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Several people stepped across the long corridor, and a humanoid Puppet, holding a giant axe in its hand, slashed directly towards them.
Lin Mo made a prompt decision, and the fishbone flying sword in his hand unsheathed to block the giant axe.
Before the few of them could continue their attacks, the Puppet turned into a heap of sand and dust, and with a gentle breeze blowing past, it slowly dissipated.
Senior Sister Huang Doudou said with both shock and joy: "This place is definitely an ancient Immortal Cave, it's just that I don't know how many things are actually left after the long years."
Lin Mo looked at the blessed land ahead with a profound gaze: "Everything has its pros and cons. If the treasures are gone, it means the danger is much less, but true treasures can withstand the sedimentation of time."
Several people nodded. Looking out, ahead of them was a small valley covering an area of about an mu, with tall mountains standing on all sides and a mountain stream running through the valley. Lush green grass grew beside the stream, and the valley was verdant.
It was just damp all year round, and with no one tending to the Immortal Cave, it looked very dilapidated.
There were more than a dozen layers of pavilions inside the Immortal Cave, with various places having clear divisions of labor. At a glance, it was the residence of a Senior with profound cultivation.
Lin Mo rubbed his hands and said with an expectant expression: "Let's go, let's see what good things are inside."
In front of them was a huge 12-story pavilion. Stepping on the floor of the pavilion made a creaking sound, and if one was not careful, the floor would be directly stepped through.
Senior Sister Huang Doudou looked expectant: "Everyone be careful, this pavilion has already aged and decayed. If it weren't for the protection of the Formation, it would probably have collapsed long ago."
Inside the alchemy room on the 1st floor, the alchemy cauldron had vanished, and there were several shelves in the room upon which jade bottles were placed.
Lin Mo casually opened a jade bottle, and a wisp of blue smoke wafted out. Looking inside again, it was completely empty.
The other people opened the jade bottles and found the same thing, showing disappointed expressions. Lin Mo pointed to the upper floor and said: "Let's go up and take a look, there probably isn't anything left inside here."
Senior Sister Leng Hanyue looked unwilling and opened the jade bottles one by one. The result was the same as before; all the Medicinal Pills inside had long since vanished under the corrosion of time.
The few people walked up layer by layer, and the Spirit Beast garden on the upper floor was completely empty.
Inside the Qi Refining room, there were indeed a few Magic Treasures remaining. Judging by their patterns and styles, they were definitely left by ancient Cultivators.
But unfortunately, Lin Mo only touched them slightly, and these Magic Treasures shattered into pieces.
The subsequent quiet rooms, medicine gardens, storehouses, practice rooms, reception rooms, and so on, they walked through all of them, but gained nothing.
Even the things that were still left had decayed beyond recognition in the long years.
Senior Sister Leng Hanyue said dejectedly: "So many treasures have decayed, how wonderful it would have been if I had come earlier."
Lin Mo teased: "How early do you want to come? Judging by the current situation, these things were probably already like this when you were born."
Senior Sister Huang Doudou raised her head: "There is only the last room left. If we still gain nothing, our trip will have been completely in vain."
Lin Mo said helplessly: "This Senior isn't even in the Immortal Cave, leaving a million or eighty thousand Spirit Stones."
Shangguan Rouer rolled her eyes at Lin Mo: "What kind of nice things are you thinking about? Let's go, let's go up together."
The last secret room was completely empty, with many fluorescent stones embedded in the walls, emitting a soft glow.
Through the light, it could be clearly seen that a skeleton was sitting cross-legged in the exact center of the secret room.
The clothes on the skeleton had decayed beyond recognition, revealing one rib after another.
Two books were placed in front of the skeleton. Judging from their appearance, the books looked almost ethereal.
Senior Sister Leng Hanyue ran over with an excited expression and said excitedly: "After so long, these two books haven't decayed yet, they must be treasures."
Lin Mo held her back, shook his head and said: "Don't rush yet. The Senior's skeleton has remained undecayed through tens of millions of years. Before death, he was most likely a Mahayana Cultivator. Let's pay our respects to the Senior first."
The few people looked at each other and nodded together.
Standing in front of the skeleton, they slightly bowed: "Senior, we Disciples of the Jade Maiden Immortal Sect, have specially come to seek these scriptures. Regardless of whether we gain anything, we will properly bury the Senior."
Just as Lin Mo and the others finished speaking, a phantom floated up in front of the skeleton.
"I wonder what year and month it is now. The Legacy of my Superior Xuyan finally has a destination."
"Throughout my life, I roamed across the Immortal cultivation world, and ultimately fell beneath the Heavenly Tribulation. Having no face to switch to cultivating as a Loose Immortal, I simply chose to pass away right here."
"In this life, I still have one obsession. The two Divine Abilities with which I roamed the Immortal cultivation world—the Beast Taming Technique and the Xuyuan Sword Jue—have no successors."
"Since you called me Senior, the Legacy shall belong to you. Do not worry, I am merely a phantom; however, whether you can guard this Legacy depends on your own abilities."
The phantom let out a cunning laugh. Before Lin Mo and the others could speak, the phantom had already vanished into thin air.
Of the two books in front of the skeleton, one flew into Lin Mo's hand, and one flew into Shangguan Rouer's hand.
The two books in Lin Mo's and Shangguan Rouer's hands instantly emitted an incomparably dazzling light.
Transforming into two pillars of light, one red and one green, they shot straight into the sky.
Even being inside the Immortal Cave could not conceal the radiance of the two pillars of light.
At the same time, Liu Yue, the son of Liu Jianli, the head of the Soul-Devouring Beast Sect's main headquarters, after a journey of travel, finally arrived at the Langya Branch.
Looking at the two pillars of light shooting into the sky, the pleasant surprise on Liu Yue's face was beyond measure, and he laughed heartily: "I never expected, I never expected, that an ancient Cultivator's ruins would actually appear in the Langya Branch. This time we've struck it rich."
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On Lin Mo's side, after Shangguan Rouer obtained the Legacy, without checking it yet, she first gently moved the remains of the ancient great Cultivator Xuyuanzi.
At this moment, Lin Mo discovered that behind Xuyuanzi's ragged Daoist robe, several small silver arrows were hidden.
Not knowing how many years had passed, the small arrows still flashed with a chilling, gloomy light.
Lin Mo and the others looked at each other, their eyes filled with utter horror.
A total of 4 small arrows, corresponding precisely to the 4 of them. If they hadn't paid their respects just now, I'm afraid the outcome would have been entirely different.
Lin Mo looked at the small arrows and said: "Shangguan Rouer and I have obtained the Legacy, and this small arrow Magic Treasure obviously isn't an ordinary object either. Why don't we give it to Senior Sister Leng Hanyue and Senior Sister Huang Doudou?"
Senior Sister Leng Hanyue and Senior Sister Huang Doudou nodded. Since the two of them didn't obtain the Legacy, it meant they had no affinity with Senior Xuyuanzi; obtaining this Magic Treasure meant they hadn't returned completely empty-handed.
Several people nodded, packed away Xuyuanzi's skeleton, and prepared to find a proper place with scenic mountains and clear waters to bury him.
Just as they returned to the upper level of the Soul-Devouring Beast Sect, Lin Mo saw Liu Yue beating Wang Dabiao.
Slaps and big kicks were being showered onto Wang Dabiao's body as if they were worthless.
While beating him, he interrogated: "If you still don't tell me where your branch master has gone, I'll slaughter you right now!"
Wang Dabiao, bruised and swollen all over, said aggrievedly: "I really don't know where the branch master went."
Lin Mo's gaze grew stern, and he knew clearly in his heart that the person before him was the Young Lord of the main headquarters.
However, pretending not to know the other party, he smiled lightly and said: "This Young Master, what is the reason for such a big temper?"
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