Chapter Fifty-Four: The Belonging of Wenyuan

  Luo Yu jumped into the cave entrance, and all around her was pitch black. She only heard the sound of air rubbing against her clothes, followed by the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground. She quickly circulated her spiritual energy to the soles of her feet to slow down her descent, but she still couldn't avoid landing with a thud on the ground, and like others, she let out a cry of "Ah yo ah yo".

  "Shh, get up quickly and follow closely behind me, don't make any sudden movements!" Wang Bin held up a moonstone, and only then did everyone see that the cave was about 10 square meters in size, with a tunnel entrance just ahead that could fit one person.

  "There's a sword mark at the entrance of the cave. It must be a sign left by Master Song for us to follow."

  The sword mark went deep into the stone wall by an inch, with a faint purple light, it was obviously Song Ning's thunderous slash, and everyone secretly thanked him.

  They walked for another quarter of an hour without seeing any signs of danger, and everyone was puzzled. Could it be that the giant rats lived in this cave? Because they had been driven away by Song Ning earlier, they had a smooth journey all along?

  "There are two forks ahead, Zixi goes left and Bai Qi goes right to check if there is any mark left by Song Shifu. Regardless of whether there is a mark or not, they must return after advancing 200 meters."

  Because there was a sword mark on the wall of the cave every hundred meters before, Wang Bin gave this order.

  Soon, Zǐ Xī Bái Qǐ returned and confirmed that there was a mark left by Sòng Níng on the wall of the cave to the left. As it turned out, they had passed several forks in the road along the way, but they only followed Sòng Níng's instructions single-mindedly.

  As for why Wang Bin and others did not think of going to find the treasure themselves, it was because in unclear circumstances, it was still more convenient to hold onto Song Ning's thigh. If there were any treasures, with Song Ning's character, he would definitely not deprive them of their share.

  Seven twists and eight turns, the crowd crawled into a tunnel, 100 meters later suddenly opened up, but saw a cave, ten meters high, hundred meters area, in the middle there was a pool of water, in the pool there was a lotus flower with buds about to open, five petals at the bottom were milky white, only at the tip of the petals showing colorful light, respectively red, green, white, black and yellow, driving away the darkness of the cave.

  "That's the Five-Colored Golden Lotus!"

  Zhao Yucheng's shout startled the three people in the cave, and Song Ning turned sideways to look over.

  "You've all arrived. I've examined the rock walls of this cave, and it should be the Shi Shen Stone, which can block a cultivator's divine sense from probing. This five-colored golden lotus was able to grow to this size because of it."

  Facing Zhao Yucheng and others' fierce gaze, Song Ning smiled slightly.

  "The Five-Colored Golden Lotus is not something you can keep, and it's still a hundred years before it blooms. Even if you eat it now, it will only repair the damage to your meridians, but it won't help you succeed in building your foundation. I've already sent a message to Master, he'll send someone to collect this item, and everyone will get their reward at that time."

  "What a pity!" King Bin and others sighed endlessly.

  After Luo Yu came in, he only took a glance at the five-colored golden lotus and then shifted his gaze away, because with Song Ning and the others present, this golden lotus would not fall into his own hands.

  Luo Yu saw Huang Luo Yi staring intently at the gray little mouse in Luo Xue's hand, which was the treasure-seeking mouse. She secretly laughed to herself that Huang Luo Yi had been left empty-handed again.

  At this time, Huang Luo secretly scolded Song Ning. Why did he only mention the ownership of Wuse Jinlian, but not mention the treasure-seeking mouse in that woman's hand? It can be seen that she was fascinated by that woman. However, since that woman didn't get Wuse Jinlian, there was still some comfort in her heart. With Wuse Jinlian returning to the sect, that woman's promotion speed would be much slower than in the original book. This way, Huang Luo had a chance to catch up with her.

  It turned out that Huang Luo Yi, who was one step behind, had just entered the cave and saw Huang Luo Xue signing a contract with the treasure mouse. She wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to collect the five-color golden lotus, but was stopped by Song Ning, saying that it should be handed over to the sect for cultivation, so as to exert its greatest effect.

  Damn your sect! Huang Luo Yi secretly scolded Song Ning's stubbornness, while his mouth was pleading bitterly.

  "Song Shixiong, give me the Five-Colored Golden Lotus, I can exchange it with something else."

  "The Five-Colored Golden Lotus was first discovered by my junior sister, and it should rightfully belong to her. I've already mustered up the courage to ask her to offer it to our sect, so how could we possibly hand it over to you?" Song Ning replied helplessly, "Let's not bother with this anymore, people from our sect are already on their way here, let's just wait for them to arrive."

  Huang Luo Yi didn't know that Song Ning had agreed to give Huang Luo Xue 2 Golden Lotus Pills before persuading her.

  Jinlian Dan, made from mature five-petaled lotus as the main ingredient, combined with other thousand-year-old spiritual medicines and refined into a pill. One flower can produce 10 pills, each Jinlian Dan pill has an effect comparable to taking a single five-petaled lotus alone.

  Huang Luoxue considered that she wouldn't be able to refine pills and had no way of cultivating the Golden Lotus to maturity, so she agreed.

  The maturation of the Golden Lotus requires a massive amount of spiritual energy, and the formation of this strange stone forest is a result of the Golden Lotus. If it weren't for the family of little mice, also known as the Brocade Mice, searching for a safe backup nest 30 years ago, they wouldn't have dug through this cave and eventually settled here. After all, as long as they guard it for over a hundred years, they can eat the Golden Lotus, break through the tens of thousands of years of being stuck in the third stage, and advance to the fourth stage. The tribe was overjoyed, sealing off the cave and leaving only a small path open.

  Huang Luoxue's treasure-hunting mouse Xiao Hui, perhaps influenced by Jinlian in the womb, was born with a coat of grey fur and was shunned by his kin. This time when he escaped, he didn't even bring it along.

  The tribe did not know that Xiao Hui was actually a rare treasure-hunting mouse, with strong divine sense and special ability to find treasures. Abandoning it would be a great loss for the tribe.

  It had the idea of leaving the clan before, but it was born less than a year ago and its cultivation was only one stage, so it could only stay in the clan temporarily. However, today it discovered a female cultivator, vaguely feeling that she would take it to an unprecedented height, so it summoned her arrival and presented this golden lotus to her.

  As for why the clan leader left behind the golden lotus, it was just a lingering hope that this group of cultivators wouldn't find the entrance. But with it here, how could they let their future master miss out on this opportunity?

  It's really a case of being prepared for every eventuality, but still unable to prevent the thief in one's own home! Thinking back to the original text's description of Xiao Hui, Luo Yu fell silent for three seconds in mourning for the leader of the Jin Mao Mouse tribe.

  In less than an hour, the Golden Elixir True Man of the sect entered the cave, but it was Wang Zhenren who had appeared in the entrance test. It seems that this person is Liu Zhuangmen's direct line.

  Just received a message from Song Shidi, learned that Luo Xue Shidi discovered this five-petaled lotus and presented it to the sect, which was highly appreciated by the sect. For this, Liu Zhangmen applied for special rewards for Luo Xue Shidi. Wang Zhenren thought to himself, this is the disciple of Tianxuan Laozu, how could the sect get her things for free? Two Golden Refining Pills are more valuable than an immature Golden Lotus. However, the sect won't be at a loss either, after all, it's a win-win situation.

  Looking at the eager eyes of Wang Bin and others, Wang Zhenren smiled: "Don't worry, Song Shizhong has already told me that if it weren't for your sake, Luo Xue wouldn't have discovered this five-petaled lotus so easily. So the elders agree to reward each of you with 10,000 points, enough for you to exchange for a first-class magic weapon."

  "Thank you for the reward from the sect, thank you Elder Wang!"

  Wang Bin and others were very happy, this time they basked in the glory of Huang Luoxue, and of course, if it weren't for Song Ning, they wouldn't have received the reward, so they all went to thank the two of them.

  As for how resentful the female partner Huang Luo Yi was, Luo Yu didn't have the mood to care about it, because she had finally caught a glimpse of the female lead Luo Xue's glory and her heart couldn't be happier.