169 Uncle, There’s… (1/2)
Among these long arcs were Yan Luan, the Elder of Tranquil East, the five Awakened Berserkers from Han Mountain City, and many other people from the three tribes. Han Cang Zi and Han Fei Zi were among these people. However, none would be able to find anything.
Unless Su Ming wanted to go out of the mountain cave, because of the half layer within the four dimensional layer created by Han Kong that not even left preceptor Zhou from Freezing Sky Clan had discovered, no one would be able to find him.
They searched for him for several days before all of them left silently. They did not find any clues in the place. To them, the mysterious Berserker who attained completion in the Blood Solidification Realm had already left.
During the month after the incident happened, everything about the identity of the mysterious person who had attained completion of the Blood Solidification Realm gradually became the main topic among the people in Han Mountain City. All sorts of speculations rose up, and some were so ridiculous it was unbelievable. That unknown person became the same as the mysterious Mo Su, remembered by all those in Han Mountain City.
Gradually, he became more and more talked about, and due to the mysteriousness surrounding him, his fame surpassed the original five Awakened Berserkers in Han Mountain City and was already as brilliant as the sun at noon.
Some theorized that Mo Su and the mysterious person who attained completion of the Blood Solidification Realm were one and the same, but it was only a theory. The leaders of the three tribes and the five Awakened Berserkers from Han Mountain City did not think so. Some among them had come into contact with Su Ming before, and once they compared notes, they dismissed this theory that appeared simply because it was far too easy to link both people together.
It was two months since the appearance of the deity statue of Awakening in the sky. As nothing else had happened in the hidden grounds of Han Mountain City, some people grew bold and went to the place once more to search for possible serendipities or herbs that no one had discovered.
However, these people were few and far in-between. Nonetheless, people started appearing once again in the canyons hundreds upon thousands of feet beneath Han Mountain after it remained in deathly stillness for two months.
Qiao Da was one of the few bold people. His hair might already be flecked in white, but he harbored great interest in searching for treasures. He had already visited the hidden grounds of Han Mountain many times in the past, and he was using the chance when there were few people in the place to come once again.
This time he was not alone. He brought a boy with him. The boy was a little dense, but he listened to Qiao Da’s every word. These two people ran quickly in between the valleys. Sometimes they would stop to search a place carefully to see whether there were any secrets lying around that had not been discovered.
”Uncle, there’s nothing here.”
”Uncle, there’s nothing here either.”
”Uncle, there’s still nothing here.”
Every single time they searched through a valley, that dense boy would whisper out these words.
”Uncle, there’s…”
The boy was about to speak at the entrance of a valley, but Qiao Da, who had not been able to find anything for several days, turned around and shouted at him.
”What? Do you only know how to talk about nothing? Shut up!”
”Uncle, there’s…”
The boy scratched his head, but the moment he spoke, his words were cut off, just like before.
”Stop talking… If I knew, I wouldn’t have brought you here. If treasures lay at every corner of this place, would there even be a chance for us? This is an exploration. Exploration, do you get it? Boy, remember this, we’re not searching for treasure, we’re experiencing the journey!” Qiao Da said sternly.
The boy widened his eyes. That dense look on his face made Qiao Da think that he was talking to himself just now and he could not help but rub the center of his brows.
”That attitude of yours is wrong. Let me tell you this. Searching for treasure itself is an interesting thing. Don’t keep thinking about the treasure. The process is very important. Did you think I came here to search for treasure? Then let me tell you, I came here to enjoy the process!” Qiao Da decided to enlighten the younger member of his clan. ”Do you understand?”
”…Uncle, there’s…”
The boy blinked, but the moment he opened his mouth, Qiao Da immediately laughed bitterly. He knew exactly what the boy wanted to say, so he shook his head, decided to ignore him, and walked forward.
”Uncle, I understand. We’re here for the process.”
When he saw that Qiao Da was ignoring him, the boy seemed to have understood his words and he quickly ran after. On his way, he mumbled under his breath while twiddling with his fingers, ”Even if I just saw a treasure just now, you’re also uninterested in searching for it. Okay, I get it now. We’re here for the process…”
Qiao Da stroked his beard and nodded as he listened to the boy.
”That’s right. That’s exactly it. Even if you found a treasure, I still…” As he continued onward, his footsteps suddenly faltered and he turned back in one swift motion, his eyes wide-open. ”What..? What did you say? Treasure? You saw a treasure?”
The boy pointed at the valley they just left with a dense expression on his face.
”It’s over there. I wanted to tell you just now. There was a spot glowing over there.”
The moment he finished speaking, Qiao Da charged towards the valley incredibly quickly, leaving behind a whooshing sound. The boy scratched his head, unable to wrap his head around it.
His uncle should have been uninterested in treasures. Why was he not enjoying the process now? He thought it was a very profound question and he could not understand it, but he still ran over quickly.
The moment he entered the valley, he saw Qiao Da looking all over the place incessantly.
”Where is it? Where’s the glowing spot?”
”It’s over there. That’s the glowing spot I saw.”
The boy took a few brisk steps forward and pointed towards a spot on the wall of the valley, but the moment he touched it, his finger went right through.
This scene immediately filled Qiao Da’s face with ecstasy and excitement. He quickly looked around himself. Once he was certain that nobody was around, he charged towards the boy. He took a moment to observe the wall and once he did so, he lifted a hand and placed it on the wall. Like the boy’s, his hand went through.
”Haha! I’ve finally found a secret location!”
Qiao Da grabbed the dense boy excitedly and charged into the wall. His whole body went through.
”Cloud Leaf Grass! There’re so many Cloud Leaf Grass here! One Cloud Leaf Grass can be sold for 100 stone coins, I’ll be rich! Rich!!”
The moment Qiao Da came in, his eyes lit up. He stared at the spot where herbs grew located not too far ahead of him, and he rubbed his hands excitedly.
”Uncle, there’s…” the boy’s foolish voice traveled into his ears.
”I know, I know. There’re herbs here. These herbs are treasures.”