Summit Farmer
Chapter 297 - 296: This Scam Leaves One Speechless

Chapter 297: Chapter 296: This Scam Leaves One Speechless

After hearing about many things from Gael Evans, Peter understood that the Smith Clan had been guarding this inheritance for thousands of years. However, due to its remote location, hardly anyone ever came here, let alone cultivators. As a result, the Smith Clan had been unable to find an inheritor for generations until they found Peter today.

As for the specifics, they weren’t sure either.

Olivia Turner went into her room and then came out holding a copper stele. She said, "Peter, take a look at this. This is the cultivation technique inherited by our Smith Clan."

Now that they were family, and Peter’s cultivation level was high, they naturally didn’t worry about Peter taking their family’s cultivation technique.

At a glance, Peter saw that the copper stele was half a person’s height with many inscriptions on it that looked like an ancient script.

Fortunately, Peter recognized the characters from his own inheritance and didn’t have difficulty understanding them.

Now Peter knew that this ancient script, actually called cultivation text, wasn’t just passed down during the short era of the Merchant Dynasty. It was just not known by later generations.

Seeing that they even brought out the inherited cultivation technique, Peter understood that they had genuinely accepted him. He didn’t hesitate to start reading.

Upon reading, Peter let out a secret sigh. The cultivation technique inscribed on it wasn’t particularly awesome. In Peter’s eyes, at best, one could only cultivate up to the Qi Refining Second Layer, and even a high-level comprehension would not allow for further progress.

As he looked at the other content on it, there were indeed some prescriptions. However, they were only effective for ordinary people and didn’t have much effect on cultivators.

At this time, Peter also found the topic of the couplet that Olivia had recited earlier - it was indeed the content she had asked about during the recitation.

After seeing this content, Peter began to have some doubts and wondered about this inheritance sect.

"I’ve read the cultivation technique, and it can only be cultivated up to the Qi Refining Second Layer at most," Peter said with certainty.

Gael Evans nodded and said, "Our ancestors also said that there has never been anyone who has reached beyond the Qi Refining Second Layer. I have no spiritual roots and cannot guide Qi into my body. Only Olivia can cultivate up to the Qi Refining First Layer."

Peter furrowed his eyebrows, "Since you are guardians, why not give you a higher cultivation technique?"

Gael Evans replied, "That is not known. It is said that being able to cultivate up to the Qi Refining Second Layer is already excellent. People without spiritual roots can only practice those martial skills for mortals."

"Has no one in your family received the inheritance?" Peter asked a question he shouldn’t have.

Gael didn’t mind Peter’s inquiry and said with a bitter smile, "Yes, some ancestors of the Smith Clan had no spiritual roots and couldn’t cultivate; they attempted to see the inheritance. As a result, they all disappeared. Even those who had reached the Qi Refining Second Layer disappeared without exception. Not only that, but once this happens, our family members become poisoned."

"Has anyone left for good?"

"Yes, but those who leave have never made it more than ten miles out. Once they do, they die."

Such a thing!

The more Peter listened, the more shocked he became.

Gael laughed and said, "Of course, as long as we don’t leave and guard this inheritance site, the Smith Clan can still live well. With the martial skills we have learned, we can hunt down beasts and eat without any problems."

Peter said, "So it seems that this inheritance must be accepted by outsiders only?"

"Yes, our ancestors’ instructions say that outsiders must be brought in. However, our people cannot leave too far, and there are few who can come to this place. In all these years, you are the only high-level cultivator we have seen."

At this point, Gael looked at Olivia and said, "You take Peter, and see if he can receive the inheritance."

He then looked at Peter and said, "Olivia knows the way to the inheritance site. Bring a torch."

Under Olivia’s guidance, the two headed towards the underground cave.

When they reached the riverbank, Olivia drew a small boat and said to Peter, "It’s inside that cave in the river. You mentioned that it could be developed."

Peter was also surprised. If they didn’t know the situation, it could indeed cause trouble if they developed the place.

They sat in the boat, and Olivia rowed skillfully. In no time, they entered the cave.

Now, Peter could clearly see that half of the cave was in the river, and half was exposed. Once the boat entered, the entire place went dark.

Seeing Olivia going to light the torch she brought, Peter took a flashlight from the ring and installed batteries before turning it on.

As the flashlight was turned on, Peter Brown was amazed by the interior of the cave, which was indeed a fairyland-like landscape, with many areas of rocks being highly decorative.

After rowing further into the cave for a while, Olivia Turner said, "There’s a side passage here. We’ll stop the boat here and enter through the side passage."

As she said that, she tied the boat to a stone pillar and jumped off.

Peter handed her another flashlight, saying, "Use this for lighting."

As they followed Olivia further inside, Peter found that the space was equally vast, but he felt an increasing chill inside.

Peter looked at Olivia and asked, "Are you cold?"

"I’m used to it, so it’s not too cold."

Looking at her ragged clothes, Peter took out some clothes from his ring and handed them to her, saying, "Put these clothes on."

Seeing Peter handing over such beautiful clothes, Olivia smiled and said, "Thank you, master."

"Call me Brother Peter."

"Right, thank you Brother Peter."

While talking, Olivia didn’t care about Peter standing there and removed her clothes in front of him, putting on the new ones without any shyness upon her face.

Seeing Olivia’s beautiful body, Peter scratched his head, not knowing what to say.

Soon, Olivia, dressed in a new set of clothes, said happily, "This is the first time I’ve ever worn new clothes on my whole body. Brother Peter, thank you."

Feeling Olivia’s joy, Peter also smiled and said, "Come on, let’s keep going."

As they walked further, Peter’s expression became serious, as he felt the chill inside the cave growing even stronger.

What kind of place is this?

Peter even got the feeling that this was not an inheritance site, but rather a tomb of evil spirits.

Thinking of this, Peter circulated his True Qi throughout his body and even activated a defense talisman on his body.

Looking at Olivia, Peter could see that the girl didn’t have anything special about her.

Circulating his True Qi, Peter looked further ahead.

After taking a closer look, his eyes narrowed, and he found that there was actually an ancient formation set up in the cave.

A formation that utilized Earth veins!

Seeing this, Peter secretly sent out several formation disks and his mouth revealed a smile.

Now, Peter could already guess that this place was a trap, a scheme to lure experts inside, but this trap had been set up for too long.

As they arrived at an area surrounded by stones and a platform in the middle, suddenly, a heaven-shaking laughter rang out.

This voice was too ancient and vicissitudinous, filled with immense resentment.

The laughter was so loud that it echoed throughout the cave.

"I’ve waited for thousands of years! Thousands of years!"

An old voice sighed as if speaking directly to them.

At this moment, the stones around them began to move.

The formation activated, cutting off Peter and Olivia’s escape and causing the evil energy in the cave to rise even further.

"Brother Peter, what’s going on?" Olivia panicked and screamed, looking at Peter. She didn’t expect this to happen.

"Brother Peter, we’ve been here many times before, it wasn’t like this!"

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