A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1291 Hitting Upon Treasure

A wintry wind rushed through the cave, howling loudly like a demon.

Ye Fan entered the cave without any hesitation.

Nothing was gained by sitting on your hands and staying away from danger, after all.

He had come so far. He had to find out what was in that cave.

Besides, Ye Fan was confident that nothing on this island could harm him.

He walked deeper into the cave cautiously.

At first, the dim light streaming in from the entrance allowed Ye Fan to see the inside of the cave.

However, it grew darker the deeper Ye Fan ventured into the cave until it became completely pitch-black. Having no other choice, Ye Fan slowed down as he cautiously made his way further into the darkness.

The danger that he was expecting did not occur.

It was an unexpectedly smooth and safe journey.

That did nothing to ease the suspicion and wariness that Ye Fan harbored.

In fact, the looming sense of danger only grew.

The sand hissed loudly as Ye Fan's feet took careful steps in the darkness.

Save for the quiet sounds of his footsteps, it was utterly silent in the cave.

All he could see was a pitch-black darkness.

Ye Fan slowly and carefully inched his way deeper into the cave.

An invisible burden began to weigh upon his shoulders as he made his way in complete silence and darkness.

It became a heaviness that sat heavily in his heart.

After a long time, a glimmer of light finally emerged at the end of long and deep cave.

"Is that light I'm seeing?"

Everyone craved the light.

Having been submerged in darkness for such a long time, Ye Fan was elated by the sight of that faint, glimmering light.

He quickened his steps and approached the source of the light swiftly.

As he made his way forward, he realized the growing distance between him and the walls.

The long and narrow tunnel was expanding into something more spacious and less claustrophobic.

His elation did not last long.

When he finally reached the end of the tunnel, he froze.

A solemn look darkened his face.

His eyes stared unblinkingly into the distance.

Alarm and caution blared loudly in his head.

It was as if he was staring his greatest enemy in the face.

That would be the shadowy figure that was barely ten meters away from Ye Fan.

Cloaked in black robes and a veiled mask, the figure sat cross-legged on a stone platform.

Even though they were separated by ten meters and the figure before him did not deliberately try to intimidate Ye Fan, the young man could still sense the invisible waves of power emanating from the cloaked figure.

The alarm and caution that such power invoked in Ye Fan led the young man to an instant conclusion. The cloaked figure before him must be incredibly powerful.

In fact, the figure must be powerful beyond measure.

This was someone who would at least occupy one of the first ten positions in the Sky Ranking.

How much power did that entail?

China had a population in the billions. Yet, no one had managed to get themselves into the top ten positions in the Sky Ranking.

The most powerful martial artist alive today, Ye Qing-Tian, did not have a place amongst those top ten positions.

Any one of those ten martial artists would be viewed as a titan by the rest of the world.

Yet, such invincible personalities were oftentimes cloaked in mystery.

You never knew where they were and would be.

In fact, many of the martial artists who ranked top ten in the Sky Ranking had hardly been seen or heard in the past few decades and even centuries.

Who knew how many of them were still alive today?

Ye Fan had seen much of the world in the numerous years that he had lived and he had not come across such a powerful martial artist. That was evident of how rare such powerful warriors were. He had not expected to bump into one on this island!

"If I'm right, this swordsman must be the person who killed the giant ape outside. I can't believe my luck! I've managed to bump into such a powerful martial artist!" cursed Ye Fan inwardly while his eyelid twitched violently.

He had expected the swordsman who had slain the ape to leave after retrieving the treasure inside the cave.

Those marks outside clearly showed that the fight had taken place a few days ago.

That would have given the powerful warrior enough time to leave the South American continent.

Ye Fan could not have expected the martial artist to stay and, in fact, retreat into seclusion.

The fact that the cloaked figure had not yet sensed Ye Fan's presence was because the martial artist was in a deep meditative trance that required full and absolute attention.

Otherwise, as a powerful martial artist, the cloaked figure would have immediately sensed Ye Fan's presence as soon as the young man had stepped foot on the island.

"I shouldn't stick around anymore. I have to leave before he realizes I'm here."

Ye Fan knew that the person before him wasn't to be trifled with. He wasn't the match for the cloaked figure. A misstep might just get him killed.

He was prepared to slip away unnoticed.

Ye Fan might be proud, but he wasn't a complete idiot.

He wasn't suicidal and had no interest in getting himself killed.

It was then that a blue light flared and flashed across the inside of the cave.

Ye Fan's eyes were instantly drawn to the pale blue fruit before the cloaked figure.

The fruit hovered in mid-air and emanated a pale, eerie light.

The faint light that Ye Fan had seen earlier had been from this spirit fruit.

It turned slowly in the air, in time with every inhalation and exhalation of the cloaked figure.

Ye Fan could sense from the glow enveloping the fruit waves of pure spiritual energy streaming from the fruit towards and into the cloaked figure.

"This fruit..." Ye Fan's pupils contracted instantly while shock rippled through his body. "Could this be the millenary ice spirit fruit?"

There was an entry on the fruit in the Book of Celestial Cloud.

It took ten years for its flower to blossom, another ten to bear fruit, then another ten for the fruit to ripen. A full cycle that spanned three decades was required before a spirit energy fruit could be formed. Such spirit energy fruits might mutate too. When its tree was planted in a land that was rich with spiritual nutrients, the tree would receive nourishment from both the heavens and the earth and the fruit that it bore would take instead a thousand years to ripen. That fruit would then be known as a millenary spirit energy fruit.

Such millenary spirit energy fruits were typically formed in extremely harsh environments with extreme conditions. The environment around them shaped the element that they would ultimately inherit.

Spirit fruits that ripened in extremely cold lands would inherit the element of ice.

Spirit fruits that ripened in extremely hot climates would inherit the element of fire.

Judging from the icy blue light that the fruit emanated, it was clear that it was a millenary spirit energy fruit that had inherited the element of ice.

This was a treasure that the Book of Celestial Cloud had rated as extremely rare and precious. It was an invaluable item for the cultivator and could be consumed by martial artists as powerful as supreme grandmasters.

Ye Fan was certain that this one fruit could start wars amongst martial artists who had been ranked in the Sky Ranking.

"I can't believe it. The precious and rare treasure that the Book of Celestial Cloud writes of truly exists. I can't believe that I've managed to come across one!"

Ye Fan's eyes burned as waves of emotion swelled inside him.

No words could describe the spike of excitement that he was feeling right now.

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