Brain bloom

Sen suddenly felt playful, and many classic routines came to mind.

She addressed Na Yinyun, feigning pain and struggle as she spoke:

"I...I am the ancient queen of the Kingdom of Flowers...I am dying. Countless treasures of my life are buried in the capital of the Peda Empire...If you are lucky enough to hear this, go and inherit my treasure! When you arrive in the capital, shout 'Open Sesame' three times, and the treasure will be yours..."

After recording the prank game, Mori suppressed a laugh and withdrew his mental energy; the voice had already been recorded.

Then, she attached this "adventure" gadget to her bowstring and shot it high into the air towards Silvermoon City. Perhaps a merchant ship would find it and believe it to be true.

Dandelion and Melia were discussing their business and willing to bear witness, so they didn't notice what Mori was saying. Although Fukufu was always on Mori's shoulder, she had little interest in wealth. But there was another person there who overheard all the secrets Mori quietly revealed.

The dragon was extremely excited, as it shared the dragon race's obsession with treasure. It secretly memorized every detail of the ancient queen's treasure from the Kingdom of Flowers.

Just then, the deal between Dandelion and Melia came to a conclusion.

"That's settled then. If there are any Na Yin Clouds that record divine words, I will buy them for one hundred gold coins per hoe. Although it's below market price, as a supplement, I will contact buyers who purchase ordinary Na Yin Clouds."

"No problem, I don't think I'll find any anyway. By the way, what about the other associated minerals?"

"Anything else? I don't have any specific needs... but my country is vast, and there's bound to be someone who wants it. For Sen Shi's sake, I can introduce you to a buyer."

"Well."

The deal went smoothly, with both Dandelion and Melia accepting the terms. Since they had nothing else to do and the clouds were perfectly safe, they immediately decided to search for rare associated minerals.

The cloud was so large that the four of them had to split up to search for it. To do this, Melia somehow found a bag of camel-red spiritual energy crystals, distributed them to everyone, and left one behind.

The crystal lay on the cloud, and immediately a pillar of light shot into the sky, representing the gathering point, a landmark.

They have the same items, and if they find anything along the way, they'll mark it with the same pillar of light. Otherwise, given the size of the cloud mine, finding it again will be difficult.

It's a convenient thing, as it's clearly visible even in the vast clouds.

Mori nodded repeatedly, her heart pounding with excitement. Like a husky seeing snow or a cat coming to the beach, Mori couldn't resist either... After everyone dispersed, she wasn't going to look for any mines; she wanted to secretly slack off and roll around and sleep in the clouds.

Following the directions of east, south, west, and north, the four of them set off excitedly.

Sen Shi headed south, and the sky was beginning to lighten, the night soon to fade. With the fierce wind blowing across the sky, she hummed a song as she ran through the clouds, her light body quickly covering hundreds of meters. She thoroughly enjoyed this comfortable and carefree pleasure.

When he got tired of running, Senshi simply lay down in a starfish position.

Sometimes he would rub his face against the white clouds, sometimes he would roll around, letting the soft clouds envelop him. They were pure white and cool, perhaps because they exuded divinity, which made Mori feel very comfortable being wrapped in them.

Senshi had a lot of fun, rolling around in the clouds for who knows how long.

She finally stopped her seemingly endless rolling—it was a forced stop.

Because Mori's head bumped into something hard.

Rubbing his aching head, Moritoki struggled to his feet. He found himself unknowingly in a layer of gray clouds… The clouds were thin, radiating an overwhelming pressure. "Is this the rare mineral?" Moritoki wondered.

She quickly discovered what she had bumped into—a long wooden handle, about the height of a person, that looked somewhat old. The surrounding space was distorted and murky, clearly an intrusive object, which made Mori feel uneasy.

It stood quietly in the darkest gray spot, constantly radiating an indomitable and powerful aura.

Volume 1, Chapter 158: Pretending Nothing Happened

There are subtle, rhythmic lines on the wood grain of this weapon.

These lines shimmered and dimmed at times, as if breathing. Mori felt they looked strangely familiar, but he racked his brains trying to remember why…

But the power of this weapon is undeniably formidable.

Mori didn't feel much pressure, but her little companion on top of her didn't seem to think so. The closer you got to it, the deeper Fukufu hid, and the sounds coming from inside its clothes trembled with pain—

"Mori-neechan... this... scares me."

"Hmm, I understand."

"Is it the weapon that Sister Yuan mentioned?"

"I'm afraid so, it's a weapon used to seal the thundercloud worm."

"I'm scared...so scared." Fufu clung even tighter. "Is it because it comes from the realm of gods?"

"Don't be afraid, it won't fly away on its own if it's stuck in the ground, so don't worry."

After offering a few words of comfort to Fufu, Senshi, curious about the wood grain, ignored the pressure it exerted and walked towards the weapon, examining it carefully for a while.

It was a long-handled weapon, and with a wooden handle at that, probably a spear, which was different from what she had imagined. She had thought that the weapon capable of creating a seal would be a sword used by a god, but unfortunately, she would never have the chance to see a longsword from the divine realm.

She suddenly thought of something, squinted and looked up, searching for places that had been neglected for years in the deep indigo night sky where the starlight had not yet faded.

But there were no similar traces; the sky was perfectly intact, with no damage anywhere.

Since this sealed spear fell into the human world from the divine realm far away in the heavens, it should have cracks... The fact that no cracks were found may be due to its self-repairing ability, or it may have been repaired by someone—the latter speculation is more plausible.

In other words, perhaps there are still gods in the divine realm.

But Mori quickly lost interest, because she only wanted to live a leisurely daily life with her princess at the Dandelion Winery. Even if the divine realm really existed, she wouldn't move there to live.

She looked down at the weapon again—of course, she wasn't foolish enough to reach for it. Even if she could pull it out, just touching it could cause problems, let alone actually doing so.

Senshi lost interest after not noticing anything wrong with the wood grain and not understanding what it was.

So she pretended not to see it and prepared to go somewhere else to take a nap.

"..."

Sen stopped in his tracks.

Because some vibrations came from deep within the baggage.

She immediately covered the bag with her hand, fearing that the money inside would escape again, but thankfully it didn't. She wasn't truly a deity, and what was leaping wasn't money—but a bow for collecting debts.

"What happened...did you run into your relative?"

With a sense of doubt and confusion, she took out the debt-collecting bow. It was trembling slightly, and fine lines occasionally flashed across the dark bow's surface, as if spiritual energy was flowing through it.

This detail is exactly the same as the wood grain on the weapon in front of us...

She immediately thought of the word "resonance".

Perhaps, these are weapons created by the gods, which is why they have such a wondrous rhythm? But this was just Sen Shi's speculation. She immediately put away the debt-collecting bow, worried that something might happen that she couldn't control and that awakening the thousand-year-old cloud worm would be a big problem.

It's time to go.

"Sister Moritoki..."

"Don't worry, I won't send you to do anything dangerous, and I won't try to fool you today. Let's go now."

"No, I saw something that smells similar to Morishi-nee's box," Fufu said, making a strange statement.

Mori's brows furrowed: "...The box?"

"Yes, it's right under this weapon."

Fu Fu flew out fearfully, illuminating the surroundings with its own light to guide Sen Shi. Only then did the latter vaguely see a wooden horn hidden deep within the dim and hazy gray clouds, extremely inconspicuous.

It's right below the sealing spear, like a box.

Looking at this strange object, Mori's face showed surprise. Memories of the game era were gradually resurfacing in his mind.

This...this is actually the "gravekeeper's legacy"? I never expected to encounter it here...

Moreover, judging from its completeness, it is a top-grade heritage box... Mori hurriedly called Fukufu back.

The highest-level hidden treasure chests, unlike the common chests that appear in every map, do not have fixed conditions for appearing.

She immediately cast several healing spells on herself to force herself to calm down and think rationally.

Shall we open this adventure and see?

After thinking about it for a few seconds, she decided to take the risk.

Open every hidden treasure chest; this isn't just the way of playing in the game, but also because the rewards are guaranteed to be plentiful. The highest-level legacy chests are worth the risk and effort.

In fact, during the gaming era, she was lucky enough to open two treasure chests of the same level.

One of them not only provided rare materials but also gave Mori a special talisman; the other activated the prerequisite for a hidden quest. Mori vaguely believed that this hidden quest was related to the meteorite that destroyed Earth.

If we could also open this one in front of us, maybe we could find out something.

Without further ado, Sen Shi swallowed hard, treating the treasure chest like a landmine, and slowly parted the soft clouds.

Because of her high agility, she moved lightly and with extreme caution. Even so, it still took her some time to clear away the obstructing clouds and reveal the box and the weapons on it.

"As expected..."

The box was large enough to hold two Moritoki. It was completely undamaged, so perfect it could fetch a high price. Lines of fine runes were engraved on all four sides, clearly a defensive magical trap—which wouldn't be a problem for Moritoki.

But the key point is that weapon... it was just stuck directly into the box.

However, it wasn't some powerful and brutal spear, but a shovel... If you had to name it, it could be considered a weapon, but it was more suitable for shoveling dirt.

The force of the shovel buried the entire Thundercloud Worm's body, forcing it into slumber. When Mori understood the sealing structure, she found it somewhat comical. A powerful being that had existed for millennia, sealed away just like that…

"Sister Moritoki, what should we do?"

"This structure is very special; it can only be opened from the front, otherwise it will explode." Mori was a little frustrated; drilling a hole from the side wouldn't work.

"Then let's not move it, in case we wake up this little bug..."

Halfway through her sentence, Fufu scurried back into Senshi's pocket, terrified. But Senshi had nowhere to run, nor any need to. Her intuition whispered in her heart, showing her the possibility of success.

She had already figured out what to do, so there was nothing to hesitate about.

"Hmph, this treasure chest is definitely going to be the God of SB." She walked up with a self-deprecating laugh, also encouraging herself.

As she got closer, she opened the bag with her left hand and gripped the handle of the shovel with her right.

Pull it up—

With almost no effort, and with a scraping sound, the shovel was pulled out by Sen Shi. Instantly, the entire cloud roared—the thundercloud worm had been awakened!

Suppressing his nervousness, Mori tossed the treasure chest into his bag, and everything went smoothly.

At the same time, an ancient, deep, and thunderous voice resounded from the clouds: "This painful slumber, I have...—"

Sen then planted the shovel back into the clouds, and the painful sound dissipated, the roaring stopped abruptly.

She breathed a sigh of relief, pretended nothing had happened, and walked away happily.

……

(P.S. This is just writer's block.)