In the western part of the Oshikaze Empire, there was a mountain range. Within the mountain range, there was an unbroken chain of mountains with protruding peaks. Logically speaking, this should have been the best place for magical beasts to live. But in this mountain range, let alone magical beasts, not even an insect could be seen. In other words, this mountain range could be said to be completely lifeless. It was extremely strange. Decades ago, this was the base of the Souleater Church.
"Strange, why can't I find it? According to what Bai Yunfei said, it should be nearby." Xing Jue stood at the top of a rather precipitous cliff in the mountain range. Looking down at the rushing river, he muttered to himself.
Xing Jue had followed the route Bai Yunfei had told him, but after searching for a long time, he couldn't find even the shadow of the secret room.
"Master, if what Bai Yunfei said is true, then there must be a living being in that secret room. Why don't you use your soul to sense it? As long as you can find the location of the living being, then you'll be able to find the secret room." After searching for a long time without any results, Xiaoqian came to Xing Jue's side and said slowly.
"That secret room is built underground. It's very difficult for my soul to penetrate it." Xing Jue said with a bitter smile.
After hearing Xing Jue's words, Xiaoqian smiled charmingly and said, "Looks like master still hasn't found out what's special about your soul. It's very difficult for normal people's soul to detect things underground, but master can."
"Oh? Then what should I do? "After hearing Xiaoqian's words, Xing Jue hurriedly asked. In fact, he had tried to use his soul to search for the secret room, but his soul couldn't penetrate the ground at all.
"Master, don't spread your soul out directly. Accumulate it in your body first. When it's accumulated to a certain level, then spread it out instantly."
"This way, the impact of the soul will be much stronger. Even if it's deep underground, you'll still be able to detect it." Xiaoqian carefully explained to Xing Jue. Clearly, as a maid of the Souleater Tribe, she was very familiar with the use of the soul.
After hearing Little Qian's explanation, Xing Jue started to experiment according to Little Qian's words. Sure enough, it was as Little Qian had said, Xing Jue's Soul Strength could be accumulated within his body. Furthermore, the accumulated Soul Strength would become stronger and stronger. In the end, it even seemed as if it was about to explode out of his body. At this moment, Xing Jue's Soul Strength suddenly spread out. A powerful Soul Strength rapidly spread out with Xing Jue as the center …
After the powerful soul power was retracted, Xing Jue suddenly opened his eyes and said with a smile, "Found it. It's over there."
After investigating, Xing Jue discovered that there was indeed a lifeform a thousand meters away from him. Therefore, Xing Jue and Xiaoqian hurriedly went in that direction.
"Master, it's here!" After searching for a moment, Xiaoqian finally found the secret room in a deep pit and said excitedly.
It turned out that after a long period of accumulation, the entrance to the secret room had been covered by a large amount of fallen leaves. If it wasn't for Xing Jue's confirmation that it was in this position, it would really be difficult to find it.
Xiaoqian gently waved her sleeve, and the large amount of leaves that had covered the secret room were instantly blown away.
"This secret room is indeed a little strange." Looking at the secret room's entrance that had appeared in front of him, Xing Jue said a little uneasily.
The entrance of the secret room wasn't big, but there were many strange and bloody patterns carved on the special rocks that would cause one's hair to stand on end. Moreover, those patterns were covered with a large amount of black marks. Although after many years of erosion, these marks had already faded a little, but with Xing Jue's powerful soul force, he could still sense that those black marks were bloodstains.
"Master, when you used your soul force to investigate just now, did you discover the number and strength of that lifeform?" Xiaoqian also felt the danger of this secret room, so she asked Xing Jue.
"No, I don't know why, but I can only vaguely sense the existence of that lifeform, but I can't use my soul force to lock onto it." Xing Jue helplessly replied.
Just now, he had indeed spread his soul force to the ground, and he had indeed sensed the existence of a lifeform, but it seemed that there was a lifeform that had affected his investigation, and he was unable to accurately lock onto the location of that lifeform.
"Master, follow behind me, don't leave me. No matter what that lifeform is, to be able to stay in this secret room for so long without dying, it is enough to prove that it is not simple." After hearing Xing Jue's words, Xiaoqian also felt that this secret room was strange, so she cautiously said. Immediately after, she waved her right hand, and a white talisman that was full of inscriptions floated out, slowly floating into the secret room.
"Open." Following Xiaoqian's soft shout, that white talisman emitted a dazzling light, illuminating the originally dark secret room as if it was daytime.
"Wow! Xiaoqian, you actually have such a treasure. "Originally, facing the pitch-black secret room, Xing Jue wanted to make two torches, but he didn't expect that Xiaoqian actually had this kind of talisman. The brilliance of this talisman was simply many times brighter than a torch.
"Replying Master, this talisman is called 'Light Talisman', and it is made by collecting sunlight. However, because the sunlight stored is limited, the sunlight in this Light Talisman will slowly be consumed, and it cannot be used for a long time." Xiaoqian said with a smile.
As she spoke, she waved her right hand, and another ten 'Light Talismans' appeared in her hand. Immediately after, she passed them to Xing Jue and said: "When using it, as long as you pour your soul force into this Light Talisman, it will float according to your consciousness."
"It is indeed a good thing." Xing Jue hurriedly stored these ten 'Light Talismans' into his storage bracelet, after all, this kind of treasure was a must have when searching for treasures in the secret room in the future.
After storing the Light Talismans, both Xing Jue and Xiaoqian carefully walked along the passage.
After walking in this winding passage for about half an hour, a spacious hall appeared in the sight of the two. Looking at the hall in front of her, even the bloodthirsty Xiaoqian couldn't help but be shocked.
She saw that the hall, which was a thousand square meters in size, was actually covered with large patches of blood. Even though it had been several decades, the stench was still strong. And the strangest thing was that in this hall, where an intense battle had obviously taken place, not a single corpse could be seen.
After walking into the hall, Xing Jue discovered that this hall was actually sealed. Apart from the passage that they had just entered, there were actually no other paths.
After looking around, Xing Jue said with certainty, "There must be a secret mechanism."
Although it was very vague, but with his powerful soul force, Xing Jue could indeed sense the existence of life outside this hall. Thus, Xiaoqian and Xing Jue began to carefully search.
Suddenly, a yellowed book appeared in front of Xing Jue. Xing Jue hurriedly walked over and picked up the book. After wiping away the dust on its surface, the words "Innate Demon Arts" appeared in front of him.
So this was the "Innate Demon Arts" technique that Bai Yunfei had picked up all those years ago.
"Innate Demon Arts, an elementary earth tier technique. Not only can it accumulate a great amount of energy in the body when mastered, it can also increase the strength of one's attacks. When fighting against people of the same level, one is practically invincible." Flipping to the first page of the Innate Demon Arts, Xing Jue slowly read out.
"Master, this Innate Demon Arts is an evolution of the Soul Devouring Art. It seems that the Soul Devouring Art really was taken by that disciple of Yufeng Pavilion." Xiaoqian came to Xing Jue's side and looked over the Innate Demon Arts in general before saying softly.
"So that's how it is." Hearing Xiaoqian's words, Xing Jue said with a smile, a trace of hope appearing on his face.
In fact, Xing Jue had long since guessed that the Innate Demon Arts was an evolution of the Soul Devouring Art. This was because Xing Jue had heard Xiaoqian say that although the Soul Devouring Art was extremely powerful, only members of the Soul Devouring Clan could practice it. Thus, if a normal person wanted to practice the Soul Devouring Art, they would have to modify some of the methods. Moreover, even the name of the Soul Devouring Sect was obviously a copy of the Soul Devouring Art.
"That disciple of Yufeng Pavilion can be considered a talent. He was actually able to modify the Soul Devouring Clan's most treasured art to such an extent. However, it's a pity that if he were to practice this way, his soul would be devoured sooner or later and he would eventually go berserk." After carefully reading over the Innate Demon Arts, Xiaoqian said with admiration.
On the other hand, Xing Jue smiled faintly and once again carefully searched for the switch of the secret passage. No matter what, this Innate Demon Arts also indirectly reflected the power of the Soul Devouring Art. Thus, what Xing Jue needed to do now was to quickly find the Soul Devouring Art. Even though there was only a trace of hope, Xing Jue still wanted to try his luck.
After searching more than half of the hall, a palm-shaped blood print suddenly caught Xing Jue's attention.
Upon closer inspection, Xing Jue discovered that the rock where the palm print was located was independent. This was indeed a switch. Immediately, he excitedly said to Xiaoqian, "Xiaoqian, it's here."
After hearing Xing Jue's words, Xiaoqian also hurriedly walked towards Xing Jue. However, before Xiaoqian could approach, Xing Jue anxiously pressed his hand down.
"Don't!" Xiaoqian hurriedly stopped him, but it was too late.
With a loud bang, the ground of the hall instantly collapsed, and Xing Jue and Xiaoqian also fell into it.
"Xiaoqian? Xiaoqian? " Rubbing his dizzy head, Xing Jue shouted at the darkness in front of him. However, after a long time, he still did not receive any response from Xiaoqian.
"Open." Xing Jue let out a soft cry and lit up a 'Light Talisman'. Under the illumination of the Light Talisman, Xing Jue discovered that he was actually in a secret passageway. It turned out that there were countless secret passageways beneath the surface of the hall, and Xing Jue and Little Qian had both fallen into different secret passageways.
"Ah, this is terrible!" Looking at the bottomless secret passage in front of him, Xing Jue sighed helplessly.
However, at present, he could not contact Xiaoqian, and he could not climb up the secret passage. The only thing Xing Jue could do was to walk towards the depths of the secret passage.
"Guru, guru, guru …" Suddenly, a strange sound came from the depths of the secret passage, and the sound that made Xing Jue shudder was getting closer and closer.
At this moment, Xing Jue's heart was beating faster and faster. It seemed that he had met that mysterious life form.
Xing Jue stared fixedly at the depths of the secret passage, and gradually, two blood-red eyes flashed in the depths of the dark secret passage.
Looking at the pair of blood-red eyes, Xing Jue was shocked, because Xing Jue could be sure that those were not human eyes.
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