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Chapter 766 - 776: Treasure Map!

Chapter 766: Chapter 776: Treasure Map!

After looking at the photograph several times, Tang Zhong discovered a serious issue.

Above the gently flowing Fountain of Youth in the photograph, there was a small stream of light at the edge of the photo.

The light was strange.

It didn’t even seem like light, but rather...a waterfall!

Tang Zhong’s pupils dilated as he saw what it truly was—a waterfall descending from the sky.

In 1305, an artist had preserved this painting, recording everything he saw onto paper.

This meant that the waterfall truly existed.

Here in Mount Kunlun, Tang Zhong knew there was a waterfall, and if nothing else, the waterfall in the painting was probably the same one he had seen.

At that moment, Tang Zhong discovered something even more shocking— the water from the waterfall fell directly onto a mountain, flowed gently down, and formed the Kunlun Fountain of Youth!

"The water in this spring actually comes from that waterfall!" Tang Zhong exclaimed.

It was no wonder the Kunlun Fountain of Youth never froze over; it had such an origin.

However, the book didn’t mention what the waterfall was exactly. Presumably, the author had not seen it, but on further consideration, the painter must have seen it, but just didn’t consider it important. After all, the idea of a waterfall in the sky was too absurd for people at that time.

Now, there was a discovery—the Fountain of Youth was the water that flowed down from that heavenly waterfall.

As long as one knew about the Fountain of Youth, it might be possible to find where that waterfall was located!

But currently, there was not a single clue.

Tang Zhong still closed the book.

He then walked out the door.

He had to know about the Fountain of Youth now.

However, he must delve deeper into Mount Kunlun to do so, and it seemed prudent to make a long-term plan.

Master Kunlun had been waiting outside the door. Seeing Tang Zhong come out, he asked, "Did you find anything?"

Tang Zhong shook his head.

"The Fountain of Youth is just a legend after all!" Master Kunlun said, "You’re trying to greatly utilize the power of the Blood Toad. Finding another is also an option. At the Sky Market, there are strange fruits every year. Find a suitable Spirit Fruit, discover where it grows, find the tree, and then let the tree be suffused with Blood Power, wouldn’t that be good?"

Tang Zhong nodded, thinking it wasn’t a bad idea.

"Go check out the Sky Market!" Tang Zhong said.

"You go by yourself, have a good look around!" Master Kunlun said.

"Yes!" Tang Zhong nodded in agreement.

But regarding the Kunlun Fountain of Youth, Tang Zhong would definitely not give up. What exactly was that mysterious heavenly waterfall?

The heavenly waterfall was in front of Mount Kunlun.

Earlier, Tang Zhong had come up using the backyard route, which was a shortcut.

In front of Kunlun, there was a road made up of countless stones, known as the Kunlun Avenue.

Beneath the Kunlun Avenue was a massive platform.

It appeared exceptionally like the Immortal Realm.

On the platform, people were setting up stalls everywhere.

There were many sellers and many buyers too.

Many martial artists had also arrived.

If one were to look at the front entrance of Kunlun, they would see a stream of luxury cars arriving, already filling up the entire foot of Mount Kunlun. Fortunately, Tang Zhong and his group hadn’t taken that path; otherwise, they probably wouldn’t have been able to ascend the mountain.

People were coming and going, some wearing luxurious clothes and brand-name watches, and many were martial artists.

Some even wore masks, such as white-faced masks or those of animal heads.

After all, this was a sky-high marketplace. Shopping here sometimes involved scenes of many people scrambling over a single valuable item. What if one person managed to buy it and another harbored jealousy? Although the people of Kunlun would intervene, that was only within the marketplace. Once outside, wouldn’t that be tantamount to death? Thus, knowing they were weak, some purposely wore masks. Even if they managed to buy something valuable, others wouldn’t know who they were and couldn’t rob them.

At this moment, the sky-high marketplace was especially crowded.

Tang Zhong walked among the crowd.

As he walked, people passed by in the center, with Kunlun’s guards on the sides.

By now, almost everyone in Kunlun knew that Tang Zhong had been received by the Sect Leader; seeing him walk by, their faces showed profound respect.

Tang Zhong looked down at the merchandise on the ground stalls.

All sorts of antiques were available, including precious blue and white porcelain and some beast heads that faintly radiated Blood Power. Historical records mentioned that long ago on Earth, myriad beasts roamed with dinosaurs being the most renowned. This meant these beast heads had once been alive, were extraordinary fierce beasts in their lifetimes, and had been beheaded and preserved.

However, none of these things were of interest to Tang Zhong.

He was in need of Spirit Fruit.

He intended to try it as the Master of Kunlun had suggested.

After all, the Fountain of Youth was too difficult to find.

As he walked on, he saw many people looking like farmers, probably herb-collecting families from various locales, displaying an array of exotic fruits in front of them. Seeing Tang Zhong approaching, they immediately started promoting their goods to him.

"This is the Intoxicating Fruit, consuming it feels like drinking ten thousand catties of white liquor!"

"This is the Blood Spirit Fruit. It grows in a valley guarded by a millennium python. It took me the strength of nine oxen and two tigers to pick it, and now it’s only one hundred million, super cheap!"

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Various sales pitches echoed.

To a martial artist, one hundred million was not considered a lot, and moreover, the lowest asking price in the sky-high marketplace started at one hundred million.

But these were not what Tang Zhong wanted.

Blood Power was of a fiery nature.

Only something of a watery nature could fuse with Blood Power, since yin and yang should balance, just as water and fire should. The saying that water and fire are incompatible refers to the outright combination of both; the differences between their properties are vastly significant. If there were something of a water attribute, Tang Zhong might consider it.

However, watery fruits were extremely hard to find.

After a complete round, Tang Zhong had not discovered any.

Not admitting defeat, he continued to search. After all, with the ongoing flow of people, the vendors also came and went, and something might have been missed.

After another round, Tang Zhong still hadn’t found anything,

and none of the items sold here were what he wanted.

Just then, a voice came from ahead, and Tang Zhong saw an old man holding a bundle, talking with a staff member of the Kunlun sky-high marketplace.

Tang Zhong focused on the bundle, which did not seem to contain antiques or anything unusual but rather looked like a scroll.

He then perked up his ears to hear what the old man was saying.

"This, absolutely a good item, is a treasure map, handed down from my ancestors. It’s neither an antique nor an exotic fruit, so I’ve chosen to auction it!"