a map, made of some unknown animal skin, with broken edges and a light yellow glow, appeared in her hand.
"Before Gao Zhuang entered the trial, he purchased a fragmented map from a black market merchant at a high price." She handed the animal skin map to Lu Chen and explained, "We found this place based on the guidance on the fragmented map."
"The first location marked here is this canyon, and the mark next to it is Earth Vein Spirit Marrow."
She paused, her voice lowered, "And this doesn't seem to be the end yet. According to the route on the map, the back... seems to point to somewhere deeper in Hundred Demon Cave."
Lu Chen's eyes moved and he took over the fragment of the picture.
It is warm and moist to the touch, and the material is extraordinary. It is neither gold, stone, nor grass, and the touch is extremely strange.
The map was drawn very anciently, and the lines on it were winding and winding, outlining an area deep in Hundred Demon Cave that he had never set foot on.
There is a small blue dot painted on the canyon where the "Earth Vein Spirit Marrow" he just discovered is located.
Starting from this blue point, a red dotted line winds and points deeper into the map.
Finally, it pointed to an area covered by a rich red mark that seemed to be soaked in blood.
Next to the blood mark, there were several characters High Antiquity that he didn't recognize at all, with twisted strokes and a vague atmosphere.
Lu Chen carefully probed into it with a trace of soul power.
Buzz!
The moment his soul touched the broken picture, he immediately felt a weak but extremely ancient and domineering aura feedback from the picture.
This breath is somewhat familiar to him!
Lu Chen's heart suddenly moved, and his mind sank into Storage Bag, sensing the Jade Slip that was handed to him by Clerk Chen and recorded some information about [Godslayer]'s broken halberd.
That's right!
Although it is weak, the ancient aura exuding from the residual image actually resonates with the aura about [Godslayer] contained in the Jade Slip!
A bold guess suddenly emerged in his mind:
Could this picture not only point to an ordinary treasure, but its final destination is related to the High Antiquity vicious soldier suppressed in the depths of Hundred Demon Cave - [Godslayer] Broken Halberd?!
Once this idea appears, it can no longer be contained!
Lu Chen's heartbeat speeded up involuntarily.
If this is the case, then the value of this residual picture will far exceed one hundred or one thousand copies of Earth Vein Spirit Marrow!
He calmly put the remaining pictures and the bottle of Earth Vein Spirit Marrow into his own Storage Bag.
Lu Chen is not a murderous person, except for those who are hostile to himself.
Lu Chen took a deep look at Su Qingxue and left behind a cold word. "I will remember your life for now."
"Next, I will team up with you to find these locations."