My Simulated Road to Immortality

Chapter 113 - 113: 108: A White Rib Bone

Yin Shangren enthusiastically introduced them to Li Fan.

“This is a fish bone of the Vedic fish. This kind of fish became extinct three and a half thousand years ago. I spent a lot of effort to collect this fish bone. It is said that the Vedic fish is extraordinarily intelligent, capable of learning human language. If you eat its flesh, you can understand the language of fish. I can’t tell if it’s true or not.”

They stopped in front of a lifelike huge serpent, which was coiled and stretched for thousands of kilometers.

Yin Shangren excitedly said: “This is the Misthaven Sea Serpent. It usually hides in the deep sea, burying its body in the soil. I had to traverse over half of Misthaven Ocean to capture one this long! Making it into a specimen took me a lot of effort.”

Then, he whispered mysteriously, “According to my research, the main body of this sea serpent is not the snake itself. There’s a mysterious parasite inside them, which is extremely small. Even the Divine Sense of someone at the Foundation Establishment Phase can hardly detect it. But it is this tiny parasite that controls the giant sea serpent! It’s unimaginable!”

As they moved forward, the various collections were a world of wonders to Li

Fan.

The two stopped in front of two human skeletons placed side by side.

Yin Shangren pointed at the two skeletons, some pride in his voice, “Can you tell what’s different about these two human skeletons?”

“Different?” Li Fan’s Divine Sense swept over them, which seemed to be plain mortal bones.

Both were male bones, only differing in size.

But if there was some fundamental difference…

After another look, Li Fan shook his head, “My eyes fail me, I can’t tell the difference.”

Yin Shangren laughed: “I bet that within Misthaven Ocean, apart from me, no other cultivator can perceive the difference between these two skeletons! ”

He pointed at these two skeletons, leaned towards Li Fan and whispered,

“These two people, they don’t belong to the same race.”

“They aren’t of the same race?” Li Fan was baffled, “What do you mean?”

Yin Shangren gestured with his hands, thought for a while, but seemed unable to find the appropriate words to express himself.

After a bit of a struggle, he clenched his fist, frustration on his face, “It’s just a feeling, you know what I mean? They’re both human beings, but they’re from different periods and regions. Maybe they look similar and both were excavated from the bottom of the Misthaven Ocean, but there’s a very distinct border, marking the difference between the two skeletons…”

Yin Shangren spoke cryptically, he spoke at length but couldn’t explain the specifics.

Without lingering, they continued on.

They stopped abruptly in front of an empty display stand.

He pointed at the empty display stand, his face pale, his fingers trembling.

He seemed to want to say something, opening and closing his mouth, but was unable to utter a single word.

“What’s wrong, Yin?” Li Fan couldn’t help but ask.

“Where is my treasure?”

Yin Shangren turned pale with fright.

The dog following behind him whimpered, his ears drooping.

He sneaked a glance up, then quickly shrank to the foot of Yin Shangren, shivering.

Seeing this, Li Fan seemed to realize something.

So, he tentatively asked: “Yin, the treasure you mentioned, could it be a bone…

Yin Shangren was overjoyed, and he nodded repeatedly, “Yes, did you see it?”

Li Fan’s expression was strange, he led Yin Shangren back to the door of the square building.

When they had just arrived, the dog had bumped into Li Fan.

The thing in its mouth had fallen to the ground. At that moment, Li Fan noticed it was a bone, assumed it was the dog’s toy, and didn’t pick it up.

Unexpectedly, this bone was Yin Shangren’s treasure.

Yin Shangren picked up the bone with a heartbroken expression, and wiped the saliva off of it.

Looking at it with the eyes of a lover in dream, he appreciated it carefully and touched it gently.

That attitude made Li Fan feel goosebumps rising all over his body.

With a soft cough, he awakened Yin Shangren from his infatuation.

Li Fan couldn’t help but ask, “Yin, what’s the origin of this bone? Why do you treasure it so much?”

Yin Shangren held the bone tightly in his hand, as if afraid of losing it again.

Looking at the bone in his hand, his expression was somewhat absent-minded, “This, this is an extraordinary treasure. I could lose all my other collections, but it’s the only one, even more precious than my life.”

Surprised, Li Fan was truly getting curious now, looking at Yin Shangren with an inquiring gaze.

“I assume you’re not unfamiliar with the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma, ” Yin Shangren said with a show-off tone.

“Initially, the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma only spread among mortals and had no impact on us cultivators.”

“Later, after one cultivator unexpectedly contracted it, the miasma started to spread among cultivators.”

Li Fan looked at the bone in Yin Shangren’s hand, “You mean… ”

“Exactly, this rib bone belonged to that first cultivator who contracted the Immortal -Ordinary Miasma. ”

Yin Shangren smiled foolishly as he once again caressed the rib bone like it was a treasure.

But then he saw that Li Fan didn’t look surprised or excited at all, which puzzled him.

“What, such a treasure? My friend, seeing this, don’t you feel a trembling in your body, an indescribable joy?”

Li Fan shook his head repeatedly.

“Ah, it’s a pity that you can’t understand its value,” Yin Shangren sighed.

“The Immortal-Ordinary Miasma spreading among cultivators is one of the most significant events in history. In terms of its influence on the current situation in the Immortal Cultivation World, it follows closely after the Great Calamity.”

“And the skeleton of that poor guy who was the first one to contract the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma, isn’t it of great value for research and memorabilia?”

“Aren’t you curious why a mere mortal plague could infect cultivators?”

“If we could figure out the origin of this mutation, perhaps we could eliminate the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma from its roots!”

“By then, I will be a great figure who the whole Immortal Cultivation World has to remember!”

Yin Shangren was momentarily lost in his fantasies.

After a while, seeing that Li Fan’s face remained expressionless, he sighed deeply, looking disappointed.

“You see, this fool called Su… Su something. What’s in a name, anyway, this unfortunate guy’s bones are each worth a great fortune, and countless cultivators vie for them.”

“I was just incredibly lucky to have gotten hold of this rib bone.”

“Of course, the most precious piece would be his complete skull, which is kept in the headquarters of the Immortal Alliance.”

Yin Shangren fantasised, saliva nearly dripping from his mouth.

Li Fan truly couldn’t understand this strange attraction, so he just kept shaking his head.

At that moment, Yin Shangren suddenly reacted, “Huh? I still don’t know why you have called so suddenly, what is the matter?”