C63 Cinnabar fruit

When the dry wood in the cave was ignited, smoke instantly began to billow out, and the fire spread out, filling the entire cave.

Ye Yang now felt as good as if he had eaten a mouthful of ice cream on a sweltering day.

What just happened there was definitely fatal. If it had not been for his quick reaction and the protection of the Dragon-elephant Dark Golden Body, he would certainly have been killed by the spiders today.

It was simply frustrating just thinking about it. After being chased by a furred beast for half a day and a night, and running thousands of miles, he finally got rid of the Blue-eyed Eagle. But he ended up with an even greater danger and almost died.

The most hateful thing was that even now, he still could not see clearly what that spider which extruded web at him looked like.

He believed that spider was definitely the leader and even developed a little bit of intelligence. It actually knew how to grasp the opportunity. It was not easy for this demonic beast of insect to develop wisdom, so it must have lived for many years.

The flame was burning. The terrifying high temperature twisted the air outside the cave, but there was still no movement from inside the cave.

However, Ye Yang was taking his time, because when he put the firewood in, he also placed fresh wood in it. This kind of wood would burn very slowly and it would also emit a large amount of smoke, which was the secondary effect.

Sure enough, after two hours, some spiders started climbing out of the cave.

However, the temperature of the cave entrance was extremely high, just like a red-hot iron. It was impossible for them to stand, and the spiders that were crawling out all fell into the fire, burning to death.

But Ye Yang did not care about them. He himself also built a fire outside, and took out the remaining half of the Flaming Salamander's leg from yesterday and heated it up.

He found a clean place and ate it with the Little Fox while watching the movements at the entrance of the cave.

By the time Ye Yang was full, four hours had passed and there was no longer any spider crawling out. He figured they were either suffocated or burnt to death.

When Ye Yang came to the cave entrance, he found that the dust had all dispersed and the cave was already charred black.

There was a pile of ashes on the ground, and there were hundreds of spiders’ corpses the size of washbasins inside, which gave you tingles in the scalp.

Ye Yang stood at the cave entrance and watched for a while, then looked inside again. There was a cold smile on his lips.

He took out his Lunar Shadow and nocked an arrow on his bow.

"Chi!"

An arrow shot out.

“Puff.”

The arrow pierced directly into a piece of "rock."

"Creak!"

With a strange cry, the “rock” fell from the ceiling and rolled a few times on the ground before it stopped moving.

Ye Yang let out a cold laugh, "Damn it. Now you’re the only one left on the ceiling of the cave. Pretending to be a chandelier? Do you take me as an idiot? You think I wouldn’t know?"

Ye Yang walked into the cave, put away the black iron spear that fell earlier, and then approached the "rock" to take a close look.

This spider was the size of a round table. Aside from the color of a rock on its back, there were four lines.

There was an arrow on its washbasin sized head. Ye Yang was quite good at shooting static things.

Ye Yang pried open the spider's head, and found a light blue crystal nucleus. The berserk Qi on top was actually much stronger than the Flaming Salamander's.

Thinking about the pattern on the spider's back, Ye Yang figured that this spider was probably a Fourth Ranked Demonic Beast, equivalent to a Warrior Level human.

This Fourth Rank Spider did not have a strong combat power, but it had produced a bunch of small spiders to hunt for it, which had set up many traps.

Even if it was an ordinary Fifth Ranked demon beast, once trapped, it would have little chance of escaping.

Unless it was a scale type monster like serpent or lizard, or it would be extremely difficult to resist the poison. Just a little bit of the poison on Ye Yang's arm was enough to paralyze his arm to the point that it did not do what he wanted.

If he was trapped by the entire web and injected with venom by a few hundred small spiders, Ye Yang felt a lingering fear just by imagining it.

"It's actually of water attribute, instead of earth attribute?" Ye Yang was a little surprised. But thinking about it, he could understand why it was the case since spiders hunted by weaving webs.

After putting away the crystal nucleus, he walked a few dozen meters before reaching the end.

At the left side at the end, there was a little pond. And it was full of viscous liquid. In the middle of the pond, there was actually a plant growing.

It was only two feet tall and completely black. However, there were some red fruit growing from it.

The fruit were not big, only about the same size as a round cinnamon bun. The pond stank strongly, but it was still unable to conceal the delicate fragrance of the fruit.

"Cinnabar Fruit!" Ye Yang's heart jumped wildly.

He recognized these fruit. They were legendary treasures and very well known. The ancient book had said, "Born in the Hundred Rivers, they grow in filth. The longan sized fruit are red, edible and anti-aging."

The Cinnabar Fruit was also known as the "Red Fruit". Of course, it had a name that suited it better, which was "Youth Preserving Fruit".

In other words, it was the fruit that countless women yearned for because it would help them remain young and pretty forever after consuming it.

It was just that the conditions for the Cinnabar Fruit to grow were too harsh. They were extremely rare in the past few thousand years. However, every time it appeared, it would cause a sensation throughout the world.

Although cultivator aged much slower than ordinary people, they would eventually grow old.

Unless one could break through the clan level because when martial cultivators broke through the clan level, their appearance would remain unchanged for fifty years.

But fifty years later, they would still slowly grow old. But for cultivators like them, the speed at which they aged was ten times slower than normal martial cultivators.

However, considering the fact that they could live for a thousand years, there would still be a day when they would become old and wrinkly.

For a high ranking cultivator, appearance was even more important. Ye Yang was certain that if he took out the Cinnabar Fruit, it would hit the entire cultivation world.

However, Ye Yang didn't dare show it off. If he did, he reckoned that he would die on the streets before he saw the sun tomorrow.

A treasure could only be kept if one had the strength to protect it. If one did not have the strength to protect it, it would only bring about a fatal disaster. So this was something that one could not say even if one was beaten to death.

After carefully counting, he found that there were twenty-seven of them. However, Ye Yang did not know whether the fruit tree was just there, or the beasts grew it themselves.

But thinking about it again, he reckoned that it was impossible for a demonic beast to be so intelligent. It was most likely to be there from the beginning, and the spiders came here and used the Cinnabar Fruit tree as bait.

Imagine if he discovered the spider's ambush only after he came to the fruit tree, he would not be able to escape even if he had nine lives.

He took out a jade bottle and a pair of chopsticks carved out of jade from his ring, all purchased in the past. He didn't expect them to be of use today.

The Cinnabar Fruit was a spiritual being and could not be touched directly with his hands. Otherwise, it would slowly wither and lose all its spirituality.

Ye Yang carefully picked the fruit one by one, gently placed them into the jade bottle, sealed it and put it into the storage ring.

Looking at the Cinnabar Fruit tree, Ye Yang shook his head. He couldn't take it away, and even if he did, he wouldn't be able to keep it alive.

This kind of thing was naturally raised, and humans could not cultivate it because Cinnabar Fruit did not have any seed.

Rather than wasting such a natural treasure, it would be better to leave it for someone destined. Perhaps, after a few hundred years, there might be someone else who could obtain the fruit.

After confirming once more that nothing was left behind, he turned around to leave. However, when his gaze swept to his right, he was startled.

A human skeleton with empty eye sockets and white teeth was standing in a corner. If Ye Yang was not brave enough, he would have screamed.

Ye Yang walked over to take a look. It was completely covered with dust, and most of its bones had already eroded. It must have been dead for many years.

A long sword was lying at its feet. Although many years had passed, it was still shining without any trace of rust.

Reaching out to pick up the sword, Ye Yang felt a chill down his spine. This was a treasure weapon, thought Ye Yang delightfully.

Although Ye Yang's spear was also a treasure weapon, it did not mean that he did not value the treasure weapon. After all, having been out for so long, Ye Yang had never seen anyone his age that possessed a treasure weapon.

Even some of the people with Master Level would only have ordinary refined weapons. It seemed that the status of this skeleton was not that simple.

After putting away the long sword, Ye Yang glanced across the skeleton's finger. Surprisingly, there was a ring there.

Ye Yang cupped his fists at the skeleton: "Bro, I've already killed the spider. It can be said that I've taken revenge for you."

"You've returned to heaven. You don't need these mundane things anymore, so I'll keep them for you!"

After saying that, he gently took the ring off and transferred his Genuine Qi into the ring. Ye Yang was immediately overjoyed.

The space within the ring was more than three thousand feet. No matter how large the prey he might encounter in the future, he wouldn't have to worry about space anymore.

In addition, in the space, there were many bottles of pills. Fortunately, the time inside the Dimensional Ring was still, so there would not be any expiration date, which meant he could use them safely.

More than ten weapons were scattered to the side. Ye Yang carefully counted them, but was disappointed that there was not a single treasure weapon among them.

However, it actually made sense. Treasure weapons were extremely precious, so not everyone could have so much of them, and not everyone could be like Li Chengfeng.

Since this person had come here, it only meant that he was born into a poor family and had no great power to provide him with resources. He could only wander around and take risks in search of opportunities.

In the world of cultivation, there were countless legends about someone who had some sort of fortuitous gain and soared into the sky. These stories inspired countless adventurers to travel all around in search of fortune.

However, it would only happen to a few lucky ones. Most of the people either didn't get anything or just ended up like this fellow here lying on the ground, turning into a pile of white bones in some unknown place.

Ye Yang thought for a while, then took out his spear, dug a huge hole in the ground and buried the bones.

Looking at this bump in front of him, Ye Yang couldn't help but sigh emotionally. This person who dared to come here to explore must be at least a warrior rank.

In the mundane world, a warrior general level expert would absolutely be treated as an ancestor if he came to an ordinary family as a guest.

He would lead an extravagant life and have a dozen concubines. He would live such a happy life. Why would he come here to take the risk?

Ye Yang sighed. But upon thinking about it, he realized that he was the same as well. He was only mocking someone who had already gone further than himself.

Wasn't he also desperately trying to increase his strength? Compared to him, he was only slightly luckier.

He turned around and walked out of the cave. Not knowing why, he felt somewhat depressed. Was it possible that one day, he would also become a pile of bones? Who would remember him then?

Just as he walked out of the cave, Ye Yang suddenly felt that something was off. It was still afternoon, but it was already dark outside.

The moment he raised his head, his legs trembled in fear.