Yang Li flicked his spear and picked up the two men's Qiankun Pouch. He rummaged through the contents and quickly found the beast skin that the strong man had been holding in the beginning.
The beast skin was obviously made up of several pieces. It was unknown how long the two men had been collecting it. From the beast skin, one could clearly see the shape of a mountain. It was exactly the same as the mountain that Yang Li was currently at.
There was a red line on the beast skin. Judging from the beast skin, Yang Li's current position was in the middle. However, the next piece was the missing beast skin. If he wanted to walk on it, it would be like a blind man feeling an elephant. It would be very difficult to walk on the right path.
However, from the moment Yang Li picked up the beast skin, he felt a sense of familiarity. It was as though he had seen it somewhere before. Yang Li began to recall the beast skins that he had seen before.
There were only a few beast skins that he had seen. One was his own Space-time Beast Skin. Naturally, this was not the missing piece. As for the beast skin from the Secret Zone, he had already used it.
"The mounted gangster's beast skin!" Yang Li's eyes lit up. He recalled the beast skin from the Qiankun Pouch after he had killed the mounted gangster leader. He then took it out.
As expected, there was a red line on the mounted gangster's beast skin. It was the same color as the line on the beast skin. Moreover, looking at the edge of the beast skin, it just so happened to fit the beast skin.
After Yang Li pieced the beast skin together, the route suddenly became clear. Yang Li began to move forward along the route. The route on the treasure map was also very strange. Along the way, Yang Li had encountered quite a number of Level Eight and Level Nine monstrous beasts.
"Even if I didn't kill the two strong man, they would have died in the stomachs of these monstrous beasts. This route is actually full of monstrous beasts!" Yang Li said as he looked at the corpse of a Wind Fox beside his feet.
At this time, he was not far from the secret territory. The sky was covered with dark clouds, and thunder could be heard from time to time. It seemed like it was going to rain. Yang Li's surroundings were extremely quiet. Even the roars of the demonic beasts had disappeared. The atmosphere was oppressive, making people feel extremely uncomfortable.
Yang Li frowned and continued towards his destination. Along the way, he met another two Class 9 demonic beasts that wanted to ambush him. However, he executed his movement technique and killed them with a single spear strike. After that, he didn't meet any more demonic beasts.
Not long after, Yang Li arrived at his destination. His destination was a stone cave with faint traces of an array. Yang Li threw a spiritual force into it and the array emerged.
Yang Li carefully sensed it and found that it was just a defensive formation. However, with his current strength, there was no way for him to open it. He couldn't help but feel a bit discouraged. Just as he was about to leave and come back in the future, he suddenly thought of another item.
"Space-Time Beast Skin! I remember that in the Space-Time Beast Skin's memory, I can ignore the array once every six months. It should be true. Let's give it a try! "Yang Li murmured. Then, he took out the beast skin and poured his spiritual force into it. Then, he walked towards the array.
Because it wasn't time to enter the ancient secret territory, the spiritual force that Yang Li poured into the beast skin caused it to emit a faint light that enveloped him.
Yang Li walked towards the array step by step. Although it was only a defensive formation, it didn't have any killing power. However, it had a huge pressure. It wasn't something that an ordinary person could arrange. If he wasn't careful, he would be crushed by the pressure and stay here forever.
Fortunately, the beast skin's words were true. When Yang Li stepped into the array, there was only a slight ripple on the array. There wasn't any other unusual movement, so Yang Li was able to successfully enter.
There was no light in the stone cave. All he could see was darkness. A damp and moldy smell entered Yang Li's nose, causing him to feel a bit dizzy. He hastily used his spiritual force to isolate the smell.
The beast skin's faint light only allowed Yang Li to see the vague outlines of things around him. Yang Li put the beast skin back into his Space Ring and extended his right hand. He gathered his spiritual force in his palm and formed a flame. However, it only illuminated a part of the stone cave. It wasn't able to illuminate the entire stone cave.
Yang Li didn't mind and threw the flame onto the wall. Then, he gathered a few more flames and threw them into the various corners of the stone cave. The entire stone cave immediately became bright.
Yang Li then began to walk around the stone cave. There was a small amount of water on the ground. It was probably the rain that had seeped in. When he walked on it, there was a sizzling sound.
There were also many strangely shaped stalactites at the top of the stone cave. In addition to the sound of the water on the ground, it gave off a sinister and terrifying feeling.
The entrance to the stone cave was empty, but the scenery ahead was a bit frightening. The ground was filled with corpses. Not only were there human corpses, there were also the corpses of demonic beasts.
Because too much time had passed, all of the corpses had turned into bones and were covered in cracks. When Yang Li walked over, it caused the bones to turn into powder and covered the ground.
On both sides of the corpses, there were traces of spiritual force wreaking havoc. Because of the passage of time, the traces had slightly faded. From the looks of it, there should have been a fierce battle that had erupted here.
Yang Li walked over the ground covered in bone powder and continued to observe the stone cave. In front of him was a place similar to a human's residence. Not only was there a stone table, stone chairs, and stone bed, there was also a stone chessboard and two small stools.
There was a clear contrast of white and black on the chessboard. Some of the white chess pieces were stained with dark brown blood. After a long time, the blood had deeply seeped into the chess pieces, making it look extremely strange.
"Eh? Why is there nothing here!? " Yang Li was somewhat puzzled because other than the corpses and the chessboard, there was nothing else in the stone cave.
"That's not right. If there is nothing here, why would someone spend so much effort to draw such a treasure map to point here?" Yang Li pondered as he observed.
At that moment, Yang Li suddenly felt that there was something wrong with one of the stone chairs. There were a total of four stone chairs around the stone table. The other three stone chairs were placed upright, facing the table. Only one was tilted.
Yang Li walked over and tried to pick up the stone chair, but the stone chair did not move at all. He took a closer look and found that the stone chair was connected to the ground, so he tried to turn the stone chair.
As expected, the stone chair moved. Yang Li then straightened the stone chair.
"Rumble!"
The wall at the head of the stone bed suddenly emitted a loud sound. Yang Li looked up and found that the wall was slowly turning. When the wall turned to the width of a person, Yang Li directly used his movement technique and entered.
The second stone cave was as dark as the first one. The difference was that this stone cave was extremely dry. The spirit flames appeared again, but this time, they illuminated the entire stone cave.
In the second stone cave, there was a person sitting cross-legged. He had also turned into white bones. Below his pelvis was a praying mat. Just as Yang Li saw the person's skeleton, the skeleton turned to dust and disappeared.
"From the looks of it, a group of people besieged him, but he killed them all. However, I don't know why his deeds didn't spread. What a pity." Yang Li sighed.
He began to observe the stone cave again. He did not believe that someone had drawn a treasure map for fun.
As expected, Yang Li found some words engraved on the stone wall. He looked at it carefully and found that it was a few short sentences and a cultivation technique.
"Latecomer, my name is Su Gaoyi. I was originally from Maplewood City in the Forest Bird Region. I left home to cultivate at the age of ten. Although my talent was mediocre, I thirsted for power. Later, I was fortunate enough to come to the South Fire Region and stepped into the Illuminating God Realm. I even obtained a cultivation technique. From then on, I could not stop.
"Later on, because I was careless in making friends, I died here. One of my good friends, I don't know where he got the news, but he found out about my cultivation method. He actually gathered dozens of people and demonic beasts, and came to my secluded place to attack me. They wanted to kill me and get my cultivation method. If I wasn't strong enough, they would have already succeeded."
"But I still fell. Before I died, I cut off the skin of one of the demonic beasts and drew a map. Then, I threw out my hiding place. I believe you also came for the treasure map. I hope you can do me a favor and send my body back to my homeland. I want to go home and have a look. I have already carved the cultivation technique at the back. Please fulfill my wish."
Yang Li couldn't help but sigh. Such a strong expert was actually buried here because of a good friend. The human nature of the world was really hard to predict.
"Alright, since I have your cultivation technique, even if it's useless to me, I will still send your body back to your homeland. However, I don't know when I will step into the Forest Bird Region, so you should wait for a while." After Yang Li finished speaking, he used his spirit power to cut out a stone jar the size of an earthen jar. He then dug out the middle and polished it with his spirit power.
Then, he gathered the bone powder on the ground and used his spirit power to put it into the stone jar. Then, he threw it into his spatial ring. Only then did he turn his head to look at the cultivation technique on the wall.
"Spirit Refinement is a method to train the soul consciousness. It needs to endure extreme pain and danger. It is also the reason why I can sweep away all my enemies after entering the Illuminating God Realm. It is because my soul consciousness is much stronger than theirs.
"The Spirit Refinement Method can only be practiced at the Illuminating God Realm. After cultivating the soul consciousness, you can crush it and regenerate it. You can crush it and regenerate it once in each realm. If you do it too many times, the soul consciousness will not be able to bear it and will completely shatter. If the soul consciousness is completely shattered, you will not be able to use it in the future. Every time you crush it and regenerate it, you can surpass your current soul consciousness by fifty percent."
When Yang Li saw the first sentence, he was extremely disapproving. Cultivators grew through killing. If they were even afraid of this little bit of pain and danger, then how could they cultivate? They should just go home and farm.
However, this was also a pleasant surprise. The cultivation technique of the soul consciousness was extremely hard to come by. Many of them only increased it by ten or twenty percent for each realm. This kind of direct increase by fifty percent was even rarer.
It was no wonder that people would betray their trust and come to snatch it. Such a great temptation was unbearable for ordinary people. It was very easy for them to lose their Dao Heart and betray their trust.
Looking further, it was the method of crushing and the method of nurturing the soul consciousness after crushing it.
Yang Li carefully read all the contents three times. After making sure that he had completely memorized it and would not forget it, he erased all the words on the stone wall. Although this place was extremely remote, there was no guarantee that someone would not come in. He did not want to nurture his enemies for no reason.
The world of cultivators was like this. If you were not a friend, then you could become an enemy at any time.
After doing all this, Yang Li left with a peace of mind. Fortunately, the array formation could not be entered from the outside. However, it was completely unaffected if one walked out from the inside.
After coming out, Yang Li found that it was raining. He carried the long spear on his back and directly walked out along the route. The demon beasts along the way had almost been killed by him. When he left, it was extremely safe.
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