Hearing the girl's words, most of the disciples immediately dispersed. Some followed the girl surnamed Lin to the tall buildings, while others directly flew into the air and left the stone stronghold. No one knew where they flew to.
Only Liu Ming and seven or eight other people, who were obviously here for the first time, looked at each other and walked towards the stone tablet in the middle of the stronghold.
After the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Liu Ming finished reading the words on the stone tablet and walked around the stone stronghold.
He discovered that other than a small scale transportation formation that could only be used under special circumstances, there was also a general goods store and a weapon forging shop. The former specialized in providing Fasting Pills, Spirit Liquids, and other simple supplies. The other could repair some damaged practitioner weapons and also sold some simple practitioner weapons.
As for the other small stone houses, they were free for the disciples participating in the suppression mission to rest and use.
Before coming here, Liu Ming had already prepared all of his supplies. He only spent a few dozen Spirit Stones to buy a map of the Ten Thousand Bone Cave from the general goods store and flew out of the stone stronghold with the others.
In the air, he spread out the map and carefully looked at it. His eyes squinted as he looked around the basin from afar.
He only saw that at the top of the hill at the edge of the basin, there were a few black stone pillars of different heights. In the basin, after a certain distance, there would be one or several green stone platforms. On top of these platforms, there were a few simple and unadorned Spirit Inscriptions.
Liu Ming looked at these stone pillars and stone platforms, then looked at the map in his hand. Suddenly, his expression changed. He formed a hand sign with one hand and the gray cloud carried him up into the sky.
Three hundred feet, four hundred feet, six hundred feet, ten thousand feet … …
After flying for a full ten thousand feet, Liu Ming focused his attention and carefully looked down. What he saw caused him to suck in a breath of cold air.
He saw that the entire basin was a super formation that was tens of thousands of acres wide. The seemingly ordinary stone stronghold was the center of the formation.
It seemed that the Ten Thousand Bone Cave was as frightening as the rumors said. Otherwise, the sects wouldn't have joined hands to set up such a frightening sealing formation.
According to the information he had gathered, it was said that the Ten Thousand Bone Cave had only appeared five or six thousand years ago after an explosion of Earth Lung Qi.
It was said that there were countless skeletons of humans and beasts buried deep underground tens of thousands of years ago. As a result, after being polluted by the Earth's Lung Qi for a long time, they all came to life and transformed into ghosts that were similar to Bone Corpses. However, because these skeletons had existed for too long, there weren't many among them that had acquired intelligence. Therefore, they were collectively called Bone Ghosts.
As for the strength of these Bone Ghosts, due to the length of time they had spent corroding the Earth Lung Qi, their strength naturally varied greatly. From Soldier Level Bone Ghosts that were equivalent to Practitioners to General Level Ghosts that could fight Spirit Masters.
There were also people who said that there was a real Bone Ghost King at the bottom of the Ten Thousand Bone Cave. It had the strength of a real Ghost King and could even rival a Crystal Level senior.
Of course, not many people believed the last one. After all, if there really was such a Bone Ghost King, the Crystal Level seniors of the various sects would have already taken action. How could they allow such a fierce ghost to remain at the bottom of the Ten Thousand Bone Cave?
Moreover, these Bone Ghosts, for some unknown reason, were unable to be intimidated or subdued by the Spirit Communication Technique. After being killed, only the Spirit Bones and Miasma Crystal Beads that were occasionally produced in their bodies had some value.
However, even so, in order to prevent too many ghosts from breaking through the seal laid by the various sects, the sects could only send disciples in again and again to kill large amounts of Bone Ghosts.
Unfortunately, the Earth Lung Qi in this place seemed to be endless. No one knew how many skeletons were buried underneath. Even though many ghosts were killed every year, many new Bone Ghosts would be born at the same time.
As a result, the various sects had to send a certain number of disciples to guard this place all year round. Moreover, they did not hesitate to give out large amounts of rewards to attract other disciples to take the initiative to train here.
However, a few hundred years ago, the Barbarian Ghost Sect and the other sects came to some kind of agreement. They unexpectedly took on the task of sending disciples to guard this place all year round. Of course, if the other sects sent scattered disciples here, they would naturally be unobstructed as well.
Although the Ten Thousand Bone Cave had existed for such a long time, there had never been any major disturbances. However, the dangers inside were definitely real.
It was said that the entire Ten Thousand Bone Cave had as many as nine levels. However, people had only truly entered the first five levels.
As for the first, third, and fourth levels of the Ten Thousand Bone Cave, most of the Bone Ghosts that appeared were Soldier Level Bone Ghosts. The fourth and fifth levels were mainly Warrior Level Bone Ghosts. Occasionally, General Level Bone Ghosts would appear. It was said that the world below the fifth level was the world of General Level Bone Ghosts. Even Spirit Masters did not dare to enter.
As a result, the Spirit Apostle disciples that came here usually only swept through the first three levels. Those that dared to enter the fourth and fifth levels were either truly skilled and daring, or had a Spirit Master leading the group.
Liu Ming watched from high up in the sky for a while. After quickly going through the relevant information in his mind, he urged the gray cloud to descend. After a while, he arrived at a hill at the edge of the basin.
On the stone wall a hundred or so feet away from him, there was impressively a cave that was several feet tall. The entrance was covered by a layer of white light.
This was one of the entrances to the Ten Thousand Bone Cave. Similar entrances were scattered throughout the entire basin. It was said that there were close to a hundred of them.
As for the white light at the entrance, it was a powerful restriction that specialized in restraining ghosts. However, the disciples of the various sects could enter and exit without any obstructions.
Without saying anything, Liu Ming walked towards the entrance of the cave. After a while, the white light flashed and his figure disappeared without a trace.
Once he entered the light, he was astonishingly met with a tunnel that was over a hundred feet long. Although the stone walls on both sides could be considered smooth, it was not very flat. It was obvious that it was not created by humans.
However, the stone walls faintly emitted a faint white light, unexpectedly illuminating the tunnel abnormally bright.
This caused Liu Ming to be curious. He immediately walked to one side of the stone wall and carefully examined it. Raising his arm, he casually broke off a crystal that was faintly glowing.
These stones looked like Spirit Stones, but in reality, they were abnormally turbid. Furthermore, he could not feel the slightest bit of Yuan Qi.
Liu Ming shook his head and casually threw away the crystal in his hand. He patted the leather pouch on his waist and a black light appeared. The White Bone Scorpion appeared on the ground nearby, wrapped in a ball of green gas.
"Go."
Liu Ming pointed forward and gave a low shout.
In an instant, the White Bone Scorpion leapt up and disappeared into the dark shadows in front of him.
Only then did Liu Ming touch the copper bracelet on his wrist and slowly walk forward.
After walking for a short while, a cave that was over a hundred feet wide and long appeared in front of him. Impressively, there were three different tunnels that faintly seemed to lead deeper underground.
Without hesitation, Liu Ming chose a tunnel and entered it in a flash.
Two hours later, Liu Ming did not know how many caves he had passed through and how many tunnels he had passed through. However, he faintly felt that he should be extremely deep underground.
Even the glowing crystals on the two sides of the tunnel began to become sparse, causing the surrounding environment to appear somewhat hazy. It gave people a strange feeling of their heartbeats unconsciously speeding up.
Just as Liu Ming turned a corner and arrived at an intersection, something suddenly jumped up from the nearby mud and directly pounced at his face.
There was a muffled "bang".
With a sway of his body, Liu Ming dodged the opponent. After moving his arm again, he suddenly used a fist that was wrapped in a yellow light to fiercely smash into the black shadow.
The black shadow immediately flew backwards and fiercely smashed into the side of the tunnel, causing it to shatter.
Only then did Liu Ming take a closer look. Astonishingly, it was a beast type Bone Ghost that was less than half a foot long. Half of its body had already been smashed into pieces by his previous punch. However, the remaining part of its body, under the effect of the incessantly flashing black bead that was embedded in its skull, was actually able to forcefully stand up.
"Sou!"
A black line flashed and instantly pierced through the small Bone Ghost's skull. With a blur and a pull, the rest of the Bone Ghost's body also scattered.
Only then did Liu Ming grab at the empty air with one hand.
The Bone Ghost's small head immediately flew over and was grabbed by Liu Ming.
With just a little bit of strength in his five fingers, a huge force surged out and crushed the Bone Ghost's skull. The black bead embedded in it immediately rolled out and landed in the palm of his hand.
Liu Ming sized up the bead in his hand that was only the size of a bean. When he estimated that it could be exchanged for one or two Contribution Points, the White Bone Scorpion suddenly drilled out from the ground nearby. It raised its head and stared at the Miasma Bead in Liu Ming's hand, unexpectedly letting out a low "wu wu" sound.
"You want this thing?"
Seeing this, Liu Ming was somewhat surprised. However, after thinking for a bit, he casually threw the bead in his hand to the ghost.
The White Bone Scorpion jumped up and swallowed the black bead in midair. Afterwards, it lay on the ground and didn't move.
Liu Ming sized up the ghost for a while, but didn't find anything strange. Shaking his head, he continued forward.
… …
Three days later.
"Hong!" A huge sound rang out and the head of a humanoid Bone Ghost exploded into pieces from a fireball. At the same time, a black bead the size of a broad bean rolled out. The ghastly white headless body swayed a few times before falling to the ground and transforming into a pile of scattered bones.
With a "sou" sound, a green shadow flashed by, and the black bead on the ground disappeared without a trace.
Liu Ming saw the White Bone Scorpion raise its head and let out a "ge beng" sound from its mouth. He couldn't help but roll his eyes.
This was the Miasma Bead of a genuine Soldier Level Bone Ghost. If it was taken outside, it could be exchanged for at least three or four Contribution Points. Letting the White Bone Scorpion eat it like this naturally made his heart ache.
This was also the first Soldier Level humanoid Bone Ghost that he had met in the past few days. It wasn't the Bone Rabbits, Bone Rats, or other small Bone Ghosts that he had met before.
However, ever since he discovered that the White Bone Scorpion had swallowed seven or eight Miasma Beads, the green gas on its body seemed to be a bit denser than before. In his heart, he actually no longer opposed the White Bone Scorpion's action of stealing the Miasma Beads.
After the White Bone Scorpion finished eating the black bead, it turned around and suddenly used its huge claws to dig out a small, abnormally sparkling and translucent bone that was a few inches long from the pile of bones.
Liu Ming's expression changed and he immediately went forward to snatch the small bone. After carefully inspecting it, he smiled and said to himself:
"It really is a Spirit Bone. It's a pity that it's only ten years old. However, it can still be exchanged for a hundred Spirit Stones."
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