Supreme Warrior in the City

Chapter 714: Chapter 713: The Patriarch’s Hidden Medicine

The Great Scarlet Snake was not entirely red; instead, its body was intermixed with some black lines.

Upon closer examination, these were not simply black lines, but actually the scales forming on the Great Scarlet Snake’s body, with the black lines being the patterns along the edges of the scales.

Su Yang couldn’t help but be surprised, guessing that this Scarlet Snake must have lived for a thousand years.

Scarlet snakes are extremely rare to begin with; once discovered, even the smallest of them would be captured and sold due to their high value.

And a Scarlet Snake that had lived for a thousand years was even rarer. It could be said that all the herbs Su Yang found along the way, added up, weren’t as valuable as this Great Scarlet Snake.

Su Yang really couldn’t understand if this was the place where the Medical Saint Sect stored its herbs, how could they possibly obtain such a Great Scarlet Snake with their capabilities?

Little Turtle was clearly unhappy that Su Yang had taken the Great Scarlet Snake, flying over to try and bite the snake again.

Su Yang quickly fended off Little Turtle, who was just a glutton. If it were to bite down, the Great Scarlet Snake would surely die. This huge Scarlet Snake was much more valuable alive than dead.

Little Turtle was not discouraged and wobbled over from the other side, ready to take another bite. Su Yang kept dodging and finally, out of helplessness, simply put the Great Scarlet Snake into his Storage Bracelet.

That move left Little Turtle totally dumbfounded; it froze mid-air for a while, then suddenly flew onto Su Yang’s shoulder, with its limbs crawling and tumbling chaotically on his shoulder. It flipped and rolled as if a child was throwing a tantrum on the ground, which was quite amusing.

Su Yang was speechless and grabbed Little Turtle’s shell to lift it up. The turtle was still unyielding, flailing its limbs and bobbing its head, its beady eyes staring straight at Su Yang as if accusing him of stealing its food.

”Alright, I’ll give you something else tasty later on. Aren’t you tired of just eating snake meat?” Su Yang said with a laugh.

Little Turtle remained unconvinced, struggling nonetheless, but Su Yang held it down, and it could wriggle no further.

Su Yang took out a herb from his Storage Bracelet that he had just picked in this cave, an extremely rare specimen.

At the sight of the herb, Little Turtle’s beady eyes lit up, and it didn’t care about Su Yang anymore as it pounced on the herb, gobbling it down eagerly.

After eating its fill, Little Turtle let out a satisfied belch, seemingly forgetting the anger it had felt over the Great Scarlet Snake being taken away, and lay lazily on Su Yang’s shoulder, looking like it was about to fall asleep again.

Just as Su Yang was about to leave, he noticed something strange about the stone platform where the Great Scarlet Snake had been coiled up.

He walked over and knocked on the platform, only to find that it sank slightly.

At that moment, a clanging sound came from afar.

Su Yang turned to look but saw nothing unusual around him. With curiosity, he pressed the platform down further, and the sound echoed once more from the distance.

This time, without any hesitation, Su Yang quickly made his way toward the direction of the sound. The sound came from the mouth of the cave, and upon arrival, Su Yang was astonished to see that the entrance to the cave had shrunk considerably.

Originally, it was about two meters wide, but now it was only about one meter, as though it were closing slowly.

Su Yang was even more astounded. What on earth was going on? Could this possibly be related to that stone platform?

Su Yang returned to the stone platform and pressed it down further, then rushed to the exit and indeed found that the hole had shrunk a bit more.

Without hesitation, Su Yang went back, pulled the stone platform up a bit. Afterwards, he quickly ran to the exit and, sure enough, the exit had widened a bit.

Without a doubt, this exit could be controlled by the stone platform. That is to say, normally, this place should be sealed off, and creatures like the Scarlet Snakes and Snow Frogs would be unable to leave.

Now, for some unknown reason, this exit was opened, which allowed the Scarlet Snake to escape and be discovered by the Little Turtle.

Su Yang returned to the stone platform, pondered for a while, and simply reached out to completely pull out the stone platform.

After the stone platform was removed, a cave appeared below. Below the cave was a stone chamber.

Su Yang was even more astonished, was there really such a hidden chamber here?

He jumped into the stone chamber and found a sculpture inside, exactly that of the Patriarch of the Medical Saint Sect.

On the sculpture, there was still the scent that had been on Gongye Liang’s body before. Moreover, the scent here was even stronger.

A thought struck Su Yang, and he began to understand what was going on here.

These creatures like the Scarlet Snakes were probably the valuable medicines of the Medical Saint Sect. However, they were not the current Medical Saint Sect’s medicines, but those left by the Patriarch when he established the Medical Saint Sect.

That Patriarch had set up such a mechanism and left behind this place, hiding all these miraculous medicines in this cave. Later, he left the Medical Saint Sect to seek immortality at sea. He never returned, and the miraculous medicines remained hidden here, unknown even to the members of the Medical Saint Sect.

Gongye Liang somehow obtained the inheritance of the Medical Saint Sect and even that of the Patriarch, including the secrets of this cave. Thus, he opened the cave and found these medicines.

When he fled, due to his haste, he didn’t manage to take the medicines with him and failed to close the cave. Hence, the place was discovered by the Little Turtle, and consequently, the medicines were found by Su Yang.

At this thought, Su Yang couldn’t help but laugh, Gongye Liang had truly suffered a loss this time. Not only did he lose the Medical Saint Sect, but also the treasures of medicinal materials hidden for hundreds of years were completely captured by Su Yang in one sweep. This trip was indeed worthwhile for Su Yang.

After making a round inside the cave, Su Yang collected all the medicinal materials and then left the cave with Little Turtle.

Upon reaching the top of the cliff, Su Yang sensed a powerful aura, clearly the traces of a struggle that had recently occurred.

Su Yang’s face changed drastically, the people of the Divine Farmer Sect had been here not long ago, nothing unfortunate had happened, had it?

He quickly rushed back and arrived at the place he had been before, only to witness a horrific scene.

Bodies were scattered haphazardly on the ground, and Elder Jeang had died an especially brutal death, his remains scattered all around.

Su Yang was stunned, he hadn’t expected that such a thing would happen during the short while he was away.

This Elder Jeang, who had previously seemed long-winded and pedantic, in truth had a very kind heart. Though Su Yang had not known him for long, he had been thoughtful towards Su Yang, showing his warm-hearted nature.

Who could have imagined that in the short time Su Yang turned around, it would be a final farewell. And now the old man could never be seen again!