The Elite Meeting, as a grand event within the Thunderfire Dynasty, quietly started and quietly ended.
The destruction of the three second-rate sects in Donglin County was still fermenting, causing all the spirit cultivator sects to be in danger.
They could all feel that the Thunderfire Dynasty seemed to want to make a move on the Mountain Sea Sect!
The dynasty wanted to regain control of the entire Donglin County!
Next, it would depend on the Mountain Sea Sect's attitude. If the Mountain Sea Sect was stubborn, it would probably attract the Thunderfire Dynasty's army. At that time, the other spirit cultivator sects might also be affected.
Thus, some second and third-rate sects began to plan for their own retreat.
Some took the initiative to negotiate with the Discipline Commission, expressing their willingness to submit to the dynasty's control, while others were prepared to bet on the Mountain Sea Sect.
Now, the entire Donglin County was once again in a dark tide.
The people who caused all this had already left Donglin County and were preparing to head to the Imperial Capital.
For Eunuch Gao and Lei Muyan, their mission was to select the elites and warn the Mountain Sea Sect. Now that the mission was completed perfectly, they naturally had to return to report.
As for whether they would make a move on the Mountain Sea Sect, that would depend on the Mountain Sea Sect's subsequent actions.
A few days later, Leng Shiqi and Di Chuan appeared on a desolate hill. At this moment, they were standing in front of a deeply hidden cave.
"Brother Liu, this is the place where I obtained the finger bone."
Leng Shiqi was currently wearing a large cloak. Under the cloak, he had already activated Byakugan. He found that there was no trace of people within a radius of more than twenty miles. There was not even the slightest aura of living creatures.
This made him feel a little strange. Although the mountain under their feet was a little desolate, at least it looked quite normal. There should be at least some villages in the mountain.
This was not like the Shadow Wind Ridge, which was gloomy all year round, causing no one to dare to approach it. This was very suspicious!
Speaking of the Shadow Wind Ridge, this was the reason why Leng Shiqi was wearing a cloak.
Because this place was not far from the Shadow Wind Ridge!
This small mountain was called Wu Gu Mountain. It was located between Shiyi City and Shang Yang City. It was about a hundred miles away from the Shadow Wind Ridge.
This meant that he was now relatively close to the branch of the Blood-Robed Pavilion in Donglin County.
If there was one person he didn't want to see the most right now, it would naturally be Feng Sha Mo!
First of all, Feng Shamo had tried his best to rope him in and even gave him the opportunity to enter the Illusory Spirit Mystic Realm.
However, Leng Shiqi didn't want to get involved in the competition for the position of the next Pavilion Master, so it was better to stay away from Feng Sha Mo.
He asked Di Chuan, "There aren't many people here. Why did Brother Di think of passing by here?"
In the face of Leng Shiqi's doubts, Di Chuan did not care. He explained, "I took some shortcuts in order to get here. Besides, I grew up in the mountains. It's more convenient to take these mountain roads than the official roads. That's why I passed by here."
"I see. There's no time to lose. Di Chuan, please lead the way." Leng Shiqi nodded.
Di Chuan didn't go in directly. Instead, he stood in front of the cave and made a series of complicated gestures. The air at the entrance of the cave suddenly twisted, and then the entrance of the cave changed into another appearance. There was also a trace of an ominous aura surging out.
Then, Di Chuan activated his spiritual power and displayed the Protective Spiritual Armor. With a slightly serious expression, he said, "Brother Liu, there are some small things in here. Although they're not a threat to us, it's better to be cautious."
Leng Shiqi frowned secretly. It seemed that this cave was covered by a formation. But how did Di Chuan know how to break the formation?
Moreover, he clearly didn't see any creatures or mechanisms in the vision of the Byakugan.
However, as Di Chuan said, it was better to be safe. He subconsciously wanted to summon the Demonic Beast Blood Pattern Armor, but he hesitated. He summoned the Gu King's Armor, which turned into a colorful light armor on his body.
Compared to the Demonic Beast Blood Pattern Armor, the Gu King's Armor was more comprehensive.
Moreover, with the improvement of Leng Shiqi's cultivation, the Demonic Beast Blood Pattern Armor's role gradually became less important.
This was particularly obvious in the Minor Five Elements Chaos Paradise.
Leng Shiqi thought that although the Demonic Beast Blood Pattern Armor was a combination of three cultivation methods, the Tiansha Nine Hidden Demonic Beast Blood Pattern that he created himself could only be regarded as a fifth-level cultivation method at most.
But in fact, it was inferior to a fifth-level cultivation method because this cultivation method couldn't open the spiritual aperture.
In addition, the Demonic Beast Blood Pattern Armor used the beast qi battle pattern of the third-level demonic beast, the Zhu Rock Beast. For the current Leng Shiqi, the grade was indeed too low.
He had also thought of changing to a stronger beast qi battle pattern, but whether it was in the Western Wilderness County or Donglin County, he couldn't see a single demonic beast. Even if he had the strength, he couldn't do anything.
This matter could only be kept in mind for now.
After that, the two walked into the cave. It was dark inside, but for the two in the middle and late stage of the Spiritual Aperture Realm, it didn't affect them at all.
Leng Shiqi could clearly see the cave walls and things on the ground. To his surprise, there were a lot of skeletons here!
He looked carefully and found that the clothes on these skeletons had not completely rotted, and even some of the skin and flesh were relatively intact.
This meant that these people had only recently died here!
"Hey." Leng Shiqi suddenly stopped.
Di Chuan turned his head and looked over in confusion.
Leng Shiqi stopped in front of a skeleton. The owner of this skeleton was a young man around twenty years old. Perhaps he had just died not long ago, his face could still be seen clearly.
The reason why he stopped was because he had seen this person before!
Leng Shiqi remembered that a long time ago, the Stone Translation City held a competition for the Illusory Palace Token. At that time, he and Nine Leave went to watch. In the end, Lin Hui won the Illusory Palace Token and obtained the qualification to enter the Illusory Spirit Secret Territory.
Of course, the competition attracted a lot of people, and the person lying on the ground was one of them!
Leng Shiqi certainly couldn't remember all the faces. Coincidentally, this person was standing next to Leng Shiqi. He also remembered that this young man had a loud voice.
But for some reason, he died here?
All of a sudden, Leng Shiqi seemed to have thought of something. He turned over the corpses one by one and frowned unconsciously.
"Brother Liu, what did you find?" Di Chuan walked over and asked.
"Nothing, but did you notice that these corpses are all young people?"
Leng Shiqi pointed at the nearby corpses. Most of them could still be seen and didn't look old.
Di Chuan looked a few times and said in surprise, "That's true. I didn't notice it last time."
"Brother Di, can you tell me in detail what happened last time you came in?
How did you get that finger bone? "
"When I was passing through here, I happened to notice someone sneaking into this cave. That person's cultivation was only at the Pure Spirit Realm, so I followed him in out of curiosity. That technique was something I learned by stealing it.
When I first saw these corpses, I thought that someone was fighting over some treasure. I thought that my cultivation wasn't weak, so I went in to explore.
Later, in the depths of the cave, I encountered a monster beast emitting a strange aura. However, before I could get close, a gray stream of light attacked me!
That gray stream of light was very powerful. Even I had to use all my strength to block it. I felt that there was a lot of danger inside. Seeing that the Elite Gathering was about to start, I left first.
And in the gray stream of light was the finger bone! "
After hearing this, Leng Shiqi fell into contemplation.
Others may not know, but Leng Shiqi knew that the finger bone contained terrifying evil Qi!
He combined what Di Chuan had experienced with the two evil Qi remnant souls he had encountered in Translation City, and then looked at the corpses of the young people on the ground. A shocking idea appeared in his mind!
Perhaps there was an evil creature hidden in the depths of this cave, an injured evil creature!
It must absorb something from the genius young man to slowly recover, and its current strength was not very strong. Otherwise, it wouldn't have forced Di Chuan to retreat, but would have killed him!