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Chapter 171 Search
Chapter 171 Search
It followed the last person out of the Netherworld Beast Forest, but that person was too badly injured and died near Anning Village.
The villagers of Anning Village, grateful for the noble deeds of these warriors, funded the construction of cenotaphs for them, and the warrior who died outside Anning Village was also buried there.
Subsequently, the bead, activated by the warrior's death energy, slowly transformed the warrior into a zombie.
At first, the zombie didn't harm people; it just wandered around the village at night, biting and killing some livestock.
Later, the villagers of Anning could no longer bear the disturbance and asked the government to come and suppress it. After the government arrived, they suppressed the zombie and burned it in the mass grave.
Then, the deathly aura spread, turning Anning Village into a ghost town. The Yin Spirit Pearl silently absorbed the deathly aura in the mass grave.
Thinking of this, Bai Ke couldn't help but sigh and lament that fate had its own design.
"Senior Brother, the disciples just searched the place, and apart from some rather ordinary tables, chairs, and decorations, the hall..."
The golden throne at the head of the palace was flanked by puppet generals, all clad in armor, masks, and armed with swords and spears. In the very center of the palace stood a massive alchemy furnace. The disciple found this all quite strange.
"Don't worry about those things for now. Just remember to tell them not to move anything. It would be bad if they triggered some kind of mechanism."
"Yes!" the disciple replied, then turned and left to give instructions to the others.
Bai Ke looked around the palace, trying to find a place with a library or a secret training room.
After all, this ancient cultivator is so powerful; he couldn't possibly only possess this seemingly luxurious palace. Since he was able to deceive people once in the tree hollow, he's very likely to do it again.
Bai Ke secretly channeled his inner energy and scanned the area with his spiritual sense. Sure enough, he discovered a secret chamber next to a very thick and robust supporting pillar.
Bai Ke walked to the front of the secret room and tried for a long time, but he still couldn't open the door. "This is really strange! This door is so mysterious! It's completely impervious to both soft and hard approaches. Where is the key or the mechanism?"
Thinking this, Bai Ke began to carefully examine the surroundings. Suddenly, he noticed that there was a groove on the door of the secret room. Upon closer inspection, he saw several words written in the groove: Yin Spirit Pearl.
"The Yin Spirit Pearl? What is that?" Bai Ke was wondering when a thought suddenly struck him. "The Yin Spirit Pearl! Could it be the one Ling Feng has?"
Thinking of this, Bai Ke hurriedly took out a bead from his pocket and placed it in the groove.
Sure enough, the bead fit perfectly into the groove as soon as it was placed in, making it the key to the secret room.
With a clang, the door to the secret room opened, kicking up a cloud of dust. Bai Ke squinted, waved away the dust, covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve, and went inside.
When the other disciples heard the sound, they turned around and saw that there was a secret room there, which they hadn't noticed before.
Thinking this, they saw that their senior brother, Bai Ke, had already gone inside. Then, they all followed suit and walked together towards the secret chamber.
After Bai Ke entered, he saw that the layout of this secret room was similar to that of the mansion in the tree hole before, with a futon and a table. The difference was that there was a small alchemy furnace placed here.
Walking to the table, he saw some jade slips scattered on it. Bai Ke knew that these were the most valuable items in the ancient cultivator's cave.
Just as he was about to pick them up to take a look, he heard the disciples about to come in. So Bai Ke quickly swept his sleeve and put the jade slips and books on the table into his storage ring.
Just as he finished packing the items inside, the disciples walked in. Bai Ke breathed a sigh of relief; thankfully, he had acted quickly…
"Senior Brother! There was actually a secret room here! We didn't even notice it before. Senior Brother is amazing!" The disciple walking in front said to Bai Ke with a grin.
"Alright, stop flattering us. Everyone, take a look inside this secret room and see if there's anything of value. If you can take it back, do so and hand it over to the sect. It will definitely be a meritorious deed!"
"Yes, sir!" After saying that, the disciple grinned and started urging everyone to search for the item together.
Seeing this, Bai Ke thought to himself, "This kid's flattery skills are really something else. In a while, he should be able to catch up with A-Can!"
Thinking of Ah-Can, Bai Ke couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle.
Seeing that they were all focused on looking for something, Bai Ke secretly used his divine sense to check the things he had just put into the storage ring.
The jade slip contained records about formations, while the cultivation manuals were about weapon crafting and alchemy.
Seeing this, Bai Ke felt that although this experience was somewhat bumpy, the gains were still quite worthwhile.
He was the only one in the secret room, and it hadn't been long, plus he had his back to the door.
He refused to believe that the elder monitoring them could have seen his actions in such a short time. There were so many disciples in the hall; he was already busy enough!
"Senior brother! We searched all around, and there were only some pills in this alchemy furnace, nothing else."
Upon hearing this, Bai Ke, fearing that the disciples would be discouraged, smiled and comforted them, "It's alright. Finding some pills is good, and with this Yin Spirit Pearl, it's enough."
The disciple was initially somewhat disheartened, as he hadn't found much after searching, but Bai Ke's words immediately made him feel much better.
Just as Bai Ke was about to say something more, a scream rang out from outside. Everyone was startled; was someone outside?
So Bai Ke walked outside, and as soon as he stepped out of the secret chamber, he saw a group of people standing beside the large alchemy furnace in the main hall. The group of people were wearing the Taoist robes of the Tian Ce Palace, and they were the Tian Ce Palace disciples led by Lin Xiu.
However, the people looked terrified. It turned out that one of them had somehow caught fire, which explained the scream they had just heard.
Upon closer inspection, the person on fire was none other than Lin Xiu.
It turned out that when Bai Ke and his group entered the secret chamber, Lin Xiu and his group of disciples followed the traces on the walls of the collapsed tree hole and along the passage, and also found this place.
Because the secret chamber was difficult to detect, Lin Xiu and his group did not see it after entering the palace.
Lin Xiu led his men to the palace, but found no one in the main hall. He couldn't help but wonder where Bai Ke and the others had gone.
As he was pondering this, he noticed a pill-refining furnace in the main hall, and his eyes lit up. A pill-refining furnace itself wouldn't be unusual, but the one in this hall was far larger than any ordinary one.
Upon seeing this, Lin Xiu assumed that Bai Ke and his group were inside, or that the alchemy furnace was a passageway leading to a place where treasures were hidden, and that Bai Ke and his group were there.