Chapter 110: Corpses

"Lead the way ahead."

Li Musheng walked calmly into the deep cave, signaling Ah Bin to continue moving inward.

Ah Bin held the torch in his hand, nodded and bowed in agreement, then quickly turned around.

He raised the torch with one hand, wiped the cold sweat that had unknowingly formed on his forehead with the other, and secretly let out a sigh of relief.

Before falling into the deep well, he still thought that martial arts experts were protecting behind Li Musheng and the other, but ever since that kick.

He truly confirmed that the young man behind him, who looked completely devoid of martial arts true qi and was even younger than him, was undoubtedly the true expert.

Next, the three continued deeper along the deep cave; along the way, they encountered several remaining remnants of the Great Qi left behind, but all were dealt with by Ah Bin beforehand.

The path after that gradually had no guards, and as they went further back, the moisture in the air gradually grew heavier; a layer of water mist condensed on the surrounding cave rocks, dripping down from time to time, and the mud beneath their feet became extremely muddy.

Before long, the view ahead suddenly opened up; Ah Bin stepped out from the narrow deep cave in one stride, only to arrive at a dim underground space.

A ring-shaped dark river wider than ten zhang flowed silently through the space, with the two ends of the dark river connecting to two deep cave openings.

And this meant that a fork in the road now appeared before the three of them.

"Two my lords, regarding the road ahead, which way should we go?"

Ah Bin immediately stopped, did not take the initiative to choose the path, but turned back at once to ask Li Musheng and the other for their opinion.

"Miss Cang, you know, my sense of direction isn't very good; this matter still needs you to make the decision."

Li Musheng shrugged, directly throwing the current difficulty at Cang Cang Yin Yue.

And Cang Cang Yin Yue furrowed her delicate brows slightly, her mind beginning to浮现 the location of the tea house and the corresponding direction of the Long Yuanhu.

After thinking for a moment, she pointed her finger toward the water route on the left side of the dark river and said:

"Judging from the extension path of the caves we took before, those Great Qi remnants should have traveled toward the Long Yuanhu via this direction."

Li Musheng nodded, then signaled Ah Bin to continue forward according to Cang Cang Yin Yue's instructions.

Seeing this, Ah Bin quickly agreed, condensed true qi beneath his feet, and leaped into the air.

Like a dragonfly touching the water, he stepped on the quiet surface, creating ripples, holding the torch to illuminate a patch of dim yellow light, and drifted toward the depths of the waterway indicated by Cang Cang Yin Yue.

After traveling a distance, while treading on the water, he glanced imperceptibly backward with his eyes.

At this moment, Cang Cang Yin Yue had already transformed into a blurred shadow cutting across the water surface, following closely not far behind him.

And when his gaze turned toward Li Musheng, his pupils suddenly contracted sharply.

He saw Li Musheng walking on the water surface as if treading on flat ground; the water surface did not even have a single ripple.

Moreover, although the other party seemed to be strolling leisurely, he was actually following behind Cang Cang Yin Yue at a steady pace, never falling behind by even a fraction of a distance.

More importantly, the other party still showed not a trace of martial arts true qi.

Ah Bin's expression changed drastically; he simply could not believe that the other party could achieve all this without using martial arts cultivation.

However, he naturally did not dare to ask too much, turned back, and continued treading on the water with lightness skill to scout the path ahead.

Just like this, after traveling for a short while, Ah Bin, who was holding the torch and walking ahead, suddenly stopped his body, then stepped on the water surface with his foot, and landed on a protruding rock on the nearby cliff wall to stop.

"Two my lords, the water area ahead seems a bit off."

Ah Bin squatted on the stone, quickly turned back to remind Cang Cang Yin Yue and Li Musheng behind him.

Upon hearing this, Cang Cang Yin Yue transformed into a dark shadow, treading lightly on the water to land on a stone on the other side of the cliff wall and stop.

Relying on the dim yellow light illuminated by the torch in Ah Bin's hand, she looked toward a water area of several dozen zhang ahead.

She saw corpses floating on the dark water surface, with drifting hair like black water weeds forming a continuous mass.

Those corpses had their heads submerged in the water, exposing pale white necks, densely packed together, stretching endlessly at a glance, just blocking the waterway leading forward.

Cang Cang Yin Yue's expression changed slightly, then turned to look at Li Musheng standing on the water nearby.

And when Li Musheng saw the gaze Cang Cang Yin Yue cast upon him, he shrugged, glanced at Ah Bin squatting on the rock on the other side, and instructed:

"Hey you... go check ahead and see exactly what's going on."

Upon hearing this, Ah Bin froze for a moment.

Then, he immediately wore a bitter expression, hesitated and fidgeted while squatting on the stone, and said in a low voice:

"These corpses look very abnormal; this humble one has low strength and is afraid I might be powerless against this."

Li Musheng waved his hand and said:

"Since you already have this intention, then just go ahead and do it freely; rest assured, no matter the result, I will not blame you."

Upon hearing this, Ah Bin's face froze, and he simply stood there in place, unable to speak.

However, before he could make a decision on whether or not to investigate those corpses floating on the water.

The next moment, he suddenly sensed his body being wrapped by an invisible true qi, and in an instant was rapidly propelled forward toward that dense mass of corpses.

"I, I didn't even agree... just forcing me to go!"

Ah Bin wanted to break free, but he simply could not do it.

And at this time, Li Musheng's voice came to his ears:

"Don't say I didn't help; giving you a ride isn't a big problem."

At the same time, Ah Bin, wrapped in true qi, had already arrived above the entire area of floating corpses in the water.

His entire body hovered in mid-air, moving slowly forward, while the lit torch in his hand illuminated the water surface beneath him completely.

Forced by Li Musheng like forcing a duck onto a perch, Ah Bin could not escape, so helplessly he calmed his mind and began to examine the corpses beneath him.

At this moment, he could see wisps of cold air rising from the water area where these corpses were located; obviously, the temperature of the water surface was very low.

His gaze swept over the pale corpses one by one, discovering that these corpses showed no signs of decay at all, and included men, women, old, and young, with various clothing styles on their bodies.

But very quickly, Ah Bin's face gradually turned ugly, and he turned back to say:

"My lord, these corpses are very problematic; they seem not to be those Great Qi remnants, and are even not people from the current Great Li. Judging from their clothing styles and degree of antiquity, they are at least people from the Great Qi period!"

Upon hearing this, Cang Cang Yin Yue frowned and pondered:

"The Great Qi was destroyed a hundred years ago; if they are all corpses from the Great Qi period, then that means these corpses have not rotted for at least a hundred years, which seems somewhat implausible."

Li Musheng glanced toward where Abin was and raised an eyebrow.

Meeting a group of corpses was already no good omen; did this kid have to make it sound so chilling?

Just then, Abin, floating above the corpses not far away, suddenly cried out in alarm:

"I... I saw a corpse move!"

(End of this chapter)