Chapter 173: Treachery
These corpses and ghosts are all not of high strength, only the fetal palace realm, and they are the lowest level of murderous creatures in the Ten Thousand Bones Cave, although they are all fierce and not afraid of death, but they are no threat to the five people.
But Xia Mu did not show joy on his face, but frowned slightly.
"Brother Tianci, we have been walking in this Ten Thousand Bones Cave for a day and a night, and we have not found any signs of exit until now. Although these corpses and ghosts only have the cultivation of the fetal palace realm, but the heroes can't stand the lot, and if they kill like this, when will it be the end. Li Dequan said impatiently after blasting a corpse spirit to pieces with one punch.
"Brother Li doesn't need to worry, this Ten Thousand Bone Cave is so big, and it contains a natural labyrinth array, how can it be so easy to find a way out. Although there are countless of these low-level corpses and ghosts, it is easy for us to kill them, as long as we don't encounter high-level corpses and ghost generals, with our strength, it is enough to support them for a long time. Jin Tianci said indifferently.
"Having said that, but if we continue to consume like this, even if we have the spirit stone elixir to restore our spiritual power, sooner or later we will run out of it, and then our situation will be in trouble. Qiu Shuixian looked at the ghosts swaying in all directions and sighed lightly.
At this time, they were in a huge passage, about dozens of feet high, with dense dry bones under their feet, and black ghosts surrounded them in all directions.
Since they entered the Wangu Cave, these ghosts have been following them, although some were killed by Xia Mu's five people, but as they continued to advance, they encountered more and more ghosts, and they couldn't kill them, and in the end, Xia Mu and others simply gave up killing these ghosts, as long as these ghosts didn't take the initiative to provoke, they didn't bother to do it, which made the ghosts around Xia Mu's five people reach an extremely terrifying number, roughly speaking, there were thousands of heads.
And every time the number of these ghosts reaches thousands, they seem to have the confidence to pounce on several people like moths to a fire.
In a flash of blue light, several ghosts were smashed by the rattan whip thrown out by Mu Qingxian, and Qiu Shuixian controlled dozens of black beads around him, flying directly into the ghost crowd to kill indiscriminately, as for Xia Mu and the three of them, they also shot several times, until the number of ghosts was killed again to only a few hundred, and these ghosts with low intelligence screamed and ran away, and then followed Xia Mu and the five people from a distance.
For these remaining ghosts, Xia Mu and the five of them didn't bother to spend their energy chasing and killing, but continued to grope their way in the Ten Thousand Bones Cave to find an exit.
On this day, Xia Mu and the others were walking in the passage, and a three-way crossing suddenly appeared in front of them, and three passages, one large and two small, appeared in front of the five people.
Seeing these figures, they were naturally stunned.
"We walked through this place just now, there were no three forks in the road at that time, but now it actually appears by itself, it seems that this ancient cave is not simple. A cold light flashed in Xia Mu's eyes, and he suddenly spoke.
"This Ten Thousand Bone Cave contains a natural psychedelic formation, so I'm not surprised by the scene in front of me, but the question now is, which of the three passages should we take, or will we separate first, and then send a message through the spirit rune when we find the exit?" Mu Qingxian looked at the three passages that appeared in front of him and said lightly.
"Separate, it may be more efficient to do this, but what if we encounter a high-level ghost like a corpse general and a ghost general that we can't deal with alone?" Li Dequan said with a slight frown after hearing this.
"That's it, Li Daoyou and Jin Daoyou all the way, Mu Daoyou and Xia Daoyou all the way, and then I go all the way alone, what do you think?" Qiu Shuixian pondered for a moment and said suddenly.
"In this case, we naturally have no objection, but Qiu Daoyou is so confident in himself, does he have any support?" Hearing this, Xia Mu asked lightly with a flash in his eyes.
"Hehe, let's not hide it, for this trip, I deliberately collected a lot of treasures for corpses and ghosts, so even if I encounter a high-level existence such as a corpse general and a ghost general, even if I am not defeated, I can still do it if I want to retreat with my whole body. Qiu Shuixian smiled.
"I see, then according to what Qiu Daoyou said, let's act separately. Jin Tianci nodded, and then changed his words and said, "But since we want to explore the path separately, I think Qiu Daoyou should return the tortoiseshell star map that belongs to us first, right?"
"Hmph, are you worried that I will escape with that tortoiseshell star map alone?" Qiu Shuixian's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he looked at Jin Tianci coldly.
"Hehe, Qiu Daoyou, we don't say secret words, the importance of this tortoiseshell star map in the Starry Sky Immortal Palace, we all know it, so ...... You'd better hand over our share, or we will have reason to suspect that you want to take it alone. Before Jin Tianci could answer, Li Dequan on the side smiled and said.
"What do Mu Daoyou and Xia Daoyou mean?" After Qiu Shuixian listened, his eyes turned to Mu Qingxian and Xia Mu.
"Of the seven fragments, Mu Daoyou alone owns three copies, and I think she is the most powerful of the five of us. Xia Mu threw this question to Mu Qingxian without a trace, and at the same time secretly wrote down the words 'Starry Sky Immortal Palace' in Li Dequan's words.
"Since Jin Daoyou and Li Daoyou both asked to return it, let's separate the star map first, otherwise everyone will not be at ease about who it is. Mu Qingxian glanced at Xia Mu and said lightly.
After listening to Mu Qingxian's words, Qiu Shuixian seemed to be convinced.
"Okay, according to what a few Daoists said, but I hope that before you arrive at the Starry Sky Immortal Palace, you must not have any accidents, otherwise the star map is missing, and if you can't open the core treasure house, I will be busy in vain. Qiu Shuixian's fingers flicked continuously, and six streamers flew out, falling into the hands of Xia Mu, Mu Qingxian and others.
Reaching out to catch the streamer, Xia Mu glanced at the tortoise shell remnant in his palm, and with a flip of his palm, he included it in the Qiankun ring, and the three Mu Qingxian on the side did the same.
Next, after several people left divine imprints on each other's bodies, they entered the three passages according to the previous grouping.
Li Dequan and Jin Tianci chose the middle passage, while Xia Mu, Mu Qingxian and Qiu Shuixian entered the passage on both sides, one left and one right. At this point, the group of five people separated like this, and after the five of them stepped into the passage, the void here changed, and the three passages disappeared in an instant, and at the same time, a black mist appeared where Xia Mu and the five people stayed before, but it quickly disappeared again.
At this time, in the passage, Xia Mu was walking side by side with Mu Qingxian.
"This Ten Thousand Bone Cave is a little strange, according to the rumors, there should be a high-level existence such as corpse generals and ghost generals, but we haven't encountered one along the way, is the rumor false?" Mu Qingxian Shennian looked around, and said with a frown.
Xia Mu was a little speechless when he heard this:
"Although I don't know much about this Ten Thousand Bones Cave, I also know that there is a natural phantom array in it, and we seem to have walked a long distance in the past few days, but in fact, we may have been trapped in the periphery of the Ten Thousand Bones Cave by the natural phantom array, so the lowest-level corpse ghosts have always been encountered, and the real high-level corpse ghosts should be haunted in the deeper depths of the Ten Thousand Bones Cave. ”
"I can't see that your analysis is still the Tao. Hey, there are a few corpse wolves in front of us, it seems that we should be going in the wrong direction, this road should lead to the depths of the Ten Thousand Bones Cave. Just as Mu Qingxian and Xia Mu were talking, several corpse wolves suddenly jumped out of the passage in front of them.
The flesh and blood of these corpse wolves have rotted, only the tattered fur is left to wrap the skeleton, and two green flames representing the soul of the gods are burning in the eye sockets, judging from the aura they emit, they have the cultivation of the early stage of the god platform.
They leaped out of the passage, and as soon as they saw Xia Mu and the others, they pounced viciously.
With a flash of blue light, the Burning Sky Flame swept out, and in the blink of an eye, these corpse wolves were completely killed by Xia Mu alone.
In this way, the two of them slowly groped their way forward while killing the corpses and ghosts that appeared along the way, although they still found nothing, but as the strength of the corpses and ghosts that appeared became stronger and stronger, the two of them were also sure that the direction they were going in was correct.
When the two of them reached the end of the passage, the vision suddenly widened in front of them, and it seemed to be a stone hall, full of artificial style.
"This is here?" Mu Qingxian was stunned.
"It seems to be a stone hall, and it seems that we are getting closer to the ruins of the ancient Immortal Dynasty. Xia Mu's eyes flashed and said lightly.
"Found the exit so quickly?is it so simple?" Mu Qingxian raised his eyebrows, a little surprised.
The two of them were worried about this way, ready to deal with the high-level ghosts that might appear next, but before the high-level ghosts appeared, they seemed to be about to find the exit of the Ten Thousand Bones Cave.
"Hmm?, that's ......" Xia Mu saw something inserted at the entrance of the stone hall at a glance, but the whole body was already frozen in black ice, and the ghostly light flickered.
With a flick of his finger, the dark blue flames swept out and struck the black ice.
Suddenly, the sound of cracks came out, and under the scorching flames of the sky, the black ice instantly melted, revealing the frozen things inside.
It turned out to be a young man in a nebula black robe, who had been pierced through the heart by a bone spear, staring at the wall, because it was frozen in ice, all the flesh was extremely well preserved and lifelike.
But after the black ice melted, the young man's body withered rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and after a few breaths passed, the young man, who was still lifelike, turned into a white miserable skeleton and fell from mid-air. And the bone spear, which was originally like a dead thing, suddenly flashed a faint spiritual light after the bone remains, and suddenly let out a soft roar, and then the spear body began to tremble, as if it had an autonomous consciousness to break free from the wall.
Seeing this, a touch of surprise appeared on Mu Qingxian Yurong's face, and with a shake of his incense sleeves, a cyan rattan was about to shoot out, but it was intercepted by Xia Mu halfway.
"Sister Mu, wait and see where this bone spear is going to fly. Xia Mu's expression was a little solemn.
As he spoke, the bone spear had broken free from the wall and flew towards the exit on the other side of the stone hall.