New Earth- A World Of Chaos 49 The Loo

Unfortunately, there was nothing valuable, the deadly scythe was nowhere to be seen, it was probably taken by the 2 cloaked figures and aside from that, the Ghost Farmer did not have any other piece of equipment.

Having found nothing, Li Wei turned to the ruins. When he talked to the old farmer, the latter said that maybe the Ghost Farmer was protecting some kind of treasure. Although it was highly possible that the treasure was the "Dungeon Core" that the two cloaked figures mentioned, there was no harm in trying his luck.

The ruins were a complete mess, remains of pieces of furniture and rubbles of the buildings were scattered. The place was covered with dust which resulted in a sticky and dirty environment due to the earlier rain.

As he stepped into the ruins and started moving the rubbles, rats immediately started to run all over the place; their habitat, that remained untouched for years was being turned upside down. Li Wei slowly looked under each ruin and carefully moved some blocks but he did not find anything except for dirty rats angrily staring at him before running away.

10 minutes later, still nothing. Li Wei already explored the entire ruins of the house, the barn, and the stables. But he found nothing that could be called a treasure.

"mmm, if I was an old man, running away from some strong ent.i.ty, where would I hide stuff?" said Li Wei to himself. He tried to put himself in the shoes of the Ghost Farmer when he was still alive.

"Somewhere safe... Where normal adventurers would not randomly stumble across it and where these people obsessed with their G.o.d or the guards will not investigate. Where can that be?" said Li Wei to himself as he stood on one of the rubbles and looked around him.

But he still could not find where the treasure was, he was even starting to doubt the old farmer's words; it could just be a local rumor the farmers came up with.

Li Wei came out of the ruins, having found nothing. He decided to explore the rest of the territory of the Ghost Farmer. The farm was not very large, aside from the ruins, there were a few creepy completely dried fruit trees on one side, an empty well on another and just barren land next to it.

As for the 4th side of the ruin, a lonely gravestone was standing in the middle of a barren field. It was the tomb of the Ghost Farmer's wife who pa.s.sed away before the incident.

As Li Wei observed the surroundings, he calmly thought about everything he knew when a thought crossed his mind, "Could it be the tomb? The guards and the adventurers would normally respect the deceased right? As for these cloaked individuals, I don't know which G.o.d they wors.h.i.+p, but respecting tombs should be a given right?" thought Li Wei.

Having found a possible clue, he turned his attention towards the gravestone and walked towards it. The moon was bright, allowing Li Wei to easily read "To my dear wife, Evelynn", however, the rest of the words could not be read. Time did not spare this gravestone, and the paragraph near the bottom was completely damaged and illegible.

Li Wei was convinced that the treasure should be related to the gravestone but the writings gave no clues, the only thing he could do now was to dig the ground but that was something he was reluctant to do.

He had morals and one of the things that were ingrained in him was to respect those that pa.s.sed away. But in front of him, might just be one of the greatest treasures of the game! If even the powerful cloaked figures came all the way to collect it. Even if the most valuable thing, that is the Dungeon Core, might be gone, the Ghost Farmer should have other valuable belongings.

"What a dilemma! I cannot possibly dig out her corpse right?!"

"He must have some good stuff to be able to steal that "Dungeon Core" from such powerful individuals and live a long life despite being hunted."

"Maybe that's why the Ghost Farmer refused help from the farmers! So that he could bury his treasure together with his wife!"

Li Wei continued to hesitate, but as time went by, he became more and more certain that the treasure was actually there!

"What to do? What to do???"

After 5 more minutes, Li Wei finally got a grip on himself, as he placed one knee on the ground, he placed his left hand on the gravestone.

"I am sorry Madam Evelynn, for having had bad intentions towards your resting place! But I shall not disrespect you any longer. I, Li Wei, shall not shame myself by robbing tombs. I sincerely apologize for disturbing your rest. Farewell, may you rest in peace!" solemnly declared Li Wei as he stood up.

He meant what he just said. Despite all the temptations of obtaining treasures, he chose to abandon all of that for his moral ethics or else he would never be able to peacefully sleep again.

"Sigh". He could do nothing now but return to the farm. He simply could not bring himself to rob a tomb. It was a very detestable act, he himself would not want his own tomb to be robbed one day.

However, at that moment, a rune suddenly appeared on the gravestone. Li Wei had already turned his back to the gravestone, so he did not notice this change yet. Two more runes appeared on the gravestones, linking themselves to the first one and together, they started to s.h.i.+ne.

A fourth rune appeared, visibly more complex than the previous three. It slowly moved and combine with the rest of the runes, forming an intricate design. The dim light that was being emitted suddenly became brighter and more vivid.

Li Wei did not notice at first when the 3 runes were s.h.i.+ning and was still slowly walking away from the gravestone with a low spirit. But he could not miss the bright light coming out of the intricate design, especially since it was like a rainbow, projecting a plethora of colors.

"This... What is happening?" said Li Wei. He was surprised to see such phenomenon in front of him; as far as he was aware, he did not damage anything.

The multicolored light that was coming out started to condense and vaguely took the shape of a person.

Li Wei could not distinguish the features of the person, the light was too bright but he heard the person speak very quietly, almost like a whisper:

"Young man, I have seen your actions tonight! Few individuals would have the moral strength to resist temptation like you did! I would like to thank you for that!"

Li Wei was started to find the appearance of this ghost-like person. From the voice, he could determine that it was a woman, he easily concluded that the person speaking was the Ghost Farmer's wife, Evelynn but wasn't she supposed to be dead?

"I know what you are thinking! And don't worry, I will not harm you, instead its the opposite. I am tired after all these years! The curse is finally lifted! Now that my husband is finally free to rest, I will also join him and disappear forever. After taking these items from the Heretics, we had to run away and live a miserable life in secrecy and now we can finally rest! I was about to leave when I noticed your behavior!" said Evelynn.

"Although I would have preferred to leave these items to rot forever, I know that young adventurers like you will find these beneficial for your growth. You were right in thinking that there is a treasure, however, it is not under my tomb but because of your respectful behavior, I shall allow you to obtain these items. Follow me!" continued Evelynn as her bright figure levitated and floated towards a specific area of the barren land.

Li Wei did not know what to say, this situation was so unexpected. But he silently followed the floating ghost. He never thought that he would be rewarded for holding true to his morals.

Evelynn floated for about one minute towards a particular spot before finally stopping. She was like a giant light bulb due to all the light being emitted by her body.

"This is the place, my husband was old so he probably did not dig too deep. You should be able to easily grab the items below," said Evelynn as she raised her right hand.

Immediately, the black soil started to move, leaving a cross on the ground,

"Looks like the last 50 years really drained me out... You will have to dig it out yourself, I need to go to rest now! Farewell adventurer! Always remain true to yourself but be careful, these items are powerful but they will come with a price!" declared Evelynn. Without waiting for his answer, she immediately turned back and returned to her gravestone.

"Thank you! I will make good use of them," said Li Wei at the disappearing silhouette of Evelynn.

"But what does she mean by price? Nevermind, I will consider this later," said Li Wei to himself.

It felt really weird to converse with that ghost, she constantly emitted a ghastly aura appearing very unapproachable. But the desire for the treasure was too compelling and it was totally worth it since he now had the exact location of the treasure. When he looked around him, he found that this was just in a random spot in the barren field; there was no way he would purposefully come to dig there.

Since Evelynn already left, Li Wei immediately started to dig the indicated area. He was extremely excited and could not wait to dig out the treasure. Using both hands, he quickly dug a small hole but still found no sign of treasures.

5 minutes later, there was still no treasure in sight. However, Li Wei did not give up, the ghost would not have brought him here for no reason. Fortunately, the soil was not dry after the rain and could easily be displaced.

Eventually, Li Wei finally found something. While digging out, his hands. .h.i.t something hard and it was not a piece of rock. Having found something, Li Wei's spirit rose, he quickly removed the soil from the hole as quickly as possible.

10 minutes later, Li Wei pulled out a medium-size chest from the hole.

"Fiouff, this thing is heavy! It better be worth all this work!"

He could not wait any longer and hurriedly tried to open the chest. Fortunately, the chest spent more than 50 years buried, the protective runes around it already faded away, leaving the content at the mercy of anyone.

As the chest was open, the first thing Li Wei saw was a pile of dirt. The pile of dirt was originally precious materials, unfortunately, with the pa.s.sage of time and improper storage means, they could not survive that long.

However, under that pile of dirt, Li Wei found several useful items. The biggest one was a staff; it was clearly old and ravaged by time, however, its stats were extremely good.

[Forgotten Crosier](Grade 2)

Wisdom +3

Vitality +2

Effect: Allows the user to convert [Heal] to [Black Heal]

Condition: User needs to have 14 Wisdom

Note: This is a severely damaged weapon, after serious maintenance, it will regain its former appearance, grade, and stats.

Note: [Black Heal]: Deals damage equal to [Heal]'s value instead of restoring health.

"Wow! This is so good! A grade 2 equipment and it is not even its real form!" exclaimed Li Wei. He was delighted to have found this treasure, it was just a pity that the weapon was meant for priests and had such high conditions. But if he sold that, he was certain that it was worth a lot of gold.

Li Wei quickly placed the staff in his inventory and continued to browse through the chest. Next, he took out a decently large piece of s.h.i.+ny grey ore. According to the system, it was a piece of [Grey Obsidian] but Li Wei had no idea what its uses could be.

Placing it in his inventory, Li Wei took out two bottles of potions from the chest.

[Mind Strengthening Potion(Grade 2)](spoilt)

Intelligence: -2

Note: This potion is spoilt due to improper storage, its original effect has change

[Spirit Strengthening Potion(Grade 2)](spoilt)

Wisdom: -2

Note: This potion is spoilt due to improper storage, its original effect has change

"Such bad luck! These are useless now..." said Li Wei, placing the 2 potions to his side. His inventory was now completely full but he did not want to throw away the 2 potions, even if they were spoilt.

He continued to browse through the chest and took out the final item. It was a skill manual!

Li Wei excitedly opened it.

[Training technique: Clarity of the mind]

Can be used once per day at the cost of 20% fatigue, effect :

Performs meditation and breathing cycles, after 10 cycles, increases wisdom by 1.