Chapter 5

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Mo Xiaobai was full of smiles as he looked at the limestone plant he’d just picked.

The leaves of the limestone plant were gray. It looked like a stone plant carved out of gray mountain rocks.

What made Mo Xiaobai very happy was that the limestone plant was the main ingredient for Stone Skin Potion. It was quite expensive.

There were two leaves on the limestone plant in his hand. He could sell it for two force technique crystal remnants!

That was equivalent to 20,000 dollars.

He elatedly placed the limestone plant in the space in his ring.

This space ring was a present his parents gave him on his 16th birthday.

The space in the ring was only one cubic meter. It wasn’t big, but to Mo Xiaobai, it was enough to use.

After all, he just needed to put his textbooks and homework inside.

He kept the limestone plant. Then, he realized to his surprise that the light red lines of light circling the bushes were slowly starting to disappear.

Very soon, the lines of light turned white again.

Mo Xiaobai was deep in thought after he saw this.

Did that pale red light appear because of the limestone plant?

Could it be that… these lines of light could help him to find medicinal herbs?

If he dared to think bigger, did it mean that it could lead him to other treasures too?

Mo Xiaobai’s heart started palpitating furiously when he thought of this possibility. It felt as though it was going to jump out of his chest.

If his guess was right, this meant that his lines of light were really useful in the hollow realm!

Mo Xiaobai took a few deep breaths to let himself calm down. Then, he started searching in the forest again.

If he saw the pale red light again and found herbs around it, it meant that his guess was most probably right.

The forest wasn’t big. It was only around one kilometer in circumference.

Mo Xiaobai came out of the forest very soon.

Outside the forest, there was a slope filled with jagged rocks and wild grasses. This was close to the peak of the small hill.

Mo Xiaobai found it a pity that his lines of light didn’t change in color even after he walked one round in the forest. They just remained white.

He walked out of the forest and walked up the slope. He planned to take a look at the peak.

Right at this moment, Mo Xiaobai noticed that the edge of the white light was starting to change in color again.

This time, it didn’t change to pale red. It changed to pale gray.

Those lines of pale gray light were surrounding a pile of small stones outside the forest. Amidst all the white lights, they looked exceptionally different.

Mo Xiaobai was delighted when he saw this.

He saw pale gray lights before when he was having his headache.

However, he didn’t know what it meant.

Mo Xiaobai held his long sword, and cautiously moved towards the small stone pile surrounded by the pale gray lights.

When Mo Xiaobai was around 20 meters away from the stone pile, a sound was heard from behind the pile of stones. Then, a wolf with gray fur slowly crawled out from behind the pile of stones.

It was a huge wolf around 1.5 meters in height. The gray fur covering it was a little messy, and its body was lengthy and muscular.

It was glaring at Mo Xiaobai with its murky green eyes. It lowered its body slightly and opened its mouth to reveal its frightening white teeth. A drop of sticky liquid fell from the corner of its mouth. It was giving off a ruthless and vicious aura.

“Howl~”

When he saw the ferocious and huge gray wolf, Mo Xiaobai was dumbfounded. His body tensed up, and he clenched his long sword tighter unconsciously.

A graystone wolf!

However, it looked like it hadn’t entered any stage.

Mo Xiaobai felt the aura given off by the wolf, and heaved a small sigh of relief in his heart.

Mo Xiaobai’s pupils constricted. He was a little shocked when he realized that the pale gray lights were surrounding the graystone wolf.

The pale gray lights were actually pointing to this magical beast that didn’t have a stage?!

Mo Xiaobai didn’t have the time to think too much. The graystone wolf was already howling and stomping on the pile of stones with its four limbs. It turned into a flashing gray shadow as it charged at Mo Xiaobai. Its force of presence was astonishing!

When the graystone wolf was moving, the pale gray lights remained around it.

Mo Xiaobai held his long sword with his right hand, and stomped on the ground with his right leg. He tilted his body to the left, and the graystone wolf dashed past the side of his body. The stench of blood on the wolf’s body caused Mo Xiaobai to frown.

He waved his right arm and turned his wrist. His long sword slashed through the air, and a flash of white light was seen.

Slash!

The blade of the long sword slashed the abdomen of the graystone wolf. The sound of cloth splitting was heard. A huge hole appeared in the abdomen of the wolf. Fresh blood spurted out.

“Howl~!”

The graystone wolf cried with pain. Its body landed on the ground, and it staggered a little. Blood gushed out of its abdomen like a waterfall.

After Mo Xiaobai slashed the wolf, he bent his knees slightly and stepped on the ground. He dashed in front of the wolf within a few steps and moved his wrist. The long sword in his hand split the air and stabbed towards the wolf’s neck.

Slash!

The sharp metal long sword penetrated the graystone wolf’s neck with the help of Mo Xiaobai’s strength.

When he succeeded in his attack, Mo Xiaobai stomped his feet on the ground again and jumped back.

The graystone wolf wanted to retaliate before it died. Its sharp claws that were shining with cold light slit the air in front of Mo Xiaobai’s armor.

Mo Xiaobai retreated and raised his long sword. Fresh blood was flowing out of the wound in the graystone wolf’s neck. It kept staggering. When it opened its mouth, it coughed out mouthful and mouthful of fresh blood. Its body swayed as it collapsed on the ground. It had lost its life.

Mo Xiaobai panted slowly. He swung his long sword to remove the blood from it. Then, he looked at the corpse of the graystone wolf in anticipation.

After some time, Mo Xiaobai’s anticipation changed into disappointment.

Tsk!

No force technique stone crystal got separated out!

There weren’t even any force technique crystal remnants! It didn’t even give him any quality ingredients, either.

Mo Xiaobai sighed.

It was just a magical beast with no stage, so it was understandable that there weren’t any good items.

He looked at the pale gray light above the wolf’s corpse. It was dissipating slowly. He squinted and started contemplating.

It looked like these lines of light didn’t just represent herbs.

Different colors represented different things, right?

Could it be that pale gray light meant magical beasts or danger?

He needed to confirm his hypothesis.

Mo Xiaobai shook his head slightly and started walking again.

***

The sky slowly turned from azure blue to orange-yellow. It was already evening.

Mo Xiaobai was resting on a stone on the slope.

He used an afternoon to briefly understand the uses of his lines of light.

White light meant a normal condition. Pale red light represented good stuff, and pale gray light warned about danger.

Mo Xiaobai used the guidance of the pale red lights to achieve many gains!

Besides the limestone plant at the start, he managed to find two bloody-sun plants that were used to make the Strength Potion.

The price of the bloody-sun plant was higher than the limestone plant. One bloody-sun plant could sell for three force technique crystal remnants.

That meant that he could get eight force technique crystal remnants now.

This was a huge harvest for Mo Xiaobai.

Of course, Mo Xiaobai used the pale gray lights to find some magical beasts, but they unfortunately didn’t separate out any items for him.

Mo Xiaobai was a little disappointed. Magical beasts with no stage were indeed useless.

In the entire afternoon, Mo Xiaobai only saw these three colors of lights. He hadn’t seen any other color yet.

He remembered that there were red lights and black lights.

Just as Mo Xiaobai was thinking, his body suddenly tensed up, and his hair stood on ends abruptly. He quickly stood up from the stone.

He widened his eyes and stared intently at the side of a huge tree around a few hundred meters tall some distance away.

There was a graystone wolf that was approximately 1.5 meters standing there.

However, this graystone wolf was different from the graystone wolves without stages.

There was a gray stone covering its forehead. Its aura was more powerful compared to the other wolves he met in the afternoon.

This was a first-rank graystone wolf!

Most importantly, Mo Xiaobai realized that there were lines and lines of black lights surrounding the graystone wolf. It was so black it felt a little depressing.

Mo Xiaobai looked at the cold and heartless murky green eyes. Cold sweat appeared on his forehead. He swallowed his saliva and felt a little dry in his throat.

He thought that he knew what black lines meant now.