Inheritance Cave

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While Jin comfortably laid down in the ground, The villain was painstakingly searching for clues and traces to find an entrance;

The path left him unnerved; he was in no mood to waste time.

However, Lou chi Mountain was covered with dense jungles and filled with wild beasts; in fact, at the side, it formed a mini Mountain range that swept from north to west; there's no way in hell an average person will stumble upon such fortune if he's not either a dumbass heavenly lucky guy or simply "fated."

This fact was known by Jin, which made him sit back and let the desired boy figure it out himself.

A little chat started between him and Xia; as she asked him about his goals, she saw his firm resolve and obsession to reach this place, as he didn't complain even once during the whole trip.

Hearing her, I pretended to think and answered, "To be able to roam the world freely,"

I'm now widely getting used to bullshit my way from these critical questions.

Xia, of course, as the third wheeler, was feeling tremendous remorse from her powerless self; she felt extremely hopeless at times, as she saw the two boys suffering the long path, especially Jin, while she is comfortably getting carried all the way, which made her switch personas occasionally every time a conversation started with him, otherwise only plastering on a tight smile.

While Lia didn't see any problem as she only saw him as a slave that existed for her necessities. Even that word was a massive upgrade, as humans in her eyes were lower than garbage, her complete trust in herself was unshakable, she knew that this period of vulnerability would not last long, not with the proud her being there;

On the other hand, Nia was ecstatic the whole road; she felt an extreme sense of protection emitting from the boy's body; perhaps she got too used to getting close to his body, and smell that she even started to fight for the position of the first personality every time she felt his muscular-back on her cheeks, continually demanding more time with the boy that managed to fascinate her.

Unexpectedly the quiet Lia answered, switching her glowy red eyes to look at her slender, half disabled legs, whispering, "Indeed."

Four hours passed before anything happened; Chun was getting obnoxious in his exploration, but after concentrating his awareness, he saw a tiny sign of blood over an edgy rock; closing up the distance toward it, he called, "Oye, come here and see this."

"Nice!" I casually got up with Xia and glanced over; I then strolled to where Chun was squatting as he was profoundly analyzing something.

I glanced down and saw a Satanic mark, strongly signaling the existence of some kind of demonic practice, But the links didn't end there; as I suggested, we moved the rock aside and found an extended red spot of blood under the rock, we cleared the dust that covered the surface, and a strip unraveled under our eyes, we followed it like an ant smelling mating pheromones till we reached its final destination.

"What is this?" We syntactically uttered.

Confound Rallied our brains; the only thing in front of us was a clear ceramic mountain surface.

Chun spoke first, "I think there's some secret hiding in the wall; we should thoughtfully investigate every corner."

Lifting my thumb, I agreed before deeply inspecting the smooth surface; however, we couldn't find anything besides hard rocks and dust.

And just when they were on the verge of giving up, the sleepy Xia weakly shouted, "Look, there's something there."

Both of us turned our heads, looking at where she pointed, but we couldn't see anything.

She repeated in a more unmistakable voice, "There there; it's right behind you,"

Staring at her serious expression, I knew that she wasn't lying; «Maybe she can see something me and Chun simply can't."

I flapped my hand, passing it around the wall and followed her instructions.

"Am I close to it?"

"Not yet, more to the left."

"Now?"

"Now go three inches above."

I waved till I finally heard her scream, "That's it!"

Marking the spot, I focused my eyes on it, but like before; my pupils only met rocks; thus, I requested the girl to tell me what she saw.

Her response wasn't satisfactory, to say the least; she only uttered, "Red webs."

«Hm, now that's weird; how I could make something happen if I can't even see it!»

Nevertheless, I thought about the three classic Xianxia phenomenon triggering tricks, «It's either blood, a secret treasure, or a puzzle.»

«Hm; Secret treasure is a stretch after all; I'm sure this demonic cultivator didn't have any relation with Chun, while a riddle might be possible, but I still like my chances better with the blood sacrifice.»

Jin disregarded the last two baits and focused on the blood sacrifice as it was the most suitable in this case.

I spoke to the pair, "My father told me that a drop of blood could solve mysteries; how about we test his wisdom on this surface?" Leaving the kids to comprehend my fake wisdom, I didn't waste any time reaching my sharp wooden sword.

"Chun, you do it," I ordered.

Why specifically Chun?

Well, Xia might work, but certainly, there are future trials that her body couldn't undergo. And beside, I knew the cultivator or perhaps the barrier, he set up on this area most likely had specific requirements; I don't possess a special bloodline, nor exceptional talent; Why would a donkey participate in a horse race?

The system cut me off: <You seem to be proud of your dog shit position>

«Hehehehe, the first thing everyone should do is to realize where his standing»

Hearing my pressing tone, he took my sword and horizontally cut his palm; blood dripped down the wall, and indeed as predicted, the invisible spider-like webs shined, completely melting the barrier in the brink of a minute.

I looked up and saw a cave created by the result of the weird manifestation, daring my feet to enter.

(A/N: maybe, and I said maybe, two more chappys today)