Book 2 - Fame SpreadsChapter 53.1 - Elder Brother's Distress
From the feeling coming from his hand, He Yiming could tell that this was not an ordinary sheepskin scroll.
It seemed to have gone through some special maneuver, enabling it to gain some resilient properties.
He Yiming gently opened the scroll and saw a series of clearly visible patterns. These patterns didnât seem to be drawn on the surface, but seemed to be sewn using some tenacious needlework. Moreover, to his further surprise, the strings didnât share the same color at all.
The whole design resembled a gigantic apple and appeared quite alive, even carrying a temptation to make one take a bite.
Suddenly, He Yiming felt somewhat excited. He raised the scroll above his head and examined it closely.
Under the bluish-green outer skin was the white-colored pulp. Inside the pulp, at the center of the fruit, was a red, peach-shaped heart. Under the illumination, this heart emanated a bizarre feeling of transparency.
As he stroked the scroll, he seemed to have experienced the centuries and millenniums of changes that it had gone through.
He could distinctly tell that this thing was not created by Lu Xinwen, but was something heâd found somewhere.
This scrollâs history was certainly not brief. However, even so, there wasnât even a crease on its surface. The color of the patterns was also quite bright, as if knitted not too long ago.
If not for the extraordinary feeling that was telling him of its long history, he could never have made this a.s.sertion with such certainty.
He suddenly thought of a strange idea. Hesitating a bit, his hands gently gripped the corners of the map before he began to slightly exert some force, tearing it.
However, the outcome was vastly out of his expectations.
He couldnât even budge it.
He decided to exert a little more strength, but the outcome was nevertheless the same.
Eventually, He Yiming didnât dare exert any more strength. However, this experience was enough for him to understand this objectâs tenacity was far from what heâd expected. If it fell into an ordinary personâs hands, it would never suffer any damage.
With this in mind, he was quite certain that this mapâs origins were extraordinary.
He then recalled the dying words of Lu XInwen- in that cave there were many other mechanisms which even he couldnât understand- and it gave him even more of a queer feeling.
Lu Xinwen was but a Xiantian cultivator. There were such mechanisms that could even trap or stop such a high level expert? This was indeed too strange.
This moment, he felt an intense desire to immediately go and look for that place and see for himself what was so dangerous about that cave.
Skimming over the map once again, his brows creased.
The terrain depicted in the map, he couldnât recognize it at all.
He didnât feel it was strange. After all, the mainland had vast territories and a wide variety of resources. Not to mention him, n.o.body would dare claim with certainty that they knew all the places.
On some of the important places, there were a few small characters knitted. Anybody could tell that these characters represented the names of these places.
However, the issue was that even if these characters recognized He Yiming, he couldnât do the same for the characters at all.
Heâd never come across such a strange form of writing.
Pondering for a few moments, He Yiming gently and cautiously collected the scroll back. This thing was not fit to be exhibited outside. As for the directions in the map, they could be slowly sought out.
Although these characters were quite hard to understand, the world was vast beyond measure. There would certai
nly be people who could recognize these characters. Otherwise, Lu Xinwen also wouldnât have handed it over to Fan Vastsun with such certainty, being so confident that the latter would certainly find the cave.
Therefore, even if these characters were not widely recognized, those who recognized it wouldnât be too lacking either.
Moderating his thoughts, He Yiming turned around and headed back.
During the course of his arrival, heâd been following Lu Xinwenâs tracks and was naturally quite cautious. However, this time, with no such restrictions, as soon as he unleashed his agility technique, his figure immediately began to float like a cloud, borrowing the power of wind, as he advanced towards the Yuan manor with a speed far surpa.s.sing that of ordinary person.
Seven days pa.s.sed by in a flash.
In these days, He Yiming indeed enjoyed the treatment like that of an emperor inside the Yuan manor.
Without his instructions, there wasnât a single person walking inside the courtyard of the three members of He family. Even the true owner of this courtyard, Yuan Earnest, would ask permission through the servant in charge of this courtyardâs maintenance before entering.
Before these seven days, although Yuan family was quite polite and courteous, it was nowhere like the current state of fear and trepidation shown by them.
When He Yimingâs true strength was revealed, the bearing of the entire Yuan family underwent a drastic change.
Sounds of long breathing could be heard outside He Yimingâs residence. Be it inhaling or exhaling, both seemed extremely prolonged, seeming as if it would continue for eternity.
Hereby, it could be seen that He Yimingâs lung capacity far outstripped that of an ordinary person. Even the tenth layer expert He Quanxin was no different.
Suddenly, He Yiming stopped, opened his eyes and spoke in a displeased voice, âEldest brother, if you have something on your mind, just come in and say.â
The door immediately opened and He Yitian entered with an awkward expression on his face.
âSixth brother, how did you know Iâve come to find you?â
He Yiming rolled his eyes and said, âYouâve been moving about outside the door, even my head is feeling dizzy. If I still couldnât tell, wouldnât I be too stupid?â
Seeing that his sixth brotherâs bearing was not different than before in any way, He Yitian calmed down. He then bitterly smiled and said, âYou actually advanced to the Xiantian realm without giving away a sound. This is simply unbelievable.â
He Yiming faintly smiled. At this point, giving any sort of explanation would be inappropriate. It would be better to simply preserve silence.
âActually, when I discovered that youâve entered the Xiantian realm, I was quite worried.â
âWhy were you worried, eldest brother?â
âI was worried if your bearing will have some change.â He Yitian resolutely said.
He Yiming faintly started and sighed inwardly. Actually, his att.i.tude indeed had undergone some transformation. However, this transformation was not too big.
After all, heâd not entered the Xiantian realm too long ago, and heâd been interacting with his family for several years. Such a sentiment couldnât be erased within a short time period.
âNow, Iâm relieved.â He Yitian said in a gratified voice, âYou are still my sixth brother, still the most hardworking youngster of the He manor.â
He Yiming gave him a bright smile and said, âEldest brother, I wonât change.â
He Yitian heavily nodded before revealing a bitter smile on his face.
He Yiming felt quite strange. He vaguely felt that his eldest brother had probably ran into some trouble. That was the reason the latter had come to find him.
âEldest brother, whatâs going on?â
He Yitian hesitated a bit, then said, âSixth, yesterday I had a meeting with Lord Master Yuan Zeyu.â
âWhat did he say to you?â He Yiming felt curious. His brother would never have mentioned this topic if it didnât serve any purpose.
âLord Master Yuan Zeyu wants me to take a concubine.â He Yitian said with a slightly red face.