The Qinmeng Secret Stone That Was Hard to Move

"This is significantly better than the Soul Jade of the Thousand Islands Alliance!"

A faint light shone down from the ceiling of the snake cave, and Zhang Xuezhou felt an instant sense of familiarity upon seeing what it looked like.

However, compared to the reaction of the Treasure Hunting Technique, Zhang Xuezhou did not think that these auras similar to Soul Jade could trigger a strong reaction from the Treasure Hunting Technique.

There are still snakes below. Even though the snakes have come out in full force, large numbers of snakes still remain in these areas, including some that are over ten feet long.

Heads rose under the bright light, slithering forward with Zhang Xuezhou's body, yet the snakes, out of fear of the Zhang Xuezhou's aura emanating from him, were too small in number.

Zhang Xuezhou found it inconvenient to dig and pick the jade stones from among the snakes. He floated forward, feeling that the snake pit was far larger than he had imagined.

No method of using sulfur to repel snakes or explosives is sufficient to explore the snake den. Even those with the Seventh Sequence resistance layer would pale in comparison to such a snake den and find it difficult to reach its depths.

Clearly, this area deep in the mountains and stone forests has become a kingdom of snakes.

"They do smell bad, but these snakes would be great for making traditional medicines; they should be able to improve the health of ordinary people!"

As a mediocre Alchemist, Zhang Xuezhou also makes judgments based on his own professional expertise.

He scanned the swarm of snakes below, which were imbued with Spiritual Qi, and then focused his gaze on the deeper pits within the underground palace.

The pit gave Zhang Xuezhou a vague sense of familiarity, but it also made Zhang Xuezhou lose the feeling of sneaking into a snake pit to steal a bargain.

"If Mom were here, she would probably be able to make a more accurate judgment!"

Zhang Xuezhou felt that there were traces of fireballs inside the snake pit.

It's not surprising to find traces of fireballs deep within the cave. They had a similar experience in the caves of the Thousand Islands Alliance before. The fireballs were relatively well-preserved when they fell, thus embedding themselves in this land and causing a contact explosion in the area below, which formed the initial shape of the cave.

Zhang Xuezhou was not afraid of ordinary snakes, and he speculated that a battle had taken place between the snake den and the ferocious beast.

Some confused snakes remained here, but the most powerful forces in the snake den had most likely come out in full force, which made him extremely bold in his exploration.

After sensing the possible traces of the fire meteor, he became cautious and conservative, and his leaps a few feet off the ground did not appear fast.

Jumping into this pit, which is about the size of a basketball court, the cave has obvious branches and forks, seemingly leading to various underground places.

Zhang Xuezhou made no choice; he unleashed a treasure-hunting spell, and the spell's light continued to guide him forward.

"That's the Qin Meng Secret Stone!"

After traveling another hundred meters, Zhang Xuezhou saw the light of his powerfully controlled treasure-hunting technique flash and fall into a milky-white stalagmite.

"Committee Member Zhang?"

Zhang Xuezhou's gaze was fixed on the stalagmite when he heard a deep voice coming from not far away.

This caused his flashlight beam to quickly turn back, illuminating the location of the sound.

"Don't shine that light on me, my eyes can't take it!"

When he spoke again, Zhang Xuezhou noticed that Zhong Rang, who had previously collapsed, was standing not far away, covered in snake blood, and that three pythons, each two zhang long, were tied behind him with ropes around their nostrils.

Judging from the pythons' half-dead appearance, they had clearly been beaten quite a bit.

"Committee Member Zhong, did you capture three snake-like ferocious beasts?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"These aren't ferocious beasts," Zhong Rang waved his hands repeatedly, "These things are at most exotic beasts. I only subdued them because they discovered my whereabouts and wouldn't leave me!"

"That's good too. We can sell it for a good price when we get back!"

"Forget about the selling price, whether we can even escape is another matter entirely!"

Zhong Rang stared at Zhang Xuezhou, who was trampling on a swarm of snakes.

Upon entering the snake den, one finds that the snakes that can reside here are no longer ordinary; even the thinnest snake is ten feet long.

After the riots at the snake den, the number of snakes here had become extremely small, but there are still more than ten here.

Zhong Rang able to hold his breath and make his body appear as if he were dead for a period of time. This allowed him to remain unnoticed by snakes while shielding himself from the poisonous gas in the snake pit, although he would occasionally be noticed by some more unusual snakes.

Using this ability, he entered the snake den and was forced to capture some of the strange snakes.

But when Zhong Rang looked at Zhang Xuezhou, he saw that the other man's body was extremely clean, and even his shoes and trousers were not stained with snake blood, excrement, venom, or other such substances, which made him somewhat incredulous.

However, this is clearly not the time to study this kind of problem.

"This cave seems to contain the legendary Qin Meng Secret Stone. My injuries have improved a lot since I was here, even the wounds on my hands from the three long worms have been healing repeatedly," Zhong Rang said quickly. "Where are our people?"

"It's still some distance from here!"

Zhang Xuezhou originally wanted to seize the benefits of the Qin Meng Secret Stone ahead of time, but being a step behind Zhong Rang left him helpless.

Moreover, the Qin Meng Secret Stone is not something that Zhang Xuezhou can possess Zhong Rang by discovering it. Even Sixth Sequence cultivator like Zhong Rang is helpless against it. The entire stone likely weighs between six and eight tons and is also entangled in the underground stone body, making it extremely difficult to move out.

Even if Zhang Xuezhou could only rely on fossilization techniques to peel it off, reducing the weight of the Qinmeng Secret Stone as much as possible, or break the Qinmeng Secret Stone, making wasteful use of it in a simple and crude way.

"Those strange-looking tigers and ferocious beasts fought with the snake king here. Lao Luo and the others shouldn't have fought. Let's see if we can move this stone away," Zhong Rang said.

"That might be a bit difficult," Zhang Xuezhou nodded.

"As long as Song Xianzong can come and plant explosives to blast out this part of the stone, we can arrange for eight or ten people to carry it away," Zhong Rang said quickly.

"They're about five miles away. There are snakes everywhere outside, so I'm afraid they won't be able to get here anytime soon," Zhang Xuezhou said.

How did you get here?

"I can Crane Soaring, I can soar forever, a hundred meters only requires one glide, and a few glide in a row and I'm here!"

Zhang Xuezhou kept his whereabouts quite secret, but he never expected to run into Zhong Rang here.

The other party clearly needed them to save them, but Zhang Xuezhou never expected that Zhong Rang take advantage of the chaos caused by the ferocious beasts to escape, and even save himself with the help of the Qin Meng Secret Stone.

"This is troublesome; we might not have enough time left!"

Knowing that Zhang Xuezhou's Crane Soaring was somewhat abnormal, and that the snakes' fear of Zhang Xuezhou was also abnormal, Zhong Rang didn't dwell on it too much at the moment. He looked at the Qin Meng Secret Stone, which resembled a stalactite growing into a bamboo shoot, and felt his heart pounding up and down, with few other thoughts in his mind.

"The Serpent King is nearly fifty meters long, its scales are like iron plates, it spews foul venom, and its impact and constricting power are extraordinary. If it returns here, with so many of its snake offspring, it will have almost no chance of obtaining this Qin Meng Secret Stone!"

Zhong Rang clearly seen the Snake King before; it was a ferocious beast that appeared normal to ordinary people, enormous in size and possessing extraordinary abilities.

A lone snake king might be fine in the outside world, but by constantly firing penetrating bullets from its aircraft, it might eventually be able to kill its opponent.

However, with the underground palace occupying such a vast area as a concealment, the Qin Meng Secret Stone for healing physical injuries, and numerous snake offspring, it undoubtedly belongs to the snake force and is no longer something that can be shaken by an individual or a small team.

Their hunting parties can rely on the divine grace of Tuer to hunt ferocious beasts, and the Snake King's geographical advantage is almost unshakeable.

More than ten tiger-like ferocious beasts that occupied this place were helpless. The snake king was a cautionary tale. Zhong Rang paced back and forth, and through the light of Zhang Xuezhou's flashlight, he kept looking at the stalactite pillar that he wanted to take away but was powerless to do so.

His gaze was fixed on the Qin Meng Secret Stone, while Zhang Xuezhou used the beam of his flashlight to scan it.

Aside from the Qin Meng Secret Stone, which was difficult to possess and could not be taken away, Zhang Xuezhou did discover some other usable items.