Chapter Thirteen Unexpected Surprise

  It was unknown how long it took, but Wu Ye Yu woke up from his cultivation feeling refreshed and invigorated. His fatigue had all disappeared, although the air in the cave could have been fresher. Feeling almost fully recovered, he pulled out a few buns and stuffed them into his mouth for a meal. He summoned the system to check the time, which displayed 12:37, clearly indicating it was already midday on the second day. It seemed this cultivation session had taken quite some time.

  "It's been a day, those few demon beasts should have left already, right?" Wu Ye thought to himself uncertainly. He habitually glanced at his energy point and found that it actually displayed 67,238 points.

  "!!!! What the hell is going on?! I didn't do anything yesterday, how did I suddenly get so many points?! Wu Yeru was first shocked, then fell into a state of frenzied joy. This was just too unexpected! To have obtained so many energy points for no reason at all? Could it be that he accidentally killed a demon beast while killing the crocodile beast yesterday? This is just too ridiculous!"

  "Impossible? Yesterday, if there was a demon among that group of horned crocodile beasts, I would have probably been the one to be killed. And when I was collecting the corpses, I didn't seem to find anything unusual either. They were indeed just horned crocodiles." Wu Yeyu's mind was filled with doubts, so he slowly calmed down and carefully recalled yesterday's events.

  Before killing the crocodile group, I didn't have so much energy. After all, I had bought the Energy Absorption Technique and Energy Absorption Pill, and at that time, I was still heartbroken for spending almost all of my newly acquired energy points. Now there were only a little over 1,000 energy points left, and after killing the crocodile group and handling their corpses, it was unlikely that I would gain much from them. The remaining option was to rely on myself digging holes to escape.

  "Could it be that I inadvertently dug up some treasure or mineral deposit, and was absorbed by the system at the same time?" Wu Yeyu leaned against the cave wall at this moment, stroking his chin slowly as he searched around, his eyebrows furrowed, his expression somewhat serious.

  "Ah, it should be like that. While digging the hole, I must have absorbed some high-energy thing, and at that time, there was only a root candle beside me, with limited light, so it's normal that I didn't notice when escaping. Ah, I must get to the bottom of this! This is related to whether I'll have a stable and efficient energy source in the future, so I shouldn't be careless."

  As he thought of this, Wu Ye Yu's eyes flashed with a hint of inspiration, and with a flicker of his mind, he summoned the system. He spent 5,000 energy points to purchase a high-brightness solar-powered searchlight and a pair of advanced military night vision goggles. This time, he didn't hesitate at all in spending the energy points. After equipping himself, Wu Ye Yu began to slowly retrace his steps, trying not to miss any clues.

  All the way, Wu Ye Yu carefully observed his surroundings without stopping, almost every meter he advanced would stop and search for a while. As a result, after more than half an hour of busy searching, there was no discovery at all. On the contrary, Wu Ye Yu was exhausted, with sweat on his limbs, and the mud on his face and body had solidified into clumps, which was extremely embarrassing. Compared to the bear child who had just come out of the muddy pond, Wu Ye Yu was not discouraged at all. After resting for a while, he continued to search forward.

  After a while, Wu Yeru finally found a suspicious place. The mud around this cave was very hard, far from the soft texture of other places. If you touch it carefully, you will feel unevenness, and there should be something hard buried here.

  After making this judgment, Wu Yeyu's mind suddenly shook, it seemed that he had discovered something, so he began to absorb the concave and convex parts here, if there was really a problem, then the energy point would definitely not deceive people.

  As expected, when Wu Ye Yu put one hand on it and started absorbing, the system screen's points began to grow rapidly. The numbers above changed rapidly, like a whirlwind, making his heart skip a beat. His heart felt as sweet as honey, and he let out an eerie laugh that echoed continuously in the cave.

  After absorbing for a few seconds, Wu Ye Yu temporarily stopped and carefully dug out a fist-sized energy source from the mud on one side. He took out a water bucket to rinse it, and after shining a light on it, the glow scattered, revealing an irregular transparent substance. With a sweep of his scouting technique, its properties also appeared before his eyes.

  Terrocore: A relatively rare mineral, its effect is to increase the smelting degree of weapon equipment. It's an excellent harmonizer for smelting metals and has a small chance of causing attribute mutations in smelted equipment. The probability is very low and the attribute changes are random. Its distribution location is mysterious and unpredictable, with no discernible pattern. Annual production is extremely limited, and many forces on the continent are collecting this mineral, making its price extremely high. It's recommended that the host carefully consider its usage.

  "Consider carefully? What's there to consider, just absorb a batch, leave a batch, and sell a batch. Hmm, can't sell too much either, after all this thing has a great use, and there are still many forces collecting it. Moreover, one's own strength and age are also a problem, tsk! Really need to think carefully about it." Wu Ye Yu squatted on the ground thinking for a while, but didn't come up with any better plan, the only conclusion drawn was that for now, can't rely on this to make money, lest trouble comes.

  Besides, making money is not the only way to go about it, and there are many other methods that can be used. For example, the Introspection Pill is a very good choice. This thing can prevent oneself from being discovered by people or demon beasts below three realms, although its effect only lasts for one day, but thinking carefully, it's still very practical.

  Imagine if you were to go on a treasure hunt, many precious medicinal materials or rare treasures are guarded by ferocious beasts and the like, and if there are competitors, it would be even more so. However, as long as the adventurer himself has sufficient strength, carrying this thing with him can conceal his own aura, equivalent to having a great possibility of succeeding without being detected. Moreover, when escaping, it is also a lifesaver, its effect is absolutely beyond imagination. Furthermore, if one's occupation is smuggling or assassination, carrying this thing would be like adding wings to a tiger.

  "Heh heh, I've been thinking about it over and over again, but if this thing were to be sold, it would definitely be more dangerous than the Earthly Essence! Alas, looks like it can't be sold after all... Sigh, might as well focus on improving my skills first. Besides, now that I've learned alchemy, with just a bit of practice, I won't have to worry about money anymore!" Wu Ye Yu thought to himself, feeling like he was getting sidetracked again, so he simply shook his head and decided to focus on producing this batch of Earthly Essence for now.

  Slowly picked out the more prominent and smaller pieces of dirt from the mud, and directly absorbed those with too large an area. When tired, rested for a while; when hungry, ate buns and meat pies (luckily had bought quite a few, barely enough to eat for three or four days...). When really couldn't hold on anymore, sat down to meditate and practice internal energy.

  It was like this, working continuously for three days, and finally roughly all the treasures around were dug out. There must be some omissions, but they shouldn't be too many. The entire passage had long been excavated by himself, and the storage space was now packed to the brim. Several water tanks were squeezed broken, fortunately, they were discovered early, and the ornamental fish inside didn't have any problems. Looking at the more than 50 million energy points displayed in his system, Wu Ye Yu couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction, feeling that all the hardships and fatigue he had endured these days were worth it.

  When Wu Ye Yu pushed aside the withered leaves and branches on his head and climbed out of the cave again, he had a kind of feeling of seeing the sky for the first time. He hid in the shade for a while to adapt to the sunlight, so as not to be hurt by the sudden brightness. After that, Wu Ye Yu walked towards the direction of the stream. After several days of living in the cave, his clothes were already tattered and worn out, with some parts missing here and there. With just a little force, they could be torn apart, and their color had changed from blue and white to a dirty yellowish-brown, looking like he had been mixing coal underground for several weeks.

  After walking for a while, Wu Ye Yu arrived at the creek side. At this time, the stream had completely changed its appearance, and even the surrounding forest was tilted to the east and west, as if it had been hit by some kind of massive force. There were also many large footprints on the ground, and several irregular gaps were torn out from the shore, as if they had been scratched by sharp claws. All these signs indicated that escaping at that time was a wise decision, and if he had delayed for a moment, his life would have been in danger.

  "Amitabha! Good, good indeed. It's true that good people will be rewarded." Amidst the unclear situation, Wu Yeru felt a wave of celebration, then didn't dare to linger and hurriedly used his Intake Technique to run along the small stream back towards the return path.

  After more than half a time, Wu Yeru felt a little safer and stopped. He estimated that he was not far from the small town, let alone the demon beast, even the corner crocodile beast would not have one.

  "Finally safe!" After panting for a while, he continued walking smoothly and arrived at this place. Wu Ye Yu finally had time to jump into the creek water, controlling the flow of water to wash himself, really too embarrassed, completely covered in mud. But it's a temporary cave, if you don't get some dirt on yourself, it's not normal, anyway, whoever goes knows.

  As the water rushed past, a large amount of mud fell from Wu Yeru's body, and the area within two or three meters around him was polluted to the point of being murky. There were originally several fish swimming nearby, but they all disappeared in an instant, showing just how unwelcome Wu Yeru was.

  The tattered clothes on his body were also washed away by the rushing water, revealing a thick layer of fat underneath. However, if one looked closely, Wu Ye Yu's figure was much more handsome than before, with his entire body shrinking down by at least one size, and his double chin no longer as prominent. His facial features became even more striking, it seemed that these few days of mining had been quite helpful for Wu Ye Yu.

  Finally, after the water had spun around her at high speed for over ten minutes, the area around Wu Ye Yu was no longer murky, and her skin had become crystal clear and white, as if she had just removed a whitening face mask. This made Wu Ye Yu wonder in her heart, could this also be a beauty treatment? No wonder so many people from the city would dig into the mud pits for no reason...

  Without hurrying to get ashore, Wu Yeru suddenly plunged into the creek, his body sinking into the water, controlling a space around his head to store some air, and with a kick of both legs, he also used the control water technique to push himself forward forcefully. Then, Wu Yeru in the water was seen shooting out far away like a fish, much faster than professional swimmers, his two legs continuously treading water, almost as fast as running on land. In the blink of an eye, he vanished from sight.