Martial Arts: Start by Obtaining the Wild World

Chapter 225 0224: Discovering a Wilderness Town

When Cheng Zongyang saw that it was an elf bird, he was slightly surprised, then he smiled and caught it, and at the same time he saw the small box tied to its little feet.

"It seems that Ma Yue's efficiency is still good. He collected a full crystal stone so quickly."

Cheng Zongyang was quite happy. This way, he could gradually turn those warriors into soul slaves. But he only had a few crystals for Ma Yue, and the spirit bird could only carry one at a time.

Fortunately, the elf bird is extremely fast, so we don’t have to wait long.

Then he asked the mole to wait and took the elf bird into the wilderness world.

The box on the foot binding is not big, about the size of a thumb, and it is not a problem for the elf bird to carry this small thing.

Looking at the elf bird, Cheng Zongyang took out a small red blood pill that was one-third smaller than a normal red blood pill and fed it.

This little red blood pill was specially made by Zhang Jinquan at Luo Zheng's request.

After knowing that it has an effect on animals, it has become a supplementary food for these captive creatures. It is quite good for their growth.

Not only the offspring of the elf bird, but also important creatures such as the ghost-faced spider and the wild silk worm are fed with the small red blood pills.

The elf bird smelled a familiar scent and pecked at it happily. It opened and closed its beak two or three times and swallowed the small red blood pill.

Cheng Zongyang had taken the box off its feet and put it on the table.

In addition to a mid-level soul crystal, there was also a small roll of paper.

With the help of the light, I gently opened it with my fingers and saw only a few words written on it.

【Shangyong, be well! 】

"So he went over there." Cheng Zongyang murmured.

But Luo must have bought the soul crystal yet, so Cheng Zongyang could only let the elf bird go back first.

After it came out again, Cheng Zongyang released it, and the bird immediately disappeared into the forest.

Next, Cheng Zongyang led the mole into the mountains.

One day later, we came to the treasure cave again.

Cheng Zongyang took out the gold, silver and red blood pills again, put them on the bamboo tube and handed them to the mole beast, saying: "Only look for gold and silver caves like this, understand?"

"Hehe." The mole nodded in response and then left.

Cheng Zongyang entered the cave and then entered the wilderness world.

This time, he came to identify the map.

The current distance is 270 kilometers, and another 200 kilometers needs to be identified. In order to save points to buy those two things, we can only temporarily stop expanding the wilderness map area.

In other words, he now has to identify the remaining 30 kilometers of area.

As for the remaining 170 kilometers, we can only wait until we buy those two items.

Virtualize the map, call out the virtual map, and then ask Luo Dingran for the latest anchor point location.

The four hunting teams were moving very quickly. In just two or three days, they had completed the layout of the more important anchor points within the initial 70 kilometers.

The teleportation anchor point is only in four directions in a straight line, not all directions are specified.

Cheng Zongyang randomly chose a direction and teleported directly to Station No. 7.

Next, Cheng Zongyang began to identify place names.

This time the distance was not long, and Cheng Zongyang completed the identification in just one day.

However, he had just returned to the market hut using the return talisman when he heard Luo Dingran tell him something.

"Sir, the Fifth Squad has found an abandoned town with no one in it! The anchor point has been set, you can go check it out anytime!"

Hearing this, Cheng Zongyang's face lit up, and without hesitation, he said, "Come with me to see it! How far is it?"

Luo Dingran nodded and did not refuse. He really wanted to go and take a look.

"According to the information sent back, it is located 230 kilometers northeast of Xueyue Peak and 21 kilometers north of the 30st Supply Station on the East Front."

After saying that, the two of them disappeared into the market hut.

When he reappeared, he was at the door of a desolate and dilapidated wooden building.

"I am Li Kai, your Excellency, and I am honored to meet the Manager!"

Cheng Zongyang glanced at Li Kai who was bowing to the two of them and said, "Are you the only one here? Where are the others?"

As he spoke, his gaze shifted to his surroundings.

"Sir, in order to speed up the exploration, we decided to proceed separately. So after crossing the Ruiyu Mountains that you identified, I accidentally discovered this town located in a valley."

Cheng Zongyang nodded slightly and walked out.

Under my feet is a narrow street that has long been covered with dead leaves and weeds. The shops on both sides are now only a few shabby stalls and broken bricks and tiles scattered on the ground. The houses on both sides are also dilapidated, with broken doors and windows, and mottled walls covered with moss.

Luo Dingran and Li Kai followed behind, observing and paying attention to the movements around them.

The three of them walked along the street. The signs of each store had long since decayed, and some of the words were no longer legible. It was unknown how many years had passed.

At this time, Cheng Zongyang stopped at the door of a pub. The pub's signboard was already blurred, and he could only vaguely make out a few characters. He just couldn't understand what the characters were. He could only recognize the layout inside.

But after looking at those characters for a while, Cheng Zongyang's eyes were shocked!
Not only him, Luo Dingran was also shocked!
Just because the words on this plaque are the same as those on his stone slab!

But the two looked at each other and didn't say anything.

Looking at the various jars that were already covered with dust, it was clear that this was the busiest place in town. No matter where it was, the tavern was always full of people.

But now, the tavern has broken windows, is covered with cobwebs, and is empty, with only a dozen broken tables and chairs and broken pottery jars on the floor.

The three continued walking forward, passing by a shop that might have been a grocery store; a rice shop with only rotten, shapeless fiber materials left; a salt shop with no grass growing on the ground; and a medicine shop with its medicine buckets tilted and the ground in a mess.

After a while, we arrived at what seemed to be the central intersection of the town.

There is an abandoned well in the center. Cheng Zongyang looked into the well and saw water in it, but it was already covered with dead leaves, and the area around the well mouth was filled with dead branches and leaves.

There is an old tree next to the well, but the branches of this old tree are bare, with only a few remaining leaves stretching towards the sky, as if accusing the town of its decline!

When we arrived at the northern corner of the town, we saw an abandoned temple.

The roof of the temple had collapsed, leaving only a few ruins, but statues of gods or humans had fallen to the ground, smashed to pieces, and mud was scattered everywhere.

In this desolate and deserted town, time seems to have stopped. The prosperity of the past has become a thing of the past, leaving only desolation and silence.

The desolation I saw along the way seemed to tell the story of the passing of an era and the decline of a civilization.

And this small mountain town has become a witness to history, remaining forever in this desolate valley.

"Manager Luo, search this town carefully to see if you can find any useful information." As he said this, Cheng Zongyang stared at Luo Dingran. The meaning in his eyes was tacit.

Cheng Zongyang never imagined that the characters in this wilderness world were actually the same as the characters on the stone slab obtained from the Huangfu family's treasure cave in the outside world!

He had to find out if there was any connection.

Otherwise, how could there be any textual connection between two different worlds!

Luo Dingran understood what Cheng Zongyang meant and nodded, "I will send a dozen people to clean it up and search for it with all our strength!"

Cheng Zongyang didn't go back either, but Luo Dingran went back to arrange personnel.

As for Li Kai, he continued to explore new areas.

Cheng Zongyang was wandering around here alone, mainly looking for places like bookstores.

But he had no idea how many years this place had gone through. Apart from the words left on the wood and stone, everything else that could rot had basically rotted away.

Even a piece of cloth placed on the table would be blown into powder.

The cloth in those cloth shops was like powder when touched, not to mention the books in some shops.

Luo Dingran was very quick and had brought fifteen people with him, some magnets and other tools.

At this time, Cheng Zongyang found a bookstore in a relatively remote location on the southern street of the town.

Looking at the spider webs all over the place, I could only find a usable wooden stick and remove all the spider webs.

As soon as he entered, all kinds of insects inside seemed to be alarmed and started running around everywhere. There were so many of them that Cheng Zongyang felt a little creepy.

He drove away some of the people and then looked at the books on the shelves that had long since decayed into dust, feeling very sorry.

But I still continued searching, hoping to find some stone carvings, wood carvings, or animal skins.

Although he couldn't understand the words, he still wanted to try.

As a result, after a simple search, nothing was found. I had no choice but to walk out.

He happened to run into Luo Dingran who was coming towards him.

"Sir, we have 15 people here. They can clean up every room at any time. Even if it's three feet underground, we can dig it up."

Cheng Zongyang looked at the houses on the street. These houses had long been decayed, and some had collapsed. It didn't matter if they were cleaned up. He nodded and said:

"Try not to destroy it. People should be careful when doing things. There are many snakes, insects, rats and ants. Although soul slaves will not be poisoned, try to avoid it."

Luo Dingran nodded: "Okay, I know what to do. What did you find, sir?"

Cheng Zongyang shook his head: "No, this is the only bookstore here, and all the books are rotten. Besides, we don't recognize the characters here, and we don't know how to identify them after we find them."

Luo Dingran asked, "Can we identify it? Or find a small room to translate it?"

He had never tried this before, so after a brief thought, he said, "I'll go back and try again. What do you think about turning this place into our town?"

Luo Dingran looked at the situation around him and said with a wry smile: "Sir, these houses can be knocked down with just a little effort."

Cheng Zongyang laughed: "Just kidding. Not to mention whether there are enough people, it would be a waste of time to rebuild the place. But since there is a small town, there should be other small towns or county towns within a hundred miles. Take your time. I think it shouldn't be far to find the county town."

Luo Dingran felt relieved. He was really afraid that Cheng Zongyang would really order them to rebuild.

Although the place is better than Xueyue Peak, the territory of Xueyue Peak has gradually taken shape. In addition, it is close to the sea, so once we buy a keel boat, it will be very convenient to obtain resources from the sea in the future.

Of course, when the number of soul slaves increases in the future, it will be possible to develop a small town.

But that is a matter for the future. The points now are totally insufficient.

Perhaps once we have a keel boat, it will not be impossible to earn points by hunting exotic beasts in the sea.

The resources of the sea are so rich!
He has been jealous for a long time.

The matters here were left to Luo Dingran to handle. Cheng Zongyang took a piece of magnet and went to the temple alone.

"Cultivator, sect, according to the hint in the hut, this world should be deserted. But there is not even a single skeleton in this small town? Was this world really a world of cultivation in the past?"

At the temple gate, Cheng Zongyang looked at the statue that had fallen to the ground and shattered into pieces, and walked in. He took out the magnet and stunned all the snakes, insects, rats and ants around.

Next, he lifted up the statue, collected the broken pieces on the ground one by one, and then got some mud and water to assemble the broken pieces onto the statue one by one.

His purpose was to find out whether the villagers in the town believed in ghosts, humans, or imaginary gods and immortals.

This fight took more than an hour. After all, there weren't too many broken pieces.

When Cheng Zongyang saw the appearance of the statue he had pieced together, he was surprised.

Looking at its appearance, it actually looks like a gentleman. Although statues are generally shaped with kind eyes or handsome faces, the fact that it looks like a human shows that the original worshippers of the town worshipped humans, not ghosts. It also shows that humans, not other races, were the dominant force.

He looked everywhere and found the temple plaque on the ground covered with fallen leaves and dust next to the temple.

It was also rotten beyond recognition. After cleaning it, he could only vaguely see two large characters, but he still didn't recognize them.

After thinking about it, I decided to leave it in the temple and wait for the staff to clean it up.

Although he was very happy to find a small town, the information he could get was not much at the moment, and he hadn't seen anything valuable yet. He had to ask them to clean up and collect everything before identifying it.

He didn't linger and teleported back to the market hut.

He took the stone slab from the third floor of the fresh-keeping warehouse and said in the small room:

"Small House, can you translate what's on this slab?"

After waiting for a long time, the cabin did not respond.

When Cheng Zongyang saw this, he knew that it could not be translated, or that there was no such functional service?

He put the slab back on the third floor and left the wilderness world.

Since we can't translate it, let's continue looking for clues from the Huangfu family's treasure! Although we don't know where the Huangfu family got this stone slab, there should be some clues left.

I'm just not sure whether the Huangfu family has translated it. But without a reference, it's probably impossible to translate these tadpole-like characters correctly.

Reappearing in the cave, Cheng Zongyang came out, built a fire beside the stream, and prepared to set up a temporary camp to wait for the mole beast.

After lighting a fire, Cheng Zongyang found some exotic beast meat from the wilderness world's fresh-keeping warehouse, marinated it, waited for half an hour, and then roasted it next to the fire.

He sat aside, took out a Qi Yuan Dan and put it into his mouth, then started reading the health-preserving exercises in the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine.

After such a long time, there is still no record of this Tianren Yangsheng Gong, and he doesn't know why.

But now I just take a look at it in my spare time.

(End of this chapter)