Searching for Treasure in Heaven Dou, Thanking Nature's Gifts!

After Dai Mobai led Li Yue out of the Star Dou Great Forest, he did not set foot on the road back to the Star Luo Imperial City, but instead changed direction and headed straight for the border.

Although Li Yue had a hundred questions in her heart, her body and soul already belonged to Dai Mobai, so she did not ask.

She simply followed quietly by his side, her pace steady and unhurried. Occasionally, she would tilt her head to look at him, and seeing that calm, confident smile that never left his face, she suppressed her curiosity and followed him westward.

The two crossed the border of the Star Luo Empire and finally arrived at the frontier city bordering Star Luo—Nuoding City.

"It's quite lively."

The moment she saw the town, Li Yue was slightly stunned.

Unlike the cold and desolate border towns she had imagined, Nuoding City was not only not cold, but unexpectedly bustling.

The main street was crowded with merchants, shops lined the road one after another, and the sound of hawking rose and fell.

Caravans coming and going drove carts loaded with goods through the crowd, the wheels rumbling as they rolled over the bluestone road.

"It will be even livelier in the future."

Dai Mobai smiled mysteriously, took Li Yue's hand, and walked toward the south of the city.

Li Yue was piqued by this remark, but before she could ask for details, Dai Mobai had already led her through the south gate and straight out of Nuoding City.

The two traveled rapidly toward the south.

After traveling about fifty kilometers, a small village built against the mountains appeared in Li Yue's field of vision.

The village was not large, consisting of about two or three hundred households.

Looking from afar, a mottled plaque stood on the open space at the entrance of the village, with three characters written on it.

Li Yue focused her eyes—Holy Soul Village.

"Is there something special about this place?"

Li Yue finally couldn't help but ask.

She looked left and right, but she couldn't see what this ordinary, unremarkable little village had to do with "treasure hunting."

Dai Mobai did not explain; he just smiled, led her around the village, and plunged into the mountain range that stretched for unknown miles behind it.

Once they entered the mountains, the two no longer held back.

Golden light wings unfolded from Dai Mobai's back, and a pair of wings also sprouted from Li Yue's back. The two flapped their wings and took to the air, flying forward along the mountain ridges.

Beneath them lay an endless mountain range, peaks piled upon peaks like a giant dragon crawling on the earth, winding and extending into the distance beyond the reach of sight.

"Li Yue, keep an eye out for a valley with a waterfall; that is our final destination."

Dai Mobai's voice was carried to her ears by the wind.

Li Yue nodded gently, keeping these words in her heart.

The two flew over the continuous mountain range for who knows how many miles; the terrain beneath them grew higher and higher, and the forests became increasingly dense.

Just as Li Yue's eyes began to feel a bit sore, a faint, rumbling sound drifted over with the mountain breeze.

"Found it."

A smile appeared on Dai Mobai's face. His light wings flapped violently, and his speed soared, turning him into a streak of golden light as he headed straight toward the direction of the sound of water.

Li Yue flapped her wings as well, following closely behind.

After flying for about a quarter of an hour, the rumbling became clearer, and a valley hidden in the heart of the mountains suddenly appeared in their field of vision.

The valley was not large, but it was breathtakingly beautiful.

The valley was lush and green, with nameless verdant vegetation covering the mountains and plains, overlapping in shades of deep and light, as if a solid piece of jade had been laid out in the valley.

In the center of the valley lay an oval lake, the water so clear it reached the bottom, like a sapphire embedded in the midst of ten thousand greens.

On the opposite shore of the lake, a waterfall poured down from a cliff dozens of meters high, the water hanging like a white silk ribbon, crashing heavily into the lake and splashing mist into the sky.

The mist rose and diffused under the sunlight, and a faint seven-colored rainbow bridge hung over the water curtain, dreamlike and illusory.

"So beautiful."

Looking at the beautiful scenery in the valley, Li Yue couldn't help but whisper.

Her gaze lingered on the rainbow bridge, and a rare trace of soft amazement appeared in her cold eyes.

"The scenery is just a bonus; the thing that truly makes it impossible to look away is behind this waterfall."

Dai Mobai looked at the roaring waterfall, his tone meaningful.

Hearing this, Li Yue moved her gaze away from the rainbow bridge and looked up and down at the waterfall not far away.

But no matter how she looked at it, she couldn't see what was special about this waterfall.

Fortunately, Dai Mobai had no intention of letting her guess.

"Follow me."

Leaving these words behind, his light wings flapped gently, and he turned into a golden thread, charging straight into the waterfall.

Water splashed everywhere, and his figure instantly disappeared into the white curtain of water.

Li Yue was startled. Before she could think, she hurriedly flapped her wings and followed him in.

The icy water poured down from above, only to be pushed aside by the soul power radiating from her body.

She instinctively closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, she found she had passed through the water curtain and landed on a stone platform protruding from the cliff face.

The platform was small, barely enough for three or five people to stand on.

Dai Mobai stood at the inner edge of the platform, facing a cliff wall covered in vines, his right hand balled into a fist, tapping against the rock face in a slow, rhythmic fashion.

The thumping sound seemed exceptionally faint amidst the roar of the waterfall.

Li Yue stood behind him, watching quietly.

Before long, Dai Mobai's tapping came to a sudden halt, and a faint smile slowly curled the corners of his lips.

Then, he turned his fist into a palm and struck out.

Where his palm wind landed, a thunderous boom erupted.

The seemingly solid cliff wall shattered instantly; gravel flew, and dust filled the air.

As the dust settled, a pitch-black opening appeared in Li Yue's field of vision.

It was dark inside, and nothing could be seen.

"Follow me; you'll see the treasure soon."

Dai Mobai turned back and beckoned to her, his tone carrying a hint of irrepressible anticipation.

Li Yue nodded and followed behind him as the two entered the cave one after the other.

The entrance was narrow, and the stone passage was quite cramped, with damp rock walls on both sides that felt bone-chillingly cold to the touch.

The air was filled with the scent of damp earth and an indefinable, fresh botanical fragrance.

After walking a few dozen steps, the narrow stone passage gradually began to widen.

Ten more steps forward, and a stone chamber that had clearly been carved out by human hands suddenly revealed itself before Li Yue's eyes.

The stone chamber was small with rough walls, but the floor had been leveled quite neatly.

A skylight had been opened in the dome, and the afternoon sun poured down from above, casting a bright beam of light that shone directly onto a small mound of soil in the center of the chamber.

Tiny specks of dust danced slowly within the beam of light, creating an atmosphere that was quiet and solemn.

The mound of soil was dark brown, loose, and fertile.

And right in the center of the mound grew a stalk of Blue Silver Grass.

It was unlike any Blue Silver Grass Li Yue had ever seen.

The leaves of this Blue Silver Grass were much longer and more slender than those of ordinary ones, their color a deep, translucent blue, as if they had been refined from the finest glazed glass.

Each leaf bore golden veins that shimmered with a faint, flowing golden halo under the sunlight.

"Is this the treasure?"

Li Yue pointed at the Blue Silver Grass on the mound, her tone carrying a trace of undisguised disappointment.

A stalk of Blue Silver Grass that merely looked to be of better quality was a far cry from her expectations.

Dai Mobai glanced at her, seemingly having anticipated her reaction all along.

"It is a gift; the real treasure is here."

As he spoke, he walked toward the stone wall on one side of the chamber.

Dai Mobai reached out and fumbled along the wall surface for a few moments before pressing down on a slightly protruding stone.

With a crisp "click," a hidden compartment popped open in the stone wall, and a pitch-black lead box fell out, landing steadily in Dai Mobai's open palm.