Chapter 16: Arrived
Qin Tian didn't say anything, he stepped out of the Lin Clan territory then headed straight for the city gate.
Today, the crowd was almost the same as yesterday, people from the city or villages gathered together, discussing about the recently discovered cultivator cave.
The fact that the news spread so quickly was enough to astonish Qin Tian.
It was fortunate that the cultivator was only a Spiritual King. Otherwise, cultivators from other areas might have also arrived.
"Young master, it's at the end of that river!" Lin Bao pointed at a river that entered the forest.
The river wasn't big but it was full of rocks and fish.
The water was probably very cold as some people immediately shook when they touched it.
"Young master Qin, do you want to go there too?" Suddenly a soft voice echoed out as Qin Tian was watching the river, startling the entire Lin Clan members and other people.
Staring in the direction of the voice, they discovered the incomparably beautiful figure of Yan Xue.
Her style was still the same as yesterday, but her dress today was pure white.
Of course, it was not transparent.
Looking at Yan Xue, Lin Hu's eyes trembled with fascination.
He thought, 'so beautiful...'
However, when he realized that the beauty was only talking to Qin Tian but not looking at him at all, his heart was immediately filled with jealousy.
How could he not, he was the same age as her while Qin Tian was just a kid.
It was practically like telling him that he was just dust compared to that brat.
"Do you want to go there too?" asked Qin Tian to Yan Xue.
The latter shook her head.
"Honestly, I want to travel with you once again, it gave me a lot of experience, but right now I really can't leave this city, so I have to apologize to you for not being able to accompany you." She said with a regretful expression.
If the people in the capital saw that expression, they would probably vomit blood in jealousy, especially her pursuers who regarded her as their lifelong goal, they would faint instantly.
Qin Tian guessed that Yan Xue could not leave because she had to watch over the Xiao Clan members of the Holy Cloud Kingdom. As a princess, that was her responsibility. Qin Tian would look down on her if she abandoned her responsibilities for her personal desires.
"See you then," he told her before taking a step toward the path beside the river.
Lin Bao and the others immediately followed while Yan Xue continued to stare at his back until he disappeared from her sight.
Walking down that river, Qin Tian instantly felt a different sensation. It seemed to be coming from the surrounding large trees.
Each of the trees were clearly absorbing spiritual energy as well, causing them to keep moving, like they had a life clearly like humans and animals.
Of course, whether they could gain enlightenment to become Spiritual Trees was an extremely rare case.
And in fact, no one has succeeded yet in this forest.
Normally, a tree that succeeds in becoming a Spiritual Tree will instantly be extremely powerful, able to dominate human territory.
Besides trees, Qin Tian also saw quite a few Demon Beasts. The average of them had a large size, but because there were too many humans coming, so they didn't dare to attack, only watching from afar.
Qin Tian's group could be said to be late because there were already quite a few people in front of them.
It was a good thing that this was a rather remote region of the kingdom so most factions only consisted of a group of people from the same village or the same area within the city.
Those who could call themselves clans or sects were really very few.
The river turned out not to be as long as Qin Tian had imagined. He and the others had only traveled two miles before arriving at its end.
Of course, the end of the river wasn't really the end, but a waterfall that fell down.
Ahead, there was a stretch of forest that seemed to have no end at all.
Loud roaring sounds occasionally echoed from there.
However, Qin Tian was more interested in the cave beside the river.
It had a large cave mouth, surrounded by constantly writhing vines.
Plus, there was a faint thin light, something that made people dare not approach.
The one standing at the very front at this time was Xiao Ming, he was observing that cave mouth, as if figuring out what would happen if he entered it.
When he heard people talking about the Lin Clan, he glanced back, finding Qin Tian and the others.
His forehead quickly wrinkled as he realized that Lin Hu was with Qin Tian, making him suspicious as to whether the man had decided to be on Qin Tian's side.
However, as he looked at him, the latter suddenly blinked his eyes, giving him a signal that he was in a difficult situation.
Xiao Ming who was good friends with him naturally instantly understood the intent of his eye movement.
And he suddenly came up with a plan.
"Ohh, Son of Heaven, you've finally come, I believe you have extraordinary prowess, are you able to comprehend the mystery in front of this cave mouth?" he asked him.
It was obviously meant to provoke Qin Tian.
Perhaps he hoped Qin Tian would enter the cave first. In other words, making him cannon fodder because usually the first to enter this kind of place wouldn't end well.
Of course, Qin Tian didn't need Xiao Ming's provocation.
His golden eyes calmly scanned the thin light to find the mystery.
With the help of the Eye of Heaven that also had the ability to see hidden things in formations, he didn't take long to gain some understanding.
It was very fast because apart from the Eye of Heaven being too powerful, the quality of the formation was also too low.
And what Qin Tian understood was enough to make him feel strange.
According to his understanding, if he passed through that light, he would be trapped in a formation where he could be attacked from the outside while he who was inside wouldn't be able to do anything unless he had enough strength to destroy that formation.
What confused him was the purpose of the formation maker.
What reason would he have to create such a formation since it looked more like he wanted to trap someone.
Thinking of that made Qin Tian feel like there was a hidden conspiracy.
'If it was a trap, was it targeted at me?' Qin Tian wondered. His strong instincts made him easily suspicious.
Of course, that didn't worry him, he was even more curious.
People were actually looking forward to his movements because they wanted to see his incomparable methods.
However, they also thought he would definitely be careful in such a situation.
Unfortunately, their thoughts turned out to be wrong again as she suddenly took a step.
It startled Xiao Ming and Lin Hu so the two looked at each other.
Unlike them, Lin Bao was a little worried, his hand spontaneously shot forward, but he didn't dare to say anything. He was worried that Qin Tian would think he underestimated him.
"Boy, what do you want to do?" asked Xiao Ming as Qin Tian got closer to the mouth of the cave.
"Do you want to die?" Qin Tian turned his gaze toward him and said in a cold tone.
That instantly intimidated Xiao Ming. His face flushed with embarrassment, but he chose to remain silent because he was truly afraid that Qin Tian would kill him in one fell swoop.
Not long after, Qin Tian arrived in front of the light.
He narrowed his eyes and slowly extended his hand to it.
Surprisingly enough, his hand easily pierced through the light.
However, right after that, he suddenly felt an extremely strong suction force.
It pulled his body into that light. He was completely unable to resist it.
And after he passed through that light, it suddenly became extremely dense and various symbols appeared on that light.
"Damn, this is the One-Way Formation..." People quickly realized what it was.
A novice cultivator who didn't know anything yet asked his senior, "what kind of formation is it?"
"It's like you're in a prison, you can't get out unless you can break the prison. And the reason why it's called One-Way is because others can attack you from the outside." The senior explained.
"What?" The junior was so stunned that his mouth opened.
"Then what will happen to the Son of Heaven?" He wondered.
The senior was unable to answer the question, he observed Qin Tian carefully.
At the same time, Xiao Ming was stunned but then he burst out laughing, completely incompatible with his seemingly educated style.
"Boy, I wanted to kill you but couldn't think of a way to do it. However, you jumped into the trap yourself. Instead of calling you a Son of Heaven, I'd rather call you a rat, ha-ha-ha..." His laughter became louder with time, people were frightened just by hearing that.
After that, he took the sword from his friend, and brandished it at Qin Tian.
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