Chapter 2: The Wealth of the Dead (Part 1)

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  At this time, on a desolate island with strange rocks standing about a hundred miles away from the Barbaric Dragon Island, the Cold Cloud mentioned by the white-haired old man was facing a corpse wearing a strange black robe with a bald head, accompanied by a black turtle the size of a millstone. If the young man who had previously described the white giant turtle were present, he would surely be astonished to find that this black turtle's appearance was surprisingly similar to that of the giant white turtle he had seen.

  "Xiao Hei, is this the immortal who was fighting in the sky last night? Aren't immortals supposed to be invincible and live forever? How did this immortal die?"

  This is a small cave in the strange rock forest, and Leng Yun is here because he witnessed a fight between gods after falling asleep in the lake last night. If the previous group of cultivators heard this, they would definitely be shocked. Yesterday, so many people not only failed to discover Leng Yun's existence as an onlooker, but also couldn't catch up with or find the black-robed bald man afterwards, and yet he was found by a half-grown boy who had never cultivated before. If that's not strange, then what is?

  The little black in Leng Yun's words was naturally the big black turtle lying beside him. However, this big black turtle indeed looked a bit strange, except for its blood-red eyes, its whole body was pitch-black, and there was even a short black horn on its forehead. Of course, these were not the most bizarre things about this black turtle. The most bizarre thing was that inside the big mouth of this black turtle, which resembled a dragon's head, were rows of sharp teeth as short as cones, and the cold light they emitted was enough to make anyone or any animal shiver with fear. Moreover, the teeth of this turtle were not in one row, but were scattered in several rows, so that when this big black turtle opened its mouth, whoever saw it would be shocked by the teeth inside its mouth.

  "Hmm!" In the face of Cold Cloud's question, Big Black Turtle tilted his head and looked at the black-robed corpse lying on the ground with its face down. Then, it let out a low, muffled hum, and finally, Big Black Turtle slowly crawled to the side of the corpse's thigh, and surprisingly, took a big bite off its left thigh, and then started devouring it in front of Cold Cloud.

  Faced with the big black turtle eating a corpse, Leng Yun slightly furrowed his brow. To say that this was not the first time the big black turtle had eaten human corpses in front of him, but every time he saw it, he still felt somewhat uncomfortable.

  Of course, the creatures in Manlong Lake eat humans. There's nothing strange about it because the funeral custom around Manlong Lake is water burial. According to the locals, whether it's humans eating fish or fish eating humans, it's all natural and justifiable. Humans have eaten countless fish while alive, so after death, they can only hand over their bodies to the fish to enter the cycle of reincarnation peacefully.

  The giant turtle's teeth were sharp, and its stomach was extremely large. In no time, the two legs of the black-robed corpse had disappeared into its belly. However, just as it finished eating the two legs, it suddenly stopped. Afterwards, the giant turtle surprisingly examined the corpse again, and finally, with one bite, it flipped the entire corpse over.

  "Huh!" When the body was turned over, Leng Yun exclaimed, because right under the body, there was a black, strange, hollow short hammer as long as an ordinary person's arm! The entire hammer was black, with a hollow head and nine black circular rings hanging from it, and the edges of these nine rings looked unusually sharp.

  Leng Yun's gaze was drawn to the strange hammer, while Da Hei Gu's gaze fell on a small, dark green pouch at the waist of the black-robed corpse, which was only about the size of an ordinary person's palm. In one swift motion, he tore it off and handed it over to Leng Yun.

  Just after receiving the small bag from Da Hei Gui's mouth, Leng Yun was clearly stunned. This small bag was surprisingly light as if it had no weight at all, and when held in his hand, the small bag gave him a very warm and comfortable feeling.

  Facing the big black turtle's expectant gaze, Leng Yun, who had lived with it for several years, was well aware of the meaning behind its eyes. He immediately tried to open the seemingly simple knot at the mouth of the bag, but he soon discovered that despite its appearance, the knot wouldn't budge no matter how much force he applied. In the end, Leng Yun could only helplessly return the small bag to the big black turtle.

  "I can't open it, just tear it open and take a look."

  For the words of Leng Yun, it seemed that a hint of reluctance flowed out from Da Hei Gu's pair of bright red eyes, but in the end, he still bit down on the small bag. Then, only to see Da Hei Gu use his front paws to step on the small bag, and then use his teeth to lightly grasp the mouth of the bag. As he lightly tore it open, Leng Yun let out a shocked cry once again, and this time the shock was much stronger than before.

  "Kaneko, Kaneko!"

  As the small bag was torn open, a large number of items suddenly appeared on the ground that had originally been empty. Especially the two glittering gold bricks almost made Cold Cloud's eyes pop out.

  Leng Yun rushed directly to the two gold bricks, and with one hand, he picked up the two large gold bricks. Meanwhile, the big black turtle was eating some colorful crystals that had fallen from the bag onto the ground. These variously colored crystals accounted for almost all of the items that had previously appeared, roughly numbering nearly a thousand. However, soon after, these crystals were all swallowed by the big black turtle's bottomless mouth, except for one crystal of each color that Leng Yun had left behind out of curiosity.

  After eating the colored crystal, the big black turtle's gaze fell on the two human-head-sized jade boxes on the ground, especially the smaller one. As soon as he saw the big black turtle's expression, Cold Cloud, who was blinded by gold, casually opened the jade box with a wave of his hand. This time, there were no problems, and the jade box was easily opened by Cold Cloud. Inside was a blood-red sphere the size of an ordinary person's fist. When the jade box was opened, the entire cave seemed to be shrouded in a layer of bloody light for a moment.

  "Huh!" Seeing the beads in the box, Leng Yun was somewhat surprised, because this thing really looked too much like what Da Hei Gu (Big Black Turtle) usually spat out towards the sky on full moon nights. "Xiao Hei, how did your bead end up here?"

  The giant turtle surprisingly shook its strange head with a human-like chill, and then swallowed the blood-red bead into its abdomen in one gulp. After swallowing the bead, the giant turtle seemed to have lost interest in things on the ground, and it crawled back beside the black-robed corpse once again.

  Without those colored stones, the things that originally looked like a lot were left with only a few pieces, including several clothes that were exactly the same as what the black-robed corpse was wearing.

  Looking away from the gold, Leng Yun casually tossed these items to one side: two strange jade pieces, white and red, roughly the same size; two ancient-looking books with edges that had been worn round; two jade boxes; two gold ingots; and some scattered silver coins lodged in the cracks of the stone.

  Leng Yun casually picked up the two ancient books, and to be honest, among the things on the ground, only these two books and the two gold bricks were attractive to him. After all, the remaining jade pieces and jade boxes were things he didn't understand.

  "Bloody Hell Pagoda." "Nine Underworld Asura."

  Leng Yun had learned to read and write, as had all the young people of Man Long Island. The white-haired old man who taught Leng Yun's generation to read was now the island's elder. According to him, learning to read not only made one wise but also allowed them to adapt more quickly to the outside world when they went out. So, after he returned from his travels, the first thing he did was build a school in the fishing village and decree that all young people on the island had to go there every evening to study for an hour after returning from fishing. As a result, the amount of fish oil consumed on the island each year was dozens of times what it used to be, but learning to read was unique to Man Long Island, which made many neighboring villages envious.

  Leng Yun carelessly flipped through, at first he didn't pay attention, but afterwards it was surprise after surprise, because these two books were actually cultivation methods, although his discernment ability wasn't high, he could still feel that the content on them was far superior to his current cultivation of Bai Zhuan Qian Jie.