The moment the dagger pierced the opponent's heart, Sui Tian's vacant pupils suddenly cleared.
"I never thought I'd been dead for so many years!"
Sui Tian looked around, seemingly familiar, yet also unfamiliar!
After a long pause, he said with bitterness, "Times have changed; this era no longer belongs to our time..."
Gradually, Sui Tian slowly closed his eyes, his body gradually losing its life force!
The corpse fell to the ground.
This was true death!
And before dying, he had regained some memories and consciousness, which made Ye Cangtian feel a bit heavy.
"Don't worry about anything, it's just a corpse that has developed sentience. As for just now, it's likely the corpse still retained some memories," Jian Wusheng walked up and explained, seeing his complex expression.
Sui Tian had been dead for an unknown number of years, but his corpse had developed sentience over time. While it seemed like a recovery of memory earlier, it was merely the residual memories of the corpse. It was like a gecko's tail being broken off, yet the tail could still twitch.
Ye Cangtian nodded.
At this time, Yang Chen and Bai Jing, who were guarding outside, heard no further commotion from within and rushed in.
Seeing that the once immensely powerful Sui Tian had been slain by Ye Cangtian, they were even more impressed.
"These two axes are good!"
Ye Cangtian glanced at the giant axes held in Sui Tian's hands and then looked at Yang Chen, smiling, "You're in luck, go and take them!"
"For... for me?"
Yang Chen was stunned, and before Ye Cangtian could respond, he quickly said, "Okay, okay, thank you, thank you..."
He happened to be an axe user, and when Sui Tian produced these giant axes earlier, he had been very covetous. He never expected Ye Cangtian to willingly give them to him!
Ye Cangtian smiled faintly. Although the axes were good, they unfortunately weren't suitable for him.
Yang Chen rushed to Sui Tian's side, first bowing to Sui Tian's corpse, and then took the axes.
Then, the next moment.
Yang Chen was suddenly shaken, and froze on the spot.
His mind was filled with a golden glow, and a burly figure floated in the air.
He held the giant axes, slowly swinging them, each swing carrying immense power and force. Strangely, Yang Chen could see every movement clearly, and he even understood the cultivation techniques being used.
"Why... why isn't he moving?"
Bai Jing noticed Yang Chen's strangeness and immediately became nervous.
At this moment, Ye Cangtian also noticed the abnormality and looked at Jian Wusheng with confusion.
"This kid is incredibly lucky, it must be a legacy!" Jian Wusheng explained with a smile. Some ancient powerhouses, before their deaths, would entrust their learned cultivation techniques to an item. As long as someone found this item, there was a chance to receive the corresponding legacy. However, how much of this legacy could be understood and mastered depended on one's own destiny. And Yang Chen at this moment was exhibiting the signs of receiving a legacy.
"Wow, that's amazing!"
Bai Jing's eyes immediately showed envy. Yang Chen had struck it rich on this exploration mission, not only getting new equipment but also inheriting a legacy from an ancient powerhouse. His combat power was bound to increase significantly.
Even Ye Cangtian couldn't help but feel a sense of awe, let alone Bai Jing. Of course, he didn't regret giving the giant axes to Yang Chen, as he didn't favor axes himself, and might not have received the legacy even if he had taken them.
...
After a brief rest, while Yang Chen was receiving the legacy, Ye Cangtian and Bai Jing searched the side rooms. The side rooms contained no monsters. The left side room stored some weapons of mediocre quality, passable at best. The right side room held a丹炉 (dānlú - alchemical furnace) and some boxes that seemed to have been stored for a very long time. Even after countless years, a rich medicinal fragrance still emanated from the room.
What was that?
Both side rooms had been thoroughly searched, and as the search neared its end, Ye Cangtian felt a touch of disappointment. He had expected the boxes to contain some medicinal herbs, which would have been some sort of gain, but most of the boxes were empty, containing only dust. However, at this moment, a pouch appeared in a box before him, not very large, similar to the spatial pouch Bai Jing had shown earlier.
Ye Cangtian's eyes lit up, and he quickly picked it up. How should he open it? How should he check what was inside? Just as he thought this, Ye Cangtian strangely discovered that the pouch had opened, and everything inside magically appeared in his mind. The items stored within left Ye Cangtian dumbfounded. There were several small porcelain bottles with incomprehensible ancient text on them, likely ancient medicinal pills, but their effects were unknown to Ye Cangtian. Besides the pills, there was a small alchemical furnace, a few books, and the remaining items were high-quality medicinal herbs.
The next moment. Ye Cangtian thought about taking out the pills, and the small porcelain bottles truly appeared at the mouth of the pouch. He easily took them out with his hand. Damn, this spatial pouch is really convenient! Thinking this, Ye Cangtian opened the porcelain bottles and sniffed them. Each bottle exuded a rich medicinal fragrance, and they didn't smell like poison.
"Good luck, managed to get a spatial pouch."
"How about it? How big is the space inside? Are there any treasures?" Bai Jing, who had been searching with Ye Cangtian, came over when he saw Ye Cangtian obtain the spatial pouch. Ye Cangtian was so engrossed in studying the spatial pouch and the medicinal pills that he hadn't paid attention to this. Hearing Bai Jing's question, he quickly checked.
"Not very big, it looks about the size of this room," Ye Cangtian pouted.
"That big?"
Bai Jing swept his gaze blankly around the room. This room was at least forty to fifty square meters, and his mouth twitched.
"Huh? This is big?"
Ye Cangtian looked at Bai Jing in confusion. He remembered Bai Jing's introduction, saying that a spatial pouch contained its own universe, capable of holding myriad things. Therefore, the small spatial pouch he held should be the lowest grade. But why was Bai Jing's expression like this?
Bai Jing rolled his eyes at Ye Cangtian and said exasperatedly, "A normal spatial pouch only has a few square meters inside, and a better one might have ten-odd square meters. One like yours, reaching forty to fifty square meters, is absolutely rare!"
"..."
In a word, Ye Cangtian was speechless. He hadn't known. However, since it was a good item, he felt balanced, lest he came to the secret realm to work for others for free. Thinking this, Ye Cangtian smiled and said, "Then I'll take this spatial pouch, and I'll also take the medicinal herbs inside. I was planning to study them anyway."
Damn!
Bai Jing cast a disdainful glance at him. The guy was truly impolite, not even offering to let him have some! He felt a bit displeased, but Bai Jing couldn't say anything. After all, in the ruins, he and Yang Chen hadn't done anything; all the dangers had been resolved by Ye Cangtian himself. The benefits here rightfully belonged to Ye Cangtian.
"Big brother, I'll follow you from now on!"
At this moment, a burly figure rushed in, directly hugged Ye Cangtian, and shouted excitedly.
"Yang Chen, are you crazy?" Bai Jing looked at Yang Chen with confusion.
Ye Cangtian also pushed Yang Chen away and said exasperatedly, "Brother, let's talk properly, maintain a good distance. My sexual orientation is very normal!"