Chapter 203

"After we go out, I will report to the Sect Leader and build you a better and warmer house, so you don't have to hide like this anymore."

"You've suffered, Azure Bird."

The Azure Bird seemed stunned for a moment, then turned her head away proudly.

"Ganyu, let's go in and talk. The Head and the others haven't recovered from their injuries and need to recuperate."

Ningguang came over, also looking at the Azure Bird with heartache, and reminded her.

Everyone hurriedly helped to open the cave. Lishui was at the end, carefully observing for a long time, confirming that no demon beasts were following, and then closed the plants at the entrance.

The cave was not damp, but rather had a fresh fragrance.

There were many Star Spirit Grasses that had lost their spiritual energy scattered on the ground, as well as some half-eaten fruits.

Besides this, there were some spiritual herbs whose spiritual energy had not yet dissipated.

It looked like food the Azure Bird had found herself.

Everyone didn't think about taking them away; these were the Azure Bird's things.

But the Azure Bird flew to Klee's side and gently pecked at Klee's space ring.

Klee looked at the Azure Bird blankly, and the latter turned to look at Ganyu.

Ganyu instantly understood the Azure Bird's meaning and said softly:

"You want Klee to store these things?"

The Azure Bird nodded quickly and chirped a few times.

Clearly it was just a crisp bird chirp, but Ganyu understood the Azure Bird's meaning.

Rubbing the Azure Bird's head, she said softly:

"You are not my subordinate; we are partners, and your things are still your things."

"But I'm going to take you away from here later, so please let Klee keep these things for you, and return them to you after we go out, okay?"

The Azure Bird chirped lightly, then landed on Ganyu's shoulder and rubbed against her.

After Klee put away these scattered spiritual herbs, everyone continued to go deeper.

The road inside the cave was winding, but not difficult to walk, and everyone felt more and more that this was definitely polished by someone.

The Azure Bird was very familiar with the inside, and soon led everyone to go deep inside.

However, as they walked, everyone suddenly saw a faint light shining in the depths of the cave.

"Head?"

Xiao was a bit vigilant and leaned towards Zhongli.

"Trust the Azure Bird."

Zhongli shook his head helplessly; even if there was danger inside, they were already here, so they couldn't avoid it.

He hadn't recovered much True Qi now, and he had internal injuries, so he really couldn't fight.

The Azure Bird flew to the entrance and chirped at everyone, and everyone didn't hesitate anymore and stepped into it.

The next moment, their eyes lit up, and the space suddenly opened up.

The fluorescent light almost lit up the entire cave; in this sunless cave, it was like daylight.

The space here was not large, just a bit larger than the Jade Chamber.

But not far away, there was a somewhat dilapidated thatched cottage.

The door of the thatched cottage was slightly open, and the rich fluorescent light bloomed from it.

A rich spiritual energy surged into everyone's body the moment they stepped into this space.

Venti's face changed slightly, and he said in a low voice:

"Spirit Gathering Array, and the level is very high!"

"Look at the door."

Alice signaled everyone. Following Alice's gaze, everyone was shocked.

In every corner of the ground at the entrance, there were no less than a dozen spiritual stones scattered.

They were all top-grade and middle-grade spiritual stones.

The fluorescent light was emitted from them; judging by the situation, there were more spiritual stones in the room.

This space, except for the thatched cottage, only had a sloppy bird nest above the thatched cottage.

It looked like the Azure Bird lived here.

Ganyu looked at the Azure Bird and said softly:

"Azure Bird, can we go in and take a look?"

The Azure Bird didn't answer, but her gaze suddenly became a bit complex.

After a long while, after chirping in a low voice, she flew up on her own and landed on the bird nest.

"Azure Bird..."

For some reason, Ganyu noticed that the Azure Bird's mood didn't seem very high; she seemed very sad.

"I'll go."

Xiao volunteered, holding the Primordial Jade Winged-Spear, and carefully groped towards the thatched cottage.

But the various arrays he expected didn't appear; everything was very plain.

Not long after, Xiao arrived at the entrance of the thatched cottage. Ignoring the spiritual stones on the ground, Xiao carefully pushed open the wooden door with the Primordial Jade Winged-Spear.

After seeing the situation inside, Xiao was stunned on the spot.

"Xiao?"

Zhongli, who was leaning on a stone, asked with some worry.

Xiao came back to his senses and hurriedly said:

"I'm fine! Head! Everyone! Come quickly, there is a human skeleton here!"

Skeleton?

And a human one?!

It's a former Shushan disciple!

Everyone was shocked and hurriedly walked to the thatched cottage.

Xiao opened the wooden door wide, and everyone crowded in.

Just as Xiao said, opposite the thatched cottage, a skeleton of medium build was sitting cross-legged.

I don't know what realm of cultivator it was, but the bones were like jade and even emitted a faint white light.

There were dense spiritual stones scattered on the ground; at a glance, a rough estimate was at least a thousand.

Beside it was a somewhat worn-out backpack, in which a jade talisman was somewhat dim.

There was a space ring on the skeleton's finger, and a strangely textured disciple token on the ground.

Zhongli felt a palpitation in his heart, stood up with difficulty, and picked up the token.

Gently wiping the dust off it, after seeing the characters clearly, Zhongli's expression became complex.

"Dragon Head Peak disciple..."

"What?!"

Xiao was a bit surprised. Looking closely, sure enough, the characters above were exactly the same as his, but the texture of the token was a bit strange.

"This is a senior from Dragon Head Peak in the past; I don't know why he died here..."

Zhongli felt uncomfortable in his heart, looking at the skeleton in front of him, feeling uneasy.

"Old man, look at his chest!"

Venti keenly noticed something wrong with the skeleton.

The outer bones were like jade, but the inner bones were terrifyingly black and covered with all kinds of terrible cracks.

Even through the hollows of the skeleton's eyes, one could see the evil runes inside his skull.

Ganyu frowned slightly, always feeling that this appearance seemed to be what Jiang Yan had told her when he gave her extra lessons.

After recalling for a moment, she said in shock:

"This is the Soul-Devouring Curse!"

"What?!"

Everyone looked at Ganyu with some confusion.

"The Sect Leader once told me that this is an extremely evil technique in the cultivation world."

"Those who are hit, if they cannot solve the curse, will only spend forty-nine days of pain in the burning of soul power."

"Watching their bodies rot and their divine sense collapse to death."