Ding Hao is currently a fellow practitioner in the four disciplines of martial arts, inscriptions, elixirs, and weapon refining. His whole body is spinning like a top. He only sleeps for one or two hours a day. The rest of the time is spent on boring training. If there is a small breakthrough or something happens, After reaching the bottleneck, he will go out to hunt powerful monsters to prove his achievements in cultivation.
It is simply an ascetic life.
Fortunately, the Sword Ancestor taught him that after practicing for a while, his energy will be restored, so Ding Hao was able to sustain himself.
In the blink of an eye, another night passed.
The demon cat Xie Yue woke up from her sleep and saw that Ding Hao had finished his training for the night and was sitting next to a stone bonfire, looking at a yellowed leather scroll in a daze.
"Meow, you don't really believe what Old Man Gao said, do you think there is some earth-shattering opportunity hidden in this tattered scroll?" Xie Yue bared her teeth, with a noble and cold look on her face, walking straight cat steps. , with its tail raised like a raised flag, it walked towards the outside of the cave.
Bald Wang Feng followed it step by step.
After Mr. Cat wakes up every morning, he needs to clean his stool and eliminate intestinal toxins. Bald Head's job is to follow him every day. After Mr. Cat has finished defecating, he endures the smell, turns it over with a stick, and removes the stool together with it. Find the demon crystals that come out, clean them, and store them.
Ding Hao looked at the unreliable pair of master and servant, shook his head with a smile, and his eyes fell on the yellow leather scroll in his hand again.
This scroll was given to Ding Hao by the elder Gao Lin before they parted ways.
"This ancient picture scroll has been passed down from generation to generation in our Gao clan. It has a long history. There are rumors in the clan that there is an earth-shattering opportunity hidden in this picture scroll. If it can be cracked, it can soar into the sky. , to become a peerless strong man..."
"... It's a pity that even though it has been passed down for hundreds of years, no one has ever figured out the secret. Gradually, many tribesmen no longer believe in this secret. Maybe it is a joke played by our ancestors. I never When the elder of the previous generation got this scroll, he told me that since the scroll has been preserved in my Gao family for such a long time, we have not been given the opportunity, but have been declining, which means that this opportunity is not with us! What if in the future? When you meet someone who is destined, why not give the scroll as a gift, maybe it will bring about a good relationship for my Gao family!"
"...Originally I wanted to give this scroll to Guo Nu, but unfortunately he is not very talented and has limited qualifications, and he has... Alas, now that I, the Gao family, have received your blessing, young hero, I can enter without any worries. In order to express my gratitude , this scroll should be given to the young hero!"
The above are Gao Lin's exact words when he presented the painting.
Ding Hao resisted for a while, but he couldn't refuse the kindness, so he finally had to accept it.
To be honest, Ding Hao didn't take this picture too seriously at first.
The Gao family is in such decline that they can't even afford a guardian warrior. It is said that they have only appeared in Xuzhou for more than a hundred years. They are not an ancient remnant or a declining family, so how can there be any secrets.
However, the two old monsters, Daozu and Swordzu, were extremely interested in this picture.
In the words of Daozu, this yellowed scroll may not look like much on the surface, but it is probably at least ten thousand years old, and the material it uses is extremely rare, even for her. I'm a little unsure, maybe it really has something to do with it.
As a result, Ding Haoke became interested.
Although he is not the kind of person who sits and daydreams every day, hoping for something for nothing, but if there is really any earth-shattering opportunity hidden in this picture, it is worthy of scrutiny.
Once it is cracked, you may have greater confidence in challenging Mu Tianyang three years later.
It's just that this picture scroll looks ordinary, not a treasure map in the usual sense. On the yellowish material, there are three peaks drawn closely together, as if they are three people walking side by side. Generally speaking, the brushwork is rough, but it is extremely freehand and looks extremely steep and majestic.
There are two huge silver waterfalls flowing down from the mountain stream between the three peaks, like a falling Milky Way. They are so beautiful and dreamlike that they are almost unreal.
This painting has always given Ding Hao a very strange feeling.
Because the ratio between the peak and the waterfall is a bit exaggerated. The waterfall is so wide that it is like a silver bridge hanging upside down in the mountain stream. I really want to believe that there is such a magnificent waterfall in the world, and it is also in such a high mountain. Where does the endless water source that forms the waterfall come from
In addition, the most eye-catching place on the scroll is a specially marked red circle halfway up the mountain - in the middle of the waterfall. There is no text mark, so I don't know what it means.
"According to Gao Lin, the elder of Nagudi Village, the location shown on the scroll is in the Snow Dragon Mountain. However, in the past month or so, I have been to all the seventy-two peaks of the Snow Dragon Mountain, and The three peaks depicted in the scroll do not exist, and the waterfall is unheard of... The secret of this scroll is really difficult to decipher!"
Ding Hao thought for many days, but couldn't figure out the reason.
"Meow, you are still thinking about the secret on that broken painting," the demon cat Xie Yue walked in from outside the ice room with cat steps, "If there really was a mysterious secret, the Gao family would not be in this situation today. Such a dilapidated situation, I think this must be a joke played by the ancestors of the Gao family in a bad way and for future generations!"
"Maybe you are right." Ding Hao was puzzled and put the scroll away.
"Meow, that thorn-backed pig demon's demon crystal is really big. I almost couldn't pull it out, and I almost had blood in my stool." The demon cat grinned, changed the subject, and said seriously: "Maybe I will have to Pay attention to your diet, those big guys can’t be swallowed in one bite.”
Ding Hao: "..."
At this time, the bald Wang Feng ran in from the outside with a happy face, holding a palm-sized light yellow crystal block in his hand, and said loudly: "Master Ding, Master Cat, it's such a big piece, it belongs to a top-level monster." The demon crystal can be sold for at least 500,000 gold!"
That is the demon crystal of the Thorn-backed Pig Demon.
"Don't come over here... put it away." Ding Hao covered his nose and waved his hand.
Bald Wang Feng quickly stopped, smiled flatteringly, and put the huge demon crystal into a special animal skin bag.
This bag contains all the demon crystals that Ding Hao got from hunting demons in the past month. There are hundreds of them at least. They are of different sizes and of high and low grades. They are the best products for many things. If they are exchanged for As for gold, it would be at least six to seven million gold.
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Second update.