As he spoke slowly, Ren vanished from the bedroom.
Ren still remembered that, at the moment he had fallen unconscious yesterday, new trash had appeared in the Trash Station, waiting for him to Take Over. At the time, he had found it strange. How could killing someone result in new trash? But now he understood. After the battle, Ren felt that he had improved greatly, and it had been an all-around improvement. No wonder people often said that the line between life and death held both great terror and great opportunities. Having gone through that brush with death, Ren had grown much stronger. The appearance of trash in the Trash Station also proved that as Ren grew, the Trash Station would produce trash. If he had not improved, the Trash Station would still produce trash, but the quality of the trash would not be high.
The silent space slowly drew Ren in amid Space Distortion.
Standing in the empty Trash Station, Ren said, "Sure enough, it looks much better without any trash."
Perhaps he had a cleanliness obsession. Ren did not like having piles of trash constantly sitting in his Trash Station.
Ren stared at the distorted vortex in the center and said, "Pour it out. I hope something better appears this time!"
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As his words fell, the distorted vortex spewed out trash.
Boom...
A thunderous roar rang out as the vortex of Space Distortion ejected an enormous amount of trash.
The trash poured down and instantly formed a small mountain.
Ren narrowed his eyes. "What... Why is there so much? There's even more than the trash that came from Swallowed Star last time."
Swallowed Star had been a post-apocalyptic world, with trash covering the streets. That was why there had been so much trash last time. Yet the trash that appeared this time was even more abundant.
"Hmm... What world did this trash come from?"
A thought surfaced in Ren's heart as his gaze fell upon the distant pile of trash.
The trash had accumulated into a hill more than ten meters high. Compared to the trash from Swallowed Star, the trash before him contained no rebar or plastic—only dirt, broken stones, chunks of wood...
Ren walked forward, his eyes faintly wary.
Ever since he had learned that trash could contain corpses, Ren had realized that so-called trash was not necessarily safe. If some dead person had left behind a contingency, he would be in trouble.
He slowly approached the hill. Looking at the broken stones, clumps of dirt, and chunks of wood, he found nothing else. There might have been treasures buried within the hill, but clearing a hill more than ten meters high would take an unknown amount of time.
Just as Ren considered entering Beast King Mountain and having the Dog Clan help clear it, a rumble sounded.
Boom...
A stone at the top of the hill slowly rolled down and struck a massive object, knocking it down.
Ren instantly pulled a scroll from his tool pouch and formed hand seals with both hands. "Release!"
White smoke rose, and a sharp katana appeared. This katana had come from Swallowed Star.
Ren gripped the katana tightly and assumed a guarded stance. His gaze fixed on the strange object that had fallen before him. It was wrapped in dirt, making it impossible to see what it was.
After thinking for a moment, Ren slowly raised the katana and slashed at the object.
Bang...
The blade struck the object, but Ren's hands went numb. He could not cut through it at all.
"What the hell... What is this thing? This is a weapon from Swallowed Star, yet it can't even cut through this strange object." Ren spoke in surprise. Then the strange object before him slowly revealed its true appearance.
The clumps of dirt around the spot he had struck gradually fell away, revealing a bronze color.
Ren frowned. "This is a cauldron!"
Ren examined the entire strange object and the patterns that had appeared on it. It was clearly a huge cauldron.
Ren immediately raised his katana and cleaned away all the dirt covering the cauldron.
Not long afterward, a cauldron stood before Ren.
The cauldron had an ancient, simple air and was definitely no ordinary object. In ancient times, cauldrons had been items only the imperial family could use. Even in other worlds, cauldrons held significant status. The bone cauldron before him looked extraordinary and even gave off a faint medicinal fragrance.
At that moment, Ren stared at a bone in front of the ancient cauldron. The bone had fallen from the dirt, and faint ancient writing had been carved into it.
"Fierce Beast!"
"Wilderness!"
"Bone Script!"
Seeing this, understanding dawned upon Ren. "It's actually Perfect World. This... this... is truly unbelievable!"
Ren was stunned. The trash before him had come from Perfect World. What kind of world was Perfect World? It was an existence far beyond Battle Through the Heavens World. Its cultivation system was terrifying beyond measure, and there were plenty of people capable of blasting apart a planet with a single punch.
Ren narrowed his eyes as he stared at the enormous cauldron before him, his heart filled with excitement. An ancient cauldron from Perfect World was definitely no simple item. It might even be a Supreme Treasure. After all, cauldrons were considered highly prestigious objects in Perfect World.
Excitement surged through Ren's heart. He then stared at the hill and began eagerly searching for hidden treasures within it.
In the blink of an eye, the massive hill had collapsed. Most of it was dirt mixed with stones. Ren cut through several stones, and the entire hill crumbled apart.
At that moment, a massive tiger appeared before Ren.
The tiger's entire body was red and gave off faint heat. It was already dead, seemingly killed by someone.
Ren stared at a beast hide before him. It recorded some writing and appeared to be someone's diary.
"Revenge? It's simply impossible. Shi Hao is too strong. How can I take revenge? Though I am the last person from Bèi Village, I do not have the strength to seek revenge against Willow Village. Especially now that Willow Village has Shi Hao—who would dare provoke Willow Village? I should spend my remaining years here in solitude."
"Sigh... Shi Hao has returned. I should go out and hide for a while too. Though such an important figure would not care about an ant like me, I still do not want to watch my enemy grow stronger."
The words on the beast hide revealed loneliness and unwillingness.
From the words recorded on the beast hide, Ren learned that this trash had come from Bèi Village. In the early period of Perfect World, Willow Village, where Shi Hao lived, had suffered an invasion from nearby Bèi Village. In the end, Willow Village's deity unleashed her power and exterminated everyone in Bèi Village. Unexpectedly, one person from Bèi Village had survived. But after learning of Shi Hao's strength, he had abandoned all thoughts of revenge and lived in seclusion among the ruins of Bèi Village. Who would have thought that when he went out to hide, an earthquake would strike Bèi Village, turning it into trash and sending it into the Trash Station?
Ren looked at the trash before him. "This trash came from Perfect World, and from the early-era Bèi Village. In other words, this ancient cauldron must be Bèi Village's medicinal cauldron."
In Perfect World, medicinal baths were customary. This was especially true for children, who used medicinal baths to strengthen their bodies. The tool used to strengthen one's physique was an ancient cauldron. Blazing flames burned beneath the cauldron, bringing the water inside to a boil. Then, according to ancient formulas, herbs, spiders, Fierce Beast true blood, crushed bones, and other ingredients were added. A person would enter the medicinal cauldron and endure the pain within, greatly strengthening their physique.
The protagonist of Perfect World, Shi Hao, had begun taking such medicinal baths when he was one or two years old, laying down an incredibly strong foundation.
The ancient cauldron before Ren had come from Bèi Village. Ren did not know how long Bèi Village had existed, but the longer a medicinal cauldron had been used, the more medicinal essence it would absorb. It might even transform into a treasure.
But even if it was not a treasure, the ancient cauldron before him was still a treasure to Ren. After all, the worlds were different, and so were their physiques. At the very least, Ren believed that some adults in the Naruto World would have their physiques utterly surpassed by children from Perfect World.
Especially since this medicinal cauldron came from Bèi Village. Even if it could not compare to Willow Village's medicinal cauldron, it was still far superior to newly forged medicinal cauldrons!
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