Chapter 561: Laid to Rest

This mysterious black-robed man was the leading sixth-layer Jin Dan demonic cultivator who had escaped after a great battle with Song Qingming and the others in the canyon the day before.

When the four of them entered the Heaven-Reaching Tower that day, they happened to be near the teleportation array that Song Qingming and the others had taken. After teleporting over, they quickly discovered Song Qingming and the others who were searching for spiritual items below the canyon.

These few demonic cultivators thought they had a powerful formation and could hunt Song Qingming and the others after setting a trap, but they didn't expect to underestimate their strength, and even less did they expect that there was a third-tier formation master like Song Qingming among them, which was why they failed.

The young man called Master by the black-robed man had a momentum that had clearly reached the Nascent Soul realm. This person was a Nascent Soul old demon who had been dominating the area near the Fuyun Mountain Range for a thousand years, the Black Wind Chen Chen Laozu.

After hearing the black-robed man's explanation, the Black Wind Chen Chen Laozu scanned the other party with a pair of cold eyes and asked with an unhappy face, "When I contacted you just now, both Lao Liu and Yulong had no response. I'm afraid their physical bodies have already been destroyed."

"At this time, whether it is the human race or the demon race side, the experts who can be named have basically come up. Who exactly did you encounter that could fight you into such a miserable state?"

"What? Even Junior Brother Liu's physical body has been destroyed?" Hearing the Black Wind Chen Chen Laozu say that two companions had not escaped, although the black-robed man's face did not change much, he still felt a trace of lingering fear in his heart. Clearly, they had underestimated the strength of Song Qingming and the others too much at the beginning.

The other sixth-layer Jin Dan demonic cultivator who was besieged and killed by Song Qingming and the others did not have strength much inferior to his own. Knowing this news, the black-robed man felt a trace of lingering fear in his heart.

"The other party... there was no one particularly powerful among them, just that their numbers were several more than ours. Later, they broke the Profound Yin Great Formation we set up, which caused us to fail."

"Hmph! You four were acting together and could still be beaten like this by a group of loose cultivators. You are truly a bunch of trash!"

Seeing that the Black Wind Chen Chen Laozu had made a decision, the black-robed man immediately nodded respectfully and followed behind him.

"Your Highness, this mist is quite eerie. I just walked in and tried it. This mist can actually corrode my protective aura. I'm afraid it will be somewhat dangerous."

Because they had just entered not long ago, most cultivators were still concentrated on the first and second levels. It was still very easy to run into other cultivators in the tower. After Song Qingming and the others mixed on the second level for a few days, they ran into several groups of cultivators treasure hunting in the tower.

"Forget it! I specifically brought the Heaven-Reaching Token when I came in this time. How can I waste time here? Don't worry about this matter for now, set off with me!"

Huo Feng smiled and nodded, "The protective restriction in this place is so powerful, it seems no one has successfully entered it yet. That guy hasn't come up yet, and since we have nothing to do right now, let's go in and take a look!"

Those who could reach the second level so quickly were basically Jin Dan cultivators with some strength. After running into each other, as long as they found that they were not particularly familiar people, everyone would observe the other party from afar and then hurry away separately.

Hearing the Black Wind Chen Chen Laozu's angry scolding, the black-robed man could only stand on the side with his head down and an embarrassed face, not daring to say anything more!

Seeing the black-robed man being scolded, another disciple who had been standing behind the Black Wind Chen Chen Laozu chuckled and said, "Master! Do you want me and the senior brother to go down and see if we can find this group of people?"

"No need. Most of the Nascent Soul cultivators who entered the tower should still be on the third level now. I specifically wanted to avoid them, so I'm not in a hurry. Let's wait here for a few days before going up."

"Oh! Master, Junior Brother Cao hasn't arrived yet. Should we wait for him a bit longer?" The black-robed man asked with some confusion after hearing that the Black Wind Chen Chen Laozu was about to set off now.

After Huo Feng finished speaking, she landed directly on the ground. After casting a red protective barrier, she walked directly into the red mist in front.

Glancing at the other party, the Black Wind Chen Chen Laozu shook his head directly and said, "He hasn't arrived after such a long time. Such trash is useless even if he reaches the top. Don't worry about him. If it weren't for the fact that you are still somewhat useful, I'm afraid I should have reached the fourth level by now!"

Outside a valley filled with red mist on the third level, Huo Feng, with Long Feng, was standing above the valley, observing the situation inside the valley through the red mist in front.

Except for the group of demonic cultivators they encountered on the first day, after encountering a wave of crisis, Song Qingming and the others did not encounter any major dangers in the following days, but their luck was not that good either. They went to several places where there might be spiritual items, but they were either preempted by others or only had some spiritual items below the second tier, and they didn't find anything good.

"It's unknown when that brat will come up. Otherwise, I'll go down and find him and bring him over directly, so as not to delay Your Highness's major affairs!"

On this day, several people followed the map guidance in Zhao Menglian's hand and came to a small mountain full of low trees, wanting to find a place recorded on the map where they might find spiritual items.

"Fellow Daoist Zhao, is the place you mentioned that location?"

After hearing Zhang Tieyang shout, the group looked in the direction he pointed and immediately discovered more than a dozen tall stone pillars not far from the foot of the mountain!

Seeing those stone pillars, Zhao Menglian was overjoyed and nodded slightly, "Not bad! It should be there."

Hearing this, the group immediately showed smiles and turned into rays of light, heading straight for the foot of the mountain.

Just as they approached those stone pillars, Song Qingming saw something resembling a human figure lying under a stone pillar. When the group walked closer, they discovered it was a cultivator wrapped in a blue robe who had died many years ago and turned into white bones.

Seeing this corpse, Zhao Menglian sighed slightly, "This skeleton still has not-so-weak spiritual light attached to it. It seems that this person was also a Jin Dan cultivator with a not-low cultivation base before he died. I just don't know why he fell here?"

"Sigh! It's a pity that the storage bag on this person has already been taken away by someone else first. Nothing was left for us." Jin Ziyuan stepped forward to check the corpse, shook his head, and turned to walk back.

Seeing the disappointment on Jin Ziyuan's face, True Person Qingluo couldn't help but laugh, "Hehe! Fellow Daoist Jin's thinking is too good. This person fell here probably a thousand years ago. During this period, the Heaven-Reaching Tower has opened at least two or three times. How could it be that only we have been here?"

"Fellow Daoist Zhao, even a Jin Dan cultivator can fall in this place. I'm afraid it's not so easy to enter. Does the map in your hand explain what kind of restriction protection is inside?"

Compared to that skeleton, Yun Xinxue was more concerned about what kind of danger was hidden behind these stone pillars.

Hearing the other party's question, Zhao Menglian shook her head, "The sect's notes don't record much about this place, just marking it here. No one has truly broken in yet."

"In that case, there should be quite a few good things inside. If it were like the previous few places where we broke in easily, it would have been visited frequently. If we want to find good things in here, we still have to go to those places where ordinary people can't enter."

"Fellow Daoist Jin is right. This person dying here doesn't necessarily mean he was killed by the restrictions inside. It's also very likely that he fell here after encountering an attack by others after coming out. We don't need to be too nervous!"

Just as the few people on the side were discussing how to enter, Song Qingming, who had nothing to do, couldn't bear to look at the skeleton under the stone pillar on the side, so he summoned Jin Feng and directed him to dig a pit in the empty space next to it, wanting to bury the other party.

Just as Jin Feng had just picked up the skeleton, Song Qingming suddenly felt a white sphere the size of a walnut fall out of the skeleton's hollow mouth.

After Jin Feng carefully caught the sphere, he took a slight look, quickly put it away, and continued to put the skeleton into the pit he had just dug with a normal expression.

"Hehe! Fellow Daoist Song is truly a kind-hearted person. We are ashamed!" Looking at Jin Feng who had buried the skeleton and walked back, True Person Qingluo on the side praised with a smile.

Hearing this, Song Qingming immediately waved his hand modestly, "Fellow Daoist Qingluo is joking. I just couldn't bear to see this person fall here with no one to collect his corpse, so I did it by the way!"

Zhao Menglian also nodded, "We cultivators inevitably have a day when we die and fall. I just hope that we can also meet a kind-hearted person in the future, have three feet of yellow soil to bury our bodies and be laid to rest, not ending up like this fellow daoist, exposing our corpses in the wilderness for a thousand years!"

"Fellow Daoists, we didn't come here to sigh about these things. Let's hurry in first, lest someone else comes looking for us later."

Hearing Jin Ziyuan's urging, Song Qingming and the group laughed, put away Jin Feng, and followed everyone to walk toward the position between the two stone pillars.

Just after passing through the two outer stone pillars and entering this group of high-standing stone pillars, this originally calm and silent place suddenly started to blow a gust of wild wind, followed by a mass of black clouds quickly gathering in the sky, covering this entire area.

Feeling the changes in the surroundings, the group hurriedly released a magic power barrier. Zhao Menglian and Yun Xinxue, who were walking in front, summoned a defensive magic treasure to surround their bodies with a wave of their hands.

Just as they were ready, a very terrifying thunder suddenly sounded on the two stone pillars and headed straight into the black clouds in the high sky. Not long after, more than a dozen thunderbolts that looked quite powerful fell from the sky and attacked the group from the sky.

Seeing this, the group immediately drove the magic power barriers on their bodies with all their strength, each taking on several thunderbolts.

"Hehe! This thunder looks scary, but it doesn't seem to have much power!"

Before Jin Ziyuan could be happy for a moment, several more thunders rang out continuously on the stone pillars around, flying into the black clouds above the group's heads. A moment later, hundreds of thunderbolts fell from the sky.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 562 =====