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Chapter 242 Three-legged Cauldron

There is no doubt that the remains of these giant snakes are a rare treasure.

But when Shen Qing thought of his current situation, it was as if a basin of cold water was poured over his head, chilling the flames that had just risen.

So what if there are so many snake skins?

It could neither solve his predicament nor fill his stomach.

Even if they want to exchange it for corresponding wealth, they have to wait until they recover their cultivation and are able to escape from this place.

If they can't escape, all the snake skins in front of them will be just dead skin and worthless.

Shen Qing sighed in his heart and then explored deeper into the cave carefully.

He placed his hands on the cold stone wall and felt around, but he couldn't find even the slightest crack, which made him extremely disappointed.

"Apart from that Bitan, is there really no other way out?"

Shen Qing murmured to himself.

He walked carefully along the winding stone wall, his palms gently sliding across the cold stone surface.

Suddenly, his steps stopped.

There was a strange feeling under my feet, as if I had stepped on something round.

A faint beam of stalagmite light happened to fall nearby.

With the help of this faint light, Shen Qing slowly lowered his head and saw a hint of metallic luster among the dry bones on the ground.

Among the scattered remains, an ancient tripod the size of two palms was half hidden.

He let out a light exclamation, slowly squatted down, and fiddled with it to observe it carefully.

This tripod has two ears and three legs, and its shape is simple and solemn.

The entire body is dull and covered with green rust, and there are intricate patterns carved on the body of the tripod.

It looks like cloud patterns swirling around and also like a galloping mythical beast.

Shen Qing hesitated for a moment, then carefully reached out and touched the small tripod.

The moment Shen Qing's fingers gently touched the body of the cauldron, he felt an indescribable warmth on the cauldron.

This warmth does not come from the outside, but from inside the cauldron.

Shen Qing was surprised and realized that this ancient tripod was no ordinary object. Perhaps it contained some incredible power. It was just that his knowledge was limited and he could not understand the mystery for the time being.

He took a deep breath and tried to use his true Qi to control and perceive the world inside the cauldron, but found that his true Qi seemed to be blocked by an invisible force and could not penetrate even a little bit.

I studied it for a long time but still had no clue.

Shen Qing was not in a hurry. He quietly put away the small tripod and searched along the stone wall again.

After realizing that there was indeed no way out, Shen Qing did not stay long. He turned around and left, returning to his original meditation place.

The flat area beside the lake.

Huangfu Rou slightly opened her red lips, closed her eyes and concentrated, her body seemed to be surrounded by a gentle and powerful spiritual power.

As her thoughts flowed, that pure and unparalleled spiritual power rushed through her veins, transforming into strands of warm, delicate and silky air currents that gently flowed over every inch of her skin.

A light mist gradually filled the air.

Those were the water stains remaining on her wet clothes, which gradually rose and condensed under the influence of these spiritual powers, and then turned invisible and dissipated into the void.

As her sleeves fluttered, the wet clothes that clung to her body seemed to be gently stroked by an invisible hand, and Huangfu Rou's clothes returned to their original appearance.

Huangfu Rou slowly opened her eyes, and her sight accidentally met Shen Qing's. She couldn't help but feel surprised. She didn't expect Shen Qing to recover faster than her.

The little clerk in front of her made her feel that there seemed to be a layer of fine mist lingering around him, appearing and disappearing from time to time, making it even harder for her to see through him.

Seeing that Huangfu Rou had recovered a lot, Shen Qing stepped forward and asked, "Sir, how do you feel now?"

"I have regained some strength and feel a little better." Huangfu Rou changed the subject and asked, "I saw you walked around here just now. Did you find anything?"

"This should be the place where the giant snake demon sheds its skin. I saw a lot of giant snake remains inside." Shen Qing said truthfully without hiding anything: "In addition, I also found this tripod."

"tripod?"

Shen Qing took out the tripod from his arms and placed it between the two of them.

In Shen Qing's opinion, the cave is only this big, and the two of them will have to spend a few more days together, so many things cannot be kept secret.

Instead of hiding things and being on guard against each other, putting yourself in a passive position, it is better to be honest.

Perhaps Huangfu Rou, as a descendant of a wealthy family, is knowledgeable and experienced and can recognize the origin of this small tripod.

Huangfu Rou took the small tripod in her hand, looked at it for a few seconds, and then returned it.

She found that it was just an ancient-style burial sacrificial tripod, ordinary and without any special features.

"Sir, have you recognized where this tripod came from?" Shen Qing asked when he saw Huangfu Rou's reaction.

"It's just an ordinary burial object. There's nothing special about it."

Ordinary burial objects?
"My Lord, when you touched this tripod, didn't you feel any warmth?"

"No, it just feels cold bronze to my touch." Huangfu Rou shook her head and said.

Shen Qing looked surprised.

Now when he touched the cauldron, he felt it was already warm at the touch and emitting layers of heat, and he did not realize he was wrong.

Why didn’t Huangfu Rou notice it?
He was a little puzzled.

At this moment, Huangfu Rou interrupted him and asked, "Did you find any other exits besides the snake skin and the tripod when you were patrolling inside?"

Shen Qing came back to his senses, pointed at the green lake in front of him and said helplessly: "The end of the cave is a stone wall, which is a dead end. If we want to get out, we still have to find a way out of this pool."

Huangfu Rou was startled when she heard this, then nodded and said, "It looks like we still have to stay here for a few days, and then talk about other things after we have recovered some of our cultivation."

Shen Qing let out a long sigh and said, "That's about it."

Huangfu Rou glanced at Shen Qing and asked, "Shen Chasi, is your family poor?"

The so-called poor family refers to a declining clan whose ancestors have passed down a legacy.

Even if this kind of clan falls into decline, there will often be some legacy left behind.

In her impression, there was no wealthy family with the surname Shen in Yongzhou or even in the surrounding areas.

Shen Qing was able to recover so quickly. Maybe he came from a poor family and inherited some family heritage.

Shen Qing didn't know what Huangfu Rou was thinking, so he flatly denied it, "Your Excellency, before I came to Yongzhou, I lived at the foot of Shicheng Mountain in Taiping County. My family has been hunting for generations, so we are not from a poor family."

Hunter?!
There was a flash of extreme surprise in Huangfu Rou's eyes.

She guessed that the man in front of her had most likely relied on his own abilities and fought his way up step by step, but she never imagined that he was actually a small hunter at the beginning.

But this made her even more confused.

Since this guy is a hunter, why is his recovery so fast? He is actually on par with her, or even faster.

(End of this chapter)