He Yiming sighed a long breath of relief. 108's footsteps were very soft, but He Yiming was very familiar with them, and he felt comforted from the bottom of his heart.
The fellow claimed to be immortal, but it would be a lie to say that he was not worried at all.
Fortunately, the fellow finally came out, or He Yiming would have entered the cave regardless of the consequences.
As his figure swayed, 108 steadily walked out of the deep and frightening cave.
He Yiming scanned him from head to toe. He knew the fellow would not be affected even if he lost a few parts, but he could not help but be worried.
"What are you looking at?" 108 asked as he was puzzled.
He Yiming chuckled and answered, "Luckily, you're not hurt."
108's gem-like eyes lit up as though he was expressing something, but his eyes quickly dimmed as he added, "There's a cave inside the passage, but there's no living creature inside."
He Yiming's heart tightened. He had fully understood the meaning of 'no living creatures'.
"Brother Bai, are there dead people inside?"
"Yes."
"How many?"
"There's only one."
He Yiming raised his eyebrows and suddenly had a thought. 'Could the person inside be the fella that killed those Venerable Ones?'
Even so, the thought only flashed across his mind. After all, the 16 corpses here belonged to Venerable Ones, and one of them was even a Venerable One in the Great Success stage who had 9 relics. If the person inside could kill all of them on his own, it would be too shocking.
After pondering for a while, He Yiming cautiously asked, "Is there any danger inside?"
108 shook his head without any hesitation and answered, "Dead people aren't dangerous."
He Yiming nodded and led the way into the passage. This passageway was different from the dense labyrinth passageways in front of him. There were no forks in this passageway, and it was a straight path that led to the end.
However, as He Yiming continued to move forward, he began to feel uneasy. This was because he felt a pressure. Although this pressure wasn't very strong, it was still very puzzling to be able to feel it in this place where there were no living people.
If it wasn't for 108's assurance that the dead weren't dangerous, He Yiming would have really doubted the existence of ghosts in this world.
Taking a step forward, He Yiming finally walked out of the tunnel completely.
In front of him was a huge cave abode. Although it was not as extravagant as the caves in the outside world, it would be too extravagant if it was used as a residence.
Turning his gaze, the first thing he saw was a skeleton.
When his gaze landed on the corpse, He Yiming's heart skipped a beat.
This skeleton was sitting on a stone bench. Although the clothes and flesh on its body had already melted away, the bones on its body were still so different from the rest.
It turned out to be a golden skeleton. Even though it had been dead for an unknown number of years, when He Yiming came in front of it, his heart suddenly surged with a feeling of wanting to kowtow and worship it.
He Yiming took a deep breath and tried his best to resist this feeling. After a while, he finally let out a long breath and slowly got rid of the pressure.
At this point, the shock in his heart was indescribable to others.
A skeleton that had been dead for at least a thousand years still maintained this kind of pressure. If this matter was spread out, it would immediately cause an unimaginable sensation.
The essential Qi in his body surged endlessly like a tide. He Yiming opened his mouth and suddenly spat out three visible flowers. Then, they fused together and turned into a set of armor that covered his body.
After doing all this, He Yiming carefully reached out his hand and gently touched the skeleton in front of him.
There was no power coming from it, and the entire cave dwelling was silent.
He Yiming finally breathed a sigh of relief. He calmed down and silently sensed where the mysterious pressure around him came from.
After a while, He Yiming suddenly raised his eyebrows and stared at the space between the eyebrows of the skeleton in front of him.
He had already sensed that the inexplicable pressure was coming from this place.
His heart was beating vigorously, and He Yiming's breathing even became a little hurried. Countless thoughts flashed through his mind. After hesitating for a while, he finally made up his mind.
Taking a few steps back, He Yiming respectfully bowed three times to the skeleton and muttered something. After the time it took for an incense stick to burn, he stepped forward and gently placed his hand on the space between the skeleton's eyebrows.
Powerful essential Qi flowed through his meridians and gushed out from his finger, piercing into the skeleton.
However, what surprised him was that once his essential Qi touched the skeleton, it mysteriously disappeared without a trace. It was as if there was some kind of protection on the skeleton that his essential Qi could not break through.
A thought that refused to admit defeat suddenly emerged. He Yiming calmed his mind and began to circulate his essential Qi again. Earlier on, he only used 10% of his essential Qi. This time, he went all out.
A faint metallic luster began to spread from He Yiming's finger. Under the impact of this powerful Gold Attribute power, even the mysterious grayish-black vortexes on the armor sensibly retreated.
Under He Yiming's all-out effort, his finger finally touched the space between the skeleton's eyebrows.
A sound that sounded like metal clashing was suddenly heard. Following that, He Yiming took a step back, and his eyes were filled with horror.
He had done his best this time. Not to mention a skeleton, even if it was an armor made of diamond, he would have been able to break it.
Despite that, the skeleton in front of him was still unmoved. Furthermore, after his power increased greatly, a powerful force came from the skeleton's eyebrows, and it shook his finger away.
Although He Yiming was not injured, the impact he received in his heart was absolutely indescribable with words.
This corpse actually possessed such a powerful defensive power. It was truly inconceivable.
Ou Yangming turned his gaze, and the armor on his body slowly faded away. Since he was sure that he would not encounter any danger in the cave, he naturally would not waste his essential Qi to maintain the armor.
Ever since he entered, all of his attention was attracted by the golden skeleton. It was only at this moment that he began to size up the cave's environment.
On one side of the cave, facing the skeleton's direction, there was a big pond. The water in the pond had long dried up, but a strange plant grew in the middle of the pond.
The plant was quite large, and it occupied the entire pond. Nonetheless, the strange thing was that the plant's trunk seemed to have withered long ago. Only a small oval-shaped fruit could be seen at the top of the plant.
He Yiming silently sensed it, but the expression on his face was somewhat surprised and uncertain.
According to the state of the plant, it had been dead for an unknown number of years. Despite that, the fruit on the top seemed to be filled with a powerful life force.
Ou Yangming was certain that none of the living beings or plants that he had encountered had a life force that surpassed that of the fruit.
Even the Crying Ghost Ridge's dragon and the giant sea monster in the outer sea could not compare to it.
Ou Yangming's gaze continued to move around the cave. His eyes suddenly lit up as he came to a huge stone tablet.
Ou Yangming did not know what material this stone tablet was made of. After so many years, it still did not suffer the slightest bit of erosion.
However, what caught He Yiming's attention was that there were many words engraved on this stone tablet.
He calmed down and watched silently. After a long time, He Yiming frowned deeply.
The words on it turned out to be the Da Shen language, but what puzzled He Yiming was that he did not recognize many of the words.
He Yiming's heart suddenly moved, and he asked, "Brother Bai, do you recognize the words on it?"
"I do." 108 gave him a very satisfied answer.
"What words are on it?"
"The Da Shen language."
"Why can't I understand it?"
"This is the ancient language of the Da Shen language from thousands of years ago. It's quite different from the current language. You haven't learned the ancient language, so you naturally don't recognize it," 108 said matter-of-factly.
He Yiming nodded slightly. He knew that 108 had learned this knowledge before, and it definitely knew more than one language.
"Help me translate it."
108 translated the words on it without saying a word. He Yiming listened quietly. He looked calm on the surface, but his heart had long been overturned and he could not control himself.
The person who left the message on the stone tablet was the one sitting on the stone chair.
Of course, this was the message left by that person when he was alive. It explained why he came here and why he would rather die than leave.
Just as He Yiming had expected, this skeleton was indeed an indomitable and peerless figure when he was alive.
Thousands of years ago, the Five Elements Sect was the largest sect on the continent.
There were many experts in the sect. Not only did they have the most venerables on the continent, but they also had more than one Divine Path expert.
The corpse was called Zhou Minghua. He was one of the two Divine Path experts in the Five Elements Sect.
Back then, he was no longer young. It could even be said that he was nearing the end of his life. However, it was at that time that he discovered this natural cave under the island of Penglai and found a Saints' Fruit inside.
He was overjoyed at the time. He immediately opened up the cave and carefully set up a Five Elements Maze at the entrance.
However, what made him feel sad was that the Saints' Fruit took far too long to mature. Even when he reached the end of his life, it still did not bear fruit.
Out of helplessness, Zhou Minghua carved his experience on the stone tablet and created a simple map. He had his only disciple bring it to the Five Elements Sect.
However, it was very clear that his disciple did not complete his final wish. For some reason, the map ended up in the Dragonsnake Lair. If not for Treasure Pig stealing it, then it would never have the chance to see the light of day again. (To be continued. If you want to know what happened next, please go to www.qidian.com. There are more chapters. Support the author. Support the original reading!)
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