Chapter 72: Golden-veined Python
Lin Chen carefully supported Shen Bing on the side, the two of them were now heading towards the downstream of the dark river bed, Shen Bing would still have physical resistance at the beginning, Lin Chen was also aware of this, so he just held Shen Bing's hand and gave her a focus point, so that it would not cause any misunderstanding.
Now Shen Bing has changed into the clothes given by Lin Chen, although he is a little uncomfortable to wear, but he can only settle down, and the current Shen Bing looks completely different from the previous appearance of the city and the country in Lin Chen, but more like a handsome peerless man who will make other women jealous, once he appears outside, I don't know how many women will be fascinated.
When Lin Chen checked the riverbed swimming, he found that it was not only difficult to move forward, but also blocked by a waterfall soon after traveling, although it was only a small stream of water now, but for Shen Bing, who had not fully recovered, it was difficult to climb up in her current state.
As for Shen Bing, he also found that Lin Chen not only recovered from his injuries quickly, but even the absorption speed of the aura was far beyond his own, and he was secretly frightened and curious, he had the cultivation of the sixth level of the day after tomorrow, but in the dark river with rich aura, Lin Chen did not recover as fast as he could, although he had doubts in his heart, he did not ask.
There are many tributaries in the dark river, some of which have dried up for a long time, even if they are washed by the flood, they will quickly return to their original state, and if there is no follow-up water flow, it will still be a stream in the end, so Lin Chen and the others only need to follow the water flow in front of them.
"Huh"
When passing through a shunt, Lin Chen, who was secretly meditating, suddenly heard Shen Bing's voice of surprise.
"What's wrong with Miss Shen, but I found something"
Looking at Lin Chen's eyes looking at him, Shen Bing smiled, and at the same time looked at the place behind him suspiciously.
"Lin Chen, take two steps back, do you feel that the aura on our left seems to be much stronger than in other places?"
Lin Chen carefully sensed it back and forth a few times, and his brows couldn't help frowning, because he found that it was indeed as Shen Bing said, the aura in a tributary on their left was indeed much richer than the one in front of him, and if he didn't feel it carefully, he wouldn't be able to distinguish it at all.
"Miss Shen, I didn't expect you to be able to tell such a difference, but how could there be such a situation?"
However, the two of them quickly made a decision, their eyes flashed, and after a brief discussion, they changed their original route and entered the tributary on the left.
After walking in, the two of them also noticed the difference, every time they traveled a distance, the concentration of spiritual energy around them would rise a few points, and the ground under their feet was also in a state of slope, even if it was the previous flood, it would be difficult to submerge here.
The two of them who traveled a distance further found that there were obvious traces of artificial excavation on the soil layer on the side, and a flat path appeared under their feet, and they couldn't help but look at each other.
After a while of further progress, many human bones gradually appeared under their feet, and there were no less than twenty in front of them.
Although most of the bones were soft and old, or had corroded into powder, one or two of the bones of cultivators could be seen in them that were still well preserved, and many bones that had been broken by the impact of heavy objects could be seen on the bones, and most importantly, judging from the decaying weapons in their hands, it was at least fifty years old, and it was hard to imagine how they came to be here.
After examining a skeleton again, both men stopped, looking uncertainly ahead.
"Lin Chen, how can human bones appear in the underground dark river, and you can see the direction in which they fell, as if they were fleeing behind us"
After Shen Bing's reminder, Lin Chen also woke up, just now he was still checking one of the well-preserved bones, so he didn't observe this situation carefully, but now after noticing it, his face began to become solemn.
"Miss Shen, there is likely to be an unknown danger ahead, once the battle starts, it will be difficult for Lin Chen to take care of you"
The implication was already obvious, judging from what they had discovered now, there must be a lot of danger ahead, and it was even likely to be a deadly threat, and once they were distracted in battle, they would step towards death.
But according to the aura perceived by the two of them, there is also a high probability that there will be good treasures ahead, and maybe there will be top-notch healing herbs, so how could such an opportunity be missed.
As the so-called wealth and danger are sought, opportunities in the cultivation world are already rare, and if you don't go to check it, wouldn't it be possible to miss a rare opportunity.
"Lin Chen, don't worry, if there is really danger, you just need to concentrate on dealing with it, although I haven't completely recovered, it's still okay to deal with one or two."
Lin Chen was still not at ease, and handed the only knife to Shen Bing and asked her to use it for self-defense, as for himself, he found a relatively intact long sword from the side and held it in his hand, and waved it up and down, and found that it could still be used, so he pinned it to his waist in Shen Bing's surprised eyes.
The two of them began to march again, and the bones they saw along the way became fewer and fewer, but the bones that appeared were all skeletons with some cultivation, which were obviously different from the others.
Until a circular passage more than three meters high appeared in front of their eyes, and the rich aura they sensed was spreading out from the passage.
When they came here, they became even more vigilant, because on the edge of the passage, there was a layer of nearly five-meter-long snake skin full of mucus and blood, and the mucus mixed with blood on it was still dripping to the ground, obviously it had just fallen off, and the strong fishy smell made Shen Bing beside Lin Chen feel a little vomiting, and an obvious crawling mark led to the inside of the passage.
Lin Chen hurriedly patted Shen Bing's back and suppressed her vomiting, not wanting to alarm the newly molted python because of her vomiting, but he was soon stared at by Shen Bing's murderous eyes.
"Lin Chen, take your hand away for me"
"Be careful, don't make too much noise, lest you wake up the guys inside, you wait outside, I'll go in and see what's going on inside"
Without looking at Shen Bing's ugly face, Lin Chen let go of the hand holding Shen Bing, walked into the passage in a flash, and carefully sneaked up following the crawling marks on the ground.
Shen Bing frowned, gently biting his red lip and looking at Lin Chen who disappeared into the passage.
Lin Chen, who was sneaking, touched the crawling marks on the ground, he could feel a little residual warmth from the crawling marks, obviously Lin Chen's guess was right, and he could also find one or two black scales in the crawling marks, from which he could sense a trace of residual breath, and after probably knowing the beast realm he was about to face, his heart was also settled.
After about half an hour, Lin Chen finally saw the exit at the other end, and on the right side of the exit, he saw a six-meter-long python that was sleeping soundly around its body, its scales shining with a faint light, and on its forehead, there were two arranged golden stripes, forming a closed eye.
"Double-patterned gold-patterned mang"
Seeing the two golden lines on his forehead, Lin Chen secretly exclaimed, this is a kind of python that Lin Chen had seen from a book of strange beasts when he was in Mocheng.
Its uniqueness lies in the golden veins on its forehead, they are just one stripe when they are just born, which is equivalent to a cultivator in the dantian stage, and when they advance to the acquired realm, the golden veins on the forehead will change from one to two, forming a unique vertical eye.
And when they advance to the innate realm, a golden stripe will appear on their foreheads again, and the original vertical eyes will become real eyes, which will contain a powerful ability, and at that time, the golden veined mangs will not be called golden-veined mang, but three-eyed recklessness, which means the power of its third eye.
The aura on the golden-veined python's body has about three layers of the day after tomorrow, but it is obviously just breaking through, so it will choose temporary dormancy to consolidate its cultivation.
The true qi in Lin Chen's body had not fully recovered, and if he woke it up, he would inevitably have another big battle at that time, so after just a few glances, Lin Chen withdrew his gaze and looked at other places.