149: End, start again

This time, the inside was simpler, just an empty space filled with clothes, bottles and jars of miscellaneous items, and some ancient books.

With just a slight thought, Jiang Lan knew what these things were.

Presumably, the owners of these things were the human skeletons in the main hall.

Demons were not foolish; although most human Cultivation Techniques were different from theirs, there were still some similarities.

Therefore, when the demon killed this group of people, he probably conveniently piled all the items on their bodies into this room.

Looking at the items before him, Liu Wei's eyes lit up.

Most of these things were useless to demons, but he was a human!

“Heavens! Brother Jiang, I feel like we’re about to strike it rich!”

Liu Wei’s gaze grew hotter. He walked forward, casually picked up a book from the ground whose cover was already unreadable, and intended to open it.

However, the moment his hands opened the pages, the entire book disintegrated into dust, scattering back into the air.

Liu Wei: “...”

Well, was he happy for nothing?

He thought he was going to get rich, but it turned out he was tricked.

Liu Wei understood the reason for this in his heart.

There was no other reason; it had simply been left for too long, and the pages had weathered.

It was just that previously, there was no air circulation here, so the book could barely maintain its original state.

Now, the original calm was suddenly broken, and under external stimulation, the pages naturally vanished into dust.

Aside from the pages, the other items in this stone chamber were probably much the same.

Seeing this, Jiang Lan also clicked his tongue.

The next moment, he activated his True Qi.

A surge of Qi suddenly appeared around Jiang Lan’s body.

The Qi surge was not violent, roughly equivalent to the level of an ordinary breeze.

For a moment, the entire room was filled with dust.

Liu Wei’s eyes widened in surprise.

“Brother Jiang, why are you doing this?”

Jiang Lan said, “Naturally, it’s to destroy all the useless things and see if there’s anything useful left.”

“These clothes and Cultivation Techniques have basically weathered away. Even if you can pick them up, you can’t see the content inside.”

“In that case, it’s better to just destroy them and see if we can find anything useful.”

Liu Wei suddenly understood and gave a thumbs-up.

“Impressive.”

Jiang Lan was right; wasting time on useless things was pointless.

However, if he had come alone this time, he would definitely have held a glimmer of hope and would not have given up until he had examined everything in the room.

Of course, the final outcome would have been the same.

Jiang Lan’s action also saved him a lot of time.

He once again stirred his True Qi, blowing all the dust in the room out the door.

At this point, all the miscellaneous items that had been on the floor had disappeared, leaving only seven small porcelain bottles.

Inside the bottles, he didn’t know what was stored.

Liu Wei stepped forward to inspect them, picked up a porcelain bottle from the ground, carefully opened the lid, held it some distance from his nose, and fanned the air with his hand to smell it.

Watching Liu Wei’s actions, Jiang Lan smiled knowingly again.

This action was similar to what his teacher taught him during his chemistry classes.

If the contents of the porcelain bottle were poisonous, using this method would prevent severe poisoning.

It seemed that one should not underestimate the people of this world either.

Ultimately, there were more intelligent people.

After sniffing, Liu Wei said with some surprise:

“Brother Jiang, Medicinal Pills!”

Jiang Lan had already guessed.

If these porcelain bottles didn't contain Medicinal Pills, he really couldn't think of what else they could hold.

He asked, “Do you know what kind of Medicinal Pill it is?”

Liu Wei smiled bitterly at the question.

“Brother Jiang, I don’t have a dog’s nose. If I could identify what it was, I’d be amazing.”

“Besides, these things have been here for who knows how long; I definitely can’t distinguish them.”

He then continued:

“Brother Jiang, there are seven porcelain bottles in total. I benefited from the double lotus earlier, so for these bottles, you can choose five, and I’ll take two, how about that?”

Jiang Lan’s expression was a little strange.

“That’s fine, but how old are these Medicinal Pills? Haven’t they expired?”

According to his estimation, this place was at least a thousand years old.

He really didn’t dare to eat a Medicinal Pill that was over a thousand years old.

If it poisoned him, it would be a bit of a loss.

Liu Wei was also stunned by the question.

After a moment of reaction, he laughed and said:

“Brother Jiang really knows how to joke. In all my life, I’ve never heard of Medicinal Pills expiring.”

“Tsk...”

Before this, Jiang Lan had never encountered anything like Medicinal Pills.

But since he said so, Jiang Lan didn't bother to say anything else, just nodded and agreed:

“Then I shall accept without reserve.”

This trip, Jiang Lan had gained a lot.

These Medicinal Pills, once he researched what they were for when he returned, might be of some help to him.

Beside him, Liu Wei arranged the small porcelain bottles in a line and said to Jiang Lan:

“Brother Jiang, you choose first.”

Jiang Lan was not polite; he directly took five from back to front.

Anyway, he didn’t know what they were for, so he just took them randomly.

Putting away the remaining two porcelain bottles, Liu Wei said, “Brother Jiang, the double lotus will take another five days to mature. I wonder if you would be convenient to wait here with me. If I’m alone, I’m afraid something unexpected might happen.”

Jiang Lan had no objection.

He had originally planned to wait here… Five days passed in a flash.

During this period, the two of them stayed here the entire time.

It turned out that Liu Wei had worried unnecessarily.

No unexpected situations occurred at all. These five days, the two simply chatted and passed the time; there wasn’t even a sound from outside.

At this moment, Jiang Lan and Liu Wei were inside the second stone chamber.

Before them, two flower buds slowly bloomed.

In the middle of the flower buds, it was as if something was attracting the other; as they bloomed, two white jade-like lotus flowers actually grew firmly together, with you in me and me in you, presenting a peculiar beauty.

Liu Wei’s eyes lit up.

It’s done!

He eagerly stepped forward, directly plucked the double lotus, and held it in his hands.

When they arrived, the two had not considered the existence of precious herbs, so they had not brought a container for such an item.

Therefore, Liu Wei could only hold it in his hand.

Jiang Lan was even afraid that the lotus flower would wither directly on the way back.

After all, it was a desert outside, and the climate was very dry.

Of course, he only thought about it in his mind and didn't say anything aloud.

His fate with Liu Wei temporarily ended here.

Jiang Lan did not plan to return to Suspended Sun City but was preparing to set off directly for Ling Country.

“Brother Liu, I won’t see you off. Let us part ways here.”

“Take care, Brother Jiang.” Liu Wei said with a sincere expression, “May we meet again!”