"This …" Lin Yi suddenly felt a little awkward. If it really didn't work, he could only choose a random direction to look around.
At this moment, there was a muffled clap of thunder in the sky. Then, dark clouds covered the sky, and a fierce wind blew. In the blink of an eye, countless pillars of rain came crashing down. Each pillar was as thick as a thumb, and when it hit his face, he felt a sharp pain. The rainstorm came without warning!
He was not familiar with his surroundings to begin with, and the torrential rain had suppressed his visibility and perception to an extremely low level. If he continued to move around outside at this time, it would be no different from courting death.
Even with Lin Yi's strength in the early stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm, he could only choose to find a place to hide from the rain. After all, this was a thunderstorm. It came and went quickly, so it shouldn't take too long.
Jumping down from the top of the tree, Lin Yi originally planned to find a dense canopy to shelter from the rain. However, as he was moving forward, he accidentally caught a glimpse of a tree hole on the wide trunk.
After observing for a while and confirming that there were no powerful spirit beasts' auras, Lin Yi entered in a flash. Compared to the raging storm outside, a dry and comfortable tree hole was an irresistible temptation, and Lin Yi was no exception.
Unexpectedly, the interior of the tree hole was quite spacious. It was empty, about 20 square meters in size. There were no obvious chisel marks, and it seemed to be a naturally formed tree hole.
After looking around, Lin Yi saw a pile of things in the corner, his eyes suddenly narrowed and his heart tightened.
That pile of things was actually a pile of bones! There were about four or five of them, and these were not the bones of wild beasts. They were real human skeletons!
In an instant, his hair stood on end.
It was not strange for there to be traces of humans in this tree hole. After all, this was the periphery of the back mountain. Every year, there would be many cultivators coming in and out. However, there were human skeletons here, and there were four or five of them piled up together. This was shocking!
Could it be that cultivators killed each other and piled up their corpses here? Lin Yi could not help but feel puzzled.
Lin Yi carefully scanned the skeletons a few times and found that there was something on every bone. All of them had huge, sharp teeth marks on them. At this point, the answer was obvious. These people did not die at the hands of humans. Instead, they had become food for a powerful spiritual beast!
This conclusion made Lin Yi break out in a cold sweat.
The reason why these people appeared here was very likely to be like him, coming here to take shelter from the rain, or simply looking for a place to rest. However, in the end, they all became food for a powerful spirit beast. What did this mean?
This meant that Lin Yi had followed in the footsteps of these people. It was very likely that he had been targeted by the powerful spiritual beast that was hiding in the dark!
From start to finish, this tree hole was not a safe haven. Instead, it was a living trap, a trap that caused many cultivators to die without a place to be buried!
The weak are prey to the strong! These words flashed across Lin Yi's mind. In the world outside the back mountain, there were all kinds of rules and restrictions. Even humans and spirit beasts could coexist peacefully. All those rules were completely useless.
There were only two identities here. Either you were the predator, or you were the prey.
Although he did not know what the spiritual beast looked like, Lin Yi knew that he had become its prey. A prey that had fallen into its trap.
Without knowing the exact details of its opponent, if he continued to stay here, he would most likely be a sitting duck. Therefore, Lin Yi made a decision immediately. Of the thirty-six stratagems, escape was the best! Even if he had been targeted and there was no way for him to escape, he could at least choose another battlefield. There was no need for him to fight on his opponent's home ground!
However, just as he was about to leave the tree hole, a voice that he had not heard for a long time rang in his mind, "Squeak, squeak! Squeak, squeak! "
The Skybolt Pig had woken up! Lin Yi stopped in his tracks. This voice made him overjoyed. This way, it would be much more reliable for him to find the Heart-Devouring Exquisite Grass!
However, the situation was not good. It was not the time to let the Skybolt Pig out. He had to wait until he was out of danger.
However, before Lin Yi could leave the tree hole, the Skybolt Pig began to squeak even more urgently. It was as if something urgent had happened!
Lin Yi's heart skipped a beat. For the Skybolt Pig to be so anxious, could there be some kind of treasure hidden in the tree hole?
After hesitating for a while, Lin Yi finally decided to let the Skybolt Pig out. He wanted to see what kind of treasure he could find here. After all, if the Skybolt Pig was able to wake up from his coma, the treasure would not be anything ordinary.
If he left now, even if Lin Yi wanted to come back later, he might not be able to find this tree hole. It would be a pity if he missed the treasure that was so close to him.
"Squeak, squeak! Squeak, squeak! " After the Skybolt Pig came out from the space in the jade pendant, he looked at Lin Yi and pounced towards the pile of bones.
"You're saying there's treasure in here?" Lin Yi was slightly stunned.
Out of an instinctive disgust, normal people wouldn't want to take a second look at this pile of bones. Even a powerful early stage Foundation Establishment expert like him would be the same. From the start, he wouldn't even want to turn over this pile of bones, let alone think that there would be something underneath.
"Ji, ji!" The Skybolt Pig nodded.
Seeing this, Lin Yi did not hesitate and immediately went forward to examine the pile of bones. As expected, there was a black bag hidden under the bones. It was not big, about the size of a shoe box.
When he opened the bag, it was a bag of blood-red gravel. It was faintly emitting an indescribable and strange aura. Lin Yi had never seen anything like this before, so he immediately turned around and asked the Skybolt Pig, "What is this?"
The Skybolt Pig shook his head and used his hoof to dip into some dark tree dust at the corner of the bag. He wrote on the ground, "I don't know what this is, but I was attracted by the aura of this bag. It should be a very rare treasure."
"Oh? If that's the case, then this is a little interesting … "At this critical moment, Lin Yi did not think too much about it and immediately put the bag of items into the space in the jade pendant.
If he was right, this bag of items should be the spoils of war from the pile of corpses on the ground. Perhaps it was a treasure that they had painstakingly obtained through countless efforts. In the end, they did not expect to die in this tree hole trap on their way back.
Thinking about this, Lin Yi could not help but feel alarmed. If he continued to dawdle here, he might follow in the footsteps of these people.
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