C27 cave

Qin Shaojie followed the Sand Snake as they headed deeper into the Sky Wave Abyss.

This short distance wasn't too far away from Qin Shaojie, and as for the injuries on his body, they weren't serious, so Qin Shaojie was in no hurry to deal with them. However, the more they followed the sand snakes formed from the Wheel of Life and Death, the thinner the airflow became. In the end, even breathing was difficult.

Qin Shaojie hurriedly swallowed some of the suction pills he got from Elder Ye so that he could follow along.

Otherwise, without the flow of air in this place, before Qin Shaojie had stepped into the Genuine Force, it would have been impossible for him to survive in this environment for too long.

Finally, at the end of the line, the sand snake heard the words, and then, Qin Shaojie only saw the sand snake continuously smashing its head against the cliff, each time it collided against the cliff, it would let out a low thumping sound.

As the strong force descended, it was as if the Sand Snake had used its full strength every single time. This situation caused Qin Shaojie's expression to change, upon closer inspection, he discovered that every time the Sand Snake smashed its head, it would hit the same place on the cliff.

After dozens of collisions, cracks finally appeared on the cliff like a spider web, but the moment Qin Shaojie saw these cracks, his heart sank, because he realized that these cracks were actually emitting a sliver of light.

The light was not blinding, and was even somewhat gentle. However, this phenomenon was rather strange in this place. It could only mean that there was another world inside the cliff.

Fortunately, the pure physical impact did not have any direct effect on the Sand Snake, otherwise, Qin Shaojie would be worried that the Life and Death Wheel would not kill him. After all, even the Three Spiritual Realm Warriors would not be able to withstand a hundred hits.

Rumble rumble rumble!

Another fierce and accumulated collision occurred, and as the huge rumbling sound fell, a large hole also instantly appeared in front of Qin Shaojie. The light beams had lost its shield around the cliff, and even after passing through the hole, it still slanted completely, and at the same time, Qin Shaojie finally saw the situation inside through the hole that was big enough for two people to walk through side by side.

This was an open area, and there was nothing special about it. However, there must be something strange about this place for a sand snake to act like this.

After crashing into the hole, the Sand Snake seemed to be extremely excited, directly going in head first, then Qin Shaojie followed suit.

After entering, Qin Shaojie realised that although there was light, it was not natural sunlight. Instead, it was some kind of light source.

His eyes scanned the surroundings. It was too simple here. Other than the ground and the cave, which seemed relatively smooth, there were no other constructions.

"Is this it?"

Suddenly, the sand snake threw a fist sized jade bead in its mouth in front of it. The jade bead had a snow-white color with extremely complex patterns on its surface.

This light was not something that a candle could compare to. It was like a small sun, constantly emitting light. Seeing that the Sand Snake seemed to want to give it to him, Qin Shaojie carefully held it up as well.

After carefully examining the bead, he could not feel anything else other than the warmth and softness that came from it. However, when Qin Shaojie was alive, he had seen many good treasures, so he was able to tell at a glance that these beads without any impurities were definitely not simple.

Apart from anything else, the fact that it could continuously emit light and was quite bright was not something that the jewelry of the mortal world could compare to. If nothing went wrong, then these things must be related to the lines on its surface.

However, Qin Shaojie did not notice that the moment he held the jade pearl in his hand, the dark pupils of the sand serpent emitted a little light as well. He was clear that not just anyone could hold the jade pearl so that they would not be burned.

If one's blood energy was not enough and had a weak life force, then the moment they received the jade pearl, they would be immediately placed on the table. The fact that Qin Shaojie was not affected by the jade pearl, could only mean that his physical body's condition was not bad.

Rustle, rustle, rustle!

Turning his body, the Sand Snake also turned its head and walked into a corner of the cave. Its gaze looked over, and only then did it discover that there seemed to be something in the area where the Sand Snake had come from.

Perhaps it was due to the fact that the clothes on the skeleton had disappeared into ashes a long time ago, but the corpse on the skeleton was still rather intact.

The more powerful a martial artist was, the more intact their corpse would be. Some powerful characters would even be able to preserve their own flesh and blood.

There was nothing around the corpse, only a piece of sheepskin. There was nothing else.

With a slight frown, Qin Shaojie removed the sheepskin from the corpse's hand.

This was the corpse of the Sand Snake that brought him here, and it was also the reason why Qin Shaojie found out about it. Therefore, Qin Shaojie could roughly guess what the Sand Snake was planning to do.

"Blood Drop Activating Talent Jade Bead."

There were only eight words on the parchment, and when Qin Shaojie slowly read it out, his gaze once again fell on the jade pearl. If he was not mistaken, this thing should be the so called Innate Jade Bead.

Do I need to drip blood?

On the Tian Yuan Continent, many things were sealed using special methods to ensure that they wouldn't be obtained by outsiders, and dripping blood was a common method.

The owner of the corpse did not leave anything behind, only this jade bead and this piece of parchment. Presumably, this thing was just as Qin Shaojie had guessed, and was definitely not a simple item.

Without any hesitation, Qin Shaojie bit his finger and dripped a few drops of blood on it.

During this process, the sand snake also used its empty black eyes to stare intently at the jade bead.

The moment the drop of blood fell, a crisp sound rang out and the bead actually directly absorbed the drop of blood. As the fresh blood was absorbed, the transparent jade bead on the tube turned slightly red. After absorbing a few drops of blood, the redness became very pleasing to the eye. It was like the sunset of autumn, causing one to feel a little enchanted.

However, Qin Shaojie did not have much time to care about whether it looked good or not. When the blood dripped down, other than the change in the color of the jade bead, he also felt that the originally warm feeling had become fresh and refreshing.

Qin Shaojie also frowned when he felt the temperature drop. He had originally thought that lowering the temperature would be fine, but he never thought that it would actually continue to drop. In merely ten breaths of time, the entire temperature seemed to have turned into ice cold.

He wanted to see what other changes would happen to this bead.

"This tattoo is the key!"

After a long while, when the red light was evenly distributed all over the bead, the strange patterns on the bead that had remained motionless for a long time seemed to be alive and were constantly moving back and forth on the bead's surface.

Every time a little change occurred to the pattern on the bead, the corresponding stripe would become a little red in colour, extremely similar to the color that was revealed on the bead.

A few minutes later, those lines had completely turned red and the entire jade bead had become slightly more alluring.

Even though the color of the jade bead had greatly changed, the light ray emitted from it still did not change. This was somewhat peculiar.

However, Qin Shaojie was even more clear that this drop of blood definitely had its own meaning. If it was just to see the color of the corpse change, then it would be too boring.

He also wanted to know what was so special about this so-called Talent Jade Bead.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

Time flowed. Not long later, a buzzing sound quietly spread out from this natural jade bead. This sound was not loud, but it seemed to have resonated with the entire cave. Without any external force, this cave actually shook a little.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

When the buzzing sound reached its peak, at the back of the cave, which was where the corpse was leaning on, the stone on the surface continued to fall. Seeing that, Qin Shaojie also rushed forward and brought the corpse away.

Otherwise, if the stone fell down, it might completely destroy this unknown corpse.

"So that's how it is!"

When all the rocks on the surface of the cave behind the corpse fell off, the entire jade bead was completely illuminated by the light. After which, symbols also quietly appeared one after another.