Meanwhile, inside the cave, Zhao Ling continued walking deeper. He was very curious about what lay inside because he had been walking for quite some time but still hadn't reached the end. He didn't know how long he had been walking, but he still hadn't found the end of the cave.
"Damn, what's actually in this cave? Why is this passage so deep?" Zhao Ling said in annoyance. But he wouldn't be Zhao Ling if he couldn't handle something as trivial as this. He then continued walking, hoping to reach the end soon.
After who knows how long, Zhao Ling began to feel a change in the air within the passage. He felt a wave of heat that made him even more curious. He then quickened his pace to reach the end of the passage, and indeed, not long after, he arrived. But what surprised him was the sight of several piles of human skeletons.
He also saw a white flame that emitted a cold aura instead of heat, but he could still faintly feel the heat from it.
"The White Serpent Beast Flame, how could this flame be here? Shouldn't this flame be born after the Cold Bone Flame (11)? If it's here, it means the flame is in this forest," Zhao Ling muttered. A clearly delighted expression then appeared on his face. How could it not? He had once searched the entire Middle Continent for Heavenly Flames but only managed to find three. There were actually several Heavenly Flames in the Middle Continent, but they were already owned by others.
"Good, if the flame is really here, I will get it no matter what. And for now, refining this Beast Flame is not a problem either. Besides, Beast Flames are also rare in this world," Zhao Ling mumbled happily. What he said was true; Beast Flames were very rare because they were only born from beasts with strong fire elements, or Beast Flames were born from Heavenly Flames themselves, like the White Serpent Beast Flame, which was the second strongest Tier 2 Beast Flame among all Beast Flames.
Zhao Ling then approached the flame. He wasn't afraid of the aura emitted by the Beast Flame because he had once absorbed a Heavenly Flame far stronger than a Beast Flame.
Zhao Ling then sat under the flame and tried to draw the Beast Flame into his body. After successfully doing so, he quickly refined it.
"Damn, even though this is only a Beast Flame, its power is quite terrifying. My internal organs almost froze entirely from this flame. Looks like I'll use this flame to temper my body and bones too," Zhao Ling mumbled as he felt almost all of his internal organs freezing.
Zhao Ling then changed his plan by circulating all the fire energy throughout his body to temper his body and bones to make them stronger. Because the white fire energy was quite strong, Zhao Ling needed a long time to refine it all, and before he knew it, a week had passed, and Zhao Ling was still meditating.
Boom
Boom
Boom
Boom
Four muffled booming sounds were heard within Zhao Ling's body, indicating that he had leveled up consecutively. After five hours, Zhao Ling opened his eyes, and as he opened his palms, a white flame appeared in his hand.
"Good, not only did it bring my body and bones to the saturation point, but I also increased my cultivation to the 5-Star Beginner Warrior Realm. And your energy circles are now 250 energy circles, five times that of others. With this, my energy reserves have increased considerably," Zhao Ling mumbled with satisfaction. Yes, he was right. Usually, others could only form ten energy circles in one realm, and the most talented could form a maximum of twenty, a stark difference from him, who could create fifty energy circles in one realm.
Zhao Ling then stood up and looked at the piles of human bones. He focused his eyes on their fingers, and a wide grin appeared on his lips.
"Hehehe, not bad, there are several storage rings," he said with a smile. He then collected the rings. After he finished, he had obtained fifteen storage rings.
Zhao Ling then looked at their contents, and as usual, they were mostly dominated by gold coins with no other valuables. It wasn't until he saw the contents of the last ring that Zhao Ling's smile widened.
"Hehehe, there are so many Tier 2 and 3 herbs. Not only that, there's also a cauldron. Even if it's only Earth Tier, it's still pretty good," Zhao Ling mumbled with delight. Yes, the last item was quite satisfying because there were many ingredients that were useful for him to make pills for his cultivation needs. Not only that, there was also an Earth Tier cauldron. Even though Earth Tier was the lowest tier, Zhao Ling could only accept it.
Artifact tiers were divided into five:
"Mystic Tier"
"Earth Tier"
"Sky Tier"
"Heaven Tier"
"Divine Tier"
Each tier was further divided into three levels: low, mid, and high. The pill cauldron that Zhao Ling obtained was at the mid-Earth Tier, which was quite rare in the Eastern Continent but not in the Middle Continent, where even Sky Tier artifacts were abundant.
"Alright, since there's nothing else here, it's better for me to go back. In this life, I have people who love me, so I will protect them with all my might," Zhao Ling mumbled and walked out of the cave. The ones Zhao Ling was referring to were, of course, his father, mother, and two siblings, because they were the only ones who loved Zhao Ling unconditionally, despite all his shortcomings.
In his previous life, Zhao Ling didn't have parents because they were slaughtered by a mid-level sect in the Middle Continent. That was also what made Zhao Ling obsessed with becoming strong to avenge his family. After ten years of training, he finally became strong and took revenge for his family.
Therefore, now Zhao Ling was determined to protect his new family. He didn't want to experience the same thing twice, which was losing the people who loved him sincerely.
Zhao Ling spent a day getting out of the cave and was now ready to leave the Dark Forest.
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