95: Chu Qianqian has been discovered

It was night, and the moon was dark and the wind high.

A stealthy figure quietly slipped out of a remote room in the outer Sect.

Yun Mu had changed into an unremarkable Night-suit, restraining his aura to the absolute limit.

His entire being blended into the darkness as he skillfully avoided all patrol routes, sneaking toward the depths of the Holy Land.

However, just shortly after he left...

A white figure emerged silently from the shadows, following far behind him like a wisp of light smoke.

This person was none other than Chu Qianqian.

As she continued to follow him, the doubt and curiosity in her heart gradually outweighed her initial reluctance.

Because the route this fellow named Mu Yun was taking was truly too bizarre.

He didn't take the Righteous Path, wore a Night-suit, and didn't go to any treasure lands rich in Spiritual Qi to Cultivate.

Instead, he specifically sought out side halls that had been abandoned for centuries, overgrown dry wells, and even desolate, godforsaken areas on the edge of the Forbidden Ground.

"What on earth is this guy trying to do, staying up in the middle of the night?"

Chu Qianqian frowned, her heart full of confusion.

Soon, Yun Mu stopped in front of a Utility Disciple courtyard that had been abandoned for an unknown number of years.

With its broken walls and ruins, it was obvious that no one had been here for a long time.

He walked straight to a dry well in the corner of the courtyard, looked around to ensure no one was there, and then crouched down.

He reached directly into the sludge at the bottom of the well, feeling around for a while.

A moment later, he pulled out a grime-covered, rusted black iron fragment from the bottom of the well.

"This..."

She couldn't sense anything special about that iron fragment at all.

The material was the most common ordinary iron, and it was even so corroded it was about to rot away.

It was just a piece of trash that could be found anywhere!

But that Mu Yun, at this moment, looked as if he had picked up a peerless treasure.

He carefully wiped the grime off the iron fragment, his eyes flashing with a light of wild joy.

Then, with great solemnity, he tucked it close to his body and placed it in the deepest part of his Storage Ring.

"Is this guy... sick in the head?" Chu Qianqian complained in her heart.

However, what she didn't know was...

At this moment, Yun Mu's heart was already pounding with excitement.

"Hahaha! It really is still here!"

"This is a Sword Intent fragment left behind by an Ancient Sword Saint!"

"In my previous life, this thing was accidentally broken by a sweeping Utility Disciple, which revealed the wisp of supreme Sword Intent contained within and caused a sensation throughout the Holy Land!"

"In this life, this Opportunity belongs to me!"

After stowing the iron fragment, Yun Mu didn't linger and immediately rushed to the next location without stopping.

Next, he came to a corner of a Spirit Medicine garden.

Only the lowest-grade Spiritual Plants were grown here, and usually, only Utility Disciples would come to tend to them.

But he crouched down in front of an unremarkable "Foxtail grass."

He took out a Small jade shovel and carefully dug up the roots of that weed.

As the soil was brushed away, a bead only the size of a grain of rice, emitting a faint golden light, was revealed.

"That's..."

In the distance, Chu Qianqian's pupils constricted slightly.

Even from a distance, she could still sense an extremely pure and ancient fluctuation of Spiritual Qi emanating from that golden bead.

That is definitely something good!

But... how did he know?

Why did this Outer Sect Disciple, who had only joined for a few years, have such a thorough understanding of these hidden Opportunities within the Holy Land?

He even knew exactly where the treasures were hidden?

"This person's infiltration into Yaochi is definitely not as simple as just wanting to Cultivate!"

"His understanding of Yaochi is terrifying! It's almost as if he has lived here for thousands of years!"

"Could it be... he's some old monster whose Lifespan was nearly exhausted and has undergone Possession to re-Cultivate? Or is he a spy planted by a rival Sect for a hundred years?"

While Chu Qianqian was lost in thought, Yun Mu, having gained much, set off again.

This time, his goal was even more daring.

He actually headed straight for the back mountain of the Yaochi Holy Land.

There was a natural karst cave there; although it wasn't part of the Forbidden Ground, it was remote and its Spiritual Qi was thin.

Ordinarily, no one ever visited, and even the patrolling Disciples couldn't be bothered to go that way.

"There's something here too?"

The confusion in Chu Qianqian's heart grew even deeper as she followed closely.

The inside of the karst cave was pitch black and filled with jagged rocks.

Yun Mu moved through the complex cave with ease, as if he were returning to his own home.

Soon, he reached the deepest part of the cave and stopped in front of a seemingly ordinary stone wall.

At this moment, because of his two consecutive successes, Yun Mu's vigilance had inevitably dropped slightly.

Standing before the stone wall, he took a deep breath, an uncontrollable look of excitement appearing on his face.

This was his biggest target tonight!

It was also the greatest lost treasure of the Yaochi Holy Land in the memories of his previous life!

"As long as I get this, combined with the baptism of the Yaochi Immortal Realm, my Foundation will be completely Perfected!"

His hands quickly formed an ancient and complex Hand seal, and then he gave a low shout:

"Open!"

As the Hand seal was struck into the stone wall...

The originally seamless and ordinary stone wall actually rippled like the surface of water.

Immediately after, a hidden compartment slowly emerged.

And within that compartment lay a Parchment scroll emanating a desolated and ancient aura.

The moment she saw that scroll...

Chu Qianqian, hiding in the shadows at the entrance of the cave, had her pupils contract violently!

Although she couldn't see the contents clearly, she was all too familiar with the unique aura emanating from that scroll!

It was the unique charm possessed only by those few core Cultivation Techniques on the top floor of the Yaochi Holy Land's Scripture Pavilion!

"That is... a Core secret technique of Yaochi that has been lost for a long time?!"

"How could it be here?!"

The extreme shock caused her perfectly restrained aura to fluctuate for a split second.

Her body subconsciously took half a step back.

"Crack!"

A very faint crisp sound came from a piece of gravel under her foot.

In the deathly silence of the cave's depths, this crisp sound was no different from a clap of thunder!

"Who's there?!"

In front of the stone wall, Yun Mu, who was reaching out to take the scroll, suddenly froze.

The expression on his face, which had been full of wild joy and pride, instantly solidified.

In that instant, he abruptly put away the scroll and turned around like a hunting leopard.

His gaze pierced into the darkness where Chu Qianqian was hiding like a sharp sword, and he shouted sternly:

"Who's there?! Get out!"