God of Pets

Chapter 654 A Leaf

Chen Guan did not refute the old man, nor did he question the truthfulness of his words. He simply looked at the old man and asked a question: "General, when the world was in chaos, why were you not seen?"

Most of the Qin cavalry followed Emperor Ancestor into the Sky Mystic Realm, and it is said that less than 10,000 remained.

Most of the Qin cavalry who remained behind, except for a few soldiers who stayed behind, were injured or ill, which is why they did not go on the expedition with the Emperor.

However, of the tens of thousands of powerful experts from the Great Cave Heaven, very few appeared later in the chaotic world.

If these tens of thousands of soldiers from the Great Cave Heaven had joined the war, the chaos might not have come so quickly.

The old man's expression became very complicated when he heard the question, but he did not refuse to answer Chen Guan's question.

After a long silence, the old man sighed and said, "I am not some old general, but just a common soldier. The reason I live in seclusion is because the Qin of that time is no longer the Qin."

Chen watched the old man, waiting for him to continue.

“When the Emperor was alive, we only needed to fight for Qin and for the Emperor. But after the Emperor passed away, we no longer know what we are fighting for,” the old man said.

Chen Guan paused for a moment, then understood what the old man meant.

When Emperor Zu was no longer alive, Qin had become the supreme ruler of the world, and there was no more war; it had entered an era of peace.

In peacetime, professional soldiers who originally made their mark in war have no place to use their skills.

Or perhaps they are still useful, but no one is willing to give them a chance to rise; they are simply used as tools.

Chen Guan was now somewhat convinced that this old man was indeed a veteran of the Qin cavalry.

"I still want to give it a try," Chen Guan said, looking at the old man.

"It's up to you, but after you've seen it, I'm afraid you'll never leave here again and will stay to keep this old man company." The old man shook his head and sighed.

After saying that, the old man stood up, walked to the well in the yard, pointed down and said, "The thing is down there, go and see if you want."

When Chen Guan arrived at the well, he couldn't help but think of the old saying, "Two people should not look into a well."

He subconsciously walked to the opposite side of the well, to the other side of the well, and then looked down into the well.

There was no water in the well, only bottomless darkness, and no one knew how deep it was.

"You're quite cautious," the old man chuckled upon seeing Chen Guan's reaction.

Chen Guan didn't think there was anything wrong with it, but it was better to be cautious, so he asked, "How deep is this well?"

"The secret treasure on that leaf can only be seen from ten thousand meters below," the old man replied.

Chen Guan thought about it and realized that this must be the place that Da Daojiu had mentioned.

"I'll go down and take a look," Chen Guan said to the old man, then climbed down into the well.

With his axe, he wasn't afraid the old man would seal the well, and with his cultivation level, he wasn't afraid of any tricks the old man might have.

Chen Guan continued to descend into the ancient well. With his Ghost Immortal Steps, this was not a difficult task for him.

There was indeed nothing inside the ancient well. As Chen Guan continued to descend, after what seemed like nearly 10,000 meters, a faint light appeared below.

Finally, when Chen Guan's feet touched solid ground, he could see the source of the light. It was a cave deep underground, completely bare, and the faint light came from a leaf.

It was a withered, yellowish-black leaf, slightly larger than Chen Guan's palm, resembling a maple leaf, with a petiole about ten centimeters long at the tip.

The whole leaf looked inconspicuous, just like a blackened yellow leaf that had fallen from the branch in autumn.

It lay there quietly on a rock, and on its leaf surface, there was a strange symbol that glowed rhythmically like a heartbeat, then disappeared, then glowed again, and then disappeared again.

Chen Guan guessed that the strange light symbols on the leaves must be the power that the Netherworld Emperor used to suppress the leaves.

They wanted to summon the Great Dao Mortar to ask it a question, but the Great Dao Mortar didn't respond at all. It was probably still asleep. Unless it was something like refining the Great Dao Mortar, it would be difficult to wake it up.

"If the old man is alright, then I'm even less likely to be in trouble." Chen Guan thought to himself, but he still summoned Mingfei to take a look and see if she could figure anything out.

Mingfei and Chen Guan were at the same level, now both at level 40. She looked at the leaves and said, "Is this leaf a secret treasure?"

“It’s definitely a treasure.” Chen Guan nodded. He didn’t give Mingfei any hints, only letting her see for herself.

“This is not a treasure from the earth. If I’m not mistaken, this should be a treasure from a secret realm in the sky,” Mingfei said, staring at the leaves.

"How do you know?" Chen Guan asked with great interest.

“There is a very obvious difference between the Sky Treasures and the Earth Treasures,” Mingfei said slowly. “Sky Treasures are repelled by the power of the secret realm. The light runes on the leaf treasures are an anomaly that appears because they are repelled by the power of the secret realm.”

Chen Guan was slightly taken aback. He had originally thought that the light talisman was the power that the Netherworld Emperor used to suppress the leaves, but according to Mingfei, it was not the power of the Netherworld Emperor.

"Are you sure this was formed by the power of the secret realm repelling the secret treasures in the sky?" Chen Guan asked.

Consort Ming said, "You'll know once you try it."

As she spoke, Mingfei reached out to touch the leaves. Her fingers touched the leaves easily, but when the light symbol reappeared, it seemed to pass through her palm as if it were nothing, without having any effect on her.

"As expected, this light talisman is the power of the secret realm. It rejects the secret treasures in the sky, but it does not reject the life forms in the secret realm like us..." Mingfei said, but suddenly stopped talking.

As she touched the leaves with her fingers, her expression gradually became somewhat strange.

She was laughing there, laughing like a 300-pound fat man who hadn't eaten for three days and had just received food; she even had drool dripping from the corners of her mouth.

The saliva, in strands, slowly dripped down.

"Mingfei... Mingfei..." Chen Guan called out several times, but Mingfei did not respond at all, still standing there smiling foolishly without moving.

"What's going on? Is it the power of the leaves that's affecting her?" Chen Guan was secretly glad that he hadn't touched the leaves directly.

He called out to Mingfei while carefully observing her from the side.

Mingfei seemed to have gone mad, her facial expression becoming increasingly idiotic. She just stood there, touching the leaves and laughing foolishly.

"Could the leaves have the ability to launch mental attacks? No, that can't be right. Didn't the Great Dao say that this leaf tree can make things disappear? How could it have the ability to launch mental attacks?" Many thoughts flashed through Chen Guan's mind, but he couldn't figure out what was going on.

Seeing that Mingfei's expression was getting increasingly strange, Chen Guan quickly used the Fierce Tiger Roaring Over the Mountain and roared at her, "Mingfei!"

(End of this chapter)