Chapter 29: Children makes choice adults want them all.

Robert was even more scared hearing the scream. It's creepy enough to see a skull out of nowhere and now there is another scream.

Thud

There was a sound of something dropping on the floor, He opened his eyes and saw the skull had dropped on the ground.

The red light was still flickering inside the eye socket, He stood up enduring the pain and backed away, "Hey ghost I am telling you don't do anything funny otherwise thousands of my followers will come and carry out an exorcism. You don't believe it right? You don't know my identity, I am a Panda. I am a protected species no one is allowed to harm me otherwise ...."

"Mee too! I am a protected species too! don't try anything funny, Or the consequences will be the same as he said." A voice supported Robert from the side. Although it was lacking in confidence.

"That's right both of us are protected spec--Uh?" Robert continued to threaten the unknown creature. Just then he heard support from his right side. He is alone in this place so how can someone show support? This is except for ghosts….

He jumped to the left and looked alert. He saw a woman standing at the place where he originally was.

She is wearing red clothes and has back hair. In her forehead, there is a silver crystal that gives her a unique beauty.

A human? Robert was startled after seeing the figure. It's not the first time he is seeing a human, He was human in his previous life so it's no brainer to recognise one.

"Who are you?" Robert was still vigilant, He is now a spiritual creature in the eyes of humans he is just some packet of nutrition that they can eat.

"Ah don't be afraid, I am not malicious! Earlier I saw you drowning in the lake so I pulled you here." The women saw his defensive posture and explained hurriedly.

Robert lowered his guard slightly after he heard the women. So she is the one who pulled him into this place.

"Thank you for saving me! If you had your help I would have died at that time." Robert thanked her sincerely, It was because she saved him that the system was able to heal him.

"No! No, that's fine. I just gave you a hand nothing more…" the woman said after that she looked around vigilantly and said," Now we have another problem.."

Robert became alert after hearing her, Enemy?

He walked near her and asked, "What is the problem?"

"Didn't you say there are ghosts? We have to be on guard against ghosts.." The women in red 

"By ghost, I meant that skull. It suddenly appeared in front of me, that's why I screamed." Robert scratched his head in embarrassment. 

"Oh? Do you mean that skull? I use it as a torch." The woman in red heard him and said. She always uses this skull as a torch because the depth of the lake is covered by darkness.

Robert was dumbstruck after hearing her, Torch? A skull as a torch? How can you even manage to do it?

"That means there are no ghosts right? You scared me for nothing." The woman patted her chest and said.

"Yea, There are no ghosts." Robert looked down and said. It's too embarrassing to get scared so easily. 

When he looked down inadvertently he saw something incredible. That made his face pale.

The women in front of him do not have any legs. Instead of legs, she has something similar to the tail that Jinie has.

Or commonly all ghosts have the same legs as they keep floating around.

That means the woman in front of him is a ghost….

He backed away from the woman and said, "Hey you ghost you almost succeeded in fooling me."

"What? Ghost! Where? where?" The woman in red got scared after hearing. She looked around in confusion.

"Why are you still pretending? you are the ghost. Your legs are the biggest proof. Only ghosts have a leg like this." Robert didn't lower his guard seeing her confused.

"Oh, you mean by this? I am from the Astral race. All people from our race have some legs." The woman looked at him and explained.

"Is she telling the truth, System?" Robert asked the system for confirmation.

"Yes, Host she is from the Astral Race. A very rare species that is almost extinct from the cultivation world. The host should try to befriend her, she can become a good partner." System explained the details about the Astral race and in the end, gave a rather vague recommendation.

"What do you mean by a good partner?" Robert asked in confusion. 

But the system did not reply to him. It looks like the system will not answer this question. It will be a waste of time to continue asking.

He looked at the woman in front of him and said politely, "sorry about that, It's the first time I saw someone from the astral race. That's why I called you a ghost."

Although he didn't know why the system said to befriend the women from the astral race, He still listened to the advice and after all, she saved him so it's rude that I called her a ghost.

"It's fine! Don't worry about that." The woman waved her hand and said. She appeared to be an easy-going type of person. To whom you can talk easily.

Robert was relieved after hearing her, At least she was not angry, "Then I am relieved, So where are we uh.."

He was embarrassed now, He did not know her name.

"You can call me Celli." Celli saw his embarrassment and said with a chuckle.

"My name is Robert and I am a panda." Robert gave an introduction and continued his previous question, "So Celli where are we right now?"

"We are inside a ruin of a strong cultivator. I found this place by accident but since then I have been trapped in this place, not able to go out." Celli told him about the place.

cultivators ruin? Is this something similar to a tomb? So that means there are treasures and inheritance here? 

But he was not in a hurry to ask about it, Since she is trapped means there is something tricky about this place.

It's best to not be blinded by greed and charge like a blockhead.

"You are trapped? Then how did you save me?" Robert was startled after hearing her. If she is trapped, how can she save him?

"I am trapped in the lake. I can move freely within the circumference of the lake but I cannot go beyond that. I was just swimming when you fell from the sky. You were seriously injured back then, I thought you would die at that time but who would have guessed that you would recover in just a few hours. Is this your racial talent?" Celli told him about the restriction and asked him curiously.

She was shocked that time seeing his injury repaired so quickly she thought it must be a racial talent. She also has a racial talent of Astral Race but it's not a healing type.

"Uh, you can consider it as Racial talent." Robert was surprised several times after hearing her.

Who swims in a lake in the middle of the night? Are you not afraid of catching a cold?

As for how his injury got healed, it's related to Systems help. As for whether or not he has racial talent he doesn't know about that. 

"Do I have a racial talent, System?" Robert asked the system curiously.

"Yes, Host your first talent Digestion was your racial talent." The system gave him a precise answer and said no more. He felt the system had started to become lazy.

"So what's with this ruin? how can you go out?" Robert asked the main question. His main priority was to get out of this place. As for the treasures inside here? It's good if he can get it but if he cannot then he would not risk his life for it.

"You can get out after getting through that door." Celli pointed at the door at the end of the corridor and said. She did not look at Robert as she continued, "But don't think it's easy, Corridor itself is a testing ground."

"You have to pass the test before you can open the door. I was only able to cover half of the distance and failed. But don't worry, I am confident that I will pass this test in 2 to 3 years. After that, we will be out of this damn place."

"I don't think we need to wait for 2 or 3 years." At this time she heard Robert's voice and was startled. They will not need 3 years? But this is the fastest she can do.

"Why is that?" She looked back curiously and asked. But then her jaw dropped to the ground as she shouted with disbelief on her face, "That's impossible! How can you reach the door? Is the test not working?"

She saw Robert standing near the door and looking at her. She felt that the testing ground has some problems so she moved forward to check.

But she retreated just after going a few centimetres forward. She felt tingling in her soul that ascertained that the Testing ground is working.

This test is related to the soul! The astral race is known for its soul strength, But even with such a strong soul she was not able to pass the test then how can a panda pass it so quickly? 

Just who is this panda? What's his origin? Celli fell into deep thought until she heard Robert.

"Hey, how do I open the door?" Robert was confused as there was no handle or lock on the door. So how is he supposed to open it?

"Input spiritual energy inside the door and it will open automatically." Celli hurriedly replied she also wanted to get out of this place. It's good that Robert can pass the test so early, otherwise she has to wait for 3 years before she can get out of this place.

Robert followed Celli's instruction and inputted the spiritual energy inside the door and in just a few seconds there was a reaction.

Rumble

The door made a loud noise and opened. Robert felt a flash of light from inside and had to close his eyes.

After the light was gone he opened his eyes and walked inside. This is a cave, right?

In front of him was a cave, With no decoration or furniture. Is this truly a dwelling place of a cultivator?

There was only a stone table in the middle of the cave.

He walked inside cautiously. He felt there should be some traps here but till he reached the stone table there was no trap or danger.

On the table were two boxes. Looked at the boxes and was excited. Is this legendary inheritance? Did he encounter his chance?

But there were two boxes in front of him...

Do I have to make some choices? Like a golden axe or silver axe story?

Which one should I choose? 

Forget it. Only children make choices, adults take them all. He smirked and thought to himself.

He opened them with caution and looked inside the content of each box. one contained a tattered book with no cover page. And the other was a black mudball.

Sure enough, it was right to open them both otherwise I would have got a mud ball. The book should be the main prize.

Therefore he directly ignored the mud ball and opened the book to read. And after reading several likes his mouth was wide open.