Chapter 561: Laid to Rest

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

On the day they entered the Heaven-Reaching Tower, the four of them happened to be near the teleportation array that Song Song Qingming and the others took. After being teleported over, they soon discovered Song Song Qingming and the others who were searching for spiritual items below the canyon.

These few demonic cultivators considered themselves to have a powerful formation and thought they could hunt Song Song Qingming and the others after setting a trap, but they did not expect to underestimate their strength, and even less did they expect that there was a third-tier formation master like Song Song Qingming inside, which was why they failed.

The young man called Master by the black-robed man had a momentum on his body that had clearly reached the Nascent Soul realm. This person was a Nascent Soul old demon who had been dominating the vicinity of the Fuyun Mountain Range for a thousand years, the Black Wind Old Ancestor.

After hearing the black-robed man's explanation, Black Wind Old Ancestor swept his cold gaze over the other party and asked with displeasure, "When I just contacted you all, both Lao Liu and Luo Yulong had no response. I'm afraid their physical bodies should have already been destroyed.

At this time, whether it is the human race or the demon race side, experts who can be named have basically come up. What kind of powerful people did you few encounter to be beaten into such a miserable state?"

"What? Even Junior Brother Six's physical body has been destroyed?" Hearing Black Wind Old Ancestor say that two companions had not escaped, although there was no big change on the black-robed man's face, he still felt a trace of lingering fear in his heart. Clearly, they had underestimated the strength of Song Song Qingming and the others too much at the beginning.

The other sixth-layer Golden Core demonic cultivator who was besieged and killed by Song Song Qingming and the others did not have strength much inferior to his. After knowing this news, the black-robed man now also felt a trace of lingering fear. Clearly, they had underestimated the strength of Song Song Qingming and the others too much at the beginning.

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

"Hmph! You four acting together and still being beaten like this by a group of loose cultivators, you are truly a bunch of trash!"

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

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

Because they had not been in for long, 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 Song Qingming and the others had been mixing on the second level for a few days, they ran into several groups of cultivators searching for treasures in the tower.

"Forget it! I brought the Heaven-Reaching Token specifically 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 before. That guy hasn't come up yet. Since we have nothing to do anyway, let's go in and take a look first!"

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

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

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

"No need. Those Nascent Soul cultivators who entered the tower should basically all be on the third level now. I just want 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. Do we want to wait for him a bit more?" Hearing Black Wind Old Ancestor say he was about to set off now, the black-robed man asked with some confusion.

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.

After glancing at the other party, Black Wind Old Ancestor shook his head directly, "Having not arrived for so long, this kind of trash is of no use even if he reaches above. Don't worry about him. If it weren't for seeing that you are still of some use, I'm afraid I would have reached the fourth level by now!"

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

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

"Waiting for that brat to come up, I don't know how long it will take. Otherwise, I'll go down and find him, and bring him here directly to avoid delaying Your Highness's major affairs!"

On this day, according to the map guidance in Zhao Zhao Menglian's hand, the group 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 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!

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

Hearing this, the group immediately revealed smiles one after another, turning into streaks of light and rushing straight toward the foot of the mountain.

Just as they approached those stone pillars, Song Song Qingming saw that there was actually 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.

After seeing this corpse, Zhao Zhao Menglian sighed slightly, "This white bone still has not-so-weak spiritual light attached to it. It seems this person was also a Golden Core cultivator with a not-low cultivation base before he died. It's just that I 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." After Jin Wu Ziyuan stepped forward to check the magic treasure in the hand of this corpse, which had suffered serious damage, he shook his head and turned to walk back.

Seeing the disappointment on Jin Wu Ziyuan's face, True Person Qingluo could not help but laugh, "Hehe! Fellow Daoist Jin is thinking too well. This person fell here, I'm afraid it should have been 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 Golden Core cultivators can fall in this place. I'm afraid it's not so easy to get in. Does the map in your hand explain what kind of restriction protection is inside?"

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

Hearing the other party's question, Zhao Zhao Menglian shook her head, "The sect's notes do not record too much about this place, only 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, breaking in easily, it would mostly have been patronized by people often. If you want to find good things inside, you still have to go to those places where ordinary people cannot enter."

"Fellow Daoist Jin is right. This person dying here does not necessarily mean he was killed by the restrictions inside. There is also a great possibility that he was attacked by others after coming out, which is why he fell here. We don't need to be too nervous!"

Just as the few people on the side were discussing how to get in, Song Song Qingming, who had nothing to do, felt somewhat unbearable looking at the white bone under the stone pillar on the side. He summoned Jin Feng and directed him to dig a pit in the empty space beside it, wanting to bury the other party.

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

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

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

Hearing this, Song Song Qingming immediately waved his hand modestly, "Fellow Daoist Qingluo is joking. I just saw this person fall here with no one to collect his corpse and couldn't bear it, so I did it as a matter of convenience!"

Zhao Zhao Menglian also nodded and said, "We cultivators inevitably have a day of death. I only hope that we can also meet a kind-hearted person in the future, having 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 later."

Hearing Jin Wu Ziyuan's urging, Song 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 stone pillars on the periphery and entering this group of tall stone pillars, this place, which was originally calm and silent, suddenly started to blow a gust of wild wind. Following closely, a mass of black clouds quickly gathered in the sky, covering this entire area.

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

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

Seeing this, the group immediately urged their magic power barriers with all their might, and each of them took on several thunder lights.

"Hehe! This thunder light looks scary, but it seems its power is not much."

Before Jin Wu Ziyuan could be happy for a moment, several more thunders sounded continuously on the surrounding stone pillars, flying into the black clouds above the group's heads. A moment later, hundreds of thunder lights fell from the sky again.

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